321. Rick Archer at the Science and Nonduality Conference, 2015

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Science and Spirituality: Potential Allies in Discovering Truth

My talk was accompanied by a multimedia presentation, which has been edited into this video. There were technical issues: the official camera wasn’t there, so a friend recorded this on her camcorder and the sound quality isn’t ideal. I ran out of time and had to cut some things that I added to this video, etc. But hopefully, you’ll enjoy the content. I put a lot of thought into this over several months.

Points include:

Introduction by Deepak Chopra.
We’re sense organs of the infinite; instruments of the Divine.
Some of my personal history.
If science and spirituality are both about understanding Reality, then they should be on the same team.
Science, and a scientific approach, can help restore experience, rather than belief, as the foundation of religion and spirituality.
If the ultimate reality is consciousness, then what instrument could be better suited to exploring it than the human nervous system?
If everything is consciousness, then the qualities we see displayed in the world must somehow reveal the qualities of consciousness.
If everything is consciousness, does it follow that everything is conscious? And to what degree?
Atman (the Self), smaller than the small, greater than the great, is hidden in the hearts of all living creatures.
A vast, universal perspective does not negate or diminish our personhood.
Practical implications.
How do we realize our true nature as infinite intelligence?
Concluding with a couple of songs, and a note on devotion. The song “There is a Light” is by Maryanne Eagleson, and the song Holy Now is by Peter Mayer.