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Blog #21: Science and Spirituality
LEGACY OF THE DIVINE TAROT
KING OF COINS: This is a time when abundance can flow to you if you will work towards this end and allow it to come to you. You are powerful and have the ability to manifest whatever you want. It is up to you to realize that what you have been working on in the physical world can indeed happen during the next two weeks. Stay positive, use the Law of Attraction, and be amazed at the results.
ACE OF COINS: A new source of abundance is headed your way. It could be in the form of a new job, a promotion, a career change, or a new opportunity that you did not see before. It could also be an improvement in health or your sense of stability--anything that relates to the physical material world. So be on the lookout for a fresh start somewhere, because the possibility is there.
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BI-WEEKLY THEME: A time of abundance that will allow you to use your King energy to manifest whatever you want. It is up to you to take action to bring this about. There is also a new beginning that will take effect in your life if you open your eyes to recognize it when it comes. It may be obvious--like a new job--or more subtle--like an improved situation related to finances, job, health, or home. Have fun in your relationships and live in the present so you can enjoy every moment. This is a time for being less serious with those in your life.
Blog #21: Science and Spirituality
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At first glance, it may seem that science and spirituality
are so far apart that we may wonder why we should even consider that they might
be related. However, with more advances
in the quantum physics field, which is showing that everything is made up of
energy, it becomes easier to see the connection between these two separate
modalities.
When we look at Albert Einstein’s
basic theory of E=MC2, what this says is that “energy is created by having mass
move at the speed of light and mass is created by having energy slowed down.” (http://macaulay.cuny.edu/eportfolios/artsandculturewithreese/2011/02/06/science-and-spirituality-go-hand-in-hand/)
The three states of matter (solid, liquid, gas) are merely particles that are
moving (vibrating) at different speeds.
Gas, which is usually invisible, can be made visible by slowing down its
molecules so it becomes a liquid or a solid.
So just because something cannot
be seen with our five senses does not mean that it does not exist. In the past, scientists refused to consider
exploring things that we couldn’t see. But with advances in technology we are now
able to see beyond the veil of what was once invisible and can now observe all the wonders of the
universe that before had been hidden from us.
This new technology—such as more
powerful electron microscopes and more far-reaching telescopes—has allowed
science and spirituality to merge more than ever before.
We learned in science classes that
energy and matter cannot be created nor destroyed; they can only be transformed
from one state to another. So what we
are seeing is that different forms of energy—light, sound, chemical, physical,
heat, kinetic—can be transformed from one form into another.
One author explains it as follows:
“It is fast becoming clear, even to many scientists and
doctors, that you can’t separate science and spirituality. They go hand in
hand. We are spiritual beings living a
physical life, and it is in every cell and atom. It is what gives the cells life. Our beliefs about everything affect who and
what we are and how we live our lives right down to our very health.” (http://alexandrabarrett.wordpress.com/2009/10/20/science-and-spirituality-go-hand-in-hand/)
Carl Sagan notes that the word
“spirit” is derived from the Latin word for “to breathe”. Since we breathe air, which is physical,
there is no implication in the word spiritual that we are referring to anything
other than matter. Therefore, he argues,
science is the source of spirituality. He compares the sense of enormity we get
when viewing the universe as an experience that transcends the physical
world—it evokes feelings similar to what we feel when viewing great art,
listening to wondrous music, or reading profound and moving literature. He says that the “soaring feeling, that sense
of elation and humility combined, is surely spiritual.” (http://www.brainpickings.org/index.php/2013/06/12/carl-sagan-on-science-and-spirituality/)
Deepak Chopra does a good job of
explaining that consciousness is the common ground that unites spirituality and
science. He says that “fundamental
science has come to a place where the ultimate questions of matter and creation
cannot be understood unless consciousness is accounted for and factored in.” (http://www.huffingtonpost.com/deepak-chopra/our-future-depends-on-spi_b_5194776.html)
Since spirituality is rooted in the concept related to things that
cannot be perceived with the five senses, what we are talking about here is
pure consciousness, the basis for the subjective world (the mind) and the
objective world related to the senses (matter).
Another author, Larry Culliford, explains
that part of the problem is that for so long spirituality has been associated
with religion and religious teachings.
Spirituality is not the same as religion, yet scientists viewed the two
as similar, thus preventing them from exploring the connections that might
exist between science and spirituality.
As he so clearly states, using an excellent example:
“To undertake scientific investigation, you
have to start with an idea, with some intuition about what to
look into and where you might begin to find answers. Science, in other words,
begets creativity. Intuition
may also be required to furnish explanations and further avenues of
investigation. Creativity and intuition are among those mysteries of
consciousness that link the everyday, analytic mind to the holistic insights of
the spiritual dimension. A good example is that of the chemist Kekulé, who had
a vision of a serpent swallowing its own tail during a kind of waking trance or
daydream, and knew instantly by intuition that the structure of carbon, which
he had been investigating, involved six carbon atoms formed into a ring.” (http://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/spiritual-wisdom-secular-times/201402/science-and-spirituality-0
He concludes by saying that "Science and spirituality belong to one another. . .And science alone cannot give anyone the full picture."
In conclusion, science and spirituality are intertwined and can no longer be considered separate, because of the scientific discoveries that are showing that everything is energy. And science is starting to look for a physical basis for consciousness (the mind) by attempting to pinpoint it to a physical location in the body. An exciting future awaits the continued saga of these explorations.
Sources
http://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/spiritual-wisdom-secular-times/201402/science-and-spirituality-0
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