Book Title: Sambodhi 2011 Vol 34
Author(s): Jitendra B Shah
Publisher: L D Indology Ahmedabad

Previous | Next

Page 77
________________ 67 Vol.XXXIV, 2011 Scientific Dimensions of Spiritual Energy permeates the whole universe. There are innumerable Souls and God is one - supreme among them all. Quantum theory in physics gives quantum principle in metaphysics and this latter runs counter to the belief that God is one whole, omnipresent or immanent power. Hence, God can only be a discrete particle - an infinitesimal point of light because light is the ultimate form of energy. 18 7. Entropy (Degradation) in Spiritual Energy & Entropy-reverse The first and second laws of Thermo-dynamics are universally accepted and are applicable in both the spheres - material and non-material or spiritual. (i) The first law of Thermo-dynamics, law of conservation states that energy can neither be created nor destroyed; it can only be transformed from one form to another form. (ii) The second law of Thermo-dynamics says that every time energy is transformed from one state to another, there is a loss in the amount of that form of energy which becomes available to perform work of some kind. This loss in the amount of available energy is known as 'Entropy. For example - if we burn a piece of coal, even then the total amount of energy remains the same, but due to the process of burning, some part of coal is transformed into sulphur dioxide and exhausts cannot bereburnt to get the same work out of it. This kind of loss', wastage' or 'penalty is called Entropy. The Entropy law states that all energy, in an isolated system moves from an ordered to a disordered state. The state in which energy-concentration is highest and available energy is maximum i.e. where entropy is minimum is also the almost ordered state (Sattvapradhāna avasthā) and where available energy has been highly dissipated and diffused, is the most disordered state (Tamopradhana avastha.) 19 Another aspect of the law is that whenever we make an attempt to reverse the entropy increase, it is only done by increasing the over-all entropy of the surrounding environment. The scientists Angrist and Herpler say - "Each localized, man-made or machine-made entropy decrease is accompanied by a greater increase in entropy of the surroundings, there by maintaining the required increase in total entropy." 20 According to Dharma, the souls have originally 16 degrees level of energyconcentration and gradually, due to entropy, the energy level goes down, so that when there is maximum entropy and the level of energy-concentration is hardly three or four degrees, then Ever-pure Supreme Soul or God, the Highest Point-source of spiritual energy reverses the spiritual entropy by means of Godly knowledge and Rajyoga and the material entropy gets reversed by means of fission of nuclear weapons, natural calamities etc, so that the Earth, Water, Air and their products get again the maximum energy-concentration.21 In other words, when the society has passed through its four stages of Golden age, Silver age, Copper age and Iron age and Jain Education International For Personal & Private Use Only www.jainelibrary.org

Loading...

Page Navigation
1 ... 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 100 101 102 103 104 105 106 107 108 109 110 111 112 113 114 115 116 117 118 119 120 121 122 123 124 125 126 127 128 129 130 131 132 133 134 135 136 137 138 139 140 141 142 143 144 145 146 147 148 149 150 151 152