Science and nature

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Science assails.

Nature prevails. ```

2.

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Science says:

"I can."

Nature says:

"I eternally am." ```

3.

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Science goes

Forward and backward.

Nature goes

Inward and upward. ```

4.

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Science says to Nature:

"I do not need you."

Nature says to Science:

"But I love you." ```

5.

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Science is

Science's power-hands.

Nature is

Nature's purity-heart. ```

6.

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The human mind

Takes help from Science

To succeed.

The divine heart

Takes help from Nature

To proceed. ```

7.

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Science is

Prone to theory.

Nature is

Prone to practice. ```

8.

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Science is

Man's mind-experience.

Nature is

God's Life-Proclamation. ```

9.

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Science likes to duplicate.

Nature loves to emancipate. ```

10.

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When Science speaks,

God cries.

When Nature smiles,

God dances. ```

11.

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Science is

Power-supremacy.

Nature is

Love-intimacy. ```

12.

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Man relies on Science.

God relies on Nature. ```

13.

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Science says:

"God, I can live

Without You."

Nature says:

"Lord, I cannot breathe

Without You." ```

14.

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Science is at times known

And at times unknown.

Nature is always

Unknowable. ```

15.

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Science is revolution.

Nature is evolution. ```

16.

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Science longs

For matter's prosperity.

Nature longs

For beauty's universality. ```

17.

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Science says to the heart:

"Choose me if you dare to."

Nature says to the heart:

"Let us live forever together." ```

18.

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Science is

Mind-sound-communication.

Nature is

Soul-silence-union. ```

19.

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Science is

What man's mind has.

Nature is

What God's Heart is. ```

20.

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Science does not know

And does not want to know

Where God is.

Nature knows where God is.

Furthermore,

Nature wants to live in God,

With God and for God.

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21.

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Science uproots

Resistance-weeds.

Nature embraces

Resistance-weeds

For her total transformation.

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22.

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Science believes in

Tomorrow's

Most powerful noon.

Nature believes in

Tomorrow's

Most beautiful dawn. ```

23.

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Science is

Complexity's seriousness.

Nature is

Simplicity's sweetness. ```

24.

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Science admires division.

Therefore,

It has division-adversaries.

Nature loves oneness.

Therefore,

She has oneness-fulness. ```

25.

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Science does not

Accept God's Invitation.

Nature is always all eagerness

To accept God's Invitation. ```

26.

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Science is Spirituality's

Negativity-volcano.

Nature is Spirituality's

Protection-umbrella. ```

27.

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The love-life of Science

Is Science.

The love-breath of Nature

Is Spirituality. ```

28.

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Science says to Nature:

"Do you want to be recorded

By my camera?"

Nature says:

"Unfortunately not."

Nature says to Science:

"Do you want to be captured

By God's Camera?"

Science says:

"No, definitely not!"

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29.

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Science says to Nature:

"To me, you are utterly useless!"

Nature says to Science:

"To me, you are deplorably harmful!" ```

30.

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Science is always in a hurry.

Nature has Eternity

At her disposal.

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31.

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Science is God-oblivion.

Nature is the living God. ```

32.

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Science, at its very best,

Amuses God.

Nature, at every moment,

Satisfies and fulfils God. ```

33.

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In the absence of Science,

The proud mind can take its place.

In the absence of Nature,

Nothing truly can take her place. ```

34.

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The human in us

Takes Science very seriously.

The Divine in us

Takes Nature lovingly,

Affectionately and proudly.

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35.

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Science is energy-supplier

Of the mind.

Nature is love-multiplication

Of the heart. ```

36.

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Science thinks

That it knows everything.

Nature feels

That God has given her everything. ```

37.

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Science is

The mind's warship.

Nature is

The heart's worship. ```

38.

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Science does not believe in

God's Will.

Nature loves to be within

The orbit of God's Will. ```

39.

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Science is the mind's

Glorification and gratification.

Nature is the heart's

Affection and satisfaction. ```

40.

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Science can shorten and frighten

The sound-pride of distance.

Nature can brighten and gladden

The silence-light of distance. ```

41.

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Science likes

Faultless exactitude.

Nature likes

Breathless sanctitude. ```

42.

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Science is

Science's capacity.

Nature is

Nature's Divinity. ```

43.

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Science is

The mind's ego-parade.

Nature is

The heart's God-revelation. ```

44.

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The unreal part of my life

Likes Science.

The real part of my life

Loves Nature. ```

45.

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Science is desperately searching

For the cosmic key.

Nature already has it.

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46.

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Science is constantly demanding

Victory's success-trumpet.

Nature is beautifully dreaming of

Victory's progress-flute. ```

47.

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Science is

Earth-fame-gain.

Nature is

Heaven-flame-game. ```

48.

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Science is

A roaring lion-courage.

Nature is

A blossoming God-poise. ```

49.

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Sciences dances

With its stupendous discoveries.

Nature dances

To her God-gratitude-heartbeat. ```

50.

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Science, I salute you

With my humility-head.

Nature, I love you

With my affection-heart. ```

From:Sri Chinmoy,Science and nature, Agni Press, 1996
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