>>81962718
The highest level of enlightenment is realizing that there exists no logical contradiction between a scientific model of the universe and a belief in a panzoistic god. The universe is alive. Just like the multitude of life itself, morphing, bending. From hydrogen to stars to planets to water to amino acids to DNA acids to cells to multicellular organisms to protists to animals to mammals to monkeys to homo erectus to homo sapiens to homo sapiens sapiens to language and agriculture to the printing press to radio...and currently, the internet. The universe has a will, open your eyes to the multitude of wonders...listen carefully, and you will see it.

But speaking more practically yes, connection with the divine (at least for me wasn't raised religious) is a highly personal thing...I personally dislike dogma believing in something because someone told you to. Everyone needs their own connection to the divine, but once you see it, you can't unsee it.

And a degree of "belief in the unseen" and "faith" in my humble opinion are necessary tenets for a true scholar in my opinion. Logic is flawed. The universe is not a string of axioms into propositions into propositions, it's not a graph. Yes, it does show everything is connected, but just the "skeleton". But the "connectedness" is what truly matters and is the essence of reality.

But yes, it is important to distinguish science and faith. The separation is necessary.