The Science of Spirituality

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The Science Of Spirituality
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SCIENCE THE SCIENTIFIC METHOD

• Science is the practice where people, usually as
  collectives, make controlled observations and
  testable predictions. This is done in the hopes
  of constantly refining their models and
  understanding of the world. Science has always
  sought to explain the unexplainable, solve the
  unsolvable, and know the unknowable.
• A scientific method seeks to explain the events
  of nature in a reproducible way, and to use these
  findings to make useful predictions. This is done
  partly through observation of natural phenomena,
  but also through experimentation that tries to
  simulate natural events under controlled
  conditions. Observability, Testability,
  Repeatability and Falsifiability are the
  hallmarks of the scientific method.
• In the scientific method, we begin with a
  hypothesis. Next, we make a plan of the procedure
  and or materials we want to use to test the
  hypothesis and follow it exactly and record the
  data or findings. When complete, we analyze the
  data and report on the results. Was our
  hypothesis correct or incorrect?
• The data either proves or disproves our
  hypothesis. We prove our hypothesis when we can
  replicate the results under the same conditions.
  Once a hypothesis has survived testing, it may
  become adopted into the framework of a scientific
  theory. A large number of hypotheses can be
  logically bound together by a single theory.
• Spirituality is studied in the same manner as
  science. In it, the hypothesis that is sought to
  be proven is the existence of the soul and the
  Oversoul or God. The experiment is carried out in
  the laboratory of the human body in the catalytic
  presence of the perfect spiritual Master.
  However, as in outer science, a set of basic
  conditions, such as following the prescribed
  method and practices- such as inculcation of
  ethical virtues, imbibing vegetarian diet need be
  adhered to.

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EXPLORING THE INNER SCIENCE

• How may we enter the Kingdom of God? With the
  help and guidance of one who has himself entered
  it and who can guide us there. If all of the
  physical sciences that belong to the realm of
  Apara Vidya and are studied and mastered on the
  plane of the senses, require the help of a
  teacher, the need of a teacher is still greater
  for spiritual science, Para Vidya, knowledge of
  the beyond, which is an inner process far beyond
  the ken of the senses, to be studied in the
  depths of the mind and experimented with in the
  laboratory of the soul- the human body.
• It is not enough to be content with holy books
  which are the valuable records of inner
  experiences of various Masters in Spirituality.
  The one who can open our inner vision and show us
  the Light of God, and make our inner ear hear the
  Voice of Godthe Wordis the real Master. As
  light comes from light, so life comes from life.
  The science of the Spirit is a thing which
  neither the scriptures nor book learning can
  give. Life impulse must be transmitted into the
  soul of a seeker to make it quicken with real
  life, the life of the Spirit.
• Truth or God cannot be known by the senses,
  intellect or Pranasonly soul can experience the
  Lord, and this can happen only after it has come
  to know itself. To know our Self is not a matter
  of feelings, emotions or drawing inferences. It
  is really one of rising above body-consciousness
  by self-analysis. Knowledge of the Self precedes
  the knowledge of God because it is the inner
  conscious Self which can know Godthe All
  Consciousness. This is in consonance with the
  hidden laws of Nature, of which we have as yet no
  knowledge. This is also the one common goal for
  all humanity. Man is the highest of all creation.
  If he does not attain his goal, he is lost.

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EXPLORING THE INNER SCIENCE

• We are aware of the world and our body through
  the faculty of our attention. Presently, most of
  our attention is going outward into the world and
  outside the body drawn by the 5 senses of sight,
  sound, smell, taste, and touch. We perceive the
  world thru these. If we withdraw our senses to a
  point, known as the seat of our soul or
  awareness, located between and behind the two
  eyebrows, our attention will focus there. When
  all our attention is closed off from the physical
  world and our body and concentrated here, we will
  be able to see the inner Light and hear the inner
  Sound. Through further concentration on them, the
  conscious part of ourselves will withdraw into it
  and we will emerge into a realm of higher
  frequency of Light and Sound.
• Rather than the outer science that rests upon
  its validation on our imperfect outer faculties,
  the Spiritual science is validated by our
  hitherto dormant, perfect spiritual agencies of
  inner vision (known as Nirat) and of inner
  hearing (known as Surat), awakened by the grace
  of a perfect Master by opening of the Third or
  the Single Eye. This inner science perfectly
  fulfils all qualifications to be called a
  science. Which is why it is considered to be
  the very Science of all sciences.
• There are no hard and fast rules, no ceremonies,
  no offerings of gifts during spiritual
  initiation. In this process, the Master acts as
  an external catalyst, enabling the unification of
  the soul with Oversoul or God. A disciple has
  only to enter into the laboratory of his body and
  proceed. A firsthand experience of withdrawal of
  the Soul-current, the opening of the inner vision
  and hearing of the Sound-currentthe Voice of
  Godis invariably given by the Master to the
  disciple at initiation, which experience is
  developed from day to day by regular meditative
  practice.

