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Our world is based on reason, which reflects connections, ratios, and logic of our physical reality. In science, explanations are based on evidence drawn from observing the natural world. For this reason, many think that the scientific method is the only way to arrive at truth about the world and reality.
At the beginning of civilization, science was primarily based on spiritual knowledge. Many religions have specific beliefs about how our world began and developed and draw on different aspects of human experience. Spiritual knowledge is complementary to science. For this reason, through spiritual knowledge human beings can obtain access to a deeper level of information about the physical world that is not available by reason or modern science.
Many people think that the Torah contains hidden messages, which were coded by God. In fact, hidden messages of the Torah are quantitative evaluations of the inward part of the Torah, i.e., quantitative evaluations of spiritual and divine names that God created in the beginning. Early kabbalah addresses the unique properties of Hebrew in order to reveal sacred information about hidden messages of the Torah.
One of the cornerstones of Judaism is the belief in the connection between spiritual and physical. In the beginning was the Word - the full name of G-d. Through Him, all things were made. The full name of G-d is the inward part of the Torah, which reflects diverse aspects of wisdom and spiritual knowledge. Therefore, the inward part of the Torah represents fundamental knowledge about natural phenomena and processes.
The Torah provides systematic information about periodic trends of physical reality. The Hebrew holy books contain the fundamental proportions and ratios existing in the universe. In the future, humanity will becoming united due to science and technology, the Torah and sacred mathematics.
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Science and Judaism
"Spiritual concepts of our ancient world are directly intertwined with modern-day science,” ~ Nikola Tesla.
In the broadest sense, empirical knowledge is knowledge gained through physical and spiritual experience. The empirical approach functions to create new knowledge about the way the spiritual and physical worlds work.
Science and Judaism draw on different aspects of human experience. In science, explanations are based on evidence drawn from observing the natural world and conducting experiments. Scientific hypotheses can be confirmed or disproved by evidence. Jewish beliefs depend only on spiritual empirical evidence and the Torah.
All human wisdom is created by intuition and comes from God. The works of man that lead to progress are based on divine wisdom. The Torah contains absolute information about nature that allows us to understand reality and to solve society’s practical problems. By using this information, we have the ability to test and extend existing scientific knowledge and develop advanced technologies. In this connection, through intuition we can receive from God unique intuitive knowledge, and by studying the Torah we can derive absolute knowledge about our world.
Both science and Judaism rely on faith. In science, faith is required in the existence of an order that follows laws of nature that can be discovered and understood. In Judaism, faith is required in the existence of G-d. Through faith, aided by our senses, we learn to experience our world. Through our spiritual senses and intuition, we can experience the world which God created. In Judaism, truth is the revealed word of God and faith that there are connections between divine and spiritual names and their numerical values and our physical reality.
Over the centuries, the relationship between science and Jewish wisdom has ranged from conflict and hostility to harmony and collaboration. The optimal level of development of society is based on faith in science and divine laws, as well as the ability to correctly interpret scientific evidence discovered in nature through their bonds with Jewish wisdom and spiritual knowledge.
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