Einstein once said that science without spirituality is lame and spirituality without science is blind. So, it is very evident that the marriage of science and spirituality is very much existing. Both are in search for truth. One searches for the physical world and other searches for the consciousness. The word consciousness comes from the Latin word "CON" meaning "with" and the word ‘SCIRE" meaning to know. Thus, consciousness means, "to know with". It can be called as self-awereness as well in simple terms. Consciousness is the ability to make observations of oneself. Its function is to improve the role of human beings in action control, learning, adaptation, problem solving, decision making, action control etc. It helps in planned actions and responses rather than instant ones. Spiritual growth is the evolution of consciousness.
The study of external world does not help us very much to understand what is beyond nature. Science can help in perfecting the physical, material and empirical world. It masters the external world. But life is not all the matter. It comprises also the spirit. The depth and the mystery of inner world can be mastered with spirituality. In order to have perfection of external and inner world science and spirituality have to meet, merge and become fellow.
But in today’s world the spiritual development of human beings has not kept a pace with progress of science. This has resulted in destabilization of humanity itself. There are many visible manifestations of this. Problems like shortage of natural resources, degradation of resources, ecological hazards,
pollution, imbalance in nature, threat of nuclear war etc. The list does not end here high crime rate, mental illness, corruption, increasing number of conflicts within people and other innumerable problems.
The man is in the search of happiness in the external world. Science and technology has, helped him to meet his desires outward with the help of modern equipments, gadgets, machinery and gizmos. Man has tamed the nature. He has won control over birth and death to a great extent using science and technology. But these have, without any doubt, given rise to aforesaid problems.
So, it can be concluded that science and technology used with compassion and understanding cannot only abolish the poverty, ignorance and other problems from the world but if combined with spirituality can help in the progress of soul and eternal happiness within. The current paradigm does not include consciousness of mind as fundamental reality. It seeks only external world.
In this infinite ocean of matter the grand idea of ally of science and spirituality can help in checking degeneration of character along with resolving endless issues existing in the world. Vivekanand said once "The more we handle material world using science , we may lose our whatever spirituality is left within us."
So, for the future of species, the ally of science and spirituality is crucial and utmost important and when our soul is roused to self-consciousness the Glory will come, Goodness will come, Purity will come in all over the world. As Shri Aurobindo said that discovery of self consciousness is of great practical significance of the world that the discoveries of Copernicus and Newton.
The study of external world does not help us very much to understand what is beyond nature. Science can help in perfecting the physical, material and empirical world. It masters the external world. But life is not all the matter. It comprises also the spirit. The depth and the mystery of inner world can be mastered with spirituality. In order to have perfection of external and inner world science and spirituality have to meet, merge and become fellow.
But in today’s world the spiritual development of human beings has not kept a pace with progress of science. This has resulted in destabilization of humanity itself. There are many visible manifestations of this. Problems like shortage of natural resources, degradation of resources, ecological hazards,
pollution, imbalance in nature, threat of nuclear war etc. The list does not end here high crime rate, mental illness, corruption, increasing number of conflicts within people and other innumerable problems.
The man is in the search of happiness in the external world. Science and technology has, helped him to meet his desires outward with the help of modern equipments, gadgets, machinery and gizmos. Man has tamed the nature. He has won control over birth and death to a great extent using science and technology. But these have, without any doubt, given rise to aforesaid problems.
So, it can be concluded that science and technology used with compassion and understanding cannot only abolish the poverty, ignorance and other problems from the world but if combined with spirituality can help in the progress of soul and eternal happiness within. The current paradigm does not include consciousness of mind as fundamental reality. It seeks only external world.
In this infinite ocean of matter the grand idea of ally of science and spirituality can help in checking degeneration of character along with resolving endless issues existing in the world. Vivekanand said once "The more we handle material world using science , we may lose our whatever spirituality is left within us."
So, for the future of species, the ally of science and spirituality is crucial and utmost important and when our soul is roused to self-consciousness the Glory will come, Goodness will come, Purity will come in all over the world. As Shri Aurobindo said that discovery of self consciousness is of great practical significance of the world that the discoveries of Copernicus and Newton.
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