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truth both in the inner world and the outer world. Truth cannot be perceived by a mind that is chattering. Sri Aurobindo wrote, “Truth lives in the calm wordless light of the eternal spaces : she does not intervene in the noise and crackle of logical debate". The Mother wrote, "Truth cannot be expressed in mental terms... Truth cannot be formulated, it cannot be defined. It is to be lived". 15 The only vocation of man is search of truth and to live in that truth.
Erwin Schrodinger wrote, “The world is given to me only once, not one existing and one perceived. Subject and object are only one. The barrier between them cannot be said to have broken down as a result of recent experience in the physical sciences, for this barrier does not exist". He added, “The world is given but once Nothing is reflected. The original and the mirror-image are identical". 18 When the original (Fundamental Vibra. tion, the Truth) and the mirror-image (pure perception) are identical, the Truth self-expresses itself. Truth bestows quantum logic, which is at a higher quantum energy potential than classical logic. The quantum logic has the capacity to construct a sane and healthy society.
The essence of living is to have perception of the Wholeness where the mind has the capacity to perceive the truth at intuitive level. The new order is embedded in intuitive perception. It is only intuition or insight that has the capacity to bring new world order which leads to the emergence of a new global civilisation.
Modern Physics and Spirituality : Modern physics has penetrated deep into realms of spirituality and now spirituality is transforming physics itself. This interdependence and interpenetration is an integral part of a much larger cultural transformation. It leads to the emergence of a new instrument of thought, perceptions and values. This has opened new frontiers of knowledge and thus has ushered a golden age of mind-brain research This has brought man, for the first time in human history, on the
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