Science Discovers Eternal Wisdom

Author(s): Amarendravijay, J D Lodaya, Bhuvanchandra
Publisher: Jain Sahitya Academy

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form with trillions of body-cells. It was growth simply in the physical shells which housed the life-spark, it had nothing to do with the creation of life. The life-sparks that inhabit these 'housing complexes' have to be considered as transmigrants from other planets of the cosmos.* The earth surely cannot be considered as the point of their origin. (Vide chapter 4. for details regarding extra-terrestrial life on other planets).
A common example will help elucidate the point. An electronic firm may manufacture T.V. sets in its factory but these sets become functional only when the television waves relayed from the TV centre enter the set. Just as TV sets manufactured in the factory and the electro-magnetic waves producing audio-visual rediffusion that brings the TV sets to 'life' are quite independent entities, the various morphologic forms in the bio-world and the life-spark manifesting itself through them are equally distinct entities, independent of each other. The life-spark may manifest itself through the agency of body, but its origin and existence are certainly not body-based.
The seat of consciousness :
If what is known about the constitution of human body and its built-in self-regulatory mechanisms for proper nourishment, maintenance, repair and defence against disease is given serious thought, one would be easily convinced that an unseen hand - an unknown intelligence is working behind such intricate processes and co-ordinating their smooth functioning. These can hardly be carried out by mere chemical interactions on a mechanistic level.
The common bat is quite an underdeveloped creature
* Just as the process of elimination of old cells and their replacement by new ones goe on in our body or new townships and colonies spring up at some place on the face of earth while older cities and settlements get effaced elsewhere, in the cosmo too, this process of change is going on. Some old planets disintegrate and new ones are born. Somewhere in the cosmos, a planet may be turning uninhabitable due to its changing environment, while somewhere else, another one may be growing hospitable for life.
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