Classification of Developmental Stages of the Universe Relative to Progressive Appearance of Consciousness in Creation

The universe behaves as a complete rational order. When we study its development, we find that its development has proceeded from lower to higher and complicated rational orders in one direction and that what really differentiates these orders is the emergence of higher and different kind of intellect and conscious awakening expressed in behaviour. The most remarkable discovery, which has unfortunately escaped notice of the scientists, is that the development of universe has followed an unprecedented process, which is duly disciplined and preserved by Nature. It is the study of this discipline which exists as a basis of this work and which helps us in determining the nature of development of the universe in successive stages. In the next pages we shall gradually discuss the fundamental laws underlying this great developmental process of the universe. Based on these laws and relative to the appearance of progressive but different kind of consciousness, we can classify the development of universe in the following creative stages or closed orders: -

1. The Great Illumination – Creative Stage of Cosmos: This stage is laid on the development of matter in the form of different kinds of galaxies under the High Energy and Low Energy Processes. 
2. The Earth: Creative Stage laid on development of different kinds of elements under a unified rational order, we call it the Earth. 
3. The Plants and Vegetables: Creative Stage of Semi-conscious life. 
4. The Animals: Creative Stage of Senses (Perceptual Life). 
5. The Man: Creative Stage of Human Self or Soul (Self-conscious Life). 

We shall give brief comments against each Creative Stage and a small note at the end of the comments drawing attention to the silent features which would help us in analysing and finding out the basic fundamental laws revealing the unprecedented process of creation of the universe in successive rational stages.

I. The Great Illumination-Creative Stage of Cosmos

Phase I: The High Energy Process

This phase consists of two successive parts as under:

1. Matter was partly formed in few minutes that followed the enormous initial explosion known as Big Bang, which followed formation of light elements such as hydrogen, deuterium and helium. Later when matter was rearranged in galaxies, by gravitational forces, great clouds formed deep inside the galaxies and sometimes collapsed inwards on themselves. In this way, the first stars were born but these earliest stars probably had no planetary systems because heavy elements did not yet exist. However, thermonuclear reactions in the centres of these stars were soon creating heavier elements, especially carbon, nitrogen and oxygen.

2. When a massive star has exhausted its nuclear fuel it explodes, launching its material into the interstellar medium where the heavy elements formed in the star amalgamate with the gaseous clouds. When a cloud, thus seeded with heavy elements, collapses to form new stars, the new stars would probably have planetary systems. A cycle of star creation proceeds in this way inside the galaxy; eventually the interstellar gas is progressively locked up in the inert residue of stellar systems; planets, red and white dwarfs, neutron stars and black holes. Throughout this cycle of production of heavy elements, considerable amounts of energy are involved and, in general, matter lacks the time to fashion itself into structures more complicated than atoms.

Phase II: The Low Energy Process

As against the development of matter in the high-energy process just described, the low energy process is a different phase of development of the matter. This phase involves processing of matter notably in the planets and in the interstellar medium where more than fifty kinds of organic molecules have been discovered. The development process of matter in this phase is not yet fully understood, except one, the development of Earth, which as we shall study in the next pages exists as a second higher creative stage of the universe.

