The current day science has also proposed the 'big bang theory' about the creation of the Universe. According to it the Universe was created from something like a 'black hole' where there was nothing but some 'condensed energy' and even 'time' was not there. Universe started forming some 4.5 million years ago with a 'big bang or explosion' that occured in this energy source, and it is still expanding. But the expansion will cease at one point of time in future and everything will contract into the initial condensed energy, and then another cycle may start again. Its somewhat akin to the 'formation and destruction' of stars. I find the 'Brahman' concept interesting as it is somewhat similar. The 'Brahman' also exists in 'mahashunya' or 'vast nothingness', just some physical energy with indescribable attributes. At that point, there is no other characteristics, neither day nor night or seasons or anything, not even 'time'. And this 'Brahman' expands gradually and 'Shristi' starts. At the end everything will be destroyed again and the whole cycle starts over. According to this philosophy, the current 'shrishti' (Unuverse) started forming 4.38 million years ago, and there have been multiple such cycles of creation and destructions since the beginning, with the total time being around 19 billion years !!! Quite strange no ?