Perpetual Motion Idol in the Spiritual Universe
I
had to set aside what I learned in my science classes that there can never be a
perpetual motion machine. I forgot to add an important qualifier in the opening
sentence. The set of principles that lead to the conclusion is applicable only
in the material world. But in a spiritual world−there are some who are working
hard at the task of converting the material world to it−perpetual motion
machine is possible, indeed it is a certainty.
You
have to watch a particular spiritual (actually, you may call it seeking lost
glory) TV program on a TV spiritual channel (I watch it non-religiously, per
the house rules) to, first, recognize perpetual motion in the spiritual world,
and second, believe what your eyes do not see.
There
is this lady who hosts a show−she is in her eighties I understand, and she seems
to stand the strain of non-stop talking quite well−who, for her followers, is
the grandma that they may not have ever had. The role she plays is that of
home-made apothecary of her days, and her mien and her language give the show
its legitimizing ambience.
What
do the above have to do with perpetual motion machines? Hold your horses! To
make the set more dynamic, the producers of the show have introduced a
statuette of Lord Ganesha swinging merrily in a toy swing on which he has been
seated. Throughout the half hour show (less the time for commercials during
which Lord Ganesha is invisible), the swing does not creak, just as Lord Ganesha
does not care! Your eyes do not see the material stuff as immersed as you are
in the spiritual world.
If
you saw this show every day, you would be driven to the conclusion and would
swear that a perpetual motion machine exists. Understand this phenomenon can
exist only in the spiritual world.
“Beam
me down, Scotty!” (from the spiritual world to the material; perpetual
motion machine is boring to watch!). I want to watch Madonna in her Material
Girl song video!
Raghuram
Ekambaram
No comments:
Post a Comment