Science is surely a word much greater than just a compulsory subject to pursue the hot course of engineering, greater than the abbreviation that we commonly use as "pcm", greater than the scales, compasses, and drafters used. It's much beyond, much beyond our imaginations and that's why it's a practice no matter how much we advance into the field. We rather seem to extend the scope of science, each time we advance more into it just as a dog tries to catch its own tail, which runs away further just at the last moment.
Science is often misinterpreted as a study that draws you away from God, i.e., the higher power. Rather, it should be interpreted as the means to reach that power in my opinion, because, if there is something that is closest to that higher power, it is science. It is rather, a connecting medium between humans and God. How?
Well, first let's consider you being a so-called "believer", and thus, one who does not believe that science brings you closer to your God/Goddess. So, you pray to Him every morning, having no idea as whom exactly you are worshipping, and believing that he is omnipresent - but how and in what form, no idea. I mean, obviously, how can you say anything about that. But let's consider that you believe in science, and thus try to reason everything you sense and feel. Then, if you dig even a little into science, you can be easily convinced that the higher power you are worshipping, is a form of energy, and that energy can be easily present anywhere or everywhere, and in any form. Moreover, it can be believed that your thoughts are also a form of energy too, as is your soul that when leaved your body, your body is incapable of doing a verb. Then, when you pray with proper reasoning, obviously your prayer has greater meaning, more intensity, and a higher degree of honesty, and clarity. In other words, your prayer is probably better communicated, and heard.
Go on, reason, judge, conclude, satisfy yourself, and then take action.
And yes, when I say your thoughts are a form of energy, I mean it. Noetic science is a science that deals with the power of spirit and thoughts. Here is an excerpt from a document on wikipedia, describing Noetic science and its scope.
" The theory of noetics, centers around the idea that the human mind is capable of affecting, or even doing work to the physical world. It is suggested that thought and spirit are not in fact imaginery, but Bose or Photon based, meaning essentially, that the mind can be quantified by formulae, which describe quantum materials such as light. Just as gravity affects all matter, so do thoughts to an apperent less degree. Psychokinesis, more often called telekinesis, is concerned with the direct influence of mind on matter." - Courtesy Wikipedia.
It has also been studied that the combined mindset of thousands of people, in case of a worldwide crisis, can affect the sensex drastically (it is a sensitive index after all), and that, thousands of minds transmitting the same thought, can change a substance at its nuclear level.
I am a true believer of God, and still I believe in science as a religion, and I don't think that this combination is anything unusual. Rather I think, it is the most usual, and the best one indeed. Suppose, we all adopt science as our religion, rather than sticking to our respective religions, but at the same time, do believe in our mythologies, epics, and our religious backgrounds, not treating them as myth-ologies literally. Thus, lesser controversiesand clashes, among religions. Everything that has been mentioned in our holy books can be surely true, as most of the events have a date-line or an era-line attached which has some evidence too to prove the authenticity that is involved. Moreover, there have been discoveries like finding the remains of temples, that are dated back to our mythological age, and also the discoveries of the remains (rocks) of the bridge between India and Sri Lanka believed to be built by Sri Ram Himself. These discoveries, rather validate the happenings of the events, that are mentioned in our mentioned in our holy books.
Moreover, we can search for the science linkages here too. Who knows the technology behind agni-baan (fire-arrow) mentioned in the epics, is unleashed by the year 2015, and the advancements in the field of guided missiles, may one day lead us to the technology behind the chakra used by Sri Krishna to kill the demons! After all, it has some connection, isn't it?
It seems that we are not making discoveries in science, but rather rediscoveries, as many quote it. The science that we possesed once, has been lost somewhere, a treasure carelessly lost, or may be hidden, or rather coded as in the Vedas, Upnishads, and other respective holy books, in every religion. Many believe that Vedas contain knowledge, that is yet to be deciphered, and that can prove to be highly beneficial for all.
Moreover, after the loss of this valuable knowledge, which can be easily termed science, there would have been certainly a phase, when flying in the sky meant to be a magic, and that too, which was impossible to execute. But then, the Wright Brothers proved this to be rather, a science. We may be treating, "thought-controlled actions" today as magic, but may be one day, "Noetic Science" will reason them efficiently enough, to convince us that it is science.
There are many examples relating to scientific discoveries in the history, that you will probably accept to be considered as magic tricks at one time, but later proved to be pure science, such as:
1. Accelerating Universe;
2. Human Genome;
3. DNA Fingerprinting;
4. Cloning - the magic of a person being at more than one place at once in the ancient past may have its roots laid in the science of cloning, who knows! ;
5. Worldwide Web; and,
6. X-rays - looking through a solid mass! Certainly magical until 1895.
So, take your call, the Science is yours!!!
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