The objection to spirituality, in many cases, is that we do not understand or experience spirituality. It is a difficult subject and therefore, we reject it. And therefore, we reject God. If this be a logical argument, then how much of modern science do we understand? Here are some quotes from very famous personalities:
"I think I can safely say that nobody understands quantum mechanics." - Richard Feynman
"There is now in my opinion no entirely satisfactory interpretation of quantum mechanics." - Steven Weinberg
Albert Einstein, himself one of the founders of quantum theory, did not accept some of the more philosophical or metaphysical interpretations of quantum mechanics.
"God does not play with dice" - Albert Einstein
Hence, would all of us, who had problems with Spirituality, and for sure do not understand modern science, stop believing in science. Of course, not. We all want to cling to some faith system. Therefore we would continue to hold on to modern science, for it suits a lot of other things that we do. Scientific temper, though not discretely or directly, encourages materialism, immorality etc. It reduces all of the manifestation to matter, which according to many, is an inferior substance that was created for man to exploit it. Therefore, continue extravaganza at the cost of hurting the spirit in matter.
However a very interesting fact, which is mostly hidden from us, is that many of the scientists were very spiritual and they found meaning in both science and spirituality. A very few quotes would do justice to this argument.
For a parallel to the lesson of atomic theory . . . we must turn to those kinds of epistemological problems with which already thinkers like the Buddha and Lao Tzu have
been confronted, when trying to harmonize our position as spectators and actors in the great drama of existence. - Niels Bohr Atomic Physics and Human Knowledge p20
The great scientific contribution in theoretical physics that has come from Japan since the last war may be an indication of a certain relationship between philosophical ideas in the tradition of the Far East and the philosophical substance of quantum theory. Physics and Philosophy - Werner Heisenberg (p202)
The general notions about human understanding . . . which are illustrated by discoveries in atomic physics are not in the nature of things wholly unfamiliar, wholly unheard of, or new. Even in our own culture they have a history, and in Buddhist and Hindu thought a more considerable and central place. What we shall find is an exemplification, an encouragement, and a refinement of old wisdom.’ Julius Robert Oppenheimer, Science and the Common Understanding, pp. 8-9
Hundreds of years ago, Indian artists created visual images of dancing Shiva's in a beautiful series of bronzes. In our time, physicists have used the most advanced technology to portray the patterns of the cosmic dance. - Frifjof Capra, Tao of Physics
"I think I can safely say that nobody understands quantum mechanics." - Richard Feynman
"There is now in my opinion no entirely satisfactory interpretation of quantum mechanics." - Steven Weinberg
Albert Einstein, himself one of the founders of quantum theory, did not accept some of the more philosophical or metaphysical interpretations of quantum mechanics.
"God does not play with dice" - Albert Einstein
Hence, would all of us, who had problems with Spirituality, and for sure do not understand modern science, stop believing in science. Of course, not. We all want to cling to some faith system. Therefore we would continue to hold on to modern science, for it suits a lot of other things that we do. Scientific temper, though not discretely or directly, encourages materialism, immorality etc. It reduces all of the manifestation to matter, which according to many, is an inferior substance that was created for man to exploit it. Therefore, continue extravaganza at the cost of hurting the spirit in matter.
However a very interesting fact, which is mostly hidden from us, is that many of the scientists were very spiritual and they found meaning in both science and spirituality. A very few quotes would do justice to this argument.
For a parallel to the lesson of atomic theory . . . we must turn to those kinds of epistemological problems with which already thinkers like the Buddha and Lao Tzu have
been confronted, when trying to harmonize our position as spectators and actors in the great drama of existence. - Niels Bohr Atomic Physics and Human Knowledge p20
The great scientific contribution in theoretical physics that has come from Japan since the last war may be an indication of a certain relationship between philosophical ideas in the tradition of the Far East and the philosophical substance of quantum theory. Physics and Philosophy - Werner Heisenberg (p202)
The general notions about human understanding . . . which are illustrated by discoveries in atomic physics are not in the nature of things wholly unfamiliar, wholly unheard of, or new. Even in our own culture they have a history, and in Buddhist and Hindu thought a more considerable and central place. What we shall find is an exemplification, an encouragement, and a refinement of old wisdom.’ Julius Robert Oppenheimer, Science and the Common Understanding, pp. 8-9
Hundreds of years ago, Indian artists created visual images of dancing Shiva's in a beautiful series of bronzes. In our time, physicists have used the most advanced technology to portray the patterns of the cosmic dance. - Frifjof Capra, Tao of Physics
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