God and the Universe

THE UNIVERSE TESTIFIES TO GOD’S EXISTENCE If, for any machine, a human being is needed—because it cannot come into being or function on its own—why is it said that the ‘great machine’ of the universe came into being on its own and is running on its own? There is no basis whatsoever for this speculation. If the universe is, as some hypothetical scientist might say, simply a ‘great machine,’ even then, for it to come into being and function, a great Mind is required. Reason and logic compel man to accept God—whether in religious language as Creator, Lord, and Master or in scientific terms as ‘The Grand Engineer’ who is running this ‘world-machine.’ LESSON FROM A TRAIN JOURNEY On April 18, 1986, I embarked on a journey to Bhopal, travelling by Tamil Nadu Express, and my return journey was by air. On the morning of April 19, when I woke up, our train was racing through the countryside, through the fields of Madhya Pradesh. There was greenery all around. The morning sun had risen and was lighting up the sky. I started thinking that for such a world to come into existence is the most wondrous thing among all wonders—a world where there is abundant greenery, where the sun delivers light and heat in specific proportions, and where uncountable causes come together that make it possible for a train to be manufactured and then for it to race at high speed on the surface of the Earth.