Yoga does not admit of culture and science being two different process for human evolution. They are mere facts. nor does it regard the two as antithetic to each other in the promotion of human good. human being evolves at two integrated levels. First, the material and second, the non-material. science is inherently limited to and conditioned by the material, while the non-material transcends the material and reaches the sphere of non-material. is it presumable that these two should remain separate and incompatible forever, notwithstanding their guideline of human good, or is there a remote possibility that the fundamentals and approach to these two could be reconciled so as to evolve a common and continuous process of human evolution through judicious unification.
It is obvious that the scales of observation differ in each case which assign to them their different forms but this could not be allowed to detect from their primal objective of human evolution and human good. When critically analyzed, it becomes apparent that these differences represent more than anything firstly, the consideration of what is immediate as against what is ultimate, and secondly, as related to some aspects as against all aspects. The importance given to each relatively determines the specific value of each and attains preference in human affairs. Thus the scope in respect of each being limited, total reliance on any one is a unreasonable and possibly unsuccessful in human achievement of holistic excellence. This is the tragedy wherever science and culture operate independently.
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