The high energy and the low energy process of matter developed in the form of galaxies reveal progressive development of cosmic matter and cosmology. The astronomers have sought to define the fundamental parameters, which categorise galaxies and have endeavoured to formulate a method of classification. The classification [ The Cambridge Atlas of Astronomy P.12. New Scientist, 14th May 1987. The different categories of heavens and their progressive development based on definite physical characteristics and the hierarchical construction of galaxies which live in groups along with their stars and planets seem to be the same as mentioned in the Holy Quran in the following verse: “Allah is He Who created Heavens and the Earth-like (planets). The communication comes down among them gradually so that you may know that Allah is able to do all things, and that Allah surroundeth all things in knowledge.” (65: 12) It should be noted that the word “Mislahunna” is very significant. It does not mean that there exist seven heavens and planets like earth as erroneously understood. “Mislahunna” explain morphology and physical characteristics of planets relevant to the particular category of heaven or galaxies. The discovery that each category of heavens has particular physical characteristics and its hierarchical construction, that is, the system of stars and planets is exactly in accord with the revelation made in the Holy Quran. The revelation that communication comes down gradually among them supports progressive development of heavens and their different physical characteristics. It further suggests that Allah nourishes and maintains these heavens corresponding to their gradual order and physical composition. In other verse it is revealed: “He Who created seven heavens one above another; no want of proportions wilt thou see in the creation of (God) most gracious, so turn thy vision, a second time (the) vision will come back to thee dull and discomforted, in a state worn out.” (76: 3-5) The following verses reveal that the whole creation has developed from stage to stage: “What aileth you that ye hope not toward Allah for dignity. When He created you by (diverse) Stages? See ye not how Allah hath created seven heavens one above another.” (71: 13-14) “That ye shall journey on from plane to plane. What aileth them, that, they believe not”. (89: 19-20). Modern scientific discoveries confirm that planets, stars and galaxies did not exist from eternity; these developed in succeeding stages, one above the other. The same is true of the biological stages, which developed on the Earth. Each creative stage receives its nourishment relevant to the development and composition of the stage.] covers physical difference other than the straightforward morphology such as (a) dynamical development of galaxies; (b) chemical development of galaxies; and (c) development of the colours of galaxies. Elliptical galaxies are redder than spiral galaxies. This is interpreted as difference in their stellar constituents. On the basis of different specialities in mass, colour, chemical composition, physical morphology etc. astronomers have so far classified the galaxies into five main groups (HEAVENS) as under:

1. Heaven consisting of Elliptical Galaxies: Galaxies falling in this category are oval shaped and can be upto three times the size of our own galaxy. 
2. Heavens consisting of Spiral Galaxies: Galaxies falling in this category have arms, which swing out, in semi-circle from a nucleus. Our own galaxy, the Milky Way falls in this category. 
3. Heavens consisting of Barred Galaxies: These galaxies have a bar-shaped nucleus with two arms curving out from the end of the bar. 
4. Heavens consisting of Irregular Galaxies: These galaxies consist of a somewhat smaller groupings of stars with no particular shape. 
5. Heavens consisting of Starburst galaxies: These galaxies are also called radio galaxies. The galaxies falling in this category produce infrared radiation. These galaxies consist of brilliant stars, which exists as the powerful source of radiation. 

Apart from the categories given above, there are one to two percent of observed galaxies which are considered abnormal in the sense that it is impossible to classify them as yet. They are termed peculiar galaxies, and often in pairs, which immediately suggest that, the reason for their deformity (hideous character) is due to short-range gravitation interaction or even collusion between galaxies. The Holy Quran mentioned seven categories of heavens. Cosmology is still in its infancy. Astrologists are confident that with the improvement in telescopes and detectors, they will be able to classify the remaining galaxies as well.

The study of cosmologists has revealed that galaxies behave as living “bests”. A natural tendency drives the galaxies of a given class to join together or live in pairs. Strange enough galaxies interact each other which results in their merger (a sort of mating) and consequently this procreative process triggers starbursts. According to astrologists, just as all populations have their oddities, the world of galaxies is no exception. Galaxies are not uniformly distributed in the sky but appear to be living in-groups, each of which is sustained and nourished relevant to its kind.

Points to be noted

The modern physics has established that

1. The universe took its start from insignificant rational state. Its unimaginable temperatures, chaos and agitation reveal an equally unimaginable charge or innate pressure for finding out and settling down to rational orders as is witnessed by the course of its development in successive rational stages and as established by the facts revealed by the classic physics that: (a) matter moves under laws only; and (b) the universe despite its development in successive orders behaves as a complete rational order.
   
2. The Cosmic Order of the universe developed in two successive rational stages: (a) The High Energy Process; and (b) The Low Energy Process.
   
3. The second stage, that is, the Low Energy Process started simultaneously the processing of matter in the first stage of the Higher Energy Process had been completed and its values fixed. It is because; the higher stage could start only after the values on completion of the first elementary stage became fixed. Had the values earned by the first phase on its completion not been fixed, the changes in the first stage could destroy building of the higher stage. We shall further witness this fact which exists as one of the most fundamental law of developmental process in the organic developmental stages of the universe.
   
