Spiritual Knowledge and future of scientific explorations
Existence can be evaluated from two aspects of quality and quantity. Quantitative evaluation of existence is conducted by conventional science and qualitative evaluation is carried out by mysticism and through spiritual knowledge. Behind every action, decision, and movement there is quality. Humanity is never separated from quality.
When we pray, eat, work, or drive there is a quantitative aspect of that act and there is a qualitative aspect of it. With what quality are we praying? Does everyone pray with the same quality? Do we work with the same quality? Mankind is never separated from quality.
Why does mankind require spiritual knowledge?
It is not the purpose of common science to answer questions such as: where did we come from? What is our purpose here? Where are we heading towards? Nor does it have the means to answer these questions. It makes huge differences when we know these answers in comparison with not knowing them when it comes to the path we take in our lives.
Spiritual knowledge that is gained via mysticism gives us an overall outlook towards life, existence and ourselves. Looking at many wars and tyrannies, we come to this conclusion that the human does not know what he is doing here. For this reason, he takes any opportunity to impose his will and gain superiority over others. Spiritual knowledge illuminates path and destination.
Ratio of human questions to answers
On the other hand, science is reaching a crisis point that can be described as, “crisis of question”. With every answer, humankind encounters thousands of other questions in a way that he will not be able to respond to his queries by common scientific methods.
This condition will continue until it reaches a state that can be described as “crisis of question” in which the ratio of human questions to answers tends to infinity.
Moreover, the human lifespan is not that long to try to respond to every question by common methods and laboratory experiments. Therefore, he will have to resort to consciousness-based and intuition-based approaches to find his answers.
Spiritual knowledge relies upon perception
Knowledge can be acquired in two ways, perceptual and procurable. Procurable knowledge which is gained through experiment and study of the reality of existence is called science. Perceptual knowledge however is gained through inspiration, and it is not based on intellectual study and laboratory experiments.
Common science can only access a limited range of knowledge and in order to explore beyond the borders of mainstream science, the human should rely on new methods. If we consider human knowledge like a straight line, procurable knowledge or science comprises only a small part of it.
Accessibility to inspiration has occurred throughout history from prophets and saints to artists and scientists. Indeed, inspiration is the basis of human science that later this science develops through intellectual evaluation.
To conclude, Even though divine inspiration has happened throughout history, it was not an all-encompassing experience. A hundred and twenty-four thousand prophets and a few others could achieve it. The current era is an age during which accessibility to mysticism (spiritual knowledge) knowledge becomes a common experience. In other words, mysticism will become ubiquitous. Hence, modern science is defined as a combination of both perceptual and procurable knowledge.