{"id":951,"date":"2009-06-08T13:38:00","date_gmt":"2009-06-08T13:38:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/monkeymind\/2009\/06\/where-science-and-spirituality-meet\/"},"modified":"2011-11-01T15:09:42","modified_gmt":"2011-11-01T19:09:42","slug":"where-science-and-spirituality-meet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/monkeymind\/2009\/06\/where-science-and-spirituality-meet.html","title":{"rendered":"Where Science and Spirituality Meet"},"content":{"rendered":"<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><head><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><\/head><body><p>http:\/\/vimeo.com\/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=2293696&amp;server=vimeo.com&amp;show_title=1&amp;show_byline=1&amp;show_portrait=0&amp;color=&amp;fullscreen=1<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/vimeo.com\/2293696\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Where Science and <a href='https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/library\/buddhism' target='_blank'>Buddhism<\/a> Meet<\/a> from <a href=\"http:\/\/vimeo.com\/wisdom\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Gerald Penilla<\/a> on <a href=\"http:\/\/vimeo.com\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Vimeo<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>I\u2019m not the biggest fan of connecting ancient spiritual principles to contemporary scientific theories. At the same time it is something folk are drawn to. And this is a pretty good attempt at connecting some of those dots.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>At least worth a peek\u2026<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Thank you, <a href=\"http:\/\/thebuddhistblog.blogspot.com\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">James<\/a>, for the pointer!<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"blogger-post-footer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" src=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/tracker\/33904114-5381004968711353464?l=monkeymindonline.blogspot.com\" alt=\"\"><\/div>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>http:\/\/vimeo.com\/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=2293696&amp;server=vimeo.com&amp;show_title=1&amp;show_byline=1&amp;show_portrait=0&amp;color=&amp;fullscreen=1 Where Science and Buddhism Meet from Gerald Penilla on Vimeo. I\u2019m not the biggest fan of connecting ancient spiritual principles to contemporary scientific theories. At the same time it is something folk are drawn to. And this is a pretty good attempt at connecting some of those dots. At least worth a peek\u2026 Thank [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":120,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-951","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Where Science and Spirituality Meet<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"http:\/\/vimeo.com\/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=2293696&amp;server=vimeo.com&amp;show_title=1&amp;show_byline=1&amp;show_portrait=0&amp;color=&amp;fullscreen=1Where\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/monkeymind\/2009\/06\/where-science-and-spirituality-meet.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Where Science and Spirituality Meet\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"http:\/\/vimeo.com\/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=2293696&amp;server=vimeo.com&amp;show_title=1&amp;show_byline=1&amp;show_portrait=0&amp;color=&amp;fullscreen=1Where\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/monkeymind\/2009\/06\/where-science-and-spirituality-meet.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Monkey Mind\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:author\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/james.ford.1029\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2009-06-08T13:38:00+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2011-11-01T19:09:42+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/tracker\/33904114-5381004968711353464?l=monkeymindonline.blogspot.com\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"James Ford\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"James Ford\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/monkeymind\/2009\/06\/where-science-and-spirituality-meet.html\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/monkeymind\/2009\/06\/where-science-and-spirituality-meet.html\",\"name\":\"Where Science and Spirituality Meet\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/monkeymind\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2009-06-08T13:38:00+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2011-11-01T19:09:42+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/monkeymind\/#\/schema\/person\/3f37f475fb5078d1e7faa93a63a0fddb\"},\"description\":\"http:\/\/vimeo.com\/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=2293696&amp;server=vimeo.com&amp;show_title=1&amp;show_byline=1&amp;show_portrait=0&amp;color=&amp;fullscreen=1Where\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/monkeymind\/2009\/06\/where-science-and-spirituality-meet.html#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/monkeymind\/2009\/06\/where-science-and-spirituality-meet.html\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/monkeymind\/2009\/06\/where-science-and-spirituality-meet.html#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/monkeymind\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Where Science and Spirituality Meet\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/monkeymind\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/monkeymind\/\",\"name\":\"Monkey Mind\",\"description\":\"Easily distracted...\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/monkeymind\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/monkeymind\/#\/schema\/person\/3f37f475fb5078d1e7faa93a63a0fddb\",\"name\":\"James Ford\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/monkeymind\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/fa18971b225a3bb79f0c4c381a5fae20?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/fa18971b225a3bb79f0c4c381a5fae20?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"James Ford\"},\"description\":\"James Ishmael Ford is a writer and spiritual director. 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