Possibilities for Over One Hundredfold More Spiritual Information
224 pages, 7 x 10
Paperback
Release Date:15 Aug 2000
ISBN:9781890151331
CD-Audio
Release Date:25 Oct 2005
ISBN:9781932031843
Possibilities for Over One Hundredfold More Spiritual Information
The Humble Approach in Theology and Science
Templeton Press
Sir John Templeton challenges the reader to apply the same energy that has been devoted to scientific inquiry to the pursuit of spiritual information. The world is at a state of unprecedented technical expertise, but why has our knowledge and faith in our own spirituality stalled and become obsolete in recent times?
Possibilities for Over One Hundredfold More Spiritual Information seeks to address this question. It points out that our spiritual knowledge would also have the capacity to increase dramatically if we were to open our minds to the endless possibilities that await us in terms of our spiritual lives. These include altruistic love for all people, new knowledge of the Divine, and a greater sense of our place in the universe. In order for us as human beings to take advantage of all of the spiritual gifts that we have been given, we need to be open and receptive to our individual spiritual natures, and to open ourselves to the limitless spiritual possibilities available to us.
The book acknowledges the ancient scriptures and thinkers who have guided us for centuries. Vastly expanded research and the use of scientific method would only enhance our understanding of the wisdom contained within these wise teachings. The benefits of extending our spiritual knowledge might, in fact, exceed the benefits we have realized thus far from scientific and medical advances.
Possibilities seeks to reawaken our desire for spiritual knowledge pushed aside so long ago in our quest for scientific knowledge. When these fields work together, the world will reap greater rewards that we can ever imagine.
As a pioneer in both financial investments and philanthropy, Sir John Templeton spent a lifetime encouraging open-mindedness. Templeton started his Wall Street career in 1937 and went on to create some of the world’s largest and most successful international investment funds, eventually earning the label of “arguably the greatest global stock picker of the century” from Money magazine. In 1972, he established the world’s largest annual award given to an individual: the £1,000,000 Templeton Prize. The Prize is intended to recognize exemplary achievement in work related to life’s spiritual dimension. Templeton also contributed a sizable amount of his fortune to the John Templeton Foundation, which he established in 1987. Templeton passed away in 2008, but the Foundation that bears his name continues to award millions of dollars in annual grants in pursuit of its mission to serve as a philanthropic catalyst for research on what scientists and philosophers call the “big questions.”
Preface / vii
CHAPTER ONE An Introduction for Humble Researchers / 3
CHAPTER TWO Humble About What? / 13
CHAPTER THREE What Benefits from Humility? / 28
CHAPTER FOUR Creation Through Change / 40
CHAPTER FIVE When Is a Blossoming Time of Humanity? / 51
CHAPTER SIX The Vast Unseen / 63
CHAPTER SEVEN Progressing Concepts of the Mystery of Time / 89
CHAPTER EIGHT Possibilities for Spiritual Progress? / 100
CHAPTER NINE Love, Humility and Free Competition Accelerate Discoveries / 118
CHAPTER TEN Can Earth Serve as a School? / 130
CHAPTER ELEVEN Creative Thinking for Increasing Discoveries / 139
CHAPTER TWELVE Infinite Intellect: Some Questions for Fruitful Research / 148
CHAPTER THIRTEEN What Are Laws of Spiritual Growth? / 153
Notes / 169
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