4. The development of matter has proceeded from simple to higher grades or from low rational states to higher complicated rational orders. Objectively speaking, High-Energy process reveals great agitation of particles to find rational values and the Low Energy Process reveals settling down or the matter in harmonious aggregate proportions.
   
5. The nature of development of universe being rational, the succeeding rational stage simultaneously on closing of the preceding stage lives outside it as a higher independent rational order.
   
6. The physicists claim that the developmental processes of the universe proceed in one direction; they are irreversible. It is true. The nature of development of universe being rational, its developmental processes cannot be reversed; they are apt to proceed in one direction – from low and simple rational orders to higher complicated intellectual orders.7) When we say that on appearance of higher creative stage, the values in the preceding stage become fixed, it implies that no further creative activity continues in the stage. Nevertheless the whole stage continues to live and maintain it as usual through the procreative process developed by it. Accordingly, the Cosmos simultaneously on its completion and start of next higher creative stage of Earth is apt to maintain its hierarchical system which includes birth and death of galaxies, stars and planets under the laws developed on it before the start of creative stage of Earth as a higher creative order.

II. The Earth:  Creative Stage Laid on Processing of Matter under A Higher And Different Kind Of Rational Order outside the Cosmos

The modern physics has established that the planet Earth exists as an independent higher rational order outside the Cosmos. The following accepted laws of physics support this fact:

1. The Low energy Process involving processing of matter in the interstellar medium has shown that as against the Planet earth where complete synthesis process of elements into organic substances is found, only a negligible number of organic molecules have yielded in the rest of the planetary system which rule out the possibility of life, even of elementary type;
   
2. The matter of Cosmos appears to obey a very small number of physical laws which can be expressed in a series of unified physical laws as exist on the Earth; and
   
3. The laws of physics and chemistry established in earthly laboratories hold good throughout the Cosmos without over-throwing the laws fixed in it.

About 4.5 thousand million years ago, the Earth took its start [It may be noted that as against the development of Cosmos in two phases, the Holy Quran describes Earth’s progressive development in four days (phases): The first two days (phases) seem to have comprised separation of special material from the cosmic matter and completion of its structure while the last two days (phases) comprised the completion of chemical composition and physical state of the earth. The development of earth is thus described in the Holy Quran: “Say (O Muhammad) disbelieve ye verily in Him Who created the earth in two Days, and ascribe ye unto Him rivals. He is the Lord of the Worlds. He placed therein firm hills rising above its sustenance in four Days, alike for (all) who ask.” (41: 9-10) Natural sciences have not yet been able to explain distinctly the four duration’s (phases) in which the earth’s morphogenesis, chemical composition and physical state was completed and made fit to receive organic stages of life. The scientists, however, agree that the contents of the earth passed through many phases of progressive development before the behaviour of elements synthesised into a unified order and earth’s atmosphere was formed. According to Abu-ul-Alla Maudoodi, the words “blessings of Allah and measurements of its sustenance” mentioned in the verses imply sustaining and meeting the requirements of various life stages that had to be created in succession on the earth. In other words, the chemical composition of the earth as well as its physical state is so made that it can cater for and sustain all types of life ranging from vegetation to mankind. (See Tafheemul Quran, Volume 4, P.422, Comments 11-12.).] from a gaseous state which seems to have contained unique combination of matter. From its gaseous state to the state of its solidification, it struggled hard to dig, develop and harmonise properties of various kinds of elements in a unified order. It was indeed a great task as it involved infinite series of action and reactions in the form of attraction and repulsion caused by infinite situations through which the elements had to discipline their behaviour under the unitary order of Earth. Attraction and repulsion of molecules of one element with the molecules of the other elements under definite conditions shows that each molecule knew precisely where to attract and where to repel. The unified response of these substances shows as if the Earth lives and functions like a physical brain in itself.

