Science,
Spirituality and Their Consistency
By
the USA News Team (Originally in English)
You
will be amazed when you listen to the scientist named "Ching Hai"
discuss the mysteries of the world and the Universe on Her various lecture
video and audiotapes. Her words affirm what Jesus said: "Seek you
first the kingdom of God and everything else will be added unto you."
Master Ching Hai majored in languages at the university, but after achieving
total enlightenment, She can explain the origin of the Universe better
than any physicist on the planet. Master has also said that there is
no conflict between science and religion, that science is attempting
to prove what enlightened people already know, and that the science
of other planets is a billion or a trillion times more advanced than
ours.
The
Big Bang Theory
An article printed in the Indianapolis
Star newspaper (January 15th, 1998) states that most astronomers at
the annual winter meeting of the American Astronomical Society agreed
the universe began in a "Big Bang", when all time and space
were contained in a single dense point - a "singularity" -
which suddenly blossomed outward in an expanding fireball of particles,
which now form the galaxies, stars and planets. But scientists fail
to know what that "singularity" is and what will happen after
the Big Bang. Will the universe expand forever or will it collapse or
snap back in a "Big Crunch"? One theory suggests that the
universe will one day contract back to its origin.
During Her lecture in Geneva, Switzerland,
on April 21, 1993, Master Ching Hai was asked whether She agreed with
the scientific theory regarding the origin of the Earth, namely, "the
Big Bang Theory," and She replied, "Yes, I agree with it.
But scientists explain things only in the material and physical aspects.
They have not discovered the real essence, the invisible force behind
the Big Bang. But it also helps to understand the spiritual aspect and
creation."
On March 22, 1993, during a question and
answer session in Brisbane, Australia, Master gave a clear explanation
of how the universe came into being. (see "Selected Questions and
Answers" in this issue of the News ) The "singularity"
in scientific terminology is God, wisdom, or the cosmic energy. When
this central force of wisdom is in motion, all forms of creation come
into being from it, with various shapes, sizes, energies, wisdom, and
the abilities to move and to think. Because the center has a great "magnetic
force", all things will come back to the central force, and then
evolve again. The "singularity" has already expanded and contracted
many times, enabling us to evolve and grow. And Master explained in
Her lecture in Singapore on September 26, 1994 that, scientifically
speaking, this process is very similar to the theory of the "Big
Bang," but it is very difficult to explain in human language.
The
Doubts of an Atheist
To attempt to prove that life arose on
earth through random collisions of molecules in a "prebiotic"
soup of methane, ammonia, carbon monoxide, carbon dioxide, hydrogen
and water vapor, scientists Miller and Urey recreated these conditions
in a famous 1950's laboratory experiment. A spark of electricity (meant
to simulate lightning) resulted in the creation of amino acids, the
building blocks of protein.
However, Sir Fred Hoyle, despite being an
atheist, disagrees with the conclusions drawn from the above experiment
and believes that life could not have arisen on Earth by accident. DNA
is simply too complex and too irregular to have been generated by the
laws of physics. Even if the entire universe had consisted of primordial
soup, Hoyle concludes, an accident could not have led to the creation of
life. The possibility of random events having created the order of life,
he states, are about as great as "a typhoon blowing through a junkyard
and constructing a Boeing 747." Along with Francis Crick (one of the
discoverers of DNA) and a number of other scientists, Hoyle now believes
that life arose on another planet somewhere and was transported here.
However, Hoyle and others can not explain how life arose on that other
planet!
The
Breakthroughs of Modern Physics
The conceptual breakthroughs of modern
physics provide another good example of the consistency between science
and spirituality. When molecular science was developed, human beings
began to change their views about the material objects of this world.
They realized that various solid objects are actually not "solid"
and that all the things in this world are made of various molecules
with large spaces between them. As physics advanced further, people
realized that the almost innumerable types of molecules in the universe
are made of countable types of atoms, which are further found to be
made of limited types of basic particles such as electrons, protons,
neutrons, etc.
Human beings' views on the material world
again changed dramatically as quantum mechanics was introduced in the
early 20th century. Quantum mechanics views the basic particles of the
material world not as "particles", but as waves or energy
in various vibrational states. That is, objects such as cups and bowls
that we see and feel do not exist; they are merely energy in certain
vibrational states that make us feel they are cups and bowls. In a word,
all the things in this world are illusory and are comprised of vibrating
energy.
This finding is consistent with the Great
Masters' teaching that our world is illusory. In a lecture in Thailand
on January 1,1994, Supreme Master Ching Hai said, "When we look
inside (meditate), we find nothing; we find no physical form, no substance;
instead, we find a real existence, a real energy. That is where we come
from. If we do not regard ourselves as a corporeal body, then we will
realize that that is where we come from. That is the real energy from
which everything comes...."
Quantum mechanics is also consistent with
the spiritual teaching that all things are created from the great Sound
(Tao, Word, or Vibration). In Master Ching Hai's lecture given in Taipei,
Formosa on March 6, 1986, She gave the following clear description:
"This sound existed when creation began. When this sound came into
being, everything came into being. This sound is God; this sound is
Creation. All things in the universe are linked together by this sound.
All the realms, from high to low, are linked to each other through this
sound. All things in the universe, whether stones, plants or humans,
vibrate at their own specific frequency."
From the above examples, we can see that
material science is included in spirituality. Most scientists focus
their attention only on the material level, and, although they have
made many great discoveries, what they are able to discover is limited.
Just like Supreme Master Ching Hai once said, "Scientists have
discovered only matter. They have discovered all the energy as matter,
but not the flexible intelligence behind the energies. Therefore, it
is a little different here. People use energy as a means to sustain
their lives and to make more comfort in their lives. But they do not
know that behind the energies is flexible intelligence, wisdom."
(Lecture at Harvard University, October 27, 1989)
"The Quan Yin Method has a key, a
tool, by which you can go to other places to learn." (Lecture in
Chiayi, Formosa, January 16, 1989) "At the present time, our Earth
does not have great schools of science that teach advanced sciences.
So you should practice the Quan Yin Method, and you will gradually develop
your wisdom. Or you can go to other planets to learn, so that you can
serve the world when you come back." "Even if great scientists
come here from other planets to invent machines and to educate us in
many aspects, we still have to prepare ourselves in advance. We have
to be prepared with a high level of wisdom, so that we can assimilate
the advanced knowledge and sciences they will teach us. No matter what,
we should practice the method of wisdom to develop and nourish our wisdom.
Then we can do anything." (Lecture in Hong Kong, February 19, 1992)
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Practicing is reviewing oneself daily, keeping precepts clearly,
doing good deeds and not doing bad deeds, meditating daily, observing
our own wisdom, cultivating our own compassionate heart, and realizing
the Truth silently. This is then considered practicing.
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~
Spoken by
Supreme Master
Ching Hai
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