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and Western Scientific Views Barbara Ann Brennan (Hands of Light More than we want to admit, we are products of our western scientific heritage. How we learned to think and many of our self-definitions are based on the same scientific models used by physicists to describe the physical universe. This section gives a short history that shows the changes in how scientists describe the physical world, and how those descriptions correspond to the changes in our self-definitions. It is important to remember that the way the western scientific method works is to find agreement between both mathematical and experimental proof. If the agreement is not found, then the physicist will look for another theory until there exists both mathematical and experimental proof for the explanation of a set of phenomena. This is what makes the western scientific method so powerful a tool for practical use and leads to great inventions like the use of electricity and the utilization of subatomic phenomena in medicine like x-rays, CAT scanners, and lasers. As our knowledge progresses, there is always the discovery of new phenomena. Many times, these new phenomena cannot be described by the theories held when they are explained. New, broader theories, usually based on all the knowledge that has gone before, are postulated; new experiments are designed and performed until agreement between experimentation and the new mathematical proof is found. The new theories are accepted as physical laws. The process of finding new ways to describe new phenomena is always one that broadens our views, challenging our current limited thinking about the nature of physical reality. We then incorporate the new ideas into our daily lives and begin seeing ourselves differently. This whole section shows that the scientific view of reality supports the idea that we are composed of energy fields and, in fact, goes far beyond that into realms that we are just beginning to experience, that is, a holographic view of the universe. In this universe, all things are interconnected, corresponding to a holistic experience of reality. But first let us review some of our history. |
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