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THE SCIENCE OF THE SOUL-OVERSOUL

• The Science of the Soul, also known as
  Sant-Mat, means the knowledge taught by the
  perfect Spiritual Masters. It is neither an
  intellectual scholastic system of philosophy nor
  a mere code of social or moral conduct, though
  both of these are elementary steps on the way of
  Spirituality. Although Sant-Mat is a pristine,
  unchanging spiritual knowledge, it does present
  itself from time-to-time in the language of the
  day. Since, the intellectual path finds wide
  acceptance in the present times, this knowledge
  is also being made available in the paradigm of
  science i.e. as the Science of Spirituality.
• Any belief not based on personal experience and
  verification of facts has little value. The
  Science of Spirituality deals both in theory
  and practice with mans true nature and his
  relation to God. It is purely a personal,
  practical and a natural science, not subject to
  change or time. In it, if there is a hypothesis
  required to be proven, it is that soul and God
  exist.
• The Upanishads describe two kinds of knowledge
  (i) Para (Transcendental) the superior
  Pratyaksha (direct), and (ii) Apara
  (Terrestrial) the inferior Paroksha (indirect).
  Apara is preliminary knowledge consisting of
  study of scriptures, codes of rituals, book
  learning, worship, fasting, giving of alms, etc.
  and is also known as Karmakaand or Shariat. Para
  knowledge is by far the Natures science of
  approach to God or the Science of realized
  Truth. This science is and has been at the root
  of all isms, faiths, religions and all beliefs
  throughout the world, in all ages past and
  present, and shall remain so for the future.
• While Science aims to uncover deepest spiritual
  truths, Spirituality aims to search for the cause
  behind scientific facts.

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THE SCIENCE OF THE SOUL-OVERSOUL

• Spirituality should not be confounded with Apara
  vidya or knowledge comprising miracles, psychic
  phenomena or yogic powers. It is instead the
  inner experience of the Soul, and its alphabet
  begins where all philosophy and Hatha-yoga
  practices end. When one gets actual experience of
  the Soul by self-analysis and contacts the
  Overself, it is called Spirituality. It is an
  active and live principle which comes as a pure
  gift from a Master-soul, one attuned with the
  Divine Cosmic Awareness.
• The Science of Para Vidya teaches us how the
  spirit is to be liberated from the bondage of
  mind and matter, to come in contact with the
  Spirit Divine in order to realize and regain the
  Kingdom of God, the Garden of Eden, our True
  Home, which is now a lost province. It integrates
  the individual systems of science, psychology,
  philosophy, spirituality and religion into a
  unified system that describes the
  multi-dimensional nature of man and the universe.
  It provides a more comprehensive description of
  reality than science can offer and explains the
  mechanisms behind an array of paranormal
  phenomena that science chooses to ignore.
• The scientists of Spirituality have found that
  when we invert our attention, we find a source of
  light and sound not evident through gross
  scientific instrumentation. They have uncovered
  higher frequencies of existence far beyond that
  of the physical universe. They discovered an
  essence that consists of Light and Sound that is
  conscious and imperishable. As scientists in
  quantum physics split the atom and atomic
  particles in particle accelerators, they find at
  the heart of each of these particles dancing
  packets of energy radiating light and sound. It
  has taken physical scientists considerable period
  through the development of refined
  instrumentation to prove what scientists of
  Spirituality had already discovered thousands of
  years ago.

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THE SCIENCE OF SPIRITUALITY (SoS)

