Course Overview
The assumption in the spiritual teachings is that the whole cosmos has been created or emanates from energies or forces at the highest level of consciousness. As a consequence, as spiritual searchers evolve, they naturally exude compassion, love, sense of service, and a feeling of unity with everyone. In the enterprise of scientific research, the effort is to get more and more accurate knowledge of the laws governing the external universe based on the assumption that everything in the cosmos has evolved from matter without consciousness. In scientific research the person needs to be out of the way and the quality of being of the scientist is irrelevant. Some highly regarded scientists have been wonderful human beings and some quite self-centered and fearful. And for some great scientists, scientific research itself has been a spiritual path. This set of webinars is intended for anybody interested in the two major needs of the human soul, namely meaning and knowledge. It is not necessary but it can be helpful if the participants can read the book Science and the Sacred by Ravi Ravindra.
About Ravi Ranvindra
Ravi Ravindra obtained B.S. (Hons) and M.Tech from IIT, Kharagpur, before doing M.S. and Ph.D. in Physics from the University of Toronto. Later he obtained an M.A. in Philosophy at Dalhousie University. At different times he has held Post-doctoral fellowships in Physics (University of Toronto), History and Philosophy of Science (Princeton University) and in Religion (Columbia University). He is now Professor Emeritus at Dalhousie University in Halifax (Canada) where he had taught courses in the departments of Physics, Philosophy and Comparative Religion. He was a Member of the Institute of Advanced Study in Princeton, a fellow of the Indian Institute of Advance Study in Shimla, the Founding Director of the Threshold Award for Integrative Knowledge. He is an Honorary Member of the Scientific and Medical Network, of the European Yoga Society, and a Fellow of the Temenos Academy, England. He was a judge for the Templeton Prize for Progress in Religion for three years. Ravi’s spiritual search has led him to the teachings of J. Krishnamurti, G. I. Gurdjieff, Zen, Yoga, and a deep immersion in the mystical teachings of the Indian and Christian classical traditions. He is the author of hundreds of articles and several books on religion, science, mysticism and spirituality. For decades he has been one of the prominent voices in Science and Spirituality.
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Testimonials from fellow searchers
I personally find this book captivating and mesmerizing. It is very important because it speaks not only to the spiritual and psychological health of humankind, but to the survival of our planet. It is refreshing to read the opinions of a first-rate mind who is willing to unabashedly speak out about the primacy of spirit and to call into question many of the assumptions Western scientists make about the world, most of which go unchallenged in our culture.
M.D., Author of Space, Time and Medicine, Beyond Illness and Recovering the Soul
A significant contribution to the fields of philosophy of science, comparative religion and religious studies. A first-rate scholarly mind, who also has considerable spiritual sensitivity, deals with science without being intimidated by science.
author of The Heart of Philosophy and A Sense of the Cosmos
Ravindra is a lucid writer and passionate about communicating the big picture, which can help us make sense of our lives. He has masterfully succeeded in reducing the grand theme of the relationship between science and mysticism to an intelligible size that anyone can comprehend.
Las Vegas, NV
This book is an important contribution to the most important conceptual issue of our time: the right working relationship between science and religion.
author of Why Religion Matters and Beyond the Post-Modern Mind
You are the only writer of significance with whom I am in substantial agreement.
in a letter to Ravi Ravindra in 1980
This is a significant contribution…This book will certainly be of interest to the general public and all those concerned with the relationship between science and religion.
author of Science and Civilization in Islam and Sufi Essays
Ravindra’s exposition of the remarkable similarities and profound differences between the pursuit of science and the pursuit of spirituality goes to the heart of the matter. Complex issues are presented with delightful clarity.
author of Nature Loves to Hide: Quantum Physics and Reality, A Western Perspective
Ravi Ravindra’s treatment of the theme is to say the least about it, brilliant. Almost every page contains statements which cannot be rephrased. It almost appears that they are self-formulated, not created by the author, though of course it is the author with his first rate scholarship, profundity and unusual spiritual sensitivity who deserves all the praise for the creation of so significant a work as ‘Science and the Sacred.’… RR’s theme is expressed forcefully, convincingly and yet with great beauty.
in Mountain Path, 2002
Dr. Ravi Ravindra is a wise and thoughtful man. He explains how we Westerners have found ourselves, in spite of our good wishes, science and technology, in the proverbial pickle barrel of trouble when it comes to reconciling our world view with that of the rest of the world…This is a profound and immensely valuable book, one that deserves a lot of attention, particularly by those in powerful places who can help to change society.
author of Matter into Feeling and Mind into Matter
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