In the previous chapter, we saw how matter is not something separate from us but is already woven into our very sense of self. The particles that form our body and the stars above share the same fabric of existence, whispering that the universe is one continuous being.
But to move from this insight of oneness to the world of form, another question arises:
If everything is already me, then what decides the different shapes and roles matter takes?
Why does one part of the cosmos become a star, another part a tree, and another, me?
The answer lies in mass — the quiet sculptor that gives the self a body, the cosmos a shape, and energy a destiny.
The Weight That Anchors Creation
Mass is not a random gift given at collapse. It is the inborn property of a particle, written into the universe through the Higgs field. This invisible field fills all of space, and each particle interacts with it in a unique way. Some interact weakly, staying light, like the electron. Others interact strongly, becoming heavy, like the top quark. And some, like the photon, do not interact at all, remaining massless.
In this way, the Higgs field quietly determines the “responsibility” each particle must carry. Mass is fixed, permanent, and essential. Without it, all particles would rush through space at the speed of light, unable to clump, unable to form structure, unable to make worlds.
The Higgs field is like a cosmic university, and the Higgs bosons are its professors. Each professor evaluates the particles—the students—assigning them different weightages based on their character and abilities, shaping their place in the grand curriculum of cosmic engineering.
Collapse: From Possibility to Reality
If mass is fixed by the Higgs field, then where does superposition enter the story?
Here lies the subtle beauty. A particle’s mass is set, but its state — position, spin, momentum — can exist in a superposition of possibilities. Collapse is the act by which one possibility becomes actual. In this sense, collapse does not create mass, but it decides how mass-bearing particles arrange themselves to form the structures of reality.
If we clarify it further, Mass is a fixed intrinsic property of elementary particles and does not exist in quantum superposition. However, its influence appears through energy and momentum, which do remain in superposition and collapse upon measurement. In composite systems, or in special cases like neutrinos, superpositions of states with different effective masses can occur. Thus, mass also expresses itself only when collapse decides the final outcome—though not directly, but indirectly through energy and momentum.
This is like the mind. Our body is given to us — flesh, bone, and weight, already fixed by genetics, diet, and time. But our thoughts are in superposition, countless and fleeting. Collapse occurs when the mind chooses one thought and makes it into a decision. Just as collapse crystallizes one quantum possibility into reality, our decisions crystallize the flow of thought into action. The mass or weight of the body cannot show its effect if the mental choices collapsing into favorable decisions do not carry the body to jump over the grass-filled bag and compress it to make silage.
In other words, it is like a degree-qualified student who can only demonstrate the effect of his knowledge when he meets and interacts with people who need him—an outcome determined by the probabilistic superposition of his placement, energy, and momentum, collapsing into a favorable result. If the placement is favorable in a favorable college but his energy drains away due to illness or bad habits, his knowledge-weight will not show its effect to students. Even if both placement and energy are favorable, but he lacks momentum in the right direction, the result still won’t manifest. So you can imagine how many favorable conditions creation must have required—from the quantum level to today’s human society—for us to be mutually interacting through our laptops across the entire world. Truly amazing.
Thus, in Sharirvigyan Darshan, mass is like the body’s given clay, and collapse is like the potter’s hand shaping it into vessels of destiny.
Balloons in the Fairground
Imagine a grand fairground where countless balloons float in the air. Some are light and barely tethered, drifting wherever the wind pushes them. Others are heavy, filled with sand, falling quickly to the ground and forming clusters. This playful scene mirrors one of the most profound truths of our universe: mass decides clumping, and clumping decides form.
Without the Higgs field assigning weight, all balloons would drift endlessly. But with it, some anchor, some rise, and together they paint the diversity of the fairground.
The First Drops of Weight
In the earliest moments of creation, the universe was like a weightless ocean — full of energy but without anchors. Particles were massless sparks, rushing about freely. But when the Higgs field “switched on,” particles gained mass, as though dew had settled on an invisible web. Suddenly, energy was not only light but also heavy. It could now clump, gather, and begin to form structures.
Mass became the sculptor’s tool. Where there was none, everything stayed diffuse, a mist without boundaries. Where mass appeared, centers of gravity emerged, galaxies condensed, and stars found their birthplaces.
The Cosmic Balancing Act
Mass is not merely about heaviness — it is about responsibility. A particle with more mass pulls on its neighbors, like a magnet drawing iron filings. A lighter particle, on the other hand, slips past interactions, unnoticed, like a feather in the wind. A politically minded person, massive in every field of life, always attracts a crowd of people around him who are less massive. But those who are too thin or like feather-light—like beggars, who are truly deficient, or saints, always fulfilled but resting in pure awareness, the lightest of all—pass by unaffected by his massive pull.
Imagine a cosmic marketplace. Particles with greater mass settle down like merchants in the square, attracting customers (other particles) toward them. Those with less mass are like travelers, always moving, rarely stopping. Together, they create balance: the merchants giving centers of stability, the travelers ensuring motion and exchange. Without both, creation would tilt either into lifeless stillness or restless scattering.
The Sculptor of Diversity
Consider Earth. Its mountains, rivers, oceans, and living beings — all owe their existence to how mass was apportioned. If electrons had been a little heavier, chemistry would have danced differently, atoms might never have formed stably, and life as we know it might have been impossible.
If protons had been slightly lighter, stars might never have ignited fusion, and the Sun’s gentle warmth would not have shone on Earth. A small difference in mass is the line between a cold void and a living cosmos.
Mass and the Poetry of Form
Think of clay in the hands of a potter. Without clay, the potter’s wheel spins endlessly, but no vessel takes shape. Mass is like the clay of creation. It gathers, it holds, it allows form to be molded. The Higgs field provides the clay, collapse provides the shaping hand, and together they sculpt the universe. The spinning wheel is like pure awareness, yet it neither spins nor requires spinning, because here the particles, becoming metaphorical clay, move themselves to be shaped—unlike ordinary clay.
A stone mountain is nothing but clustered particles that carry mass. A drifting cloud is made of lighter forms, airy and mobile. The rhythm of form and formlessness, of solid and fluid, is written by the pen of mass.
Even non-physical has mass
Dark matter is invisible and non-physical, yet it has a non physical type of mass that never can be measured, may be it is encoded mass in the form of special streching of empty space. its gravity affects the visible cosmos. Similarly, invisible ghosts means bhūta, preta, ḍākinī, piśācinī, yātudhāna, kiśkindhika, and others described in ancient Hindu spiritual texts can be understood as subtle forces, like different types of dark matter, that influence the physical lives of people. Various remedial spiritual rites, yoga, mantras, and forms of meditation are practiced to alleviate their effects. These practices carry the soul of the practitioner closer to pure awareness, which is completely beyond all influences—even the gravity of this non-physical “dark matter.” Just as cosmic dark matter pervades everything but cannot touch the pure cosmic sky, so too do these forces fall short of reaching pure awareness.
Closing Image
Picture again the fairground of balloons. Some rise, some fall, some cluster, some drift away. Each balloon’s motion is shaped both by its given weight (from the Higgs field) and by the path it takes (decided by collapse).
So too in life: our body is our given weight, our thoughts are countless balloons, and our decisions are collapses that tether some while letting others drift. Had thoughts been as heavy as the body, they could not drift at will; we would not be able to let go of some while tethering the important ones, and making decisions would not be possible. Thus Creation itself is this delicate play of weight and lightness, attraction and release, collapse and freedom.
Thus, mass is not just about heaviness. It is the quiet architect of creation — the one who gives shape to the shapeless and anchors the dance of the cosmos.
This is how the Higgs field, superposition, and collapse together make the universe diverse, structured, and alive.
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