“Physical sciences have a kind of linear approach to matters of the universe.  Time runs in one direction. The physical body is considered the death of the person.  When we look at space, they say it’s moving away at a frantic pace.  Soon there may be no stars to see. Where will they go?  ‘Zero’ was invented on Vedic math. All other numbers are limiting, while Zero is expansive.  If you look at Vedic thought it’s all in circles. Nothing is linear…

In a circle there is no beginning or end. It’s all seen as a part of a continuous process. Many religions give a human being only one life which will decide his or her fate in heaven or hell.  This is linear thinking. The reality of the world does not match up to this belief. What chance does it give to the poor, downtrodden, oppressed and so on.  Because the Vedic thinking is in a continuum, a person is born, grows, dies and is born again.  You have to come back where it started . Similarly the universe starts as a seed, grows, and then is withdrawn into the seed to start another circle in due course. This is one day of Brahma, and it goes on and on.

There is only one viable design in the universe for anything in motion. That’s a circle. No other design can last long enough. So the sun here or a sun in a far off galaxy will have the same design. So, too, with their plants and moons. This is the grand design.

So when we lead our lives, we must break away from linear thinking to a more continuous circle. Karma is the action and result of our action coming back to us alone. This life ends with the physical body but the mind comes back to us in a different body. It’s a growth cycle, not a beginning and end.  Thinking this way, many of today’s realities can be well understood. You are not born a sinner, it’s part of the process that you make mistakes. The bad will dominate every now and then, but good, too, will dominate some other time. Reflect on these things to break a straight line thinking and reality becomes clearer.  Those who are seriously interested in growth must change their thinking pattern.  There is no other way. When we don’t really see reality, it looks like a straight line. This life called samsara is a continuous circle of happiness and unhappiness. Very few can get out of this trap because there is no end. Only the enlightened can jump out of the circle and watch the drama we call life. They become one with the grand designer, which is beyond the circle.  Most of us do not live in reality but in our own linear mind constructs.  The grand design of the universe combines opposites in a circle.  I think that’s enough for now.  You can reflect.”