When extending the knowledge of matter, science is eternally chasing an ‘unknown’, whereas tradition obviously faces an ‘enigma’, related to the ‘undefinable’. Both know, however, that water is solid below a certain temperature, and is liquid or vapor at other temperatures; in the same way matter and spirit are different aspects of one and the same reality, of which both science and tradition only highlight one angle of the entire picture.
Obviously, beyond the limitations of factual knowledge and misleading cultural dogmas, matter could be seen as an involution of spirit at various levels of materialization; and spirit is recognizable in matter as etherealized vibrations, following scientific researches.
Over the centuries, factual knowledge, which progressively crossed the borders erected by fanatical traditions, is finally reaching onwards, step by step, leaving the multitude far behind the latest discoveries. Therefore a gap is developing more and more between updated knowledge and that of the population at large, related to outdated speculative definitions, which still seem to satisfy the fancy of the many.
We all know that even minor daily occurrences often have more than one side to them, which each person understands in their own way. This simple fact is not only experienced on planet earth, but it is also seen happening right up there, beyond the stars in the sky, which are like grains of dust, compared to the unperceivable radiance that shines in the infinite, far beyond human understanding.
All earnest attempts on the path of the seeker, contribute towards realizing the smallness of the horizon of one’s thinking, and this obviously awakens in one’s heart a deep feeling of humility.
Hidayat Inayat-Khan
