22 May 2012 - QA 5

Dear Guruji please tell us what is Dark Energy. You mentioned it in one of your recent satsangs. From the explanations on Google, it is hard to understand.
Sri Sri Ravi Shankar: There is a whole lot of knowledge about dark energy. The whole universe is full of dark energy. When they say the sun is round, that is because all around the sun is the dark energy that is keeping it round. So all the stars, planets exist in the dark energy.
Like the sky is dark but the stars in the sky are the points of light. We think only that these stars are objects, but science says no, it is the space between the stars that is full of energy like a thick ocean, that is dark energy. You do not see it but the energy between the stars is what they call dark energy.
That is exactly what Shiva Tatva is. Our ancient people knew this and called it Shiva TatvaSarvam Sivamayam Jagat. The whole universe is held by Shiva Tatva.