Saturday, July 8, 2017

The GENES, CLONING and the SOUL:

While visiting my wife's cousin Maulik Patel few days ago in Tennessee this topic came in my mind. Maulik Patel is PhD in Neuroscience from Stanford university, currently he is Research Assistant Professor 👨🏫 in department of Biology & Material science at Vanderbilt university, TN. We visited his research lab, he explained in detailed on how cloning works to create another living organism including Human.....very informative session. Thanks to Maulik Patel.

While having this discussion many question came in my mind. 
1. if we as a Human start creating life by cloning then what & where is role of Creator or God or Absolute Truth the source of everything?
2. Do we need Soul to keep material body alive? 
3. Scientists believe or claiming that while tracing living entities's ancestors, 1st life originated in Africa about 1.5 billion year ago. If life is just collection of molecules & chemicals then question is how 1st life originated without any precise research lab, fine tools and very fine human brain. Life is created just randomly by chance? Can we create anything in things in this world randomly by chance? Yes we can destroy many things randomly by chance.

Cloning in short is manipulating with living entities to create another life. I remembered one of chapter in very Transcendental ancient scriptures SB 6.18 (vedabase.com): has described how 49 siblings created from 1 embryo a kind of cloning process.

Science keeps changing...some of theories scientists use to believe 25 years ago are debunked now..what they believe now...will be invalidated after 25 years.

Informative article in link below.

https://krishna.org/the-genes-and-the-soul/

Few important points from article.
1. Clone is the successor organism that is identical with the mother organism from a genetical point of view. 
2. Each the bodily cell has all of the information that is needed for the construction of the body.
3. According to the Vedic point of view there is a soul in each cell of the body, but these are on a quite low level of consciousness. Above these bodily cells (“living bricks”) one soul exercises power who is on a higher lever in the process of reincarnation. 
4. According to the Vedic literature the body dies when this controlling soul (with his subtle covering) leaves this gross body and moves to another body. After the exit of the controlling soul the co-ordination stops amongst the bodily cells, the body ‘dies’, or it remains without control.
5. A clone successor is not the continuation of his predecessor but an independent personality who for some time received a body similar to somebody else’s. Science will never be able to conquer death, perishableness because this is one of the created, built-in qualities of our world.
6. It is important to point out that science didn’t create life from matter with cloning since it has been manipulating only with living things. 

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I am inspire to hear & read Vedic Scriptures & other philosophy by regularly listening Sri Pandurang Shashtri Athvale known as Dadaji ( speak on Srimad Bhagavad Gita, Veda based discourses & western philosophy ) and association of Swadhyay Parivar every Sunday in Swadhya Kendra. 

FYI: Good source of Vedic literature: Vedabase.com (Srimad Bhagavad Gita is the essence & Srimad Bhagavatam (SB) is the nectar of all Vedic scriptures). SB is transcendental literature, hearing & reading is very satisfying & nourishing to our Soul.

I also hear and read discourses & articles on Vedic thoughts & other philosophy from Srila Prabhupada, his disciples & grand disciples (Rasamitra Swami, Chaitanya Charandas Prabhu, Sutapa Das, Amarnath Dasa, Bhakticharu Swami,  Urmila Devi Dasi,  Radhanath Swami, Lal Govind Prabhu ( Gujarati & Hindi) Prahalad Maharaj in Surat (Gujarati) .......and many more from ISKCON......). 

I am posting some article based on Vedic scriptures and literature. Of course I use Google search to collect some data. Thanks to Facebook for providing platform.

It is always good idea to share our good thoughts & knowledge with others. Besides my parents, wife, teachers, family & friends GREATFUL to EVERYONE WHO HAVE CONTRIBUTED in MY LIFE.

Hopefully my enthusiasm will continue by grace of Guru & God (Absolute Truth).

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