The manifold forms of behaviour which go on changing under the common expression of motion on the Earth such as passing of heat into electricity, into magnetism; heat and electricity into chemical decomposition and chemical combination developing heat and electricity etc which apparently seem occurring through the simple play of attraction and repulsion under the same medium of motion cannot be regarded as mechanical or dead nor can these be taken as separate values independent of the overall unit lived in the form of Earth. We can understand the unit function of the Earth on the analogy of a living organism, which uses chemical energy to build chemical compounds and mechanical energy to move about. Even an electric current may be detected in it. This is similar to the manifold forms of behaviour, which go on changing under the unified order of the Planet Earth under the same expression of motion. It establishes that Planet Earth is a living Planet. Like an egg cell it has developed a shell of atmosphere around it and within this closed system it has harnessed infinite forms of substances acting in a unified order.

The behaviour of these substances can be reduced to mathematical equations. It explains that all forms of physical and chemical motions, which strictly act under law, are nothing but played consciousness. Behaviour, however fixed or stereotyped, is a characteristic of life. The fact that the Planet earth has a response as well as urge to strictly preserve its substances under its overall unit discipline shows that the Earth lives something like an organism.

Points to be noted

III. The Vegetables: Creative Stage (Semi-Conscious Life) 

Simultaneously on completion of physical laws in the form of Earth, organic life took its start in an insignificant vegetable cell of algae. It was a momentous even in the history of creation as against the independent unified order of Planet Earth, life at Vegetable Stage appeared as independent system of its own which started at a conscious level that superseded the rational order of the "living Earth". In other words, the conscious level of vegetable life as compared to the "living" Earth was not only higher in degree but it was different in kind too.

According to the investigation made by the natural sciences, about 4.5 billion years ago, the earth lost its original atmosphere. It was probably swept away by the violent solar wind coming from the new-formed sun. Later, gases escaped from the Earth’s crust as it became heated by the numerous meteorite impacts that frequently occurred in the solar system at that epoch. These gases formed a new atmosphere, made up mainly of hydrogen, nitrogen, methane, ammonia, water vapour and carbon dioxide. The temperature was low enough to allow the water vapour to condense and form the oceans. Since the atmosphere contained neither oxygen (whose appearance followed that of life; it was photosynthesis in plant life that manufactured all the oxygen that we breath) nor ozone, ultra-violet radiation from the sun could freely penetrate the atmosphere, right down to the surface of the Earth. This energy flux, contained with that obtained from other sources such as storm and volcanoes, led to the formation of more complex organic molecules that were dissolved in the relatively fresh-water oceans of that epoch. This investigation confirms that before the start of organic life, the Planet Earth had completely established its unified physical order, which became fixed on appearance of organic life in vegetable cell.The vegetable life recast the behaviour of matter processed at the physical Earth in the form of various species of vegetables under higher rational (conscious) plan of the Vegetable Stage. If we take the physical laws as the elementary measurements with which the Planet Earth fashioned itself and developed its atmosphere, we could see theses measurements recast with greater intelligence at the higher Vegetable Stage in the form of beautiful flowers and their various delightful colours, in the size and shape of plants and trees, in the proportion of tender branches and their leaves as well as in the various kinds of fruits and their juices. All these artistic manifestations are based on complete mathematical equations in so harmonious proportions that they decorated the Earth like the paradise.

Points To Be Noted

1. The creative stage of Vegetables being a higher rational stage took its start from an insignificant plastic cell
   
2. Simultaneously on start of Vegetables as a higher stage, the behaviour of earth substances, that is, the unified physical laws developed on Earth became fixed. Had there been any change in the behaviour of substances, we call the physical laws, the higher Vegetable Stage could neither develop nor earn the values of the stage. This wonderful law applies to each creative stage whenever succeeded by the higher creative stage.
   
3. The Vegetable Stage being a higher conscious stage lived outside the creative stage of Earth as well as the whole Cosmos.
   
