The cosmos consists of energy, matter, four fundamental forces, and the laws of nature. Relativity further simplified this picture by equating energy and mass, i.e. the law of conservation of energy and the law of conservation of mass. Thus, M = E, allowing us to say that the cosmos consists only of energy and forces in nature. I claim that the fundamental principle for understanding the Holy Books and for answering the questions troubling modern scientists is to treat the organic world as a real cosmos, fully analogous in all aspects to the inorganic cosmos. To present the living world as a real cosmos, I must think in the following way. The inorganic cosmos is fundamentally composed of energy. The organic world is composed of organic molecules. From this, it follows that to properly understand the analogy between the two cosmoses, I must equate energy with organic molecules. From the energy present in the Big Bang, elementary particles of matter formed very quickly, followed by the formation of atoms. We can say that matter is a large amount of energy trapped in a small volume, that is, matter is energy confined in a special way. A similar situation applies to the living world. Organic molecules, and especially DNA, contain knowledge that indirectly captures organic matter from the surrounding space. Thus, it follows that a living organism is an organic matter confined in a special way. The possibility of understanding the organic world as an inorganic cosmos thus takes on a new dimension. I claim that what we perceive as matter in the inorganic cosmos is analogous to knowledge within our cells in the other, invisible cosmos. The knowledge within our cells can be referred to as hereditary material. The information stored in the double-helix DNA of any animal or plant is written in a four-letter language, represented by four different types of nucleotides, the molecular components that make up DNA. The hereditary material of every living being is unique, yet it can be measured and compared by the amount of information (bits) it contains. These are, in essence, yes-no answers to various biological questions, written in the language of life. The hereditary material of a virus contains about 10,000 bits of information. A human being or a whale requires about 5,000,000,000 bits of information. The genetic library contains everything that the body is capable of doing on its own. If I perceive the knowledge within DNA as matter, then, for the sake of analogy with energy in the inorganic cosmos, I must understand the atomic structure of organic molecules, including DNA itself, as invisible.
Figure 2.
The cosmos of inorganic matter
The first cells absorbed material from their surroundings, and through division, one cell could produce two identical cells with the same message – the same hereditary material. The number of such identical carriers of hereditary material grew rapidly. Mutations led to an extraordinary increase in the number of these groups of identical hereditary material carriers. The formation of these units meant that the evolution of hereditary material could occur only within these units. The comparison between the creation and evolution of hereditary material and the creation and evolution of matter in the inorganic world is obvious. If we were to view the living world purely through the formation and evolution of hereditary material, we would quickly discover that the resulting image would be identical to the image of the formation and evolution of matter and energy in the inorganic cosmos (Figure 2). By comparing the spatiotemporal image of the formation and evolution of hereditary material with the analogous image of matter in the inorganic cosmos, we can also assume that the final stages of development in both cosmoses are analogous. The final stage of the development of matter in the inorganic cosmos is the planet Earth. Its analogous final stage in the development of hereditary material – the matter in the assumed organic cosmos – is the human body. Following the logic of proving that the living world is fundamentally analogous to the inorganic cosmos, we must equate the planet Earth with the human body.
By observing the organic world as a real cosmos of hereditary material, all phenomena related to understanding the inorganic cosmos become obvious to us. The same force that holds the hereditary material of an individual organism together also acts between members of the same species (galaxies) and the same genus (galaxy clusters). The same force is indeed at work, but it does not act with the same intensity. Scientists have noticed this principle, but they have not been able to explain it. They observed a significant lack of mass in galaxies. They hypothesized the presence of an invisible type of matter, undetectable by instruments, without which the appearance of galaxies would be entirely different from what we observe. The model of the invisible cosmos provides an answer to this question.
