Spirituality and Science

Rudolfl Steiner (1861-1925), an Austrian philosopher, was the founder of a new movement known as Anthroposophy, basing his epistemology on the thought of Johann Wolfgang von Goethe. He wished to apply the scientific method to spiritual experiences.

He claimed that mankind was ready today to develop new faculties for spiritual perception that would be objective. It was his contention that this form of spiritual research could be stated in a manner that could be comprehended and considered just as the results of natural science are manipulated. Steiner envisioned man developing a non-sensory or supersensory consciousness as part of his evolution.

Actually, there is no conflict between science and spirituality. They are just two different way of searching for truth. More recently, quantum physicists are showing the way to the union of science and spirituality. We create our own reality. Sir Isaac Newton considered observers to be completely neutral and totally objective. With the advent of quantum theory, an observer influences an experiment and its results. The observer himself brings about what he is observing. We observe what we wish to observe and by our observing, we bring reality into existence. We create our own reality and everything stands in relationship to everything else. Quantum theology opens the realm of theological investigation to everybody. It attempts to recapture the mystery of God, and it seeks silence as the way of connecting with the divine. Since language is constructed by humans, by this philosophy, it can never reveal the depths of God or His plans.