Science, Spirituality and Positive Middle Path

Whatever explanations are proposed to spiritual matters, they have to pass two criteria with me. One is that it has to be consistent with scientific fact; and another is that it has to be consistent with the very real spiritual experiences that I have had. And if I, for claiming the truthfulness of these experiences, am to be regarded a lunatic, then so be it.

Science and spirituality have to relate in a positive middle path. I do not mean just any middle path, as the middle can be found in all sorts of undesirable places; I mean the positive middle path that combines the virtues of both while doing away with the flaws in each. Thus, science should be affirmed in its capacity to provide knowledge and invention, and checked when it starts to militate against spirituality. And spirituality should be affirmed in its capacity to produce wisdom and beauty and checked when it starts to attack science and technology.

Ultimately, science and spirituality are part of the same pursuit. They both are truth-seekers; they just use different methodologies to get to the truth. As such, science and spirituality should be allies rather than enemies. The result will be people getting faster and more reliably to the truth than through either path acting alone. And the outcome will be both science and spirituality achieving their real purpose without there being unnecessary animosity between the two.