Science & Religion

      

By Dr. Stewart Bitkoff

Dr. Stewart Bitkoff   The outcome of Sufi mystery teaching and human development is the completed person. In other traditions, these spiritually developed individuals are called Buddha, Sadhu, enlightened one, servant of God, saint, mystic, medicine man, Rishi or heretic. Yet what each of these people has in common is they have achieved a level of spiritual development, which within the context of their faith, is extraordinary.   Along with this level of spiritual development are capacities that appear miraculous, simply, because they are not fully understood. Yet the person, who uses these capacities when questioned, describes them as extensions of natural laws; which they intuitively and purposefully direct to carry out their function.   Remember, there was a time when science and religion were considered fingers on the same hand. -SB   *          *