The Taithiriya Upanishad announces: "Yatho vaa imaani bhoothaani jaayanthe, yena jaathaani jeevanthi, yath prayanthyabhi samvisanthi, thad vijijnaasaswa thad Brahmethi". From which they grow and into which they dissolve - that is Brahmam. Among the Adwaithins or Monists who posit Brahmam thus, there are vast differences and deep conflicts of opinion as regards the Causation of the Cosmos. Some hold that Brahmam is the Cause while other assert that it is caused by Maya or the play of delusion. Others ascribe it to the operation of both Brahmam and Maya. A few others declare that it originated from Vishnu, and that it merges in Vishnu. It is protected by Vishnu alone. Some declare that the statement about Brahmam is only indicative, a clue to realise the principle behind the Cosmos, a Thatastha Lakshana, so to say. Brahmam has endless facets and faculties and causing Creation, preserving the Created and subsuming it into itself are clues to glimpse It.

There are others who believe that the Mind is the cause of Creation since matter and all the five elements are mere structures projected by the Mind and that the Mind itself is a transmutation of the inert Prakrti or Nature. The working of the Mind defies explanation. There is a Supreme Consciousness and it has caused this Creation. These are all guesses or theories framed through their intellectual sharpness by various thinkers.

Scientists have investigated in their own ways and reached diverse conclusions. They explain that Time has been the Cause of the origin of the Cosmos and Time sustains and subsumes it through integration and disintegration. So, it is all the effect of Time which controls it. A few ascribe the entire process to the inner nature of things and its urge towards unfolding. Each thing manifested its genuine nature in its own manner, and time. For example, a mango seed when planted results in a mango tree only. From the womb of a tiger, only a tiger cub can emerge, not a baby goat. Thus, we find that from very ancient times, varieties of contending theories have been propounded on the origin of Creation. Nevertheless, every one has failed to define and declare what exactly is the Cause.

The Cosmos is a magnificent wonder, a source of continuous amazement. It cannot but impress one as a supreme marvel, whoever he may be. When an object has to be made, we know, we need one who has the skill and the intelligence, the sakthi, the power. "Without a maker nothing can be made. Therefore how do these objects that are visible to us - the sun, the moon, the stars, the constellations, their brilliance, movements - move and behave as they do without a Designer, a Maker, a Master? Can these yield to any ordinary power? No. Intelligent people can easily infer, observing the objects designed and made having such mighty capabilities, how immeasurable must be the Power of the Maker Himself.