Quote Originally Posted by Omnis Dei View Post
The scientific method is all about escaping human bias to find truth. They allowed religion to continue to have control of subjective life, of the other side of duality. Then, instead of re-exploring and trying to merge this other aspect of existence, they simply decried it doesn't exist at all. Instead of reconnecting the two sides of duality, they denied one side altogether.
This is something I have thought about before; and I feel it is part of the reason that spiritual matters or psychedelic experiences are outcast of the mainstream.

You have the two main streams
of Science
and Religion.

Religion will not take these matters because they encroach on their own subjectivity and individual meaning they impart to their followers, and take away their followers from the true path. This is obviously fallacious on my part as that does not apply in many situations but I feel it is the heart of the idea.

Science, on the other hand, will not take these things into the fold because of their gross subjectivity. If something changes for every person how could it be cataloged? You cannot research it except for yourself; and while that is useful for the human race it does not enrich it how many people originally envision, sharing the results in an objective manner.

So we come to the flaw.

Many things come into this subjectivity. Take sexuality as an example.

Religion rejects the subjectivity of sexuality that is not its own.

Science ignores the subjectivity of it towards the objective causes or issues.

(A quick digression: By Religions I do not always mean the spiritual. I define it here as holding one subjective experience over another. This may be thinking the o: smiley is better than the , or preferring vinyl over CDs. Perhaps there is a better word but bear with me.)

You thus have to make your own third path. The third path of the subjective spirit will then be rejected by both camps; you cannot share your subjectivity to the established Religions, or share any objectivity to the Sciences.

You are alone. And this is what makes finding yourself so hard.

Humans like to fit in with the Religions. Being alone and opposed to everything is unpleasant; constant pressures telling you that you are wrong, or at least inaccurate. That you are actually like this. This is were solitude helps

Sciences are to escape these pressures for certain things, like deciding which car to buy or what is the best medicine (on a low level example) but they cannot help you in the subjective realm. Obsessively wanting to grow wings is hard to define objectively; it would not be practical in many senses, and yet it feels right.

So where was I going with this? I'm not sure. I may edit in a conclusion.