"Go beyond science, into the region of metaphysics. Real religion is beyond argument. It can only be lived both inwardly and outwardly"

Science excels at mapping the measurable world: patterns of matter, forces, life processes, and brain states. Yet human longing stretches beyond what can be weighed or graphed. Metaphysics asks different kinds of questions, What is ultimate reality? What is consciousness itself? What grants value, purpose, and meaning?, not as idle speculation, but as inquiries into the ground of experience. The invitation is to move from describing phenomena to discerning the source from which phenomena arise.

Argument has its place; it clarifies terms, tests coherence, and exposes error. But when approaching the ultimate, argument reaches a horizon where logic can point but not deliver. Real religion is not a set of propositions to be won in debate; it is a mode of being verified by transformation. Just as tasting cannot be replaced by a chemical analysis of flavor, spiritual knowledge is validated in lived experience, stability of heart, clarity of mind, widening compassion.

To live it inwardly is to cultivate attention, sincerity, and surrender to truth: meditation, self-inquiry, prayer, and ethical vigilance that quiet the noise of ego and sharpen discernment. To live it outwardly is to allow that inner clarity to take visible shape: kindness in speech, integrity in work, service to others, stewardship of the world. The inner without the outer risks self-absorption; the outer without the inner devolves into performance. Their union makes wisdom tangible.

Going beyond science does not mean rejecting it; it means not mistaking method for meaning. One can cherish empirical knowledge while acknowledging its limits. The metaphysical path calls for rigor, humility, and patience, an experiment conducted in the laboratory of life, with one’s own consciousness as the instrument. Where the friction of argument ends, practice begins. And the measure of truth is the fruit it bears: freedom from fear, depth of love, and a steady joy that neither clings nor turns away.