Now it is clear why there is an apparent lack of mass in galaxies and galaxy clusters. It is also clear why clusters do not attract each other gravitationally, as we can compare this to the absolute absence of interaction between the hereditary material of one genus and the hereditary material of another genus. It is also clearer why we cannot pinpoint the location of the Big Bang in space, just as we cannot say where life began in space. Furthermore, it is clearer how every galaxy can perceive itself as the center from which all others are moving away, as the same phenomenon occurs with the hereditary material of different genera. The gravitational forces in the cosmos of hereditary material are the result of the influence of energy, matter, and the forces of the inorganic cosmos on the evolution of living beings on Earth, particularly on the arrangement of organic molecules in living beings and, indirectly, on hereditary material. This is why it is impossible to unify the four known forces under a single theory unless we recognize that what we perceive as the force shaping the geometry of a given cosmos, which we call gravity, is not of the same nature as the other three fundamental forces. Its cause lies outside what we define as the cosmos. Let us return to the physicists’ formulation: “If we cannot determine the location of an electron, then we can say it exists, but it is located nowhere.”[1] If I consider an organic molecule, the carrier of knowledge, as visible, I assume that the knowledge within it is something inherently belonging to that organic molecule. I perceive the presence of knowledge within the molecule as direct and immediate. The molecule itself is organized according to the principles of organic chemistry. A special “weight” is given to the chemical organization of molecules by the forces that rule in the cosmos of hereditary material, independent of the forces that influence that chemistry. Thus, organic molecules based on organic chemistry become a medium through which the forces governing hereditary material manifest their influence. These forces impart a new quality, a new ability, to organic molecules, in the same way that the four fundamental forces of the inorganic cosmos impart new properties to the quantum structure of physical bodies, enabling them to behave according to laws that differ significantly from the laws governing quantum particles. By understanding the organic world as a cosmos in which hereditary material is analogous to what we call matter in the inorganic cosmos, we can gain a better insight into the origin of the inorganic cosmos, as these two cosmoses are identical in the manner of their formation. The cosmos was not created by the Big Bang. The acceptance of the Big Bang theory is a result of the observed expansion of the cosmos. The Big Bang assumes that all the mass of the universe was compressed into a small dimension. It was difficult to conceive of any alternative sequence of events or any other arrangement of matter and energy. When we observe the cosmos of hereditary material, it becomes clear that a greater quantity of organic molecules does not mean a greater quantity or organization of hereditary material. The DNA of a whale and the DNA of a human contain approximately the same amount of information in bits. Depending on the conditions on Earth, both the quantity of organic molecules and the quantity of hereditary material vary. The hereditary material of all living beings did not originate from a single point on Earth, nor did it emerge within a timeframe measurable in seconds.
Let us summarize. I imagined the organic world as a cosmos, where I represented hereditary material as matter, thereby “making” it visible, while I represented organic molecules, specifically their atomic structure based on organic chemistry, as energy, thus “making” them invisible.
I stated that the human body is the highest known stage of hereditary material development and that analogy allows me to perceive it as a planet analogous to Earth. This overturns the misconception that the structure of the organic DNA molecule is what governs the living world according to the laws of organic chemistry. Now, we take a major leap forward.
If all phases of development in the two cosmoses are identical, then there must also be the possibility of life developing in the cosmos of knowledge – the cosmos of hereditary material – just as this possibility existed in the inorganic cosmos. Logical reasoning leads to the following conclusion:
If the knowledge in the cells of my body is arranged in the same way as the matter that forms the planet Earth, then, at some point, when conditions allow, life will develop on that knowledge. The model EARTH = HUMAN draws a parallel between the atmosphere and the brain. Life on such a conceived celestial body is reason.
Therefore – my reason is life within the atmosphere of a planet analogous to Earth – provided that the structure of that planet is the hereditary material within my cells and that its atmosphere is the part of that structure related to brain functions.
If I perceive reason as life, then I must perceive organic molecules and my hereditary material as something that is “dead“. Life consists of plants and animals. Reason consists of logic and ethics. If we remain consistent with the claim that the hereditary material of the human body is the same as the planet Earth in the cosmos of hereditary material, we can assume that the plant world on Earth built of hereditary material is analogous to what we call our logic (logicae), and that the animal world on that Earth is analogous to what we call our ethics (ethicae).
