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In contemporary times, science is the path-breaker, using its
sharpened knife in the dense jungle of reality. Scientific
understanding leads to the invention of modern technological
means that enable deeper understanding of reality, then to the
Ever since man tasted from the Tree of Knowledge of bad and
development of yet newer technologies, and so on and so forth.
good (knowing only the extremes), his world has become one of
Today, the sciences are the pioneers of the endless process of the
opposites and paradoxes. From then on, man has been yearning
architecture of human thoughts, and all of us are caught up in the
and searching for the wholeness that has disintegrated. In his
scientific stream, collecting its victims along the way. The victims
quest for the lost grail, there are three paths: philosophy, art, and
are the result of humanity’s misunderstanding of the integral
science.
messages carried within the scientific data that is collected. The
arts, in our contemporary world, is a reflection that attempts to
The start of the expedition was through the arts. The rhythms and
be true to the vision of human thoughts and actions, in all of its
sounds of the drum, and the colors and shapes of cave paintings
greatness and all of its weaknesses and dis-ease.
seen with the light of the torch, were the pioneers along the path
of the quest. Stored within these expressions are philosophical
Three separate paths were set upon to look for the understanding
thoughts and the seeds of science. Later, philosophy became the
of wholeness and the wholeness that stems from understanding.
forerunner of the quest; and then philosophical thinking became
My path is via the arts. In order to create my own way within this
the wellspring for both the arts and for the buds of science, which
path, I hold philosophical thoughts tightly in one hand and in my
began to sprout.

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