Sikhism, Science and Quantum Physics

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Introduction

Science and spirituality (Dharma) are opposite sides of the same coin. Both science and spirituality aim to explain Truth. However, the approach of science is to use external physical measurements and laboratory experiments, whereas spirituality requires internal experimentation in the laboratory of our own inner being through meditation (Simran).

Over the last 50 years our ideas about the universe have changed dramatically and the line between science, philosophy and spirituality are appearing to blur and merge. Science, and in particular quantum physics, is a fascinating subject and its ideas provide an excellent validation for some key spiritual truths outlined in the Sikh Holy Scripture, the Shri Guru Granth Sahib Ji (SGGSJ).


Creation of the Universe

The currently accepted theory for the creation of the universe is the Big Bang theory which states that the universe has expanded into its current state from a primordial condition of enormous density and temperature. The Shri Guru Granth Sahib Ji also supports the idea of Big Bang and an expanding universe.

  • "In so many ways, He has unfolded Himself. So many times, He has expanded His expansion. Forever and ever,He is the One, the One Universal Creator." (SGGSJ, p.276)
  • "God, who expanded His expanse, is within all; I learned this from the True Guru." (SGGSJ, p.671)
  • "By His Hukam, the Expanse of the Universe is expanded." (SGGSJ, p.760)
  • "The Gurmukh knows that the Lord has expanded the entire expanse" (SGGSJ, p.1054)
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