If logicae and ethicae, in their structure and organization, are analogous to plants and animals on the planet that is, ultimately, my body, then the organic molecules that form those plants (logicae) and animals (ethicae) are composed of “atoms” of knowledge, that is, of my hereditary material. These organic molecules imply the presence of some new hereditary material, the consequence of their emergence and evolution. Nothing prevents me from conceiving logicae and ethicae – once I perceive them as life on a planet built from hereditary material as matter – as a cosmos in itself, following the same principle of transformation. If we enable the development of our logicae and ethicae (animals), then we can also predict a level of development of ethicae on our hereditary material analogous to the human body and reason. That human would belong to the world of knowledge, and the consciousness he would acquire through the development of his brain would be the consciousness of his existence and the laws governing his only real cosmos – the cosmos of knowledge. I claim that my reason has reached a level of development in which, from the organic molecules and hereditary material of my ethicae, an organizational form of “matter” that we call the human body has developed on my hereditary material. I have become aware of the “invisible” world – the cosmos of knowledge. Our ancestor took a great step in the development of his reason when he transitioned from a gatherer to a food producer. To achieve this, he had to become aware of the characteristics and needs of the plants and animals he cultivated. He had to learn how to select them and, through this process, modify them. The human being within my reason must go through the same path, while the plants and animals it manipulates are, in reality, logicae and ethicae. Only in this way, highly aware of the reality to which he belongs, does he become ready to accept God’s Revelations, just as an analogous being, our ancestor, was able to do thousands of years ago. The difference is that the “human” from the world where knowledge is material – the human of this “invisible” world – sees and understands the similarly “invisible” message contained in God’s Revelations. I claim that Jesus’ coming to Earth, as described and foretold in the Holy Books, is a symbolic description of the emergence of a conscious being within reason, on hereditary material, the first human – Jesus Christ. Both Christians and Muslims expect the return of Jesus Christ for the Day of Judgment. I claim that this event has been fulfilled within my reason!
“Surely (Jesus), the son of Mary will soon descend amongst you as a Just Ruler…”[2]
“Then, the son of Mary will come from the West verifying the prophethood of Muḥammad and the truth of his religion.”[3]
“I, more than any of mankind, have more right to Isa, son of Maryam, for there was no Prophet between him and I. He will descend, and if you see him, know him. He is a well-built man, (the colour of his skin) between red and white.”[4]
I truly affirm that both Muhammad and the Qur’an are correct and ordained by God; I truly was a member of the Islamic community as a soldier; I truly am the son of Mary; I truly have redness on some parts of my skin.
Furthermore, if I perceive Jesus as a part of my reason, as a part of myself, as my very being, then another comparison gains strength. My parents are Mary and Joseph, just like Jesus’ parents. In addition to the fact that our parents’ names are the same, our grandfathers also have the same name. Both my grandfather and Jesus’ grandfather are named Jakov (Jacob).
“On the Day of Judgment, Isa will revive all that people had neglected of Allah’s laws.”[5]
That is precisely my intention – to confirm that the Books are from God and to free the word of God from the burden of ignorance and prejudice. For example, what sense would it make to identify and recognize Jesus by “redness and whiteness” if his return is to be accompanied by cataclysms, the resurrection of the dead, and his descent from the sky on a cloud? And who would be making this identification – those going to Paradise or those going to Hell? By this logic, those who are “going to Hell” could simply say: “Not gonna happen – we didn’t recognize you.” This is an obvious misconception, though not the most critical one. But because of far more significant misconceptions, people are losing their lives. “Faith is… the conviction of things not seen“.[6] It is time for me to begin proving, through faith and the Holy Books, everything I have claimed so far.
“O People of the Book! Let us come to common terms…”[7]
[1] Heisenberg’s uncertainty principle
[2] Sahih al-Bukhari, Muhammad al-Bukhari, Book 60, Hadith 118
[3] Al-Suyūṭī, Jalāl al-Dīn, al-Ḥāwī lil-fatāwī, Beirut: Dār al-Kutub al-‘Ilmiyya, 2000, vol. 2
[4] Hadith recorded by Imam Ahmad
[5] According to the narration of the hadith and the interpretation of Dr. Muhammed Nu’ajm Jasin, Iman – Foundations, Essence, Negation (Iman – temelji, suština, negacija)
[6] The Bible, Revised Standard Version Old Tradition 1952 (RSV-C), Hebrews 11:1-3
[7] The Clear Quran, translation by Dr. Mustafa Khattab, Ali ‘Imran (Family of Imran), 64