A mentally weak person says: “You can’t escape your Biology” or “It is impossible to overcome your Biology”. Right? Wrong!
Yes, your genes control the way you behave & live – through biochemical reactions. Your nerves & pleasure points in the body & brain affect your behaviour too.
Harmones try to get involved in every thing you do. With all these strings attached to your life & affecting every move you make, how can you escape your Biology?
But, you can! The same life came with a mind & a thought process too. With a little bit of thinking – you can determine what is wrong & what is right, what is bad & what is good, what is pain & what is pleasure in the end. By tightly controlling this process & in turn the behaviour one can overcome one’s Biology. It is not easy & requires tremendous training of the mind. But if a person can do it, he can become a superhuman.
AS 43 Universal Philospohy
Size
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37X25 in / 93X65 cm
Medium & Surface
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Oil on Canvas
Year
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Painted in 2007
When I was reading Hindu religious books sometime back, I found a striking resemblance between description of God in those books & energy in Laws of Conservation of Energy. In a world where there is clash between science & religion, I thought, there is one area that can bring harmony between the two. According to some religious books God is in the form of a very bright light-without a beginning or an end-filling the whole space in the universe. Goddess Adishakti (adi=beginning, shakti=energy) is one of the first formed Gods & Goddesses in this universe. It is said that Shakti is the power & energy with which the universe is created, preserved, destroyed & recreated by the Hindu Trinity of Brahma, Vishnu & Shiva. Science says there was only energy in the beginning.
Holy books say
According to science
God can neither be created nor destroyed
God is present in each and every atom of this universe.
God remains constant.
God present in one form changes to another form but there is no destruction to Him.
Energy can neither be created nor destroyed.
All forms of energy exhibit mass & all mass is a form of energy.
Energy remains constant.
Energy can be converted from one form to another i.e., if it disappears in one form it reappears in another form
My painting starts with Adishakti- who was described as a female in the religious books. Then I painted big bang- formation of the universe- transformation of energy into mass- birth of galaxies & stars- transformation of mass & energy from one form (body) to another- Sun, one of the stars, and the earth-& things that happen on earth-some of the energy and atomic cycles.
An atom (red dot in the painting) that is a part of you now can become a part of a plant or a tree in your garden or your pet dog or a hill- while you are living or after your death. If it disappears from here, it reappears somewhere else. Everything came from cosmic energy & mass & return to it in the end. This universe runs on mass & energy cycles- where life &death are relative terms & words like I & mine become meaningless. Here nothing-not even your body- is yours!
A person who understands this philosophy prays to God, “Lord, whoever or whatever I come across, I treat him, her or it as you & worship. Whoever you come across, treat him or her as me & shower your kindness!” Which means there is no difference between one & the other, anybody or anything in this universe. We are all one and the same! This universal philosophy is the theme of my painting.
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AS 44 Sacred Life
Size
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31.5x22 in / 80x56 cm
Medium & Surface
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Oil on Canvas
Year
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Painted in 2006 & 2007
One of my Western friends once asked me, “ Why do Hindus worship Gods in Animal and Plant forms?” “It’s because,” I told my friend, “Hindus believe God is OMNIPRESENT i.e., present everywhere & in everything. There is no place where you can’t find God. All plants & animals are as important to them as human beings & sacred too”.
“Agreed,” says science! All living beings on this planet are equal & play important roles in the complex systems they live in. Treating their roles in the complex webs with respect & protecting them is a must for the very survival of mankind. Because when there are no plants & animals on this planet even man cannot survive on earth.
Although there are several plant & animal forms that are worshipped by Hindus, I chose only the important ones for my painting. My painting shows Ganesha, the God with an elephant head. Blue Jay is considered in some parts of India as incarnation of Lord Vishnu. Nagaraja is the snake worshipped all over India. Hanuman is the monkey God. Tulasi (Oscimum) is a sacred plant & cow is a sacred animal for Hindus. Lord Vishnu’s ten incarnations include Varahavatara (varaha=pig, avatara=incarnation), Narasimhavatara (nara=man, simha=lion)-God with lion head, Koormavatara (koorma=tortoise) & Matsyavatara (matsya=fish). All these plant & animal forms are worshipped by Hindus as they are considered sacred by them
The double helix of DNA represents life – which is central – surrounded by a ring of chromosomes- to show that life in all its forms is sacred. Bringing science, religion & art together for the cause of conservation is my main aim in painting this picture.
