Can Spirit Be Part Of Science?

THURS., SEPT. 17, 1987, 5:56 AM
FARM, STUDY

Yes, of course. Science developed as a secular human activity, and many scientists have not acknowledged the presence and influence of spirit, and yet when the phenomena being studied in this way are part of My creation spirit becomes a part of science. You presented an important paper and its idea to your class this week. Do you think I was not involved in your discovering that paper at just the right time?

The question for science is the same philosophical one that you have posed for health – shall what we define as science be holistic to the extent of including spirit… or must what is called science be defined by rather restricted methods? You are part of a movement that is accepting this expansion as both legitimate and desirable. It is a diverse movement, so I urge you to do your small part, using insights from Me, certainly.

I have told you before that spirit is the fundamental energy of this earth plane, even as it is manifested, in part, in physical forms and in human interaction. Whatever is studied or measured in some way by the most accepted scientific methods has a component of spirit that exerts some influence on that which is being studied and the study process as well. To deny this is simply to exclude an aspect of reality and cause the results to be incomplete.

Now I do realize, as you do, that what is called science can be circumscribed to exclude any such consideration… that is, spirit can just be “defined out.” Some will continue to do this, just as some medical scientists, even those who practice as healers, assume and act as though spirit is not a factor. It is not measurable by accepted methods, so it can be called irrelevant. This present movement counters that since spirit does exist, to which non-measurable manifestations attest, then accept it as a part of the reality being studied and devise some ways to include it, in some measurable way. I like this attempt at cooperation… in place of the either/or competition.

One of the reasons for this movement for inclusion is that some number of those trained as scientists and functioning as scientists also acknowledge spirit as a part of reality. Most would stop short of saying that spirit is ultimate reality (even though it might be), because their accepted study methods do not include it. But there is a dissonance that develops when important aspects of life try to exclude each other. Some can live with such dissonance, but some are in discomfort and therefore will join a movement which can legitimately bring work and personal life into some more compatible relationship.

It is usually assumed (when it is considered at all) that I, the Holy Spirit, was solely with the Church when its rivalry with science began. Wrong. I was also with those who sought to develop another way of knowing and understanding this earth and its contents that I created, as Almighty God. Just as I am with wild Pentecostals and also with staid Episcopalians and quiet Quakers, so I have been a part of scientific enterprises, even as they did not obviously acknowledge and include Me.