Welcome to the Science and Spirit category on WaccoBB.net! This list is a place for those interested in having discussions or knowing more about subjects that concern both science and spirituality. We welcome people of all beliefs, backgrounds and education. Questioning, reflection, sharing and hearing different perspectives is a great way to learn about ourselves and others. This group respects the scientific method for exploring and understanding this world, yet also honors and allows for an experience beyond what is directly provable by this method, herein referred to as "spirit".
The discussions here may be stronger in one camp or the other, but the main aim of this category is to explore ways we can understand ourselves and the world we live in that is satisfying to both our disciplined reasoning and to our experiential feeling, to our left and right hemispheres! Perhaps this can be characterized as a bridging of "mind and body". Ultimately, let this be a playground where we dynamically evolve our personal and collective intelligence, and if I may be so bold, to 'grow our consciousness' in general.
Guidelines for content:
Content should be clear and concise enough to inform and potentially engage a conversation. Long articles should be summarized with a link referral.
- information on science, especially as it relates to more spiritual interests.
- insight and information on anything spiritual, especially as it allows for the understandings of science
- book reviews and links to relevant websites
- philosophical explorations on related inquiries
- personal perspectives, questions and musings on a related subject
Be respectful responding to another post. It's fine to disagree, but give your reasons and respect our differences. Refrain from knee jerk reactions and insults or you will be moderated. This is a place for understanding, not just bantering opinions. Email is a difficult medium for conveying the full meaning of a person's intent and easily misunderstood. Give others the benefit of the doubt.
The subjects that are in the overlapping arena between science and spirit are many and varied, and they naturally touch on important cultural issues as well. The subjects below are a few, but there are many more!
Welcome!
- ethics
- genetic manipulation
- spiritual technologies
- how science and spirit can or cannot relate to each other
- quantum physics and how that relates to our perception of reality
- health and healing
- the belief in the existence or nonexistence of a God, higher intelligence or anything of that nature
- paranormal experiences
- altered states of consciousness