Our conceivable physical universe consists of only mass and energy. Each and every mass particle is fundamentally of the same nature (being formed out of bosons, leptons, hadrons and quarks). Is there any fundamental structural difference between a man and a chair? No, they consist out of the same fundamental particles. Then what really makes them different? Humans can think. Every living organism has the Will Power unlike the inert lifeless objects. What is the origin of this extraordinary unique power? Has this power originated from the complex chemical reactions in our bodies leading to biological adaptation over millions of years? Can mere chemical reactions make us think and let us do what we want to? Does any unknown Supreme Energy thrive within us? These have been the curious questions of man for thousands of years.

From ancient Indian and Eastern philosophy, dating back to thousands of years, we find a very interesting idea about The Reality.

The Eastern philosophers say that our physical world around us is nothing but an illusion, a dream. Whatever we see, we feel, we do and we think are all done in a state of trance. But The Reality is completely different. They also say that there resides a unique energy in every living organism and they call it by the name of The Aatma (The Soul). This soul cannot feel, cannot think, cannot see, cannot perform any work. They do not have any finite shape, nor have any mass, nor occupy any space. They cannot die. They just exist. But they have only one power : The Will Power. They take a mortal form only to fulfill a task guided by their Will. Naturally, a question may arise : Why does then every living object not perform a great task during their lifetime? This is because the emotions and materialistic yearnings overdo the original Will Power and make them forget about their Task in their very short span of lifetime.

All these may seem very laughable to a scientifically oriented mind. But do all these hold any truth? Let us see.

Let us consider a picture of a sphere intersecting a plane. To any living two dimensional living object on this plane, the sphere will only appear as a circle (which gets projected on the plane). To this object The Reality is the circle. But is that the Absolute Reality? No, the Absolute Reality is the sphere. It is only limitation impressed by space that binds the living object on the plane from visualizing further.

Similarly, our existence may be the projection of an Absolute Reality from a much higher dimension. Our vision, thoughts and feelings may be an insignificant projection of a much greater, nobler cause.

Man has started to think from the first day he was able to take control over his mind. But one can never take Total Control over his mind ----- if he does so, then he would be able to recognize Himself and knowing The Ultimate Truth, he would escape from the Physical Dimensions and enter into The Absolute Reality. This is what was meant by Salvation or Moksha by the ancient Eastern Philosophers including Lord Buddha.

But for a simple common man, the magnanimity of this Reality remains unknown. He tries to reason out what he observes around him and through continuous formulation of axioms, assumptions, postulates and constructing different theories explaining the behavior of things around him, he tries to conceive his reality. Like little drops of rain which add up to a boundless deep ocean, the thoughts of hundreds of men over thousands of years, give birth to philosophy and logic and hence a path leading towards The Reality.

"Mathematics as an expression of the human mind reflects the active will, the contemplative reason, and the desire for aesthetic perfection. Its basic elements are logic and intuition, analysis and construction, generality and individuality. Though different traditions may emphasize different aspects, it is only the interplay of these antithetic forces and the struggle for their synthesis that constitutes the life, usefulness and the supreme value of mathematical science."
(Quoted from : 'What is Mathematics?' by Courant & Robbins)

"Mathematics, rightly viewed, possesses not only truth, but supreme beauty -- a beauty cold and austere, like that of sculpture, without appeal to any part of our weaker nature, without the gorgeous trappings of painting and music, yet, sublimely pure, and capable of a stern perfection such as the greatest art can show."

Everything in this materialistic world is dependent on space and time. Laws of economics, geography, political sciences and even the worshipped laws of the physical sciences may not hold their present discovered truths one day. But those beautiful equations originating from hardcore logic will always dictate human ways of thinking and techno scientific inventions through all the ages. If in a different universe, Newton's Law changes to F=ma^6 then almost all the present physical laws would break down. But the elements in the set of the Real Numbers will always obey the Associative, Commutative and Distributive Laws, no matter what. This is the only field which is completely independent of the others. It is only logical thinking and hence strong human reasoning and philosophy that has led all the people and the scientists over thousands of years to formulate laws and construct axioms and postulates. Nothing other than the complete annihilation of the human race can cease this process of human thinking and hence advancement of philosophy, logic and mathematics. The truth suggested by them can be reformed but the earlier proofs can never be disregarded or discarded completely.

We are a part of The Illusion. "The world is a stage and we are mere performers." But were our souls given a chance to enter this Illusion to eat, earn money, relish life and then die like zillions of insignificant insects ---- leaving no contribution ? Then why did we exist for? We must know our Goal in life, our Ultimate Task. We must blaze our locus through this illusioned world, tearing through the mere dimensions of space and time.

We must not be misled and distracted from our Task in this illusioned world which is highly temporary and unstable. We must not get incorporated into that set where exceptions rule the nature. We must construct that rigid mathematical structure that the Nature itself would not be able to falsify. We must not be lead a worthless life led by paltry emotions and hormones. We must remember : To be The One, we have to dedicate ourselves only to our mission in life. We must believe in ourselves, have Supreme Self-Confidence, unquenchable thirst for knowledge and unpenetratable reasoning power and logical abilities. Our mission in life is to advance the human mind and philosophy closer to the Ultimate Truth ; to introduce The Reality in this Illusioned world.