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Art from Science -9
by Dr. Krishna Kumari Challa
Dec 30, 2013
Natural Prism
Mind over matter
A mentally weak person says: “You can’t escape your Biology” or “It is impossible to overcome your Biology”. Right? Wrong!
Yes, your genes control the way you behave & live – through biochemical reactions. Your nerves & pleasure points in the body & brain affect your behaviour too.
Harmones try to get involved in every thing you do. With all these strings attached to your life & affecting every move you make, how can you escape your Biology?
But, you can! The same life came with a mind & a thought process too. With a little bit of thinking – you can determine what is wrong & what is right, what is bad & what is good, what is pain & what is pleasure in the end. By tightly controlling this process & in turn the behaviour one can overcome one’s Biology. It is not easy & requires tremendous training of the mind. But if a person can do it, he can become a superhuman.
Universal Philospohy
When I was reading Hindu religious books sometime back, I found a striking resemblance between description of God in those books & energy in Laws of Conservation of Energy. In a world where there is clash between science & religion, I thought, there is one area that can bring harmony between the two. According to some religious books God is in the form of a very bright light-without a beginning or an end-filling the whole space in the universe. Goddess Adishakti (adi=beginning, shakti=energy) is one of the first formed Gods & Goddesses in this universe. It is said that Shakti is the power & energy with which the universe is created, preserved, destroyed & recreated by the Hindu Trinity of Brahma, Vishnu & Shiva. Science says there was only energy in the beginning.
to another i.e., if it disappears in one form
it reappears in another form
My painting starts with Adishakti- who was described as a female in the religious books. Then I painted big bang- formation of the universe- transformation of energy into mass- birth of galaxies & stars- transformation of mass & energy from one form (body) to another- Sun, one of the stars, and the earth-& things that happen on earth-some of the energy and atomic cycles.
An atom (red dot in the painting) that is a part of you now can become a part of a plant or a tree in your garden or your pet dog or a hill- while you are living or after your death. If it disappears from here, it reappears somewhere else. Everything came from cosmic energy & mass & return to it in the end. This universe runs on mass & energy cycles- where life &death are relative terms & words like I & mine become meaningless. Here nothing-not even your body- is yours!
A person who understands this philosophy prays to God, “Lord, whoever or whatever I come across, I treat him, her or it as you & worship. Whoever you come across, treat him or her as me & shower your kindness!” Which means there is no difference between one & the other, anybody or anything in this universe. We are all one and the same! This universal philosophy is the theme of my painting.
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Sacred Life
One of my Western friends once asked me, “ Why do Hindus worship Gods in Animal and Plant forms?” “It’s because,” I told my friend, “Hindus believe God is OMNIPRESENT i.e., present everywhere & in everything. There is no place where you can’t find God. All plants & animals are as important to them as human beings & sacred too”.
“Agreed,” says science! All living beings on this planet are equal & play important roles in the complex systems they live in. Treating their roles in the complex webs with respect & protecting them is a must for the very survival of mankind. Because when there are no plants & animals on this planet even man cannot survive on earth.
Although there are several plant & animal forms that are worshipped by Hindus, I chose only the important ones for my painting. My painting shows Ganesha, the God with an elephant head. Blue Jay is considered in some parts of India as incarnation of Lord Vishnu. Nagaraja is the snake worshipped all over India. Hanuman is the monkey God. Tulasi (Oscimum) is a sacred plant & cow is a sacred animal for Hindus. Lord Vishnu’s ten incarnations include Varahavatara (varaha=pig, avatara=incarnation), Narasimhavatara (nara=man, simha=lion)-God with lion head, Koormavatara (koorma=tortoise) & Matsyavatara (matsya=fish). All these plant & animal forms are worshipped by Hindus as they are considered sacred by them
The double helix of DNA represents life – which is central – surrounded by a ring of chromosomes- to show that life in all its forms is sacred. Bringing science, religion & art together for the cause of conservation is my main aim in painting this picture.