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Background to “21st Century Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures”
April 21, 2011 | 
Author In the 20th Century, as a student and practitioner of the divine science, I found the teachings of Eddy Science and Health to understand to be very effective, how to heal the mind / body / spirit through prayer. I lived through the ordeal of metaphysical healing and this test that give credit in principle, the ideal of truth, God, as shown Eddy and health sciences.
Before the beginning of this century, my practice of metaphysical healing, increasingly, the public. I am interested in conversations with people in the science of healing from the truth of Christ. But in principle, these discussions are led to a rude awakening for me. I spoke too often in the 19 Century, when Eddy popularly shared their ideas. So I decided to worthy statements Eddy expressed in the language of the 21st Century and the language developed to distribute and the means. It was not long before I took this logic further. When you talk about the ideas of Foucault in today’s language, you have to accept the science and health in today’s language in printed form. To insist otherwise ethnocentric, impractical, and the false heart.
However, something went through an update to the pressure against what was in human form. Whether consciously or unconsciously, my brain by the idea that the examination of readability Science and Health is not an option was impressed. For comments, I mentioned the idea of ​​Eddy Science and Health in the language of today, my teacher of Christian Science. Then he looked at me in surprise, looking for nice words for the value of these revisions. This article was deleted because it does not mean anything. Then again the idea of ​​other students of Christian Science, but the idea came like a hot potato.
I remember for mental torture that finally forced rest. I explained the motivation to speak the truth and, depending on your progress.
In other words, it has taken steps away from false grounds that the revision is to change the words of Foucault, and my personal attachment to the words of Foucault.
Then a physical problem was presented. Once in a terrible accident, I was fighting for my life. Timid conservatism insisted it was better to accept common assumptions. I felt privileged to be the words of Foucault, who helped me learn a lot, so why change? Why regret? The answer is again: truth, for healing is not limited to physical conditions. And, more importantly, good ideas should be shared, not buried in the letter to the tenacity of the Faithful Eddy. My mind has given way to spiritual truths obvious. Healing ideas are timeless, universal, all told. My thinking has changed and the natural healing of my body and responded quickly to the surprise of doctors and nurses.
I calmly and seriously review and updating of science and health shortly after the turn of the 21st Century undermined. Wow, print a review of Science and Health is a difficult task. Eddy of the journal Science and Health, which had done very well, carefully, preferences with care and love, without ego or personal.
In this effort, I spent countless hours developing the knowledge and skills needed to deal with this enormous task. I studied the history of the Bible, research on other great thinkers and reference Eddy said, and was familiar with the period in which he lived. Considering the importance of language and terminology, Century 19, and learned how scientific and religious thinking has progressed in the twentieth century. He has also served in a branch Church of Christ, Scientist, and tended to my spiritual development.
Spiritual Growth achieve the revision of a chapter has helped me to write another chapter. In addition, only connected with people I met were very grateful for the metaphysical ideas and Eddy gave me good advice on how to update so that the text is correct for the reader TODAY ‘hui.
One of many examples of how the direction of Eddy has changed, because the words have not been studied, or 21 times she used the word fear in science and health. Today, nervousness in the rule means that fear or doubt. In his time meant understanding.
Much of the terminology, such as animal magnetism, phrenology, mood, Brainology and consumption is therefore obsolete and confusing for the reader. In summary, these terms have a corresponding text, practice reading has been replaced fluid. In addition, the book is now gender neutral. Eddy Although the use of the term person , which means that no one was acceptable in the 19 Century means is not acceptable today. I also requested and received permission to modern Bibles and leaders of the 20 century quote. These quotes are notes, as it now is for literature.
After a few years to the review of the role of the Christian Science Publishing Society was contributed to the publication of the 21 Century, science and health. I was a member of the First Church of Christ, Scientist, and the shape of our church would welcome the opportunity to some form of legal access to the writings of Eddy again be allowed to. In the 20th Century were the members so busy with the rituals and ideologies forget the man had to follow Eddy and keep your job in the air. Therefore, the Church has lost contact with the author and Health Sciences ago. Was similar to a person who inherits the property and do not care about him or pay taxes and thus the heritage.
