Second Banana's Astronomy

In order to define what God is (not his properties but what God is) we look at the phrase, 'Reality/truth knowledge infinity (not limited) is Brahman (God)' from the Taittiriya Upanishad. In Hinduism, we have 3 types of limits; space, time and object. So whatever this Brahman is, it needs to be everywhere (omnipresent), it needs to always be here (eternal) and nothing can be apart from it (non-dual). An object like a cup doesn't meet our definition as it isn't everywhere, it isn't eternal and a table is different to a cup (there is something apart from it so it isn't non-dual). Conventional religion has a way out by saying that God is not here but in Heaven and that you meet him after you die, but that breaks our rules of infinity. Only one thing really meets our definition and that is the sense of reality. Things we consider real (like the cup) don't follow our rules of infinity but existence itself is everywhere, has always been there (even before the big ...

  Here is my entry for the Quantum on the Clock challenge this year. Enjoy!

"  You have to know the past to understand the present."                                                                                         -Astronomer and Author, Carl Sagan (1980) All innovations and discoveries, no matter how small or large, are all built upon the work and knowledge of predecessors - even Einstein's famous general theory of relativity was only possible due to the foundation built by astronomers throughout the ages! That's why knowing how our understanding of the universe has changed through the ages is crucial for laying the groundwork for any future discoveries. Understanding the challenges and sacrifices faced in order to allow astronomy to become what we all know and love also allows people to ...