Once, during his stay at the University of California, Irvine for his PhD research, he personally questioned Prof. Stanley Miller, one of the world-famous pioneers of pre biotic chemistry (whose famous “Miller’s Experiment- electrical discharge reactions to simulate lightening in a so-called using primordial gaseous mixture of H₂, H₂O, NH₃ and CH₄, etc., studied in our biology textbooks). Suppose, if I were to give you all of the ready-made biomolecules, DNA, proteins, lipids, sugars, etc., would you be able to produce life within a test-tube by combining these molecules?” Miller replied, “That I don’t know.” Miller was honest and acknowledged the incomprehensibility of life merely in terms of biomolecules.

Dr. Singh was convinced that in the search for the deeper meaning of life and the universe, scientific knowledge and spiritual wisdom would have to join hands and proceed together. He noted that the modern scientific approach was insufficient to understand life and its origin and therefore required a paradigm shift and “blood transfusion’ from Vedanta. He would often quote Schrödinger who said, “Our science Greek science – is based on objectification. But I do believe that this is precisely the point where our present way of thinking does need to be amended, perhaps by a bit of blood transfusion from Eastern thought.”

Dr. Singh studied the Vedantic model of life and its origin, very carefully examining it from a modern scientific perspective. He coined the term “Spiriton” for jivatman or life particle described in Vedantic literatures. Not only did he carefully study the Vedantic conception of life but by following the devotional yogic principles under the guidance of Srila A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada, he could realize the deeper truths about life revealed by the Vedanta. He felt the necessity for a paradigm shift within the scientific framework.