Weaving the Cloth of Truth by Lynne Milum

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Weaving the Cloth of Truth Through Spiritual and Scientific Discovery

By Lynne Milum, MBA, BSChE

All my life, I have carried the hope and idealism of the poet. Yet, more so, the scientist in me has developed an unyielding love for observation, measurement, making and breaking hypotheses, and reveling in the study of natural phenomena.

I have often appeared a paradox to outside observers – a female – chemical engineer – writer – computer analyst – technical manager – lover of music and arts … Yet for me, there is no incongruence – society just doesn’t recognize the possibility of a Renaissance Woman.

In discovery of the Truth – there is no separation of scientific and spiritual wonder – it is just wonder.

In Physics: diffraction of light, curvature of space, conversion of matter to energy and, indeed, energy to matter. These discoveries have yielded the creation of environmentally friendly materials…energy efficient processes…better infrastructure and alternative fuels.

In Chemistry: the elixir of life, mixtures, reactions – endothermic and exothermic, and orbital configurations of subatomic particles with fascinating behavior and tremendous organization. These discoveries have yielded agricultural advances to feed the hungry with higher quality and greater yields – while promoting genetic diversity. Advances in drug therapies have provided humankind with new hope for the future – where someone previously incapacitated can now live a full and prosperous life.

Lastly, in Biology, where my greatest wonders have unfolded through the knowledge of cellular structure – genetic ticker tapes of DNA providing instructions, ribosome factories translating instructions into protein production, and ATP power plants of mitochondria executing the infamous Citric Acid Cycle and bringing meaning to those biochemical reactions. For me, This is the stuff of Life!

It is a natural reconciliation of science and religion – this complexity may have evolved through externally random events applying energy to inorganic acids with a plethora of low probability reactions taking place over eons, but the net result has yielded a beauty of creation that could only be fashioned by a Master Engineer of Intelligence.

Despite my formal studies in engineering, chemistry and advanced mathematics, I innately knew that apparently incongruent pieces of the scientific and religious puzzle were somehow part of one greater Truth.

Gradually, the strands of truth and strands of contrivance reveal themselves…

As a society, we are moving towards a science compatible with the needs of human existence. There is an increasing awareness that science supports a larger truth. But scientific study is not conducted in a vacuum… We need to pursue a holistic approach and integrate scientific decisions with a moral awareness in a spirit of caring and the targeting of specific needs.

Rather than entering into the foray of scientists and religionists asserting that their way is the only way – that one must ultimately choose a side – how much better to weave all the strands of truth and to re-weave as new or broader truths are revealed! This can be done knowing that ultimately, there is One Cloth… one complex and wonderful pattern – a seeker’s Dharma.

So it is that Science is One with Religion – it will ultimately be reconciled as we understand and recognize there is but One Truth.

Technology has evolved as yet one nuance in this pursuit of Truth.

First: developing electrical circuits, conceiving wiring configurations, conceptualizing bits and bytes into processing instructions… Technology was created in relative isolation where few understood what was under the hood…and fewer could communicate without technospeak…

Then: an evolution into arrays of databases, networks and people-driven applications – expanding into the social structure until…

Now: Those relationships, the interactions that people invariably seek, manifest as a highly complex, multi-dimensional and clearly non-linear linkage – conventionally called the Internet.

This virtual place where technology has become a tool – a device for even the non-technical – and this process has permitted the HUMANIZING of technology – where individuality and connectedness can actually be realized.

How well this evolution of technology mirrors the manifestation of the Oneness of Humankind!

We are connected:

	PHYSICALLY, through this elaborate network of servers
	PHILOSOPHICALLY, through the sharing and synthesis of ideas
	EMOTIONALLY, through virtual relationships as real as family and friends
	SPIRITUALLY, through a Unity that resounds with truthfulness in our souls

One People – One World – One Network!

May the Truth flow abundantly to You!

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