Important Voices #0004

Rupert Sheldrake — a scientist on a spiritual path

Important Voices #0004

Rupert Sheldrake — a scientist on a spiritual path

We seem to now all be living in an ever-more science-driven secular world. Scientists seem to have become high priests in a globalist cult hellbent on leading humanity down a Godless path towards transhumanism.

With this as a constant backdrop, I think, like many, I have recently been reevaluating science and its role in and impact upon today’s culture. I’ve also been reevaluating what the word ‘spirituality’ means to me, in particular, the impact spirituality (or lack thereof) can have on one’s health (and mental health).

I first came to hear about the scientist Rupert Sheldrake (a biologist) perhaps more than twenty years ago. His name kept cropping up in conjunction with experiments to do with things like telepathy. His name also cropped up alongside that of Terrance McKenna and the topics of mysticism and psychedelics.

The mainstream scientific establishment tries to write Sheldrake’s work and ideas off as pseudoscience. Which is why, perhaps five years ago, I decided to read Sheldrake’s controversial book The Science Delusion — which is essentially a counter-narrative to another book, by Richard Dawkins, a best-seller entitled The God Delusion (which I’ve also read).

In my humble opinion, The Science Delusion is a must-read. I’ve now read it at least three times. Again, in my humble opinion, it blows Dawkins and mainstream science in general, out of the water! It’s a real eye-opener.

“Science at its best is an open-minded method of inquiry, not a belief system.”

Rupert Sheldrake

The book includes a chapter that covers the topic of ‘morphic resonance’ — a fascinating theory proposed by Sheldrake that potentially explains how memory works and where memories are stored. The book also mentions Sheldrake’s ‘Genome Wager’ with Lewis Wolpert.

Sheldrake’s open-mindedness relating to the topic of spirituality, and his insistence that science and spirituality can exist in the same space, hand-in-hand, is refreshing and inspiring, and led me to recently read two more of his books: Ways to Go Beyond and Why They Work; and, Science and Spiritual Practices.

“True spirituality lies not in blind belief, but in a deep understanding and appreciation of the interconnectedness and sacredness of all life.”

Rupert Sheldrake

Merlin Sheldrake, Rupert’s son and also a biologist, has also recently published an amazing book (which I’ve read and also highly recommend), entitled Entangled Life.

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