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particles which come into being and vanish without end. ... The vacuum is indeed a living void, pulsating endless rhythms of creation and destruction. The discovery of the dynamic quality of the vacuum is seen by many physicists as one of the most imporant findings of modern physics. From the role as an empty container of the phenomena, the Void has emerged as a dynamic quality of utmost importance." say F Capra in his famous book Tao of Physics.
The Upanishads have called this field as Void or Nothing. The Chandogya Upanishad says:
Brahman is Life Brahman is Joy Brahman is the Void Joy, verily, that is the same as Void The Void, verily, that is the same as Joy.
One who has known the Void is in perfect bliss. The Upanishads tell about the concept of Void in a figurative and easily intelligible way through the story of Uddalaka and his son Svetaketu who returns home after twelve years of Vedic studies. The father tests the knowledge of the son and asks :
Did you learn that whereby what is not heard becomes heard, What is not thought about becomes the subject of thinking, What is not known becomes known ?
Svetketu says, no. Uddalaka then teaches his son and asks him to bring a bonyan seed, and asks what do you see? The answer “I see." "Now you break the seed and tell what do you see ? Svetketu breaks the seed, and says, "he sees nothing". Uddalaka then says:
"My son, from this that you call nothing, there comes to existence this vast banyan tree. Believe me, my son, a subtle and an intangible essence is the spirit of the
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