But instead of an answer to me, said the publisher of the Christian Science Board, which he did. The administration began a dialogue with me (as I documented). This dialogue continued for several weeks and was not only extremely painful but also very informative. The members of the church board asked me questions, I answered. I asked the board questions and gave me the assumptions that lacked credibility. For example, I told Eddie that the board has asked that words can not change. His request was fair and was in the 19th Century necessary if the copyrights have been lacking. But it is unclear whether it changes to the wording of the author is a common practice today. Eddy words are still intact to its name in his book, while my opinion of scientists and health experts to clear my name next to each other. The misinterpretation of the request rooms Eddy led me to a different interpretation of his writings were question. Then I moved my membership in the Church not be associated with their beliefs and fears. After checking in silence.
Please let me digress.
With all due respect, I maintain that I am not hostile to the First Church of Christ, Scientist. I have fond memories of wonderful people when I was a member of the First Church of Christ, Scientist was surrounded. I know that many members of the church, prominent citizens of the community and a good contribution to society. I also found some of the extremist as the religion of Christian Science was not accepted to a doctor. I have not experienced a dogma.
All human rights organizations have their problems and have superiority complexes of the known. This complex rotation and transformation, sometimes arrogant, or search contact with reality. But, I am part of the blame if I give the power to someone who really does not have and can not. It is dishonest and lazy for me, a hierarchy can expect to make final decisions and I can only repeat the words of Foucault and expect progress.
Needless to say, carefully to the regeneration of the practice of honest work and compassion.
History has proven time and again that people are accustomed to the spirit of a man who can express the ideals improvement resources that benefit mankind and our world. Typically, these transitions include the sometimes confusing, so now about the beliefs and fears I’ve found.
I wondered whether the science of the 21st Century and Health was approved by the First Church of Christ, Scientist. I never thought to ask the church for permission to meet my right and duty to review the science Eddy and health in order to advance the science of God today. Just as he thinks he of the First Church of Christ, Scientist should be approved in order to understand the divine knowledge and experience of its healing power. First Church of Christ, Scientist has no authority on science and health Eddy. It is in the public domain.
Science and Health is a completely separate entity. It manifests itself through self-organization support.
Another state of mind and the fear that I found on my review of the science and health, the work of Foucault review is somehow immoral, unjustifiable and impractical. It is easy to treat. Words are used to think that stimulates the physical stimulation. It is impossible to limit the divine science, or oral or written language. Thoughts about God, truth, not in the letter, and certainly not limited to the English language. I read the works of Foucault, The greatest difficulty in the transmission of the teachings of the divine knowledge specific to human thinking is that, like all other languages, English is not sufficient for the expression of spiritual ideas suggestions because you are forced to use the material conditions to deal with spiritual ideas. (ibid., p. 349). It is the moral, just and manifest to comment as possible and the infinite truth.
My book of the 21 Century Science and Health is a son of Eddy Science and Health, one with, but not the same as.I continue to care for diligence. I am grateful to have the community of people around the world helped me, 21st Century Science and Health, tires, as we open to spiritual ideas.
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Science as a Media Event
One need not make any extensive surveys of different media to provide evidence for this failure. It is enough to see how sports has managed to gain more coverage in various media over the last few decades vis-a-vis science. One may argue that this is so because there are always some sports events occurring all over the world which naturally draw the attention of media. But contention here is that scientific activity, scientific community and laboratories all over the world can also be turned into what are called ‘media events’ if enough pains are taken by science communicators to achieve this status for science. First and foremost it will require the maximum cooperation of scientists.
For instance, anniversaries of scientists, institutes, organisations and societies, including the World Health Day, etc., can be celebrated; discussions and debates with the concerned scientists organised; and doors of concerned laboratories and organisations thrown open to masses and media.
Be that as it may, intention through this paper is to highlight the essentials and limitations of science popularisation so that there appears a fundamental change in the way of looking at this subject. Hopefully, it will lead to more effective strategies to popularise science among the masses.
Science writing is an art
Science popularisation is mostly done by science- trained persons and professional scientists. It is therefore looked upon more as a scientific activity rather than anything else. But science writing is more of an art rather than a science. It is scientific only in the sense one should have scientific knowledge but all the writing abilities are required to make a good presentation of science. It is due to the present lack of emphasis on the art aspect of science popularisation that this field of activity has suffered to date. Those few scientists or science-trained persons who have consciously or unconsciously known the art of science writing and have practised it, have only been successful in popularising science.
