How Science and Religion
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The One appears as many in all His manifested forms

Ek Ong Kar - There is One Creator/Creation. This is the fundamental discovery of modern science. That not only is all matter convertible into energy, and vice versa but that energy and matter are simply different appearances of the very same thing. Not only are energy and matter the same thing, but the constant interplay of this energy is the very play of God itself, the divine play of "lila".

The religious experience is the experience that we and God and God and we are one and the same. It is only our minds, our egos that make us ever feel that we are observing, that we are separate from other forms of consciousness and energy. But science is the process of observation, and observation implies an observer. How wonderful it is to realize that there is only One observer ... and that He is constantly observing Himself through His/our eyes, and enjoying it immensely The modern scientific view that consciousness is within everything has been expressed by E.H. Walker:

"Consciousness may be associated with all quantum mechanical processes. The uniqueness of our consciousness lies in the fact that it is a part of a logic machine which in turn is the brain of a particular kind of physical system a living organism. That is, the terms "life", "thought" and "consciousness", properly defined, are separable. An organism does not have to be conscious or capable of thinking in order to be alive. A brain does not have to be conscious to be capable of thought" (we are using the term in the restricted sense of "data processing"). Only the higher organisms have brains for data processing and only under very special conditions, when a large part of the data processing functions of the brain is handled by an irreducible quantum mechanical process, does the organism become a conscious, thinking being. Any of these attributes may exist Independently of the others or in conjunction with only one other. A non-living computer that is capable of both thought and consciousness would be a real possibility. Consciousness may also exist without being associated with either a living system or a data processing system. Indeed, since everything that occurs is ultimately the result of one or more quantum mechanical events the universe is "inhabited" by an almost unlimited number of rather discrete conscious usually non-thinking entities that are responsible for the detailed working of the universe. These conscious entities determine (or exist concurrently with the determination) SINGLY the outcome of each quantum mechanical event while the Schrodinger equation (to the extent that it Is accurate) describes the physical constraint placed on their freedom of action COLLECTIVELY."

E.H. Walker, "The Nature of Consciousness", Journal of Mathematical Biosciences
7: 175·176,1970

The Heart of Science and the Head of Religion

Earlier we said that science is sometimes thought of as religion without a heart and religion as science without a head. The current evolutionary state of human consciousness is that these two are finally becoming one. Religion is giving its heart to science, and science has given its head to religion.

In the latter decades of the 20th" century, and the beginning of the 21^th, we are experiencing the continuing explosion of information sharing and group consciousness on this planet. A network of computers, televisions, radios, electronic cables, optical fibers and satellites links our entire planet electronically. Ideas and images that affect us all are instantly transmitted and shared with others of our species all over the globe. We have even begun to acknowledge and connect to the consciousness of other species, as John Lily's research with dolphins has shown.

The group subconscious described by Carl Jung is now openly reflected in a visible planetary group consciousness. The age of blind faith is over. The age of blind faith irrevocably without knowledge died with the advent of instantaneous global information sharing. We have irrevocably entered the age of conscious knowledge, experience, and responsibility. The union of science and religion is now taking place. The people of planet Earth can no longer march under a banner that reads:

but are joining together under a new banner which proudly proclaims:

The Age of Khalsa

This is the age of the joining of all the Dharmas. This is the age of sudden transformation. Not since the incredible evolutionary speedup that marked the beginning of mankind's use of the forebrain, the factor that separated us from the apes, has such a quantum leap in consciousness happened on this planet. We are entering the age of the Khalsa - an age of purified and subtle creative behavior and consciousness - an age of the self-sensory human being.

The religion of the future, which is evolving out of the union of science and traditional religion, is the worship of God as Universal Truth.

I'd like to close with my translation a poem of the Khalsa, originally written in Gurmukhi, and transmitted to this Earth by the most pure, humble, and devoted channel I have ever met, Yogi Bhajan. From the volume called the "Furmaan Khalsa", The Inner Command of the Pure Ones, here is the poem called "Lohe da Mandir"', The Temple of Steel:

The Temple of Steel has been built I
The light of Wisdom is Shining!
Today the sinners are filled with fear.
Today the Sovereign Khalsa Nation has proclaimed: "Only the Righteous will survive" Today Satan is dead!
The New Nation of the Earth comprises all the Dharmas.
This Order comes direct from God!
The cycle of births and deaths is ended.
Today, only TRUTH will be accepted I
Today, no one is weak.
Today, the power of the Will reigns Supreme.
Today, by the grace of the Lord of both the Worlds, The being is reborn as Khalsa!
Strong as steel Steady as stone.
A face radiating sweetness ... A forehead shining with self-respect ...
An inner voice that calls out to all people ... And carries them across the Ocean of fear.
The Flag of TRUTH is flying High!
Falsehood lies in ruins.

The Path of love is simple: There is no loss or gain.
White Hot. Steel, heated In the fires of the times, has branded "TRUTH" upon our forehead!
The Temple of Steel has been built!
The light of Wisdom is Shining!
We shall live our lives in TRUTH!
For this is the Priceless Blessing of our Guru.

- By Guruka Singh Khalsa

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