Science and Spirituality

There are many so-called spiritual personalities, priests and authority figures who have attempted to draw parallels between spiritual pursuits and scientific discovery. These are individuals that are caught in the reconciliation of effects. They are prisoners of there doctrine and dogma and seek to justify their beliefs by aligning themselves with scientific theory. Most of what they write or speak about is pure nonsense or is so far out that no one can really understand it, least of all themselves.

The truth is found in the simplicity of 'what is' not in any far fetched theory that attempts to explain that which cannot be explained. The justification of the known can only be substantiated by what is already known. It is the projection of that which is the identification and attachment of the self. One remains the same because one is looking for sameness. It is the security of that which is the confirmation of what was. Confirmation is always of the old. The new and never before, which is true reality, cannot be realized through the activity of the old. Reality is never what it was, or what it will be, it is only 'what is'.

When one tries to draw parallels between science and the unknown, then one falls into the trap of attempting to justify belief. When one is identified and attached one is in bondage of the self induced known. One lives in the illusion of ones created belief. The self (which is illusion) can never realize beyond the limitations of its belief. It is freedom from knowing and projecting that is the realization of that which has no beginning and no end.

Spiritual authority, those with title (identification) and systems of belief (attachment) know that they are on a path that leads nowhere. But they are unable to comprehend existence without the crutches of belief and identification. They have a psychological investment in a system of tradition and conformity. For them to break free would mean the denial of the known and acceptance of the destitution and uncertainty of the unknown. They prefer the illusion of self to the illumination of the unknown.

One can follow the authority of guru's and systems of spiritual practice or one can realize for oneself the truth of the moment. One can bypass all the nonsense of religion and its authority and be a light unto oneself. One can realize originality of truth in the moment that is one's own insight and not something taught by a teacher or read in a book. One must first be free of all attachment and identification. Freedom means that one is able to listen, read and have understanding that is a realization of the true self from moment to moment. One is not retaining as belief but only observing as a passing cloud, realizing 'what is' in the moment. When there is the absence of retention as belief, judgement and conclusion, there is the dissipation of conflict and violence.