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How To Connect Spirituality with Science
Taking the best out of two interconnected worlds
Antidepressants and anti-anxiety drugs use is at the highest use ever. Coming out of a pandemic, a mental health crisis hits hard. People try to find meaning in life and existence. From personal coaching and motivational speakers to soft sciences like psychology and philosophy and the hard sciences of biology and medical science, everyone has something to share on how to feel better.
I had struggled with the clash of spirituality with science around “how to live.” As a physicist, I have always been curious about how nature behaves the way it does. Even though the first physicists and mathematicians were also philosophers, nowadays, the two worlds seem conflicted. Fortunately, in a culture where moralizing has become the norm, when you search deeper, you realize you couldn’t be more wrong.
I studied the best-selling enlightening book “Art of Happiness,” where the Dalai Lama, a spiritual leader, discusses with Howard Cutler, a renowned psychiatrist. These are my two cents on how to search inside yourself and invest in your well-being; these are my key takeaways from the book, accompanied by my research and perspective.
