Science and the Sacred: Eternal Wisdom in a Changing WorldEinstein said the best scientists have always approached science as a sacred activity that could yield "the secrets of the Old One," Ravi Ravindra points out. This eloquent book at once affirms scientific exploration and addresses the failure of science to deal with the inner life. We all want to know why things happen and how we can control certain outcomes; but we also rightly wonder about meaning and purpose: Does the earth need people? What about me personally? What is my place? Why am I here? Coming from the East, this Western physicist offers a rare hybrid view on such topics as: Perception in yoga and physics; The moral responsibility of scientific power; Science as a spiritual path; Healing the soul: truth, love, and God. "Each of us is an artist of our own life," Ravindra says. "Starting from the raw material of our self, we sculpt something which corresponds to our aspirations, our understanding, our skill and sensitivity...This work of transformation is an imperative of our human existence." |
Contents
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS | 13 |
SCIENCE AND THE SACRED | 59 |
SCIENCE As a Spiritual PATH | 143 |
A SCIENCE OF INNER TRANSFORMATION | 151 |
SCIENCE AND THE MYSTERY OF SILENCE | 159 |
TRUTH LOVE AND | 167 |
REFERENCES | 179 |
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
action ancient aspects aspirations assumptions Atman attitude Bhagavad Gita body Brahman Buddha called century Christ concerned cosmology cosmos culture Descartes Divine dukkha Einstein emphasis ence essential eternity existence experience fear feeling forces freedom fundamental higher human idea Indian inner insight intellectual Jiddu Krishnamurti Krishna laws manifestation matter māyā means metaphysical mind modern science mystery mystics nature ness Newton Nirvana notion object observations one's oneself ordinary organs of perception ourselves Patanjali person philosophical physical cosmology physics possible prajñā prakriti prāna presuppositions procedures purpose purusha question rational Ravindra reality realm reason religion religious Rig Veda Sacred sages samādhi samyama science and technology scientific knowledge scientific revolution scientists sense soul spiritual disciplines spiritual path spiritual traditions subtle Theologia Germanica theology theory things tion transformation true truth tual understand universe Upanishad vast vision Western whole wisdom wish word Yoga Sutras Yogi