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Dr. Raynor Johnson to whom reference has been made on more than one occasion in this book, clearly states,
The fact is that we are too much slaves of sense perception. We are hypnotised by space and by timethe forms under which we try to understand the outer world. We live in a dream from which the only way to wake up is to take the ancient path of self-realisation. All those who have found their feet upon it and travelled a little way have seen the material world differently. 45
That science has made sincere efforts to unravel the mysteries of universe cannot be denied. In doing so, it has reached a stage where its established yard-sticks fall short. In addition, the tendency to exploit every scientific invention for selfish purpose has endangered the entire mankind. Scientists dedicated to pure science are worried about these trends. Under the circumstances, it is natural for them to look in the direction of religion and spirituality. Modern scientists working in physics, especially the subatomic physics, appear to be talking in spiritualistic language; that too not one or two; they include the celebrities like Nils Bohr, Schrodinger, Planck, C.V. Raman, David Bohm etc.
Dr. Fritjof Kapra, the physicist who unhesitantly places the thoughts of mystic seers not at par but much above science, states, in the preface to his book, 'The Tao of Physics' :
..... the connection between physics and mysticism ..... shows that the results of modern physics have opened up two very different paths for scientists to pursue. They lead us - to put it in extreme terms - to the Buddha or to the Bomb, and it is upto each scientist to decide which path to take. It seems to me that at a time when close to half our scientists and engineers work for
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