06-10-2020 Dear Friends, I am sharing with you a brief introduction of “Closer To Truth”, which is a content-driven broadcast and digital media, continuously aired in America since 2000 on over 200 PBS and public television stations. To find out more about them, kindly visit their site: https://www.closertotruth.com. Closer To Truth’s resource-rich website features over 4,000 video interviews with worldrenowned scientists and philosophers searching the vital ideas of existence. It is the definitive source for cosmos, consciousness and meaning (God), exploring profound questions of universe, brain/mind, religion, and the search for ultimate reality and purpose. They say that public fascination with questions of Cosmos, Consciousness and particularly Meaning (God) has grown substantially in recent years. According to them some of the humanity’s deepest questions relating to Cosmos, Consciousness and Meaning (God) are:
Cosmos: How vast is our universe? How did it begin? Is it fine-tuned for life? Could our universe be a fake? What is the far future of our universe? Are there multiple universes? What is time? What is the relationship between science and religion? Consciousness: What is consciousness, our inner awareness? Why is it so mysterious? What is the mind-body problem? Can brain explain mind? What is the self? Do we have free will? How does personal identity persist through time? Meaning (God): Is there purpose in the cosmos? What causes religious belief? What is God? What are alternative concepts of God? Can God be proven or disproven? What are God’s traits? Did God create evil? What’s the New Atheism?
I honestly feel that we can deal with nearly all questions being discussed in “Closer To Truth”, especially relating to “Consciousness” and “God” in the light of Quran. I have recently written a book “The Grand Scheme of God, In the light of Quran”. This book deals with fundamental issues of existence and also answers the famous question of Stephen Hawking “Why it is that we and the universe exist?” The introduction of this book on Amazon.com gives a fair idea of the contents of the book. “At the end of his book “A Brief History of Time”, Stephen Hawking raised a very important question: “Why it is that we and the universe exist? If we find the answer to that, it would be the ultimate triumph of human reason---for then we would know the mind of God.” From the time immemorial, this question has fascinated scientists, philosophers and commoners alike, but no one seems to have a perfect answer that can satisfy the rational minds. From Einstein’s “Theory of Everything” to Hawking’s “Grand Unified Theory” to Michio Kaku’s “String Theory” and “M Theory” show scientists’ deep interest to get the ultimate answer. The author thinks that science can only tell us how this universe is functioning, but finding answer to “Why Question” is not the realm of Science. It can only be answered by the Creator, provided He is An Intelligent Being / Mind / Person, and not just a “set of physical laws”. This research book is an over view of “The Grand Scheme of God”. In it, the reader shall discover that everything about this universe and our temporary life is put in the right perspective, joining all pieces of the puzzle together regarding anthropology, paleontology, archaeology, cosmology, creation, evolution etc. It also describes stages of our everlasting life (after death) in a manner, which could bring satisfaction to majority of the rational minds.” Let me humbly repeat that nearly all these questions discussed in “Closer To Truth” can be answered in the light of Quran, but the job is so enormous, that it cannot be dealt with alone. In my opinion, a team of “passionately inquisitive people” (as said Einstein) is required for this purpose. Kindly recommend friends, who are genuinely interested in the subject. Regards Parvez Hashmy