Scientific Progress And Spiritual Beliefs

Scientific Progress and Spiritual Beliefs these are unseen things, and in the first phase of science, such invisible things were considered unreal. At that time, it was believed there was no connection between science and spirituality. But now, when science itself has become a kind of spiritual knowledge, such views no longer hold ground. This was the theoretical side of science and spirituality. Now, let us look at the practical side. Here, too, many people think that science and spirituality are in conflict— that the two cannot go together. But this belief stems from a wrong understanding of spirituality. If the correct concept of spirituality is kept in mind, then no such conflict remains. In 1961, an international industrial exhibition was held in New Delhi. I too was among those who visited the exhibition. Each country presented its achievements in industrial progress. The American pavilion attracted the most attention because of a modern machine called a “flying motor car.” I, along with many others, stood in a special area. A car arrived. The driver first drove it like a normal car on the ground. Then it rose and began hovering about four feet above the ground. It circled the area and then came back down. We were told that the system of the car worked by taking in air from the top and forcefully expelling it downward,