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Meditations on the Moon

A short meditation on the moon. The Sufi saint Rumi says, “There is a moon inside every human being. Learn to be companions with it.” Let yourself settle like water and glimpse the reflection of her next to your Self. See the constant presence hidden within others.

The Perception of Saints: The Compatibility of Free Will in Science and Religion

Science and religion may be in fact “too diffuse as cultural phenomena to be said to have a nature.” Despite this, might certain perspectives of science and religion be compatible in understanding traditional spiritual doctrines like those of free will and the soul? To answer this, we will explore the compatibility between the mystical and phenomenological experience of the religious realm with the findings of contemporary science.