Culture, Spirituality and Health: Clash of Beliefs

It is true that scientific research and spiritual search both begin from a sense of mystery, as was specifically remarked upon by Einstein. However, there are profound differences in their approaches, and spiritual mysteries, unlike the scientific ones, cannot be solved even in principles.

Scientific inquiry is, at its core, deeply contemplative. Current scientific and engineering practice, however, instead of nurturing this facet is often at […]

I remember being hit by Euclid’s proof that there is no largest prime number. I was eleven. Some years later it was girls with their sweet eyes, the cadences of Keats and Johnson, nearly being struck by lightning on Mount Olympus, skidding out of control on a wet road and having nowhere to go.