[cosvis]

Please pardon me for briefly introducing my topic. I have a vision of the cosmos which I call the Cosmic Vision and it consists of a comprehensive view of all reality. Reality to me can be divided or viewed from three different aspects: the physical, the rational and the personal. Each of these three different fields of reality has its own sphere of objectivity and unique laws or principles to govern its understandings and operations. All the different fields, however, constitute a beautiful cosmic harmony that make one whole where there are no contradictions or conflicts. If there seem to be conflicts, it is due to our inability or lack of comprehension of the true reality.

The physical reality observes and includes all the material aspect of the universeand is studied by means of the science of physics. It basically uses observations, mathematics and physical proofs to explain its reality and its operations. The philosophical aspect of reality, the science of philosophy, includes all logical thoughts, ideas, imaginations and artistic expressions. It uses the laws of logic for its investigations of reality. The personal aspect of reality or the science of religion, directs its understanding and observations on personal beings that have the ability to think, to remember, to have imaginations and the personal freedom to love. This would include the appreciation of what is, what is good, beautiful and loveable. It also includes a realisation of the existence of a supreme, eternal, just and loveable being that can and has revealed itself in history.

Here in this forum, I like to look at the physical aspect of reality and particularly, on the universe itself. We know that the universe exists in time; there is the present, the past and the future. We can speculate that the universe existed from the beginning of time and will exist until the end of time. We are not sure however, when time began and when it will end. The on thing we know is that time began in eternity and will end in eternity. Thus, we could say that the universe exists from eternity to eternity. How long that will be, we do not know; it could exist for ever.

Some might say that this idea is just wishful thinking and this might be so; but what I hold is that the universe is continously evolving. There exist in the universe a continuous evolutionary process and everything in it is affected. We are born, we live and we die. Stars are born, form solar systems, planets and other heavenly bodies but eventually, all are consumed and die out. Galaxies are continuously been formed, they are formed into various shapes and formations but eventually after their life span, they die.

The question to ask is how can galaxies be continuously formed? What is the mechanism in the universe that makes this possible? Is energy continuously created? These are some of the puzzles that need to be answered.

Please share with us your ideas.

Yours Cosvis.