TBPL - I am delighted if a scientific explanation is provided for any phenomenon. I have always liked and appreciated the scientific approach. Regarding spiritual perceptions, I don't know how I could verify them for you, because they are an inner experience, not an outer phenomenon. The only thing I could suggest is that you spend some time around some more spiritually advanced people, but how would you decide which people those were? Danged if I know. I don't expect you to go around searching for something you don't believe in.

I became convinced about spiritual things simply by being around various people who demonstrated a pretty profound level of understanding and who were exemplary people...and I read a lot of good material that changed my ideas about life. I don't belong to any specific religion...I see much good in most of them, provided they are understood and applied properly. I see much good in science as well, and do not discount it at all. It is possible to be highly spiritual AND highly scientific, and the best spiritual teachers combine both understandings very harmoniously.

The spiritual teacher I have been most inspired by was educated as a professional engineer, and worked in that profession for many years. This did not interfere in the least with his appreciation for spiritual values, but accompanied it most effectively. That's fairly unusual among engineers, I would assume, having known some others. Most of them are anything but spiritually inclined, in my experience.