Can You Please Explain How Cosmic Energy Is Infinite?

O Learned and Devoted Servants of God,

[A question by Shri Ankuj]

Swami replied:- Infinite means an item which has no beginning and no end. In this context, the main question is that whether the item is really infinite or not. If the item is really infinite, there is no problem in calling such item as infinite. But, there is another option, which is that the item may not be really infinite and may be really finite, but, very large. It may be that much large so that we are unable to find its beginning or its end and we may be mistaking it as real infinite. The cosmic energy is imaginable item that is created by the unimaginable God. The cosmic energy is modified into matter and awareness and formed various items of the creation. After all, the cosmic energy is creation only and therefore, must have its beginning. That which has beginning must have end. If you say that cosmic energy is really infinite without beginning and end, it means that even God is unaware of its beginning and end, the result of which is that God is not omniscient due to His ignorance of the boundaries of cosmic energy. Hence, cosmic energy is not really infinite, but, is infinite from the point of our view since it is so large that its beginning and end are unknown to us. It means that you are incapable of finding its boundaries even though it has boundaries really. You may ask that what is present beyond the boundaries of this cosmic energy or universe or space. Only unimaginable God exists beyond the boundaries of universe (Sarvamaavrutyatishthati- Gita). Then, you may ask that whether God is infinite or finite and may further say that if God is really infinite, God is not omniscient due to His ignorance of Himself. You will say further that if God is omniscient, it means that God knows His boundaries so that God becomes finite. If God is finite, what is present beyond the boundaries of God? This will make ad-infinitum, which means that an endless chain of finite items results. Even then, God is not omniscient since He does not know the end of this endless chain.

All these above arguments regarding God become meaningless because God is unimaginable and has no space in Himself so that God is beyond the concept of space. The boundaries result only in spatial items having space in those items. The concepts of finite and infinite are related to spatial items only and not to God, who is beyond space. Hence, cosmic energy is finite in view of God and is infinite in our view in the sense that we are unable to find out the boundaries of finite space or cosmic energy. Space does not mean nothing in absolute sense, but, means very very subtle energy about which we feel that it is nothing. If space is nothing, Science can’t say that space bends along the boundaries of an object since bending of nothing is meaningless. If Einstein felt that space is nothing (space is only geometrical and exists with reference to the existence of two items between which only space exists relatively), it means that it is the resulting view of us due to subtle nature of cosmic energy or space. Hence, space is finite in view of God and infinite it in our view in the sense that we are unable to find out the boundaries of this very large finite cosmic energy. If you consider the view of God also while speaking in our view, we can say that space is not really infinite but, is relatively infinite in our view due to our inability to find out its boundaries. If you are not considering the view of God, space is really infinite in our view since we are unable to find out its boundaries. In the Gita, God told that this cosmic energy or space is infinite and His such comment is with reference to our view only (Naantosti mama...-Gita).

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