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Major progress linking modern science
and Vedic science*
S. N. Bhavasar and R. W. Boyer
Prasaad cinhani purah phalani
Auspicious signs and signatures precede eventual fruitful actions. (Kalidasa)
The exponential rate of growth of information in recent years is one indicator of the unprecedented phase transition we are witnessing throughout the world. In virtually every area of society, it is a time of rapid change marked by shifting paradigms, erosion of traditional social values, moral and ethical challenges, tension and violence, and even risk of nuclear annihilation and dismantling of our natural genetic heritage. We are at a critical threshold at which the outer objective focus on the material level of life has gotten ahead of inner subjective development of our minds (1). But in the fog and mist of these turbulent times, a new era of hope and progress in scientific knowledge is unfolding that is far more significant than any paradigm shift in the 400 hundred year history of this Age of Science. Scientific advances now have brought us to the doorstep of the ultimate unification of nature in unified field theory. These advances are auspicious precursors to a profound integration of knowledge that is propelling the Age of Science into a genuine Age of Enlightenment (1). Progressive views of empirical science
The great accomplishment in modern science of getting to the stage to be able to formulate theories of the ultimate unity of nature-unified field theoryhas established the theoretical basis for linking up with the most ancient continu
* Material for this paper was drawn from a review by Dr. S. N. Bhavasar of the
upcoming book by R. W. Boyer, Ph.D., Bridge to unity. The authors thank R. P. Jain of Motilal Banarsidass for the suggestion to submit this paper.
