THE SCALE OF GRAND UNIFICATION
The answer is provided by the system of matched pairs. If the scale of the twenty-ninth layer above the half measure marks the radius of the Hubble sphere, which is pervaded by the field of rajas, then the scale of the twenty-ninth layer below the half measure should mark the scale of the elementary constituents of that field.
The universal rule of thumb gives this as 10-29 centimeters.This leads to a prediction regarding the elementary particles of force that characterize the universal field of rajas. The ancient theory predicts that these unknown force particles should have a characteristic interaction scale that is roughly 10-29 centimeters. This can also be expressed as a prediction regarding a fundamental transition scale in the quantum vacuum. If the upper cosmological boundary represents a transition between the vacuum of intergalactic space, which is characterized by relations among visible galaxies, and the vacuum of interuniversal space, which is characterized by relations among local or visible universes, then the lower scale should mark a transition between two different types of quantum vacuum states. As we shall see, this prediction has support in modern theory.
In quantum theory, the scale of 10-29 centimeters is known as the scale of grand unification: The electro-weak force field becomes indistinguishable from, and hence unified with, the strong force field. The electromagnetic, weak, and strong forces, the three forces described by the Standard Model of quantum theory, serve to uphold all observable forms of matter in the universe. In order for matter as we know it to exist, these three forces must function in a diversified manner—as though they are distinct and independent. On the scale of grand unification, the distinctions among the three forces are obliterated so that they merge into a single, grand-unified force field. As a result, matter as we know it cannot exist. On the scale of 10-29 centimeters, all observable forms of matter must dissolve, effectively, into the grand-unified force field.
This reflects the principle “as above, so below.” On the scale of 1028 centimeters, the observable forms of the material galaxies are drowned in the universal red force field, and on the scale of 1028 centimeters, the observable forms of the material particles are drowned in the grand-unified force field. In this way, the two scales form a matched pair so that they represent the macroscopic and microscopic boundaries of the observable universe. The upshot is that we may equate the universal field of rajas described by the Vedic theory and the grand-unified force field described by quantum theory.