Daily Meditation: Thursday, April 4, 2002

Scientists have decided to limit their research to the …

04/04/2002

Scientists have decided to limit their research to the objective, material world, because it can be observed by everyone in the same way. They ignore the subjective, psychic world claiming it is variable, subtle, and is therefore more difficult to grasp and measure for classification. Of course, in order to study psychic life and observe the movements of the soul and the spirit you need equipment that no one is as yet able to construct, but is that a reason to repudiate the fact that there is room for such study or even that such study could be of interest? Scientists are compromising themselves with this attitude. They would be far wiser to say: 'This field of study could hold many unexpected riches and could even be the key to true science, but we lack the necessary means to explore it given the present limitations of our abilities and methods of investigation. We shall endeavour to do so in the future, but for the time being we are limiting ourselves to studying what is accessible to our five senses.' This is what they should say, were they really honest and wise, and they should avoid voicing negative opinions about things they do not know.