以「唯心所現」的觀點看待特異功能

Extrasensory Perception and Psychokinesis: a Perspective from "Manifestation of Mind"

林哲銘(Che-Ming Lin)

《佛學與科學》 13卷2期 (2012/08) Pp. 63-75

https://doi.org/10.30162/BS.201208.0004

摘要

西方人慣以「二分法」與「二元對立」的觀點來看待一切事物，其弊端早已浮現。當代科學家受到笛卡兒心物二元論的影響，所以武斷地認為：「一種現象如果是『心理暗示』的，那麼，這個現象就絕對不是『物理實存』的，反之，一種現象如果是『物理實存』的，那麼，這個現象就絕對不是『心理暗示』的。」特異功能以及量子現象的存在，讓我們懷疑：「主觀」與「客觀」的二分法是有問題的；「虛幻」與「真實」的二分法是有問題的；「內心」與「外境」的二分法是有問題的；「精神」與「物質」的二分法是有問題的；「心理學」與「物理學」的二分法是有問題的；「唯心論」與「唯物論」的二分法是有問題的；決定論（牛頓力學）與非決定論（量子力學）的二分法是有問題的；「微觀世界」與「宏觀世界」的二分法是有問題的。難題或許並非真是難題，只是我們看待事情的理論框架出了毛病。人類往往被「所知障」與「文字障」障住而不自知。如果我們擯棄西方人僵化的思維模式，不再用「二分法」或「二元對立」的觀點來看待萬事萬物，或許，科學革命、哲學革命與宗教革命將迅速發生。屆時，我們將能理解特異功能、靈異現象、宗教神蹟、氣功、瑜伽、中醫針灸、同類療法、大腦神經可塑性與量子現象的機制原理。科學真理、哲學真理與宗教真理也終將能接軌。

關鍵字

特異功能 ； 唯心論 ； 唯物論 ； 二分法 ； 二元論 ； 二元對立

並列摘要

Westerners are accustomed to look upon everything from a ”dichotomy” and ”dualistic” point of view, and the drawbacks emerged early. Influenced by the Cartesian dualism of mind and matter, contemporary scientists considered arbitrarily that if a phenomenon has ”psychological implication”, it does absolutely not ”physically exist”; if a phenomenon ”exists physically”, it has no ”psychological implication”. The presence of extrasensory perception, psychokinesis and quantum phenomena trigger our doubts in a dichotomy between ”subjective” and ”objective”; a dichotomy between ”illusive” and ”real” is doubtful; a dichotomy between ”inner mind” and ”external circumstances” is doubtful; a dichotomy between ”spirit” and ”substance” is doubtful; a dichotomy between ”psychology” and ”material” is doubtful; a dichotomy between ”idealism” and ”materialism” is doubtful; a dichotomy between determinism (Newtonian mechanics) and non-determinism (quantum mechanics) is doubtful; a dichotomy between ”micro-world” and ”macro-world” is doubtful. A problem may not be really a difficulty, just something wrong with our framework of theories on looking upon everything. Humans are often struck in a ”knowledge barrier” and ”text barrier” unknowingly. If we think beyond the western rigid mode, and no longer hold a view of the ”dichotomy” or ”binary opposition” to treat them, perhaps, the scientific revolution, philosophical revolution and religious revolution may happen quickly. By then, we will be able to understand the rationale of extrasensory perception, psychokinesis, supernatural phenomenon, religious miracles, qigong, yoga, acupuncture, homeopathy, cranial nerve plasticity and quantum phenomena. The scientific truth, philosophical truth and religious truth will eventually be able to be connected.

並列關鍵字

extrasensory perception and psychokinesis ； idealism ； materialism ； dichotomy ； dualism ； binary opposition