• The scientists of Spirituality found there were
  a series of regions, each more ethereal and
  functioning at higher and higher vibration levels
  than those below it. When they crossed this
  threshold they were ultimately able to merge into
  an Ocean of Spirit. At this point at their
  journey, they came to know all there is to be
  known. They experienced oneness with all
  creation. They experienced a state that brought
  about ineffable happiness, love and bliss. Let
  us now analyze their findings.
• The Science of Spirituality (SoS) relates to the
  inner creation, well beyond the scope of the
  outer sciences. There is indeed a spiritual
  ladder of the Yogis comprising seven Chakras or
  ganglionic centres, partially enunciated up to
  the microcosm (the region of creation within
  which the soul, separated from God, is currently
  enslaved and constantly forced to undergo
  metempsychosis) stage, which is likewise also
  described by various religions such as Judaism
  and Jainism.
• The Cosmos being holographic in nature (the very
  concept of Maya or illusion), the journey
  through the inner worlds can be very deceptive
  indeed, where many a turn falsely appears to be
  the very destination or God. The deities of the
  lower rungs of the ladder aloneespecially up to
  the microcosmic stageare described the most in
  our religions and theology, and worshipped most
  the world over indeed, one mans God may not
  be the same as anothers, although God-Power is
  One alone!
• By enunciating the spiritual ladder in-toto, SoS
  lays bare the inner spirituality of the various
  religious masters and permits parallel study of
  religion. Not only does this model bring out in
  detail the stages of spiritual ascent and the
  deities connected with them, it also sheds light
  upon the Cosmic architecture i.e. the manner in
  which creation took place, and how it was built
  as a copy of copies.

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THE SCIENCE OF SPIRITUALITY (SoS)

• SoS also clearly definitionalizes various
  spiritual terminologies (e.g. Nirvana, Samadhi),
  bringing out their variegated aspects with
  clarity. Ishta or Deities (e.g. Christ, Rama,
  gods-goddesses) are located upon the ladder, more
  as spiritual concepts (rather than as
  historical persons) as was intended originally.
  The concept of the Trinity (e.g.
  Father-Son-Holy Spirit or Vishnu-Brahma-Shankar)
  can not only be specified but also generalized
  across the board. It gives life to the various
  scripture and epicsboth of East and West, and
  even to the childrens fables which are often but
  allegorized or masked spiritual truths. Who would
  ever have imagined the Ramayana to be tale of
  the souls 7-staged journey up to the Nirvana
  stage, rather than that of an ideal king! It
  also enables a parallel study of the esoteric
  aspect of various religions, revealing them to
  identical in various ways.
• SoS describes three macrocosmic grand regions
  created by the ultimate and eternal Unmanifest
  God, simply described as the Ocean of Love 1.
  Sach-Khand (The ve Region of Truth), 2.
  Paar-Brahm (The neutral Region beyond Brahm) 3.
  Brahmand (The -ve Triple Region, where the Law of
  Karma driven Cycle of 8.4 mill. Species
  operates), all of which need to be transcended
  during the spiritual journey, in order for the
  soul to reach its True Home. The Yogis operate
  within Brahmand, whilst the Sadhs (or Sadhus)
  go up to Paar-Brahm and attain Nirvana or freedom
  from bondage, and the true Sants reach
  Sach-Khand, where the soul achieves
  self-knowledge, having disrobed itself of the
  various Koshas or coverings of the inert
  mind-matter of increasing grossness. Param
  Sants (though described as Sants while
  aliveas being the self-form of the manifest God,
  our Father) take us the Supreme Divine, where the
  droplet merges with the Ocean, achieving
  God-realization.

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CONCLUSION

• Physical joys are not lasting. There are
  limitations of body and mind to which we cannot
  shut our eyes. We must therefore search for the
  perennial source of joy and peace within
  ourselves. The Spiritual Science envisages and
  offers actual experience of death-in-life because
  the Spirit is enabled to rise above the body. It
  is indeed the Mother of all science.
• Throughout the ages, Self-knowledge has been
  acclaimed as the higher type of knowledge. It
  consists of understanding the true nature of the
  Soul, and its relation to the body in which it is
  lodged. It can then be separated at will from the
  tentacles of the body to seek out its source. It
  is by the process of inversion through meditation
  that the Spirit rises into Cosmic Awareness and
  attains everlasting peace.
• In terms of theory, SoS offers the ultimate key
  that unlocks the various spiritual allegories
  that we are confronted with, and defines the
  stage that properly and truly describes God
  (the Lord of the Durbar, as being different
  from and superior to His durbaris), thus putting
  to end an enduring falsity. It also points to the
  nature of the preceptor and the practice required
  to be undertaken in order for the soul to be
  re-united with God.
• The popularity of metaphysics, spirituality and
  new science in the 21st century indicates that
  humanity is now ready for a modern presentation
  of esoteric knowledge. In this context, it would
  be fair to say that in order to truly imbibe the
  scientific temper human society will need to
  shift to a higher paradigm of sciencethe
  Science of Spirituality, which may be
  considered summum bonum of the very human
  existence. Explorations into the outer space and
  sub-atomic space will have to yield to much more
  fruitful explorations in the inner space.

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