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Briefly, we have explained the basis of these articles of faith but this was not necessary. As we do not question about the basic postulates of ethics, we need not also raise such problems here. This will involve the fallacy of infinite regress or arguing in a circle. Hence, there is the least scope for exploring the logical or scientific basis of spirituality. This is entirely a matter of faith. This is neither against science nor against reason but above both Science and Reason.
So far the claims of Western Scientific materialism is concerned we can say that the studies of Western science are abstracted from the whole and in these studies much of that greater whole is neglected. Within the limits chosen, science has had amazing success. but this does not qualify it to assume the role of philosophy and pronounce upon it. Matcrialism fails to explain adequately such phenomena as memory and embryological development. In all fields of Natural Science there are unsolved prob. lems which would remain insoluble so long as materialistic attitude was maintained. 23 The facts of radio-activity, interference patterns in light in physics and postulation of a psychical fields are in existence, preserving the knowledge acquired through the experiments of the past.24 Science has many achievements to its credit of an impressive kind, but its very success in a specialized field had led to its ignoring the qualities to the greater whole.25 The fuller truth of meanings, which in meditative moments we hunger for, must be sought not by the method of science in the outer world, but on an inward journey of exploration. To quote William Blake : "If the doors of perception were cleaned everything would appear as it is infinite.'*28
The second line of scientific approach to spirituality is from the side of psychical Researches and their implications. There are strange facts concerned with the mind wbich had been carefully studied during the last half of this century. There are paranormal phenomenon of telepathy, clairvoyance, precognition, telekinesis, object
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