Energy and
Matter
Energy or Matter is actually the
same thing; both reflected in a different form. Just like,
Cause or Effect is the same thing; both reflected
in a different time of event.
Matter is simply something that contains mass and
takes up space as a solid, liquid, gas or plasma. The atom is
a basic unit of matter that consists of a dense, central nucleus
surrounded by a cloud of negatively charged electrons. The
atomic nucleus contains a mix of positively charged protons and
electrically neutral neutrons. In other words, matter is also known
as concerted, aggregated or concentrated or wrapped
energy.
As scientists have discovered, energy cannot be
created or destroyed – it only transforms itself based on any
subjected conditions. Therefore, we could summarise that all
activities would evolve around the orientation of energy or matter
in the platform of space at all times.
Law of Nature & the Buddha’s
teachings
If one was to observe one’s surroundings intently,
everything that exists would always try to achieve the state of
balance. All things would only exist in
perpetual conditions when there is a balance
circumstance.
Thus, when things run off-balance or when one stirs
up in any phenomena of existence (volitional or non-volitional
term), the law of nature would take its course to balance it in
another way across time and plane of existence. This law of nature is also known as law of
balancing.
In the Buddhist context, the law of balancing can
also be classified as the law of Karma in the nature across time
and plane of existence. Karmic Law is a
natural phenomenon law that is not shaped by someone else; no one
owns it; neither Buddhism. It is merely
a law of balancing for all things in order to achieve the
circumstance of equilibrium in the nature.
Also, we need to understand that long before the
rising of Buddha Dhamma 2,600 years ago, the realm of existence
already running its course as according to the natural bounding
laws. And the wise Buddha has seen through the reality of it,
recommended with permanent remedies to liberate one from these
natural bounding laws.
Wisely, the Buddha recommended “Middle Path” (path
of balancing) in facing the realm of Karmic Law (law of balancing)
as the fundamental route to taste enlightenment.
"Middle" means neutral, upright, and centered. It
means to investigate and penetrate the core of life and all things
with an upright, unbiased attitude. In order to solve a problem, we
should position ourselves on neutral, upright and unbiased ground.
We investigate the problem from various angles, analyze the
findings, understand the truth thoroughly, and find a reasonable
conclusion.
The Middle Path in Buddhism does not mean having a
biased view or superficial understanding only. The "Middle
Path" represents a distinct theory and way of Buddhist practice
that is not common to other religions. Buddhism is a religion
with high moral values. It lays great emphasis on human
thought and action in dealing with the natural environment, society
or individual problems. It is concerned with the relationship
between thoughts and behavior, and the relationship between
behavior and its consequences.
In short, the Buddha recognised all thoughts and
actions as wholesome or unwholesome only. The meaning of
wholesome would be in totality of perspective and unwholesome would
be in non-totality of perspective. There is no holy or sinful
act or thought in the eyes of the Buddha except for skillful or
unskillful one.
Basic elements & Conditional
phenomena
When the 3 basic elements (energy, matter and space)
interacted together, the very first dot of becoming process
(integration process) begins under balance phenomena. When billions and trillions of dots come together,
it would manifest into some sort of beings or things.
Respectively, each dot contains a sort of genetic
information that is unique and aggregation of dots would
subsequently develop into a pool of behaviour. Such unique behaviour would be enclosed within the
same being or thing until the next unbecoming process
(disintegration process) begins upon a specific time of
maturity.
During the disintegration process, the basic
elements encompassed in the same billions and trillions of dots
would liberate from each other and sustain freedom of sorts under
imbalance phenomena. When more
different beings when through the same disintegration processes,
more different billions and trillions of dots would sustain freedom
and thus assimilate among each other in the realm of existence
before waiting for another new balance phenomena to arise
again.
For instance, when a being is lying dead, the
energy, matter and space elements would separate of each other.
Both conscious and subconscious
(energy) aggregates would depart the body (matter). It is the same case scenario for plants, insects or
any material things – but only subconscious aggregates exist and
would depart from the body.
Law of Dependent Origination
(Profound Version)
The
principle in effect: -
A stream of balance phenomena would conjure up
aggregate activity;
A stream of aggregate activities would conjure up
information;
A stream of information would conjure up
memory;
A stream of memories would conjure up
ignorance;
………………………
So far, all the available texts or sutras on the
Buddha’s teachings have pointed out ignorance as the first link or
cause in the wheel of life.
However, if one was to observe this aspect of
ignorance intently, it simply could not arise out of nowhere or out
of thin air. Definitely, it has to
arise out of "memorised" events that have taken place
beforehand.
In psychology, memory is defined as an organism's
ability to store, retain, and recall information and experiences.
So, when aggregate activities began,
some sort of information would be produced, stored and recalled in
the integrated elements. In a layman
term, this process is called creation and pro-creation within
beings or things. If memory aggregate
is absent, the process of replication could not arise in all beings
or things at all.
Let us illustrate in the learning of speeches among
young children. If a child has no
memory ability, then whatever lessons that were taught on would
instantly be forgotten or erased and progression to the next
advance level would be deemed impossible.
Similarly, it was the Buddha’s recommendation for
one to always see and lives in the present, neither in the past nor
in the future. When one lives well in
the present, one would lead to the cessation of memories of the
past and this would subsequently lead to the cessation of ignorance
in the future.
The
principle in effect: -
The seeing of Ultimate Truth leads to the cessation
of balance phenomenon;
The cessation of balance phenomenon leads to the
cessation of aggregate activity;
The cessation of aggregate activity leads to
cessation of information;
The cessation of information leads to cessation of
memory;
The cessation of memory leads to the
cessation of ignorance;
The cessation of ignorance leads to the cessation of
volitional impulse;
The cessation of volitional impulse leads to the
cessation of consciousness;
The cessation of consciousness leads to the
cessation of body and mind;
The cessation of body and mind lead to the cessation
of six sense bases;
The cessation of six sense bases lead to the
cessation of contact;
The cessation of contact leads to the cessation of
feeling;
The cessation of feeling leads to the cessation of
craving;
The cessation of craving leads to the cessation of
clinging;
The cessation of clinging leads to the cessation of
becoming;
The cessation of becoming leads to the cessation of
birth;
The cessation of birth leads to the cessation of
aging;
The cessation of aging leads to the cessation of
death;
The cessation of death leads to the cessation of
segregate activity;
The cessation of segregate activity leads to the
cessation of imbalance phenomenon;
The cessation of imbalance phenomenon leads to the
cessation of conditional phenomenon;
The cessation of conditional phenomenon leads to the
cessation of time;
The cessation of time leads to unconditional freedom
of basic elements - Energy, Matter and Space.
Ultimately, pure Energy, Matter and Space elements
would sustain in permanency with absence of time – that is
Nibbana.
