Do the Vedas already contain a Theory of Everything?
Is there a theory of existing theory of everything already existing in the vedas now sometimes some devotees may simplistically say that ok Krishna is the theory of everything the Hare Krishna Mahamant is the theory of everything or something like that but the important point to recognize is that saying that there is a theory of everything assumes a particular world view that world view is that the universe is nothing more than a mechanism or a machine the theory is if we use the word theory in the scientific sense the word theory can be used in non scientific sense also but if it is used in scientific sense it assumes everything to be mechanistic that means there is no nothing there should be nothing which has free will and everything should act according to the laws of nature then we can postulate a theory about how things happen but if within existence there is something which has free will there is something which has consciousness then we can understand that the theory of everything has its then the theory of everything will not apply because if the universe is not reducible to reducible to unconscious matter but the universe has irreducibly consciousness and consciousness will act according to its own free will.
Consciousness will not act according to any specific mathematical or mechanical theory so that's why the idea that there can be a theory of everything assumes a materialistic world view and the Vedas don't accept a materialistic world view they say that there are two irreducible realities in this world that is matter and spirit and both of them come ultimately from Krishna ultimately from God who manifests in his highest manifestation as Krishna so because God manifests because there is consciousness which is irreducible irreducible fact of existence so we cannot have a mechanical or a mathematical theory to explain the all the observations in the universe so yes the Vedas ultimately describe that the cause of everything is God and God's will so if you want to say in that absolute sense in that non-technical sense of the word theory then we can say that yes the theory of everything in the Vedas is that that God is the supreme controller and nothing happens without his will maya adhyakshena prakriti suyate saccharacharam hetunanena kaunte jagad viparivartati that everything happens under my supervision and all changes happen under material nature which is under my supervision so God's absolute control and God's sanction is the basis of everything that exists and everything that happens so in that sense in that non-mechanical non-reductionistic non-mathematical sense we can say that God and God's will are the ultimate explanation for everything but not only is science nowhere near finding a theory of everything but a theory of everything itself is not possible because there is no assumption underlying the idea that there can be a theory of everything that the universe is mechanistic, material and reductionistic that assumption itself is flawed Thank you.