WesternCulture’sadherencetothe“ScientificMethod”hasturneditawayfromthe
scienceofself-development(myth,religionandyogamysticism)sinceit(spiritual
evolution)cannotbeprovenempiricallyaccordingtoitscurrentcriteriaasdifferent
peopleareatdifferentstagesofevolutionandtheprocessmayrequiremanylife-
timestocomplete.Hereagain,eventheparameterssetbyWesternCultureasthe
procedureofthe“ScientificMethod”arenotbeingfollowed.Thestatementthat
thereisnosciencebeyondtheexistentialaspectofCreationisineffectaviolation
ofthe“scientific”ruleofobjectivityto“observethingsastheyare,withoutfalsify-
ingobservationstoaccordwithsomepreconceivedworldview.”Thepredilectionto
discountthetranscendentas“un-provable”isaworldviewwhichtypifiesWestern
Culture.Thus,theobjectivityinthescientificmethodhasatleasttwobuiltinflaws.
First,istheinsistenceondeterminingscientificfactbasedonevidencethatcanbe
observabletothephysicalsenseswithorwithoutassistancefromtechnology,and
thereforecanonlyexistintimeandspace.Secondly,thenecessityforhumanstand-
ardsindetermining“conclusions”basedonthedata,forithasbeenshownthatthe
samedatacanlenditselftodifferentinterpretationsbasedonconflictingviews,
evenwithinthescientificcommunity.Atruescientificmethodshouldrequireanob-
jectivestandardwhichcannotbeviolatedbythewhimsoftheobserversorscient-
ists.Itsconclusionsmustbeacceptedandnotrefutedbyopinionsordesirestoup-
holdparticularworldviews.However,again,allofthebeststandardswillbeuseless
if the scientists are biased.
Afurtherconnotation,prevalentinWesternCulturearisingfromadherencetothe
“scientificmethod”isthatwhatistranscendentisimagined,superstitionandun-
foundedillusion,andonlywhatthe“ScientificMethod”deemsasprovableiscor-
rectandacceptable.Hence,sincemythandmysticismareintherealmofthetran-
scendent,thenbythistypeofWesternlogicitfollowsthattheyarealsoun-provable
andunreal.Thisisaverypowerfulargumentthatfurtherdevelopsintothemost
dangerousconcept,thatWesternCultureisthedeterminerofwhatistruthandthat
theart,culture,scienceandreligion,etc.,ofothercultures,pastorpresent,arein-
ferior due to their primitive and “unscientific” manner of approaching nature.
Inascientificinvestigation,opinionshavenoplacebeyondthestatingofthehypothesis.Also,the
constraintsofsocialproprietydonotapply.ItisperfectlyscientifictostateatheorythattheAncient
EgyptianswerenotblackAfricans,butratherAsiatics,orthatIndianVediccultureandnotKamitan
culturegaverisetocivilization.Thereisnothingwronginmakingthosestatements.However,ifthe