Spirituality and Science

Science without religion is lame, religion without science is blind - says Albert Einstein. This age old wisdom always made me to think and one fine day my heart felt its true meaning.

In my Childhood, I believed naturally when my GrandMother said that a word spelled by Rishis is bound to occur . She said that its because of their thought power as a result of their saintliness.But as time passed, my intellectuality questioned me, the logical reason for its possibility and concluded that its a mere farce.Now as further time passed, as I began to understand the correlation between scentific knowledge and spirituality, belief and reason, faith and concluded result, i am bound to agree my Grand Mothers fact.

I can give a practically proved fact : With development of Science, Videogames were developed, wherein users can play with their thought power. Just search in Google you will find many research papers in this context. A research paper can be accessed at http://www.csse.uwa.edu.au/cig08/Proceedings/papers/8069.pdf. In this research it has been proved that : "The participants played the video game by using their thoughts only with up to 80% accuracy over controlling the target."

Here i would like to point out that my Grand Mothers fact is re-believed by me as science proved me by logical reasoning with a concluded result.

Science is based on data, then proceeds with logical reasoning developing suitable theories and concludes on an assumed result. And this result may change in future.But i am afraid that with Science, a lot of natural maxims may not be proved. Even if it can be proved, one should have enough intellectuality to understand it. For suppose, if Einstein comes down and explains to Bhanu about a newly discovered theory, can i understand it at that hour. Frequency of intellectuality should match between both.

At this point if i see the alternative of intellectuality, Spirituality reminds me of Faith . Faith can be defined as believing in assumed-impossible things. For Spirituality, one needs faith to believe. But one needs a capable GURU to guide you, otherwise you are bound to lose the goal.

Should i now conclude myself that Spirituality is far beyond Science ?

Not at all, Blind Faith is a Superstition and misguides the chosen path to reach the goal. The best example is - In ancient times, Christianity taught from its sacred scriptures that the Earth was the center of the Universe. It was believed as such until the 16th century , when Polish astronomer Copernicus developed a model that placed the Sun at the center of the Solar System.

From this history, we should come to a conclusion that both Science and Spirituality are essential. Without either of the one, its not fruitful.

Swami Vivekananda says - "The sages are often ignorant of physical science, because they read the wrong book—the book within; and the scientists are too often ignorant of religion, because they too read the wrong book—the book outside"

He further says : "In Buddha we had the great, universal heart and infinite patience, making religion practical and bringing it to everyone’s door. In Shankaracharya we saw tremendous intellectual power, throwing the scorching light of reason upon everything. We want today that bright sun of intellectuality joined with the heart of Buddha, the wonderful infinite heart of love and mercy. This union will give us the highest philosophy. Science and religion will meet and shake hands. Poetry and philosophy will become friends.What! Those giants of old, the ancient Rishis, who never walked but strode, of whom if you were to think but for a moment you would shrivel up into a moth, they sir, had time--and you have no time! "

Dear Friend, "Mind Thinks. Heart Feels. Every action is once a Thought. If one allows this Thought to be filtered by the Heart, so that your intuition capacity is felt by you with no logical reason, then one's action will always be Perfect"

I conclude, hoping reader will think about the above thought, feels in his heart, its effectiveness and wills to apply it in his day-to-day life.