Centre for Contemplative Learning and Research
In our modern scientific age, the scriptural knowledge is discounted and disregarded while scientific knowledge is regarded highly. Science stays away from scripture because of its historical relationship with organized religion. With its casting of scripture as books containing articles of belief to be accepted on faith, religion does not help either. Thus, the wisdom that underlies scripture is lost to humanity.
We find from our research and study that the wisdom core of scripture is based upon the study of nature by its authors and is as scientific as our modern sciences. To filter out the wisdom core of scripture from its exclusive doctrine and dogma which compromise reality, we use a four layered lens called Holistic Science in Figure 1 to research how we can use the core scriptural wisdom to benefit humanity in alleviating its suffering.
To be fair, it is not only religion which comprises reality, science is no better. One glaring example of science’s compromise with the truth is its adoption of Cartesian separation between mind and body in health care in direct denial not only of the scriptural principle of inseparability of energy and consciousness but also of common human experience.