Class 17 - String Theory download class
The Hologram
Have you ever seen a 3D hologram? What a fantastic piece of science! It projects images made completely from light that are entirely realistic but at the same time, illusory. The more powerful the projector the larger these images can be. They have even been created as big as a ten storey building!
Isn't it amazing that
arranging light in a particular manner can create the illusion of a
realistic image. I guess movie projectors and televisions have also been
doing it for years. If you were to look at the image very closely you
would see millions of tiny dots of light that look nothing like the
image created, but arranged in a particular way they become very
realistic.
Another piece of science that is both amazing and baffling is the latest ‘string theories’. Have you heard of these?
Apparently these are the smallest building blocks that science has theorised about.
Way smaller than an atom, the average size of a string is somewhere near the length scale of quantum gravity, called the Planck length,
which is about 10-33 centimetres, or about a millionth of a billionth of a billionth of a billionth of a centimetre. These ‘strings’ by arranging themselves somewhat fractally in closed and open loops, form atoms which go on to form matter. I guess they are a little like the dots of light that make up the TV image.
When looked at individually they have little resemblance to the matter they create, in fact, individually they are remarkably similar.
(Watch PBS’s fantastic ‘The Elegant Universe’ for more about string theory)
In string theory, all particles are vibrations on a tiny rubber band; physics is the harmonies on the string; chemistry is the melodies we play on vibrating strings; the universe is a symphony of strings, and the 'Mind of God' is cosmic music resonating in 11-dimensional hyperspace. Michio Kaku
It seems that string
theory is telling us that everything is made of tiny, vibrating strands
of energy. The theory also dictates the existence of at least 11
dimensions, up to as many as 26, a few more than the 4 we all know about.
So let's take a breath
for a moment..
The physical universe
is made up of energy. Energy that when looked at in the models that we
know about today, look remarkably similar to each other, like the dots
of light.
What I would like you
to visualize for a moment is perhaps a tiny bit of a stretch, but
imagine if the whole universe was nothing more than a sort of 3D
hologram. Imagine that some amazing intelligence was projecting the
entire physical universe, arranging energy to create matter in the way
we see it with our physical senses.
Then let's imagine that
the energy we are talking about is love. That all matter comes from arrangements of love. That if we were to look at any piece of matter not
with our physical senses
(that know only about the 4 dimensions) but
with our heart and intuition (which might be fathoming the other 22)
then we might begin to see that all matter is actually radiating love.
That we are all made up of the same energy, love, and that we are all a
part of each other.
Then imagine that if
you had a powerful projector with a few more dials and switches then the
basic one, you might be able to re-arrange that energy at will. Create
virtual realities, only these would be the physical realities we call
reality!
Perhaps this is what
we call 'miracles' - the parting of the sea, the healing of the sick,
astral travel, instant travel to other places thousands of kilometres
away. Perhaps if we were able to learn how to 'project' in this manner
we would literally be able to create reality. (loaves and the fishes
etc)
But possibly more
important than the ability to perform miracles would be the enormous
spiritual revelation all of us could experience. That the outer physical
reality is nothing more than a veil or illusory image belying the
powerful love energy within.
This would explain the
idea that God is omnipotent. That love is omnipotent
It would explain why
if we look at anything with heart, anything at all, we eventually feel
love. Try it. With a raindrop or a rock or a piece of dirt and try and
feel it with your heart, you will feel love.
Exercise 17 - The essence of matter Sit at your
meditation place and find the smallest spot you can find. It might be a
glint of light or a spot of dirt or whatever it is, just take a moment to
have it fill your sight. Try not to strain but rather, gently place all your
attention on the spot. Feel as though you have eyes in your heart and your
heart is concentrating very intensely upon that spot, effortlessly, calmly
and extremely intensely. When you are doing this well, you might find that
only the spot is in focus and everything else is a little blurry or out of
focus.
Feel
yourself entering the spot, as if you have shrunk yourself and you are
travelling into its reality. You might imagine that you are shrinking
smaller and smaller until the spot is absolutely huge and you are travelling
deeper and deeper within it. Look around as you travel deeper and deeper
within the spot seeing the worlds opening within worlds.
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