Ravi S. Iyer: Spiritual

I think, as a "skeptical scientist" is expected to be skeptical about everything, the answer is, typically, No. As I understand it, spiritual miracles like materialization, healing and visions need intense faith in a person/deity/formless Divinity (God) for the miracles to happen, usually. But the "skeptical scientist" is expected to be skeptical about everything! That, IMHO, would not allow him/her, usually, to develop intense faith in God. So the "skeptical scientist" will, usually, not experience spiritual miracles/Divine Grace. The wiki page on scientific skepticism,  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ Scientific_skepticism , states, 'Scientific skepticism ( also spelled scepticism) is the practice of questioning whether claims are supported by empirical research and have reproducibility, as part of a methodological norm pursuing "the extension of certified knowledge".' It credits Carl Sagan,  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ Carl_S...

Last updated on 6th November 2013 As I am reading Prof. Haraldsson's new/updated book on Swami I am making Notes of it. I have received permission, over email, from Prof. Haraldsson and the publisher, White Crow Books, to put up these Notes/Summary on this blog. [ Additional Info : The post, "Review of Modern Miracles: The Story of Sathya Sai Baba: A Modern Day Prophet by Erlendur Haraldsson Ph. D.",  http://ravisiyer.blogspot.com/2013/09/review-of-modern-miracles-story-of.html , has my review of this book. The post, 'Prof. Haraldsson's book, "Modern Miracles: The Story of Sathya Sai Baba: A Modern Day Prophet", Released',  http://ravisiyer.blogspot.com/2013/08/prof-haraldssons-book-modern-miracles.html , covers the back page, preface and foreword of the book (available in Amazon preview of the book). I have also compared the book to Arthur Osborne's book on Shirdi Sai Baba. end- Additional-Info ] Before I get into the notes, I w...