Finding the Common Ground Between Science and Spirituality of the infinite principles that control the material world appear to focus on things that are only material In truth, the principles also function in the same way for things that are not visible or perceptible to our senses Those things are closer to the realm of energy and the nature of consciousness Since matter is gross (visible), the principles closest to the visible side are more akin to basic matter and those closest to the subtle (invisible) side more closely connected to life and consciousness The Human Infant We are born in a state of helplessness We completely depend upon others for all of our needs for survival during infancy Our consciousness works at a very rudimentary level We have all of our organs of perception, but they work? Are they connected with our minds? Can we perceive? If so, what and how much? Can we respond to our perception? If so, not very much Can we think? Can we feel? Yes, but only about our physical comfort, discomfort, pleasure, and pain We are the “source” congealed from a microscopic zygote at the time of conception and have become a full-grown human being; the only thing that changes is the size Recall that energy is always accompanied by mind as the two inseparable powers It is that One Source, the totally unseen mystery, which underlies all of our existence with a material dimension, whether animate or inanimate We talk of our body but it consists of about 37 trillion cells Each cell is alive Are we alive? Our life really is a gift of the collective life of 37.2 trillion cells, each of which is alive Our health is a gift of the collected health of trillions of cells We are healthy only when they are healthy We really are not an individual; we are a universe of cells in the same way that a steel bar is a microscopic universe of atoms that have connected to become steel It is conceivable that 19