Vedic view of consciousness verses modern science

In the Vedic view, one can approach the outer sciences with an  inner vision and turn them into the testimony of soul. In this way, the outer sciences can become inner sciences. That is why we find such diverse subjects from astronomy and mathematics, to music and even grammar defined as paths of  Yoga or spiritual paths. We find the same groups of Vedic seers working with and developing the outer as well as the inner sciences from the most ancient times, not finding working with one to necessarily be contrary to working with the other.The Vedic system of knowledge appears already to be in place by the time of the Rigveda, conservatively dated to the late third or early second millennia BC.The Rigveda and the other The modern scientific tradition is like the Vedic tradition since it it acknowledges contradictory or dual descriptions but  seeking explanations.The Vedic approach to knowledge was based on the assumption that there exist equivalences of diverse kinds etween the outer and the inner worlds.This prompted a deep examination of the human mind.The energy that underlies physical and mental processes is called prana.

Vedic thought holds that the best instrument of knowledge is the silent mind. This allows the mind itself, like an unflawed mirror, to directly reflect reality inside oneself. The mind becomes a reliable instrument of direct knowledge  beyond the limitations of the senses.Yoga contains special ways of knowledge relative to the body, mind, prana, senses and consciousness internally and to the powers of energy, light, matter and space externally. The ultimate unity of science and spirituality can provide a light forward to a true global age of peace and universal brotherhood.