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SCIENCE AS VARIOUS SCIENTIFIC DISCIPLINES REACH THEIR LIMITS AS INDEPENDENT FIELDS OF STUDY, THEY ARE FORCED TO RECOGNIZE THEIR INTERCONNECTEDNESS. THE BORDER BETWEEN THE PHYSICAL AND METAPHYSICAL THEN BEGINS TO BLUR.
THE WORLD'S RELIGIONS HAVE BEGUN TO SEE THE NEED FOR MUTUAL COOPERATION. NO LONGER CAN EACH CLAIM TO BE THE ONLY "TRUE" ONE. THE IMPORTANT ASPECT IS THE CONNECTION BETWEEN INDIVIDUALS AND THE GREATER CONSCIOUSNESS ACKNOWLEDGED BY ALL SPIRITUAL BELIEFS. THE BAHA'I FAITH IS SPECIFICALLY
INCLUDED BECAUSE UNITY OF ALL RELIGIONS IS (LINKS TO ALL INTERFAITH EFFORTS ARE DESIRED. PLEASE ADVISE US OF ANY WE HAVE MISSED.)
THE TERM "METAPHYSICAL" INCLUDES MANY PHENOMENA PURPORTING TO DEMONSTRATE CONNECTIONS BETWEEN THE HUMAN SOUL/BODY AND OUTSIDE FORCES/BEINGS/LOCATIONS SUCH AS PSYCHIC/SPIRITUAL HEALING, CHANNELING, TELEPATHY, OUT-OF-BODY EXPERIENCES, ETC. SOME ASPECTS CONTAIN ANCIENT RELIGIOUS CONCEPTS SUCH AS THE HINDU/VEDIC AND INCA PHILOSOPHIES. SOME ARE BEING STUDIED SCIENTIFICALLY.
MODERN PHYSICS IS EXAMINING THE NATURE OF SUBATOMIC PARTICLES AND THEIR INTERACTIONS. THEY DO STRANGE THINGS: APPEAR AND DISAPPEAR, COMMUNICATE OVER VAST DISTANCES FASTER THAN LIGHT. REFUSE TO REVEAL THEMSELVES TOTALLY AT ANY ONE INSTANT AND MAY BE INFLUENCED BY THE CONSCIOUSNESS OF THE EXPERIMENTER OBSERVING THEM. PHYSICISTS ARE AT A LOSS TO FULLY EXPLAIN THE BASIS OF THESE EFFECTS, BUT IT MAY RELATE TO OUR COSMIC INTERCONNECTEDNESS.
UNITY OF SCIENCE AND SPIRITUALITYSCIENCE AND SPIRITUALITY ARE THOUGHT BY MANY TO BE UNALTERABLY OPPOSED. THE BATTLES BETWEEN CREATIONISTS AND EVOLUTIONISTS EXEMPLIFY THIS SPLIT. THE BAHA'I FAITH, HOWEVER, TEACHES THAT BOTH SEEK THE TRUTH AND BOTH MUST INEVITABLY COME TO THE SAME CONCLUSIONS. BAHA'IS VIEW MANY OF THE STORIES IN THE BIBLE AND OTHER HOLY BOOKS AS METAPHORICAL RATHER THAN SPECIFICALLY FACTUAL. BY HARMONIZING THESE STORIES WITH KNOWN SCIENTIFIC EVIDENCE, THE CHASM BETWEEN SCIENCE AND SPIRITUALITY CAN BE NARROWED AND EVENTUALLY ELIMINATED.
BAHA'I FAITHTHE BAHA'I FAITH IS THE LATEST MAJOR INDEPENDENT WORLD RELIGION, RECOGNIZES THAT SCIENCE AND RELIGION MUST AGREE AND DECLARES THE UNITY OF ALL RELIGIONS AND ALL HUMANITY. IT ALSO OFFERS A MODEL FOR GLOBAL UNITY AND ADMINISTRATION WITHOUT THE DIVISIVNESS FOUND IN CURRENT POLITICAL SYSTEMS.
BIOLOGYTHE FIELD OF BIOLOGY IS EXPANDING AND INTERCONNECTING, AS ARE MANY OTHER FIELDS. |
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