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|  | | An Anatomy and Physiology of the Human Spirit: A Holistic Quest to Understa
Physical science studies the ‘hardware’ component of nature; mystics contemplate the ‘software’ component. It is now necessary to integrate the two worldviews.
P class=WPM style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt">SPAN lang=EN-ZA style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN-ZA">Since the Industrial Revolution, the peoples from Western civilizations had developed a more mechanistic point of view of the world. As our knowledge of physics and chemistry grew; and with the advent of the steam engine, we started to see the universe and all life in it as a big mechanical machine constructed from chemical elements. Our knowledge has kept on increasing with discoveries about electricity, electronics, information and communication science, computer science and nanotec | |  | | Mapping Reality: A Critical Perspective on Science and Religion
Mapping Reality is a critical perspective on science and religion, and specifically on faith (religion and science) and rational thought (science). Science gives us scientific ‘facts’, and religion supply us with religious ‘truths’- however what can we accept confidently as ‘really’ true. Mapping Reality is an endeavour to illustrate (by means of examples) how inadequate human thought and senses are, and how humans never truly can understand reality. Absolutely everything we know is based on faith. We must clearly distinguish between reality (the territory), and what we perceive to be reality (the map of the territory)! In our journey through life, we need something to guide us, to give us reassurance that we are on the right tract. Modern science has done its best to take that reassurance away from us; telling us that there is no destination, no purpose in life; that our lives are an accident of ‘Nature’. Organised religion is also not helping anymore; it has become dogmatic, sectarian, and self-serving. We have lost the core, the real message, of religion, but we still need true spirituality; we need a map to the Truth.
BR> BR>BR>*****BR>BR>The more you know the less you have to believe. Do not believe everything that you hear or read, especially things that are proven ‘rationally’. It does not matter who you are; you are indoctrinated by other people from the day you are born. Will you ever start to question everything you know and particularly ‘authorities’? Define precisely what you mean; that is all words, concepts, et cetera. Test everything for yourself if you can. Listen to your own instincts and intuition. However, do not be like Rene Descartes – there will be enough said about him later!The |
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