{"title":"Psychiatry, spirituality, and quantum science","authors":"H. Sheth","doi":"10.4103/ym.ym_6_19","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"It would be impossible to comprehend the complexity of a human brain by a single cell organism; similarly, it would be impossible to understand the complexity of “Reality ”or “Ultimate Truth ”by a human brain hampered by limitations. At best, it can arrive at approximations of truth, which would vary from a person to person and a being to being. That is why, Jain philosophy while explaining Truth stresses on “Anekāntavāda” multiple aspects of Truth or Reality. Vedas too, while explaining Truth says, “Ekam sat vipraa bahudhaa vadanti” which is literally translated as “Truth is one, but the learned ones refer to it in different names. ”If a human mind is made to understand that what it claims as sole truth may be an aspect of truth or a truth distorted by its understanding, then it would be humble enough to respect and accept the opinions of other minds. This Socratic paradox (The only thing I know is that I know nothing.) may keep our mind open and flexible enough to discover the deeper truth of psychiatry, spirituality, and quantum science and may lead to their synthesis into some deeper science or truth.","PeriodicalId":55843,"journal":{"name":"YogaMimamsa","volume":"51 1","pages":"17 - 22"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2019-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"YogaMimamsa","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.4103/ym.ym_6_19","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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It would be impossible to comprehend the complexity of a human brain by a single cell organism; similarly, it would be impossible to understand the complexity of “Reality ”or “Ultimate Truth ”by a human brain hampered by limitations. At best, it can arrive at approximations of truth, which would vary from a person to person and a being to being. That is why, Jain philosophy while explaining Truth stresses on “Anekāntavāda” multiple aspects of Truth or Reality. Vedas too, while explaining Truth says, “Ekam sat vipraa bahudhaa vadanti” which is literally translated as “Truth is one, but the learned ones refer to it in different names. ”If a human mind is made to understand that what it claims as sole truth may be an aspect of truth or a truth distorted by its understanding, then it would be humble enough to respect and accept the opinions of other minds. This Socratic paradox (The only thing I know is that I know nothing.) may keep our mind open and flexible enough to discover the deeper truth of psychiatry, spirituality, and quantum science and may lead to their synthesis into some deeper science or truth.
用一个单细胞生物来理解人脑的复杂性是不可能的;同样,人类的大脑受到限制,也不可能理解“现实”或“终极真理”的复杂性。至多,它可以接近真理,这将因人而异,因人而异。这就是为什么耆那教哲学在解释真理时强调“Anekāntavāda”真理或现实的多个方面。《吠陀经》在解释真理时也说:“Ekam sat vipraa bahudhaa vadanti”,字面翻译为“真理是一个,但有学问的人用不同的名字来指代它。”如果一个人的思想能够理解,它所声称的唯一真理可能是真理的一个方面,也可能是被它的理解扭曲了的真理,那么它就会足够谦卑地尊重和接受其他思想的观点。这种苏格拉底式的悖论(我唯一知道的是我什么都不知道)可能会让我们的思想保持开放和灵活,足以发现精神病学、灵性和量子科学的更深层次的真理,并可能导致它们合成一些更深层次的科学或真理。