It’s funny how those of the scientific bent will often delight in dispelling what they call the myth of religion and/or spirituality. On the other side of the coin, those who seek and experience the universal spirituality of life will hesitate to dip their toe into the scientific pool of knowledge, judging the pool to be too small and too shallow. They are also fearful of its limits.
Perhaps embracing both is the most holistic (whole-istic) approach. A good example is a book. A scientific mind can easily describe what it is made up of. It can tell you how long ago the book was written, what source of plant life the paper came from. They can discern what materials make up the ink, the dimensions of the book, its weight, and even the environment it resides in.
What they cannot discern is the emotions that it evokes from the reader, who will be attracted to it, the lives that have been altered by reading its contents, or even the motivations or feelings of the author. Yet this is as much an aspect of the book as the materials that make it up. ~g
