I want to share this text I read by Nobel physicist Brian Josephson in Nobel Prize Conversations, 1985. This is why I am interested in learning from my indigenous background and the roots of wisdom in the planet. The roots or the origin of it, which is the origin for all, in spite of different god names and language. The mystical essence is the same and there are the roots of the new people.
He said:
“What one finds if one studies the various forms of mysticism is that the doctrines of the mystics are much less diverse than are religious doctrines. My interpretation of this is that mysticism is concerned with very fundamental laws…. I consider mysticism to be something universal, like science, and that religions are based on the facts of this science. Thus mysticism is a kind of universal foundation for the diverse and different religions. I should mention here that I am not talking entirely about Eastern mysticism, because there is Western mysticism as well, e.g. Christian mysticism, Islamic mysticism (Sufism), and Jewish mysticism. These all say rather similar things.
“Mystical experience by self-development through meditation, etc., is not only the key … to one's own development but also the key to putting this attempt to synthesize science and religion on a solid foundation…. If we follow this path of a synthesis of science with religion (using meditation as an observational tool), what we are doing is using our own nervous system as instruments to observe the domain in which God works. Ordinary scientific instruments like telescopes, galvanometers, and particle detectors are not going to be good in this context because they are designed to function in the material domain. Our nervous systems, on the other hand, are designed to allow us to interact not only with the material level of existence but also with the spiritual levels. All the different levels are open to exploration if we develop our nervous system so that they tune in. One can imagine that this would be a part of the scientific training of the future.”