The Pain of Mankind and God’s Silence — Understanding Spiritual Entropy

The State of the World: A Mirror of Decline

Today, we see disturbing events unfolding globally — instability in Nepal, political shifts in France, upheavals in Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Pakistan, Japan, and even the Maldives. Yet, amidst all this turbulence, India stands strong, nourished by its deep spiritual energy. Bapuji has often said that India will be preserved by divine protection. Still, we witness the pain of mankind—the suffering, the confusion, the silence of God amidst chaos. Why is God silent when the world trembles? Why does He allow the realm of death to exist when He could have created an immortal world? These are the questions that bring us to today’s deep exploration of spiritual entropy.

Understanding Entropy: From Science to Spirit

In science, entropy refers to the natural process of order transforming into disorder — ice melting into water, metal rusting, bodies aging, and everything moving toward decay. The law of entropy states that all material forms move from creation to dissolution. In spirituality, spiritual entropy refers to the diminishing power of the soul as it descends through birth and death, illusion and desire. When the soul leaves the Supreme Abode, it is pure, luminous, and complete. But with each incarnation, its divine power diminishes, and its mind and intellect fall into distortion.

The Supreme Abode — The Zone Beyond Entropy

In the Mundaka Upanishad, it is said: “There is no duality, no change. Only pure consciousness.”

The Supreme Abode (Param Dham) is a realm beyond decay — the eternal source where entropy is zero, where time, space, and matter do not exist. There, the soul is in its original power and supreme peace. Science predicts the “heat death” of the universe — an end of energy and motion. Spirituality speaks of the end of Kali Yuga — the decay of dharma and cosmic order. Both describe disorder and decline, but their conclusions differ. Science ends in void, spirituality ends in completion — the soul’s return to the Supreme Abode of eternal peace.

Philosophical Insight — The Soul vs. Nature

According to Sankhya philosophy, nature changes, but the soul is eternal. According to Advaita Vedanta, once the soul realizes its oneness with Brahman, it transcends entropy and reaches immortality. Bapuji Dashrathbhai Patel beautifully explains that the Supreme Multiverse, originally of 100 kala (infinite divine frequency), gradually descended into minus (-)100 kala through loss of power. The law of entropy governs all universes below the Supreme Abode — it is the cosmic rhythm of energy descending and dissolving.

 The Divine Purpose — Why Death Exists

Then arises the question: Why did God create the realm of death, when He could have made an immortal world? Scriptures answer that the realm of death is a field of experience. It allows the soul to understand its eternal identity by contrasting it with impermanence. Without decay, the soul would never feel the thirst for immortality. As the Rigveda says: “Before creation, there was neither existence nor non-existence. From the One, creation emerged.” The Chandogya Upanishad adds: “Initially, there was only Sat-Chit-Ananda Brahman, pure blissful consciousness. It desired to become many.” The Mundaka Upanishad explains: “As sparks arise from fire, so countless beings arise from the Supreme Being.” Thus, creation is the play (Leela) of Brahman — a grand experiment for the soul’s evolution.

The Drama of Life and Karma

In the Bhagavata Purana, Lord Vishnu’s breath creates and withdraws universes cyclically. The Gita states: “All worlds up to Brahmaloka are perishable; only the Supreme Abode is eternal.” This cycle of creation and destruction is the stage for karma. Death exists so that souls can experience the fruits of their actions and progress toward liberation. If everything were immortal, the accounts of karma would never end. But as Bapuji says, even in this realm of decay, one can rise above the laws of death through knowledge, meditation, and remembrance of the Supreme Element (Param Tattva). The Gita states that in the presence of the Supreme Being, Nature plays this game, so brother, Nature has created this game. Sankhya philosophy says that Nature constantly changes so that the soul can recognize its distinct eternal nature.

The Soul’s Journey — From Decay to Completion

When the soul forgets its source, it falls into illusion and loses power. When it awakens through knowledge, it begins its return journey upward. The purpose of decay is to remind the soul that this world is not its permanent home. Every moment of imperfection is a call to remembrance — to turn inward, to awaken, and to prepare for return.This world, with all its pain and disorder, is a mirror reflecting one truth: “What is perishable is not ours.” The soul’s true purpose is to recognize its eternal, infinite identity amid instability, and never lose that awareness again.

Bapuji’s Revelation — Beyond the Realm of Death

Bapuji explains that in the Supreme Abode, souls are immortal and infinitely powerful. However, due to the innate nature of creation within the soul, universes were manifested. The realm of death is a result of that creative impulse, where the soul undergoes experience, illusion, and karmic lessons — until it realizes:

Collective Awakening

God is changing the world subtly by working with souls, as emphasized by Bapuji, who asserts that a collective awakening is necessary for significant change. When humanity collectively decides to seek peace, God will facilitate rapid transformation. This is a crucial time to break attachment to worldly affairs and focus on performing righteous deeds, especially as the stability of global systems is increasingly at risk. “I am not this body; I am the eternal soul.” When this realization deepens, the soul transcends the law of entropy, recharges itself, and moves toward Param Dham (the Supreme Abode), where only Paramshanti (supreme peace) prevails.

Conclusion — From Pain to Paramshanti

The pain of mankind is the echo of its disconnection from the Supreme. God’s silence is not neglect but compassion — allowing the soul to evolve through self-realization. Entropy, decay, and suffering exist only to awaken remembrance of the imperishable truth. In the end, every soul shall return — purified, awakened, and complete — to the Supreme Abode of infinite peace, where there is no entropy, no duality, and no death — only Paramshanti (supreme peace) forever.