Science Discovers Eternal Wisdom

Author(s): Amarendravijay, J D Lodaya, Bhuvanchandra
Publisher: Jain Sahitya Academy

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..... Of all the findings that have emerged from parapsychology research, perhaps the most significant is the fact that man is not, after all, merely a physical machine. For three centuries, the scientists of human nature have regarded man as nothing more than a physical contraption. The new evidence to the contrary is a wonderful step towards learning what man really is.
There is no telling how far the parapsychology research will lead us. The proof that there is something extra-physical or spiritual, in human personality has momentous implications. Eventually, the laboratory will answer even that all-time prize-winner among questions ... Does any part of the human being survive the death of the physical body ? Already research in ESP had indicated, in its freedom from the effects of time and space, the plausibility of some sort of survival. And remember that this relatively new science had barely begun.
Vera Stanely Adler in her book, 'The Finding of The Third Eye' states, “A little research has brought to light the possibility that the discoveries of science today may coincide with the knowledge of the mystics of all times with a difference only of presentation and nomenclature." 5
The above statements carry greater significance in the present-day context of craze for science, which, in turn, with its fantastic feat of putting man in control of elements is overshadowing the mind of humanity at large and the intelligentsia in particular dragging them inexorably away from their spiritual moorings.
Impressed by the achievements of science, the man on the street has been so converted to the cult of science that he invokes the presiding deity of science and swears by it as the ultimate truth in all walks of life; science itself, however,
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