Spiritual Science Quotes

“Consciousness doesn't emerge from matter because it has always been in matter. Consciousness is a fundamental quality that exists everywhere and in everything.”
― Steve Taylor, Spiritual Science: Why Science Needs Spirituality to Make Sense of the World

“Some indigenous peoples feel that they share their identity with natural phenomena, and as a result they feel that by hurting the natural world they are hurting themselves. However, we feel that the natural world is "other" to us; we can't empathize with it, and so don't have any qualms about abusing it.”
― Steve Taylor, Spiritual Science: Why Science Needs Spirituality to Make Sense of the World

“The goal of human life is to realize this oneness, and so to transcend separation, fear and even death.”
― Steve Taylor, Spiritual Science: Why Science Needs Spirituality to Make Sense of the World

“The conventional materialist mode has very serious consequences in terms of how we live our lives, and how we treat other species and the natural world. It leads to a devaluation of life—of our own lives, of other species' and the Earth itself..a spiritual worldview can change our relationship to the world. It can engender a reverential attitude to nature, and to life itself. It can heal us, just as it can heal the whole world.”
― Steve Taylor, Spiritual Science: Why Science Needs Spirituality to Make Sense of the World

“So as evolution progresses, consciousness becomes more involved in matter: living beings become a fuller expression of spirit and move closer to the source from which they, and all things, came.”
― Steve Taylor, Spiritual Science: Why Science Needs Spirituality to Make Sense of the World

“Bliss is the nature of spirit-force in the same way that wetness is a quality of water.”
― Steve Taylor, Spiritual Science: Why Science Needs Spirituality to Make Sense of the World