Comparing scientific and Vedic thoughts

Science, 20 centuries after ChristVedas and Darshanas, many centuries before Christ
The universe we observe constitutes reality. Nature of universe must be established by experiments.The universe is an appearance. Don’t bother with it.
Brain is the organ for producing consciousness and mind. Intelligence can be artificial.Soul (Brahman) is the reality. Consciousness is its trait. Mind, intelligence and brain are its toys.
At the time of death mind and consciousness disappear. Life is finished.Soul is eternal. Its lives will not be finished until its own karma is resolved.
Universe was produced from a big-bang. Everything came from nothing.
Universe was created by an intelligent infinite energy to be used as a playground for souls to act till they realize the futility of their actions and return to God.
Life comes from a chemical soup. Chicken comes from setting the right temperature on an incubator.Life happens so as to improve the soul progressively. A chick will be born and be dead according to its own karma.
Reality is understood by looking outside at everything from the sub atomic particles to galaxies.Reality is understood by looking inside at the soul.
We can use the Higgs field to search for dark energy, dark matter, supersymmetry, extra dimensions and multiverses.Nature of maya is such that if you chase anything that exists, you will learn that it is does not.
String theory of 13 dimensions with 10^500 possibilities of compactification may present a unified theory of everything.This universe is God’s play. (Dice, Mr. Einstein?)
Science can help human activity, colonizing other planets and win wars to establish world order.All universe is eternally under divine order. Live with the universe without affecting it.
For science, the starting point of the study is the world around us. It attempts to observe, understand, theorize and verify reality with experiments. There is still much to be known.In the Vedas, the starting point for study is the unverifiable soul (Brahman). The entire universe is an expression of the unmanifest energy. If one understands the nature of the soul, there is nothing else to be known.

For many years, I have felt that science is a natural extension of the Hindu religion. Not understanding the universe, or not knowing the physical reality has never been a cause of concern because this material universe is considered to be maya and a veil that hides reality. Study of science is the study of the veil. No matter how intricate, it needs to be put away so that the light of the eternal truth can shine.

When studying digestion, it is almost natural progression to understand the need to eat first, the food next, the digestion later and the examination of the fecal matter as the last step. Similarly, studying the Vedic thought first and the scientific thought later provides a natural advantage that the learner will be able to assign the right perspective to science.

“As Terence McKenna observed, “Modern science is based on the principle: ‘Give us one free miracle and we’ll explain the rest.’ The one free miracle is the appearance of all the mass and energy in the universe and all the laws that govern it in a single instant from nothing.”

Rupert Sheldrake, Morphic Resonance: The Nature of Formative Causation

Na Jaane Tera Saahab Kaisa Hai – Lyrics and Meaning

ना जाने तेरा साहब कैसा है
Na Jaane Tera Saahab Kaisa Hai
Don’t know the nature of your God
(Are the nature of your deeds like the nature of your God?)

मस्जिद ऊपर मुल्ला पुकारे , क्या साहब तेरा बहरा है
Mazjid Oopar Mulla Pukaare, Kya Saahab tera behra hai
From the top of mazjid mulla shouts a loud prayer, Is your God deaf?

चींटी के पग नेवरा बांधे, वह भी साहब सुनता है
Chinti ke pag nevara baandhe, woh bhi to saahab sunta hai
The sound from an ant’s feet, God listens to that as well.

पंडित होके आसन मारे , लंबी माला जपता है
Pandit Hoke Aasan Maare, Lambi Maala Japta Hai
Become a pandit and make aasanas, Chant with long garland,

अन्दर तेरे कपट का करनी , सो भी साहब लखता है
Andar Tere Kapat Ka Karni, So Bhi Saahab Lakhta Hai
The deceitful deeds of your mind, that also God knows

ऊँचा नीचा महल बनाया , गहरी नींव जमाता है
Ooncha Neecha Mahal Banaya, Gahari Neev Jamaata Hai
Making tall and short buildings, man makes deep foundations

चलने का मंसूबा नाहि, रहने का मन करता है
Chalne Ka Mansooba Naahi, Rehne Ka Man Karta Hai
Without dreams of going (dying),  the mind wants to stay

कौड़ी कौड़ी माया जोड़ी , गाढ़ी भूमि में झड़ता है
Kaudi Kaudi Maya Jodi, Gaadi Bhoomi Mein Jhadtha Hai
You earn every penny, then you bury it in sand to preserve it

जहि लेना हैं सो ले जईहें , बाँकी वहीं वहीं मरता है
Jahi Lena Hai Le , Baki Wahin Wahin Marta Hai
Who takes life will take it away,  remaining dies where it is.

सतवंती को गजि मिले नहि, वेश्या पहिने खासा है
Satvanto Ko Gaji Mile Nahi, Veshya Pahine Khasaa Hai
Good natured woman does not get a cotton cloth, the prostitute wears silk

जेहिं घर साधु भीख न पावे , भड़वा खात बताशा है
Jehi Ghar Saadhu Bheek Na Paave, Bhadva Khaat Batasha Hai
Household does not give alms to saint, pimp eats a delicacy

हीरा पायी परख नहीं जाने , कौड़ी परखन करता है
Heera Paayi Parak Nahi Jaane, Kaudi Parkhan Karta Hai
You have not examined the diamond (Life)in your possession,  you examine the penny

क़हत कबीर सुनो भाई साधो, हरी जैसे को तैसा है
Kahat Kabir Suno Bhai Saadho, Hari Jaise Ko Taisa Hai
Kabir says, listen brethren, God gives the things that are sought