Finding the Common Ground Between Science and Spirituality diverse forms that actually share the same source and, as such, are not differentiated, but unified We need to internally be in touch with this source in order to overcome the incessant sensory onslaught which we live in every day Spirituality vs Science What is the difference between spirituality and science? Spirituality studies the diverse universe of matter and mind It discovers an integrating principle called spirit that underlies the diversity of matter as well as mind In fact, spirituality does not treat matter and mind differently; it talks of them as an inseparable matter-mind combination Those who understand this integrating principle of matter-mind called “spirit” tend to live the life of oneness and unity Science, on the other hand, studies the universe of matter It discovers an integrating principle called energy that underlies material diversity It begins with the thought that matter has no mind that we typically understand, but concludes that it does It concludes that material diversity is underlain by an infinitely subtle and imperceptible unifying source called energy: All sense-perceptible matter emerges from totally imperceptible energy Those in science who truly understand the existence of this integrating principle of matter called “energy” understand that all life is connected How are spirituality and science different? Perhaps only in their initial outlooks and methodology Science starts looking at inanimate material bodies and concludes that they are integrated by an infinitely subtle reality called energy and that they have a mind (source) that affects their exterior body and behavior On the other hand, spirituality starts by looking at individual beings, both animate and inanimate, with the hypothesis that, as parts of one universe, they share 43