What being truly scientific means Can one be scientific and yet be spiritual

 

Quote from the True charm and power of Vedanta

 

What being truly scientific means

Can one be scientific and yet be spiritual

 

This can be done only by preparing ourselves to understand as clearly as possible what it takes to be truly scientific and what it takes to be truly spiritual and then by finding ways of being both in oneself , not  theoretically , but in practice.

 

It should be a perfectly realizable ideal for the simple reasons that in the human mind, which is the instrument of being both scientific and spiritual there are no idea-tight compartments. Moreover those who have known have told us that in the sprit there are no curtains or walls.

Now, what does it take to be scientific. Science generally speaking is a description of the facts with the maximum of completeness and maximum economy of thought.

To be scientific we must accept the aim of science as our own, use its methodology, and also develop a scientific mood or tempers. To be scientific requires rigorous discipline of the mind.

 The aim of science is to describe impersonal facts of experience in verifiable terms as exactly as possible as simply as possible and as completely as possible.

 

All its conclusions must be open to experiment  and verification besides being rational and not subject to men’s will or emotions,.

Science aims at precisely describing thins as they are or seem to exist. In its scope science does not include transcendental concepts and offers not ultimate explanation. It deals with secondary causes and not ultimate causes. “It always seeks to reduce thins to a common denominator and reduce the number of categories or necessary concepts”

It has been well said that “laws of nature” are descriptive formulae in “conception shorthand” of the routine of our perception.

Science does not pretend to know anything about God or ultimate reality. It cannot say that God does not exist without being unscientific. And it need not say that God exist to be scientific.

The important criteria os the scientific method are, dynamism and growth: reproducibility and reasonableness. Objectively is the passion of science.

What is need to be scientific is fidelity to facts and readiness to go with open eye where facts lead and ability to keep an open mind Scientist must be absolutely unemotional in rejecting cherished theories when they have been proved wrong and accepting a new one when it has been proved right.

 

Acquire holistic vision to think positively

By Acharya Mahapragya

 

How are we to think rightly? It is essential to learn how to think because a person with a negative approach will not be able to recognise the truth that comes his way for he will reject everything, while a person with a positive approach will access the truth and eventually find solutions to his problems.

 

There are two ways of thinking: positive and negative. These are the two ends of a spectrum. Most often we lie in between. There are combinations of the negative and the positive that lie all along the way. We are considering the extreme positions to make the understanding of the other combinations easier.

 

Much too often we indulge in destructive negative thinking which leads to despair, loss of enthusiasm, depression, and dereliction of duty and proactive action. In short, negative thinking means the beginning of failure in life.

 

The key to success lies in constructive positive thinking. Constructive thinking comes to that person, who keeps the mind focussed, constantly updating herself; is of pure heart, not sullied by overactive emotions; and practises detachment or attachment to all, is useful to one and all.

 

Constructive and destructive thinking have certain criteria by which we can identify them.

 

 

The first step is to examine if our vision is partial or whole, whether it is integrated or fragmented, because a person with holistic vision can think constructively and will get a balanced and comprehensive perspective, but a person with partial vision does not get things straight. In the absence of a holistic view of any given situation or incident, thinking based on a partial view or insufficient facts remains inadequate. So a complete overall view is very important for right and balanced thinking. When the whole picture or a comprehensive view is before us, many a conflicts get resolved automatically. It is because we have heard or read or decided to believe in only a part of the whole story, we keep getting entangled in labyrinthine problems.

 

Once a group of travellers halted for rest under the cool shade of a mango tree. One of them said, ‘Along our way I saw a red lizard on a tree.’ Another piped, ‘Oh no! It was green. I saw it too.’ Soon the discussion turned into an argument till it looked like they would come to blows when a third one said, ‘Are you talking about the chameleon? I too saw it. It changes colour. So both of you are right. ’

 

The world we live in is much like a chameleon. Everything here changes from minute to minute, including ourselves. How many different faces does a person wear in a day? Calm in the morning, hurried during the day, stressed at times, laughing at other times, in a rage occasionally and so on. Even in the ocean, tides rise and fall only twice in a day, once in the morning and once at night. In our day, however, our thoughts change a million times in a day, some exuberant, some depressing. There is continual rise and fall. No constancy. No stability. Sometimes a person’s behaviour may be rooted in some of his past experiences. So one may require knowing a little about the person’s past to be able to understand him completely. To understand and accept the different faces of the same person is to have holistic vision. (Abridged from Unveil Your Greatness)

 

IF HE EXIST

 I drive joy there was a doctor in Benaras who spent 7 minutes in the morning and evening for mediation on God. Knowing this, his colleagues and friends laughed at him. One day they argued that he was wasting 7 precious minutes on something, which he had been misled into believing. The doctor replied, “Well, if God does not exist, I agree that I am wasting 7 minutes a day. But, if He exists? I am afraid you are wasting your entire lifetime. I prefer to waste 7 minutes rather than a lifetime. Why should you grudge me the 7minutes joy that I derive 4m.-

 

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