sravna
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As promised, in this thread , I will be presenting the basis for holistic knowledge of science and spirituality.
Holistic knowledge is something that is acquired when seemingly disparate bodies of knowledge are viewed as a whole. We have physics, chemistry, biology as separate bodies of knowledge which try to explain what happens or what we see in the physical world. Then there is spirituality which tries to help us understand something that is beneath the perception of our senses or physical instruments.
Can Science and Spirituality be linked? I think yes. We can develop a body of knowledge that uses scientific explanations to understand the mechanics of the world and spirituality to explain the objectives behind such mechanics. Such a holistic knowledge should be able to put the various physical phenomenon and the actions and thoughts of people in the perspective of the spiritual knowledge.
There are different levels of existence that an entity can be in. In the most fundamental set of existence, it can be from a quark to an atom and from a chemical element to some mass of solid in the next. The next would be as life and finally as a mental being.
We can say that interaction and bonding among entities at one level of existence give rise to the next higher level. For example, atoms interact and bond to form chemical elements. Chemicals interact and bond and reach a stage where life is formed. This is according to the widespread theory of origin of life. It is the interactions at the biological level between two different organisms where mind did not exist that created a mental being.
There is always a synergy in bonding. Let us say that there are two entities A and B that complement and bond. We can say that A takes from B what it lacks and vice versa. So now both become complete. Thus the energy of A and B as a whole is greater than the sum of the energies when they were separate. This is the synergy or the extra energy derived from bonding.
The better the fit is, the higher is the synergy. When the fit is perfect, the synergy is high enough to take the whole to the next level. I think this is how a jump from one level to the next higher level happens or how the evolution from Physical to chemical to biological to mental happened. The above levels make up the physical world. Then we have the spiritual existence which is a step higher than that of the mental.
We will first see how the various bodies of knowledge of the physical world which deal with these different levels of existence can be linked and how they in turn can be integrated with the spiritual knowledge.
Holistic knowledge is something that is acquired when seemingly disparate bodies of knowledge are viewed as a whole. We have physics, chemistry, biology as separate bodies of knowledge which try to explain what happens or what we see in the physical world. Then there is spirituality which tries to help us understand something that is beneath the perception of our senses or physical instruments.
Can Science and Spirituality be linked? I think yes. We can develop a body of knowledge that uses scientific explanations to understand the mechanics of the world and spirituality to explain the objectives behind such mechanics. Such a holistic knowledge should be able to put the various physical phenomenon and the actions and thoughts of people in the perspective of the spiritual knowledge.
There are different levels of existence that an entity can be in. In the most fundamental set of existence, it can be from a quark to an atom and from a chemical element to some mass of solid in the next. The next would be as life and finally as a mental being.
We can say that interaction and bonding among entities at one level of existence give rise to the next higher level. For example, atoms interact and bond to form chemical elements. Chemicals interact and bond and reach a stage where life is formed. This is according to the widespread theory of origin of life. It is the interactions at the biological level between two different organisms where mind did not exist that created a mental being.
There is always a synergy in bonding. Let us say that there are two entities A and B that complement and bond. We can say that A takes from B what it lacks and vice versa. So now both become complete. Thus the energy of A and B as a whole is greater than the sum of the energies when they were separate. This is the synergy or the extra energy derived from bonding.
The better the fit is, the higher is the synergy. When the fit is perfect, the synergy is high enough to take the whole to the next level. I think this is how a jump from one level to the next higher level happens or how the evolution from Physical to chemical to biological to mental happened. The above levels make up the physical world. Then we have the spiritual existence which is a step higher than that of the mental.
We will first see how the various bodies of knowledge of the physical world which deal with these different levels of existence can be linked and how they in turn can be integrated with the spiritual knowledge.
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