Metaphysics: Finding meaning in origin of universe

By: Ganesh KolambakarModern physics has taken us extraordinarily close to the origin of our observable universe. We know that the universe is expanding and that, about 13.8 billion years ago, it was in an extremely hot and dense state associated with the Big Bang. However, one question remains stubbornly open: What came before the Big Bang?When we trace the expansion of the universe backwards using Einstein’s theory of general relativity, we arrive at what is called a singularity, a point