4. Being a higher creative stage, the Vegetable rational order (life) dominated the physical laws of the Earth without over-throwing them. It should be noted that the whole creation is made under the overall unit purpose. Hence nature fully preserves the values created in the preceding stages which serve as a base to the higher stage. The successive stage, which appears at a higher and different kind of conscious plan simultaneously on fixation of values in the preceding stage, is apt to "respect" those values. We shall elaborate the ingenious process of creation as we advance in our work. Accordingly the Vegetable life tactfully faced the fixed values of the preceding nature such as the vagaries of the sun, wind, storms etc as well as the change of seasons by deeply rooting in the earth and developing elasticity in its branches etc.
   
5. Just as physical laws of the creative stage of earth became fixed simultaneously on appearance of higher creative stage of Vegetables, and no new physical laws were created, similarly on start of the higher rational stage of Animals, the laws governing the behaviour of Vegetable life became fixed and hence no new vegetable species were created in the stage.

It is usually understood that the physical laws of Earth are the only laws, which are eternal. The study of the development of universe in stages has revealed that simultaneously on appearance of each higher rational order, the values earned in the preceding stage became eternal and existed as a basis for the higher creative order. Hence whether these are the laws of the Cosmology or the unified physical laws developed on Earth or the behaviour of Vegetable life, they became eternal and existed as indispensable basis for higher order. Simultaneously on appearance of higher stage no change was admitted nor new laws were created in them. It is because of this fundamental law of creative process that we are able to study the laws prevailing in each creative stage and differentiate their development relevant to the laws fixed in each higher rational order.

IV. The Animals: Creative Stage of Senses (Perceptual Life)

At this stage life started in an insignificant organism of amoeba and then making its way through uncountable species of animals, it reached its completion at the start of the Human Stage of creation. The animal life started with insignificant sensory perceptions. Appearance of senses at the Animal Stage was a great event in the history of rational orders as it brought the life nearer the cognition of its Creator. The great task for animal life was to complete its sensory values in perfect proportions and in the light of its higher conscious awakening, give new meaning to the life that existed in the earlier stages. Higher life stage always tries to understand the tendencies and behaviour of life fixed in the preceding stages at its own conscious level. If the Vegetable life had achieved its conscious values in mathematical proportions relative to the behaviour (laws) of physical Earth, the Animal life developed new conscious measures in the form of senses of smell, taste, touch, sight and hearing. Each species of animal determined the external world according to the development of its sensory perceptions. Some species were low in developing the senses in their true proportions and the others were abnormal. The great task for animal life was, however, to complete its sensations in perfect proportions on a universal scale which could serve as a rational basis for the higher creative stages.

It is very important to note that it was due to the higher conscious enlightenment of animal with which it differentiated the characteristics of various objects, such as darkness and light, remoteness and vicinity, coldness and heat, solidity and liquidity etc. In other words, the new conscious values developed by Animal stage were not known to the preceding stages. The Animal as a higher creative stage relevant to its higher conscious enlightenment determined these. The Animal detected only those properties, which were useful and necessary for onward march of life stages. The Animal ultimately perfected its sense perceptions in one of its leading species which appeared immediately before the emergence of Human Stage and which served as the physical organism of Man. Even the physical organism of Man, which is a perfect animal species, and in whom the sense perceptions achieved universal standard, could not detect light in its various lengths. The human sense of smell is not as strong as found in some other animal species. The reason for this is that the values of sense perceptions have been fixed by nature under its overall purpose to be achieved. Therefore, the sense perceptions fixed in Human Organisms can perceive only those values, which are essential and useful for life on its onward march. Irrespective of their imperfection, the human physical senses form the universal standard for judging the behaviour of life in the crude material stages as well as for serving the higher life of Man who utilises these perceptions to ascertain the reality of the universe vis-à-vis his own in the light of his Self-consciousness.

Points To Be Noted

The Animal creative stage as a higher rational order as usual took its start from an insignificant state in the form of an amoeba simultaneously on completion of the Vegetable stage. On appearance of Animal stage as a higher creative stage, the form and values earned by the preceding Vegetable stage became immutable. Hence no new species were created in the Vegetable stage. The Animal stage perfected its sense perceptions in one of its leading species, which ultimately served as the physical organism of Man. The animal lives as an independent higher creative stage outside the Vegetables, the Physical earth and all the preceding stages of creation. Its universe is what its sense perceptions determine for it. The rational values perfected by the Animal stage in the form of sense perceptions cannot come down as the nature of developmental processes being rational, these are irreversible.

