God plays dice

I have always struggled to choose between ‘science’ and ‘philosophy’ because my current knowledge and understanding of science is not compatible with my beliefs and traditions. When I read Albert Einstein’s famous equation E=mc2 and his concept of space and time and his revolutionary explanations about our universe, I was deeply fascinated. Yet I had to differ with him when he said “God does not play dice”. He argued that there must be some underlying, deterministic ‘clockwork’ running the universe and giving the appearance of probability at work in quantum systems. He firmly believed in his words. However he spent most of his last years to find a unified theory combining gravity and quantum mechanics (especially electromagnetism)without any success.The world recognized him by awarding ‘Nobel prize’ and named him as ‘ Man of the Millenium’.He spent his last days as a recluse until he died. When Albert Einstein published his theory of relativity in the journal ‘Annals of physics’ in Germany, a genius from India by name Ramana Maharishi preached something completely different. He said there is nothing to be observed when there is no observer. Ramana said “when the mind, which is the cause of all cognitions and all actions become quiescent, the world will disappear. What is called mind is a wondrous power residing in the self. It causes all thoughts to arise. Apart from thought, there is no such thing as mind. Apart from thoughts, there is no independent entity called world. In deep sleep there are no thoughts, and there is no world. In the state of waking and dreaming, there are thoughts and there is also a world. Just as the spider emits into a thread of web out of itself and again withdraws into itself, likewise the mind projects the world out of itself and again return into itself. When the mind comes out of the self, the word appears to be real and the self does not appear. When one persistently enquires into the nature of mind, the mind will end, leaving the self as a residue. What is referred to as the self is Atma.The mind always exist only in dependence of something gross, it cannot stay alone. It is the mind that is called the subtle body or the soul (Jive)”. His observer theory was not published widely but was recognized after his death by famous Physicist like David Bohm, a quantum physicist. However Albert Einstein never came to terms with ‘Copenhagen interpretation of Quantum theory arguing that “God does not play dice”. Modern physics is still grappling with problems like wave-particle duality of light and grand unified theory Einstein dreamt. Scientists are still hoping to find the elusive sub atomic particles such as Bosons known as ‘God particles’. In deep contemplation of ‘Samadhi’ there is no observer and observed. The whole concept of science and our life on earth comes to an end with ‘Death’.Philoshopy has the final word and all our struggle in this scientific world comes to an end when we approach the death. .