The Ancient Quantum: God & Science. www.taoismdecoded.com. By Christina Harrison.
Science and religion, as the foundational pillars of Western civilization, are incomparable because they do not operate on the same principles. Yet, both are characterized as being everywhere within everything.
Christian theology suggest that the universe exists within God, and that God is present in all things. Man, therefore, is intimately interwoven with God and the universe, forming one Inseparable entity. On the other hand, the probabilistic nature of quantum mechanics brings the topic of consciousness and free will into the discussion. However, science is not an 'interpretation' of reality, but rather is a systemic study and description of reality itself. Science's reliance on empirical, measurable data makes it easy to dismiss the concept of God, whereas on the other hand, it is far more difficult to bring science into question as is based on evidence beyond any reasonable doubt.
However, given the vast complexity and immensity of the cosmos, to confine our understanding solely to scientific inquiry risks missing the broader, deeper truths of existence. Furthermore, to 'what truth' of reality are we describing? Could it be that science is explaining only a portion of the universe in relation to our known physical realm? For example, it has been culturally normalized to insert oneself into the cosmos, yet is this the actual universe proper itself?
Ancient civilizations held the perspective of a deremistic universe. From a religious/conscious perspective many would argue that ancient text describe how we are one with the universe, thereby attempting to squeeze a probabilistic narrative of physics into ancient thinking. However, religion and ancient sciences are two separate aspects. Mention Taoism and people often think religion, founded by the great philosopher of Lao Tzu. Yet Lao Tzu took the philosophy of this ancient science (being a philosophical science) and presented his version of its philosophy to the people. On the other hand, the science of Taoism (which includes its philosophy) is what the ancient healing modality of acupuncture was based, being a division of this Paradigm's science foundations.
To use an analogy of an ocean to describe the ancient perspective of the universe is as follows: While we are able to ride the wave of the ocean, we do so by containing our own separate field, yet remain inseparable with all that exists at the same time. Yet to ride this wave is not the actual universe proper, as this is the ocean itself. As the author of Taoism Decoded, which presents the ancient deterministic model of the universe being the science behind ancient civilizations, it is important to separate religion from its philosophical science to tease out the notion of mysticism. Instead ancient sciences held a different perspective compared with modern science, yet nevertheless was a science.
The ancient perspective of the universe = A universe beyond probabilistic principles.
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