The fundamental laws with which we can determine the higher creative stage as well as differentiate the stages from one another establish that the creative stage of Animals exists as independent higher rational order over the preceding stages. We shall enlist these fundamental laws at one of the next chapters.

Some of the laws are:

1. The higher stage takes its start from insignificant values of the stage;
   
2. Simultaneously on start of higher stage, the values in the preceding stage become fixed;
   
3. The higher stage lives out [That each higher stage lives out of all the preceding stages could be understood by the fact that had animal not lived out of the vegetable and physical stages around it, its sense perceptions could never differentiate the characteristics of various objects, such as darkness and light, remoteness and vicinity, solidity and liquidity etc.] of all the preceding stages as an independent higher rational order;
   
4. The higher creative stage without overthrowing the values so fixed in the preceding stages tactfully dominates them; and
   
5. The higher stage does not come down to the preceding stage. If it does, it must lose its higher intelligence and become a part of the preceding stage - an impossible impasse!

V. Man - The Creative Stage of Self-Conscious or "Self"

The Human Self appeared as a non-material Self-conscious entity simultaneously on accomplishment of sense perceptions by the Animal stage in one of its perfect animal species, which served as the physical organism of the Human Self or Soul. Creation of Self and its inherent awareness of itself as a self-conscious entity was a tremendous leap over [ The fact that man has been placed at the top of all the creative stages we call it the universe is thus revealed in the Holy Quran: “And Allah made of service unto you what-ever is in the heavens and whatever is in the Earth; it is all from Him. Lo! herein verily are portents for people who reflect” (45: 13) “See ye not how Allah hath made serviceable unto you whatsoever is in the skies and whatsoever is in the Earth and hath loaded you with His favours both without and within” (32: 20) And this is how Allama Muhammad Iqbal in the following beautiful poem “Ruh-I-Ardi Adam Ka Istiqbal Karti Hai” saw the bestowal of Rooh (Soul) on man as a great event which put the man above the whole creation: “ These clouds, these rains, this dome of heavens, all the silent space – mountains and deserts, oceans and winds – are under your sway. Till yesterday you looked to the gestures of angels but today you have to observe your behaviour in the mirror of Time.”] all the creative stages we call it the universe. Upto the Animal stage, life or consciousness was not aware of its own "Self" as a distinct individually and as such the animal world existed as determined by its sense perceptions.

