Does God Exist? Part 1

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Om Blessed Self<br><br>Whew! What a lot of

questions you have:<br>1. the relationship between science

and religion.<br>2. the relationship between religion

and spirituality.<br>3. Why is there is

suffering?<br>4. Are miracles real?<br>5. Can one really "know

God"?<br>6. What is the proof for God's existence?<br><br>and

I'm sure there are thousands more questions to

come.<br><br>Could I suggest that a change and refinement in

methodology might allow you to answer these questions

yourself. Right now you seem to operating on the basis of

logic and empirical data just as we have all been

conditioned to do since the Industrial Revolution and

Descartes.<br><br> Logic is very useful but is only as good as the

premises involved. Mystics from all religions tell us that

logic will take you to the threshold of spiritual

enlightenment but it won't open the door or take you through

the entrance. To do that requires an intuitive leap,

a meta intelligence, that fortunately is developed

by whatever spiritual purification practices the

mystic is using for the years that he or she is also

using logic to approach the doorway of enlightenment.

<br><br>It's the same with modern science. There is a lot of

logical footslogging (experiments, data analysis, theory

adjustments, and more experiments) to be done before that

moment of "eureka", that flash of insight that takes the

scientist deeper into the essence of what he or she is

studying.<br><br>The second pillar, empirical data, is limited, first,

by the limits, preconditioning and unreliability of

our senses and, second, by limits, built-in

preconditioning and unreliability of the machines that we produce

to overcome the first limit, that of the senses

themselves. So, perhaps there is a better way to acquire data

and knowledge. And there is. <br><br>End of Part 1.

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