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.
