How Science Explains Spirituality | Rupert Sheldrake

Rupert Sheldrake explains the science behind spiritual practices.

Is science necessarily at odds with the spiritual? Rupert Sheldrake combines scientific research and his knowledge of mystical traditions to argue that we can experience higher states of consciousness and a realm where we might finally find life's meaning.

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Rupert Sheldrake is author of 'The Science Delusion' and 'Ways to Go Beyond'. New Scientist described him as 'an excellent scientist; the proper, imaginative kind that in an earlier age discovered continents'.

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[pappapiccolino]

I love Rupert. A worldly man in the truest sense of the world. Such a supple, accommodating, non-judgmental mind. A wonderful human.

[snails]

I find it funny that scientific orthodoxy automatically categories spirituality or phenomena that can't be easily tested as magic or superstition, but was fine with suddenly having to admit that 95% of what holds the universe together is missing and suddenly classed as dark matter.. and they have no problem believing in that.

[williamdecologero]

I think it's less about having a religious belief and more about the positive moods and feelings associated with acts like praying, feeling associated with an acceptable world view and feeling apart of something good that is larger than oneself. Those with hateful belief systems might pray for bad things, and give into more modes of thought and emotion that induce stress onto the physiological, stress causes lives to be shorter and people to become more aggressive and undeniably less happy.

[colinthomas]

Rupert sheldrake thank you for this talk .

[Raptorcdxx]

That first one was a zinger haha reminded me of something Terence or Ralph would say too 🤣 you guys are so funny and smart I love it! 💕 “Religion For Atheists?” That’s so perfectly awesome! Yes, Flow...IM SO THANKFUL FOR YOU RUPERT AND THE TRIALOGUES! They helped me on my journey so much! Rupert is going for the win in this presentation...👍🏻 Battlestar Galactica paid homage to the “Sweet Spot” in sports to Samuel Anders “Moments of Perfection.” So wonderful!

[abilityoflove]

Science can explain some effects of spirituality of course, but essentially only spiritually can explain science and not vice versa. This is because before one can explain anything it has to have consciousness first - it is consciousness that perceives and cognises.

[michaelp]

Much more inspiring than the average sermon from a traditional clergyman

[LucidDreamr]

If you hold anger or disbelief toward spiritual practice, well that just allows a clear understanding for me, because this, whether you know this yourself or not, tells me that you are solely curious. You deep down know that you want such a beautiful thing to be true, but on the surface you think that it’s too good to be true. Scientific breakthroughs have time and time again gotten us closer to proving these beliefs, which is grand, but science aside, the truth is, not everyone can understand these things. Not everyone can understand even modern physics, but, everyone can believe, and it is simply that which we need. Because the truth is, it all starts with a belief, a spark of hope for the light, something that science has dampened so horribly, because the surface is all that the average scientific mind can explain. And when that is all people see, that is all people believe.

[sunil_d_singh]

He is mixing religion with spirituality.

[heetsoneji]

Thank you for giving the due credit to India for the spread of spiritual practices and knowledge it has given and help spread throughout the world!

[Pete_]

An interesting talk for sure, but not related to the title "How science explains spiritually". He talked mostly about gratitude, not necessarily a spiritual attribute at all. Science was mentioned, spirituality was mentioned, how science explains spirituality was not mentioned!

[mamado]

If you've ever been curious about who you truly are, then this is something that you NEED to see...

[KK-Opinion]

Scientific research is best tool for judging worldly things but spirituality is beyond this 👍🏻

[SpiritusBythos]

"A gap where grace ought to be" unfortunately sounds like of most of modern culture.
Peace
God bless

[Two_But_Not_Two]

It's such a blessing to be able to move away from organized religion and its dogma into a deep spiritual discovery of self and our place in the larger "collective consciousness." No more ancient folklore beliefs, no pressure to force your mind into contradictory and often harsh and cruel dogma - only a continuing, genuine discovery about what's real and lasting in our deeper awareness and our personal connection to God.

[cugms]

The title, "How Science Explains Spirituality", is misleading. That sounds like this is about scientific evidence for why spirituality came to be and exists, which isn't addressed here. A more accurate title would have been "Why Spiritual People May be Happier"

[dimitrioskalfakis]

what a great way to conflate 'spirituality' with science, akin to mixing oil and water droplets by force or mixing milk with lemon, the result is distasteful and leads to cognitive dissonance since the arbitrary term 'spirituality' is based on personal impression and belief system while science is externally verified.

[ronjohnson]

i practice the time honored mediation on traffic lights. I get into the car and find a city street with lots of lights. At each stop light I come to a pause in my day and mediate on gratitude. Of course, many times I am brought out of my meditative trance by the sound of beep beep beep. I am full of gratitude, although not so sure about the people behind me.

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Giving more than taking...

Being kind is its own reward...

Avoid enmity...

Assisting those that you can...

Empathize with suffering people...

Be in the midst of beauty and/or create something beautiful...

Apologizing when appropriate...

Take time to still your mind...

Is this spirituality or good advice for eliminating anxiety?

Can an atheist do these things?

Does one have to lower egoism before one can do these things? Or does one lower egoism by doing these things?

Is egoism THE problem?