However, on attaining Self-consciousness, the inward mental processes of the Human Self, in the non-material form of thought radiation’s, overshadowed the limited approach of animal sense perceptions by pervading the whole universe. Attaining of Self-consciousness by the Human Self implied that it has become aware of itself relative to a certain entity other than itself. It revealed that the Human Self has appeared as the greatest art of the creator bestowed with all such attributes, which the Creator wanted to accomplish as His Ideal. Being the highest form of creation perfected by the Creator as His Ideal, the Human Self found inherent reflection of its Creator in it. It is by virtue of this inherent spiritual feeling of the Creator in the Self, which made it conscious of its Creator as the sole aim and ideal of its existence and induced natural love to seek Him. Since the Self came to know of itself as an entity due to appearance of direct spiritual feeling of its Creator, the Self could develop and find real peace and satisfaction by loving and seeking its Creator only. Self as an accomplished art superseded all the material forms of art which being in the process of making could have no direct vision or feeling of its Creator. In those creative stages, the creation was alive of its Creator relative to the attributes bestowed on them by the Creator and loved its Creator indirectly by loving and attracting its own attributes, which in a way reflected the attributes of the Creator, through their complementary division from within. The procreative process through which the creation loved its attributes in their complementary division in the form of opposite attraction (sex) is in fact the spiritual way of loving the Creator. (We shall discuss about this great process in the following pages).We have learnt that under one of the fundamental laws of the creative process, simultaneously on appearance of the higher creative stage, the forms and values created in the preceding stage become fixed. The fact that ever-since the Human Self has appeared as a higher creative stage, the forms and sense perceptions of his physical body, which belong to the Animal creative stage, have become fixed, establishes that the Human Self or “Soul” an entity in itself lives as an independent creative stage outside its physical body as well as all the creative stages of the material universe. It is not the present Self-conscious Stage of Human Self, which lives outside all the preceding stages. As a matter of fact each higher creative stage which starts from insignificant values of the stage developed by living out of all the preceding stages! It is witnessed by the fact that each creative stage sticks fastly with its own values and never comes down to the values of the preceding stages which become immutable. It establishes that all the creative stages are alive [ The whole creation (universe) is the art of the Creator and as such, the creation as an art, can seek no one but its Creator. The fact that everything (inorganic and organic) seeks its Creator strengthens the belief that everything is alive of its Maker. The inherent attraction or inbuilt urge for the Creator from within each object is what we call “life”. Allah has drawn human attention to this fact in several verses. In the verse (22:18) it is thus revealed: “Hast thou not seen that unto Allah payeth adoration whatsoever is in the heavens and whatsoever is in the earth and the sun, and the moon, and the stars, and the hills, and the trees, and the beasts, and many of mankind, while there are many unto whom the doom is justly due. He whom Allah scorneth, there is none to give him honour. Lo! Allah doth what He will.”. (22: 18).] of their forms and values and that each higher stage starts at an infinitely higher and different intellect and conscious plan over all the preceding stages. Being higher in intellect and consciousness, reversion of any higher stage to the preceding stage amounts to its death. Besides, being higher in intellect and consciousness, it is prerequisite for the higher stage to live outside all the preceding stages which exist at lower intellect levels and which simultaneously on appearance of the higher creative stage become fixed. It is indeed ingenious work of creation. “Ahsan-ul-Khaliqeen” (The best of all the creators) could only work; like that. Unless the higher creative stage lives outside all the preceding stages as independent stage, it can neither earn the values of the stage nor can the development ever proceed from stage to stage. These facts reveal that the development of universe in successive stages implies development of consciousness in creation relevant to the creative stage. It further establishes that all forms of matter and their motion (energy) are the forms of consciousness played in space-time field relative to the development stage. In other words the whole universe is living organism! It is supported by the discoveries made by the physical sciences which establish that matter moves under law only and that in-spite of its development from High Energy to Low Energy processes, the universe behaves as a complete rational order. These facts confirm our view as expressed in the preceding pages that the nature of chaotic agitation and high-energy temperature visualised by the physicists at the birth of universe was "living". Its state of agitation revealed highest degree of unrest and chaos due to its separation from its source. That high energy processes continued to develop towards normalisation in the form of higher and higher living and intellect orders and ultimately found direct feeling of its Creator in the Human Self or Soul in the form of Self-enlightenment establishes that all forms of matter and their motion (energy) were living relative to the creative stage and that the forms of motion are nothing but played forms of consciousness under the impulse of attraction and repulsion at the material stages of creation. Play under attraction and repulsion reveals freedom of action and it is the attribute of life or consciousness only.

Points To Be Noted

1. The Human Self as a Self-conscious Entity took his start from insignificant state of Self-consciousness simultaneously the Animal stage accomplished the sense perceptions in physical form of Man.
   
2. Simultaneously on appearance of Human Self as a higher rational order, the form and sense perceptions of his physical body, which exists as a perfect animal species, became fixed. Had the form and sense perceptions still continued to develop or change Human Self as a Self-conscious Entity could neither appear nor develop his mental faculties.
   
3. Human Self who took his start on fixation of form and sense perceptions of the physical body, as a higher independent stage cannot revert to the preceding Animal stage on death of the physical organism, which lives under the procreative law, disciplined by the physical stage of Animals.
   
4. Human Self lives in his mental state as a top independent creative stage outside the whole material universe! Since the developmental processes of creation proceed in one direction only, Human Self or “Rooh” must rise from its Self-conscious State to Universal Conscious Enlightenment.

We shall sum-up the fundamental laws as discussed in this chapter in the next pages. More laws will be added as our work develops. Nevertheless these laws are eternal and will remain as basis of our work.