A Vision of Unity: Outlines of a Holistic Worldview

Science and religion, from a commonsense point of view, are divided by what seems to be an unbridgeable gulf, the one dealing with matter and the other with the invisible world of the spirit. This assumption, however, rests on a fundamentally distorted conception of reality. For reality is not to be...

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Published in:Journal of Dharma
Main Author: Esler, Dylan (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Dharmaram College 2007
In: Journal of Dharma
Further subjects:B plurality and unity of religions
B Perennial Philosophy
B Science and religion
B holistic perspective
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Parallel Edition:Non-electronic
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Summary:Science and religion, from a commonsense point of view, are divided by what seems to be an unbridgeable gulf, the one dealing with matter and the other with the invisible world of the spirit. This assumption, however, rests on a fundamentally distorted conception of reality. For reality is not to be split into distinct entities, which can be neatly separated from each other, as the static conception of the world would have us believe. What we call ‘matter’ and ‘spirit’ are by no means discreet entities, but different facets of one whole, or, in other words, different levels of vibrations in the endless energetic fluctuations of Being.
ISSN:0253-7222
Contains:Enthalten in: Journal of Dharma