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we may call it, for the simple reason that both belong to man." (Ibid, PP. 14-15) "The transcendental experience goes beyond science. But beyond science is not unscientific.” (Ibid, p. 5)
According to Dr. D. S. Kothari consciousness is involved both in modern physics and spirituality. "Property of self consciousness relevant to quantum mechanics is its freedom of choice which appear in a large system which must be a thermodynamic system. And it is this property alone which unambiguously distinguishes consciousness from matter or self from atom.” (Ibid, P. 24) Science has its limitation. It can not contribute to the great moral challenge facing humankind. Therefore, it has to recognise its obligation to the problem of the self and not merely that of atom”. Science in its very nature is incomplete. Because there are fundamental truths which science do not know. We are intuitionally certain of these truths but these are out of the domain of science. "Science can contribute to a great extent id exploring the objective aspects of the mind and the self." And exploring the limits of determinism and freedom. Thus, Dr. Kothari concludes, “the simple truth is that we can hardly comprehend the value, harmonry and grandeur of the one without knowing something of the other.” (Ibid, P. 27). "It is beyond question that for human advancement we need to pay attention to both the knowledge of atom and the knowledge of the self." Let there be a happy marriage between science and spirituality out of this marriage a new child of future may be born and divinity on carth may become reality.
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