200 Hour yoga Teacher Training in Rishikesh, India : Sprituality And Science

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Spirituality and Science

• Spirituality and Science is seen by many as two
  separate things.
• What we normally call Science is that which we
  can measure, see and prove.
• From that perspective, Spirit is perhaps the last
  thing to be found in any microscope.
• Both science and spirituality are the search for
  truth.
• Science searches the truth of the physical world.
  
• Spirituality searches the truth of the
  consciousness and its relation to the physical
  world.

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Science and Spirituality

• Science provides us with information, but brings
  about no spiritual growth or transformation
• But Spiritual or contemplative approach must lead
  to a profound personal transformation in the way
  we perceive ourselves and the World
• So they are just two different windows to look at
  the same reality
• In actual, they complement rather than oppose
  each other

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Cognition

• Considerable evidence indicates that the human
  cognitive system comprises two subsystems,
• One rational-scientific and the other
  intuitive-spiritual
• We need to create the balance in these two
  subsystem for the evolution of human awareness
• Intuitive and spiritual ideas can be contemplated
  rationally and in the end give rise to
  rational-scientific conclusions,
• which may again give rise to new intuitive ideas,
  so that a progressive development of knowledge
  occurs

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Rational-Scientific cognition

• Psychology
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• Biology
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• Chemistry
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• Physics

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Intuitive-spiritual cognition

• Consciousness
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• Mind
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• Body
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• Surroundings