Wednesday, June 25, 2008

Comprehension of the Absolute is personal but not subjective!

In a discussion of science versus spirituality, somebody asked the question "can the authenticity of a spiritual experience be validated objectively?" Here, by 'authenticity' the questioner means something other than mere imagination and by 'objectively' he means scientifically. Interestingly, comprehension of the Absolute (which is the only authentic spiritual experience) is beyond both faith (without questioning) and logic. Spiritual Masters who did have that comprehension and who described their experience as best as they could, expressed more or less, the same thing in their descriptions (although those who have not yet had that comprehension, may interpret Masters' descriptions in drastically different ways and fight for their interpretation passionately!). Spiritual Masters have also prescribed methods to realize that comprehension; some methods are based on faith, Christianity for example; some others based on questioning like "who am I"; still some others are like what Jiddu Krishnamoorthy says "do not believe what anybody else says, do not quetion or argue, stop thinking totally and just observe". These methods may all be called objective in the sense that at least some of those who practise those methods again see the Absolute. But none of these methods are scientific and can never be scientific because the spiritual experience itself is beyond all science. That unique Experience is personal but not subjective! it is absolute!

1 Comments:

At December 16, 2018 at 1:00 AM , Blogger stef said...

Knowing by becoming...:)

 

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