Finding the Common Ground Between Science and Spirituality scientific method, certainty of the existence of the effects leads to the certainty of the existence of the cause Unfolding of the Inanimate Let us then first consider how, according to modern sciences of chemistry and physics, infinite diversity in the material world emerges from the one underlying cause It is common knowledge that the diversity of matter comprises a handful of elements on the periodic table Electrons, protons, and neutrons of the atom of any of the chemical elements have the same properties Diversity comes with the quantity and arrangement of those particles All electrons are alike, all protons are alike, and all neutrons, too, are identical to each other; but none of them are like the atoms which they all make up Thus, all the elements on the periodic table owe their origin to three sub-atomic particles An element is identified by a unique number, called its atomic number, which equals the number of protons in its nucleus (5) But remember that the nature of the particles themselves not differ from element to element Thus, an infinite number of chemical substances are reduced in essence to merely three individual and unchanging particles that become part of the whole The energy level of an atom is determined by the number of its particles Thus, an atom may be thought to consist of the various particles held in equilibrium by a certain amount of energy Therefore, an atom consists not only of electrons, protons, and neutrons, but a certain amount of energy as well Energy (at different levels) is needed to keep the sub-atomic particles together, otherwise, protons in the nucleus of an atom will separate from each other because they are all positively charged and like charges repel each other So once 15