Creation- An Unsolved Mystery.

Since eons, many civilisations have associated the world's creation to its own system of belief principally ignited by sacred scriptures of religion for most of them. As the untrammeled soul of children, many of us have wondered why things happen the way they do.

And time and again, an instinct older than civilisation had always immediately seemed to make us think that each and everyone of us was being manipulated like little to figures by some divine and imperial being who created the Universe. On the tinted pages of time and history, many have claimed to have deciphered the enigma. But in this modern era of democracy, one would consider a kaleidoscope of perceptions pertaining to this one single- if not, oldest Unsolved Mystery.

Every society has its own tale about the creation of the world and the beginning of mankind. According to Chinese mythology, Pangu who was confined in the dark universe, woke up and swung his giant axe to separate the ruling chaos into the sky and earth while Nuwa created men from yellow clay. 

For the South Americans, the Maya Gods decided to preserve their legacy by creating an earth-bound species looking like them.
And while the Fon People of East-Africa believe the androgynous Nana Buluku to be the ultimate creator, the Greek mythology involves Gaia, Goddess of Earth and Eros, that of love who together carved the starry vault of Heaven and Mountains and Waters to be the home of men and lower animals. 

These are all famous stories that took birth in the past and have today been reduced to myths.

Today, it is principally the sacred books of religion that form the base of this system of belief. While the Bible sustains that God enjoyed himself as he created the world and men in his image and likeness, the  Jews take the fact that God created the world in six days and rested on the seventh, very seriously. On the other hand, the world is considered to be merely an illusion by Hindus who also think of Brahman (the ultimate reality) as God, whilst Sikhism is based on the "oneness" of everything and Waheguru as having created life. Muslims would say that the holy Qur'an has an account of the beginning of creation which appears to be very close to modern scientists' theories.

Less popularly known, other religions like Jainism do not support the idea of a creator deity and instead its doctrine is that the Universe and its constituents: soul, matter, space, time and principles of motion have always existed.

But as a matter of fact, one thing that most religions have in common is that "God" is responsible for all creation and everything in and on Earth belongs to God. God is reportedly in charge of all life and without his will, nothing  can exist, change or develop. Although, atheists reject these views, many spiritual people partly accept them.

Science on its part as a methodology likes to see itself as a revealer of the "true" nature of the Universe, as a sort of a seer that can look beneath the veil of appearance. Around 1960, more than 2/3 of scientists thought that there was no origin of the Universe and that it was simply and actually eternal- that which cannot be created nor destroyed..somehow like energy. But the discovery of cosmic microwave background buried in some excavations became the first evidence that the Universe had a beginning. 

And what followed were obvious questions:

"How did it come into existence?" and "What existed before?"

Some scientists believe that the cores of black holes- regions of space that defy the laws of Physics could be the answer. But it is the Big Bang Theory which remains the most widely acceptable hypothesis of the origins of the Universe. As for the existence of Human Species, it cannot totally be defied in science after the theories of Evolution put forward by Charles Darwin. 

Despite attempts by mythologies, religions and science to decipher the enigma, the creation of the Universe and its creator still remain blurred. Whether the Universe was even created is yet another finicky detail. 

And suppose it was created, are homo sapiens' behavior being dictated? And what is the point of all of us? Do we actually even exist or is it all simply a dream of a sleeping being? 

Thus, associated with that single unsolved mystery, several other charades and riddles become hard nuts to crack. These sixty-four thousand dollar questions can get mystifying in the end.

But one thing would remain fair: the more the Universe would become comprehensible, the more it would appear pointless.

With all my love,