We all understand that time, space and energy constitute our life and its evolution. However, for doing research works we need to go beyond time and space. The concept of going beyond time and space is metaphysical in nature. Now, metaphysics is part of philosophy and has science hidden in its essentials. For understanding the practical way of doing philosophical research work we need Science, Philosophy and Spirituality (Religion). This blend of Science, Philosophy and Spirituality can be called Philselfology-a new term for Art of Research, a concept  that believes links Philosophy as a bridge between Science and Religion.

However, the major question is still hidden as to how self-guidance, counseling and consultancy for the art of research--the Philselfology--can be applied to both the pure and the applied knowledge, and thus how benefits may be derived from both kinds of knowledge. It is quite difficult to discern between what we have learned from the pure knolwedge (philosophical aspects of any subject) and the applied knowledge (the scientific aspects of any subject).

However, while considering the spiritual aspects of the concepts of self-guidance, counseling and constancy need attention, in its context according to the Wisdom Tree giving the fruits of pure and applied knolwedge with insight for actions that we can take to implement our knowledge in any form. It is said as we read and hear at the Wisdom Tree that the one who gets the guidance for the spiritual insight is a blessed seeker, the original research scholar and worker.

Such great research scholars and workers seek guidance and counseling not for their own greed, but for the needs of the entire human race. So, it is like expressing feeling and intentions through thought and action.

On the other hand, while dealing with the world, if the researcher expresses only the feelings and intentions, one is likely to be misunderstood, because what one wants must be expressed. In this case, the Utopian thoughts may override what a research scholar wants to do. For example, we lack words when we have rich feelings, and excessive use of words is not the expression of feelings. We cannot pray to people for spiritual insight, otherwise we would be humbled; and on the other hand without being humble one can not pray to God or the Lord in general. The research worker, who is a genius, may consider that all are able to comprehend what he or she says. However, it is not true; that is why at initial stages, most of the research scholars, the genius people, have to struggle to convey what they want to say and convey. People are not sure what one wants, while He, the God, knows it. We cannot treat humans as God.

The original research lies in nature and we go there to understand the concept of God. So, the first thing that a researcher may need is to know that which boat is the best one--the one that belongs to God or the other that belongs to the world. Here, spiritually speaking, the boat that belongs to God is idealism and that which belongs to the world is realism. Both need a blend so that all can share the fruits of human wisdom, symbolized as the Wisdom Tree.

Surely, the one that belongs to God, we always get its answer immediately. It is so closely correlated that the right answer seems very difficult. The boat belonging to God is of Need and that to the world is of Desire. The same question in this context is of what one is looking to fulfill:  need or desire? Certainly, the need is a must--and the desires should also be fulfilled. Now one is driving two boats, one of need and the other of desire.

The seeker of truth, the philosophical research scholar at initial stages feels that the spiritual insights are one’s need and if any temptation creates desire, it appears to be a need. The word temptation applies when desire leads to greed; otherwise it is an integral part of human nature. For learning the Art of Research, we take an example. You know, in the ship is a compass that guides one in which direction to go; everyone follows it, just because it is not the desire, rather it is the direction that is important. The compass does have power to give direction, yet leaves the boatman free to do whatever he or she wants. The boat that belongs to God is with the compass of His Word, the set of natural laws and principles, but the one that belongs to the world is without a compass.

Moreover, that which belongs to the world goes with the wind and one does not need to make many efforts to keep it going. So once the compass is placed, the boat no longer remains the same as before. Without a compass it is survival, and with it, the boat is a symbol of divine living, the set of a value system that constitutes standards of our living. This adds the fourth factor and dimension to the tree basic of time, space and energy, and thus the fourth one is direction.

Now, while discussing the direction, what we are talking about is not mere North or South and East or West, rather it is direction of transfer of energy from one form to another and its relation with space and time. For example at daytime (time), at the proper place (in the sunlight) the plant converts CO2 into O2 through photosynthesis. To go closer, let us take the example of sunflower; why does it change its direction? On the same grounds, the wise talks about displacement whereas the others talk about distance.

This is something about which we need to think scientifically, philosophically and thus spiritually. So, we now conclude about how nature works is known to a researcher who observes it. We all can be researchers if we learn to observe. Observing is done when we do not interfere with what is happening in nature. You see, nature follows natural laws--and principles make nature work, and it is the essence of all research works. We call this kind of research work Philselfology-Art of Research.

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