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Beyond Matter and Spirit to
an Objective Spirituality through the Totality Axiom
Paul P. Budnik Jr.
Abstract:
Science has rendered the matter and spirit conceptual
framework obsolete. This paper advocates its replacement with
structure (what we can understand through science) and essence
(what we experience in stream of consciousness). The Totality Axiom
is introduced to integrate structure and essence and thus provide a
starting point for integrating scientific understanding with
spiritual intuition. Using this axiom, the paper shows how the
mathematical result known as Gödel's Incompleteness Theorem
can be applied to the evolution of consciousness giving substance
to spiritual intuitions. This is an important example of how the
Totality Axiom lays the groundwork for an objective spirituality
with the potential to develop at a rate adequate to cope with the
enormous power that science and technology is creating through the
objective guidance of experiment.