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While science may insist on proof and evidence, spirituality is about attaining knowledge and wisdom, contemplation, introspection and realization. It is about realizing who we are — not the body, mind and ego, but the soul. The soul is a spark of unique life. It is energy, it gives us life.

Both spirituality and metaphysics share a focus on transcendental (Kantian a priori) objects or concepts. The primary difference between the two is that: Metaphysics deals with one naturalistic transcendental being — the human subject — and its relationship to objects, other human subjects, and abstract concepts.

It may be used to describe a state of liberation from the limitations of self-concept or ego, as well as a state of mystical experience in which the perceived separation between the isolated self and the world or God is transcended. It may also refer to a state of increased alertness or awakening to a new perspective.

This idea of treating God as zero is supported by great mathematician Ramanujan. Abdul Kalam A.P.J. [1] has mentioned that Ramanujan used to say An equation means nothing to me unless it expresses a thought of God. For him the understanding of numbers was a process of spiritual revelation and connection.