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The fact is, when we are born, we are neither theists nor atheists, but ignoro-theists.

— Varadaraja V. Raman

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While we have footprints on the sands of time, there is no trace of things yet to come.

Of all the wondrous elements in our vast and complex universe, there is perhaps nothing more intriguing, than consciousness.

The aesthetic dimensions of science, like that of great classical music, are evident to the aficionado.

It has been said that science is proof without certainty, where as religion is certainty without proof.

The spiritual quest is the expression of the deepest longing to connect with the Whole.

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