Science is a human activity
The second reason why popular science does not tick with the masses is because it is not projected as a human activity but an activity of scientists who simply believe in the search for truth – and nothing but truth! The human side of science is totally neglected in all popular science presentations. The follies and prejudices of scientists, the emotional life of scientists, the irrational circumstances in which scientific work is often undertaken and discoveries and inventions made, etc., are quite often deliberately not highlighted fearing that it would give bad name to science and scientific research. In short, the human face of science or scientific research is often neglected in popular science presentations. There is therefore a strong need to give science a human face. It would not only mean adding human stories to popular science presentations but also talking about realities in scientific research.
Tip of the iceberg presentation
The third reason why popular science presentations often go wide off the mark and make the audience yawn and go for something else is the inability of science communicators to distinguish between technical report writing and popular science writing, thanks to their scientific training or background. They try to cram into a popular science presentation as much as they know or find out about a subject.
Actually, popular science presentation should be like the tip of the iceberg. It should however make one not only familiar with the tip of the iceberg but also aware of the unseen larger part of the iceberg floating under the water. In other words, it should reveal little about science but enough to make one realise the existence of that science with its entire ramification. It should excite one’s curiosity enough so that one would like to probe further into that science. It should not necessarily tell everything about a science but at the same time it should not miss science.
Some important observations
The author’s experience with popularising science over the years has forced him to arrive at some postulates. They are merely based on experience and intuition. Any research has not been conducted to back them up with facts and figures. In fact, much research is required to prove or disprove them. If in case they are proved, they can easily be called the ‘Laws of Science Popularisation’ because despite the best of our efforts we have not been able to popularise science the way we want among the masses. There must be some hidden laws governing our efforts to popularise science. These postulates are stated as follows:
Postulates of science popularisation
1st : Only those elements of science receive attention in a society, which suit its goals or which inspire awe.
2nd : A science communicator tends to impose his or her limited ideas of science, scientists and scientific research upon the audience.
3rd : The amount of space allotted to science in different media of a country is the index of the quality of life of its average citizen.
4th : The quality of science communication or presentation in a country is directly proportional to the quality of science produced in it.
5th : To popularise science is to humanise science.
One can deduce certain things from these postulates. The first postulate indicates that people at large read science because it serves their purpose or because the subject is topical, sensational or controversial or simply excites their curiosity. A handful only read science for the sake of knowledge per se. Much research is required to identify those subjects so that science could be more effectively popularised. For instance, health science and environment interest people at large, astronomy and space fascinate them, Nobel Laureates, UFOs, etc., are held in awe by them.
The Second postulate is dangerous for science itself. Consciously or unconsciously, the layman imbibes the limited or narrow image of science, scientists and culture of science from the communicator, whether he be Jacob Bronowski or Peter Medawar. Notions such as scientists are mad individuals or scientific research is yet another profession are creations of science communicators. That makes science communicator a very responsible person.
The third and fourth postulates are intuitive relationships between two unrelated things or activities. Further research is needed to prove or disprove these two laws by taking data from different countries. However, one must add here that in India we raise a hullabaloo to increase science coverage in our media at the first available opportunity but it often comes to nothing. Also, while writing a popular science article on a subject one often needs the assistance of a scientist doing research in that very subject. But in India the scientist of the concerned subject is often not available for consultation and as a result our writings lack the necessary quality, verve and colour.
The fifth, the last but not the least important postulate, though obvious, reminds us that we must give science a human face so that masses are not afraid of it. It is the basic aim of science popularisation.
Christmas tree of science popularisation
The aim of drawing the ‘Christmas tree of science popularisation’ is to illustrate the importance of various media that take science to the masses, though every medium has its own significance and a vital role to play in communication. But unless a person climbs up the tree, as his or her interest in science is aroused or increased – in other words, unless one begins to read newspapers, magazines and then books – he or she would not have become fully science literate.
Necessarily, the percentage of people reading books would be very small as the top of a Christmas tree indicates. But it is a must to know this tree because the role of any medium should not be underestimated and every medium should be given equal importance simultaneously. For instance, if a student’s interest in science is aroused by science fair or ‘Jatha’ held in the town, it has to be sustained and maintained by wallpapers, newspapers and even books; otherwise, one’s interest would flag and eventually die. Other supplementing media should be made available to the student in form of public libraries, for instance. So, the Christmas tree of science popularisation needs to be watered and tended carefully to produce a science literate society.
Conclusion
According to the postulates forwarded here there are (as yet unknown) limits to the extent science can be popularised among the masses. It is not possible to have a fully science literate society. Moreover, science communicators need to take into account aforementioned aspects about science popularisation for more effective communication of science to the masses.
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