Do you think science and the spiritual will ever meet? Recently, a professor of physics at Texas Tech University, Bill Poirier, proposed a theory that assumes parallel worlds exist, and they interact with one another.
This idea has been knocked around for centuries,
in one form or another. Margaret Cavendish, the Duchess of Newcastle is
considered the first to write science fiction, which is amazing because she
lived in the 17th century. Her book The Blazing World is filled with her perceptions of the universe.
It contains her concepts of what we know today as chemistry, physics, all
sciences. In a world where women were considered chattels, she was educated,
and allowed to express her forward thoughts.
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She wrote of a universe within a universe, set in
an earring. Now, this may seem simplistic, but consider the implications. Most
recently, scientists have said mathematically the idea of parallel worlds could
exist alongside our own. Science fiction television shows, movies, and novels
have explored this for generations. Why couldn’t this be, in fact, true?
Have you ever looked in a mirror through another
mirror and see the reflection of yourself into seemingly infinity? What if each
one of these reflections is another parallel life?
We believe time is secure; seconds, minutes tick from one moment to the next; moments we’ll never get back. We’ll only
remember them. This idea keeps us anchored in a single dimension. We feel
comfortable here because it’s not too complicated, and our lives are complex,
hard, but there’s also a thought time is constant, fixed. We are in the past,
present, and future, and in multiple dimensions all at the same time. We live all
the experiences from the Big Bang to when the universe implodes. Our souls are
tied to the universe; we are joined by a nebulous but strong tether to each
other on this planet and into the cosmos. We are as one, and we are not alone.
From LiveScience Nov 19,
2014, Kelly Dickerson, Staff Writer, wrote an article titled ‘Parallel Worlds Could Explain Wacky Quantum Physics’.
She explains that “an infinite number of parallel worlds could exist alongside our own called Many
Worlds theory.”
Margaret Cavendish asked the question what “…of
those creatures that are called the motes of the sun?” The answer was: “…that
they were nothing else but streams of very small, rare and transparent
particles, through which the sun was represented as through a glass… they would
eclipse the light of the sun…they were thinner than the thinnest vapor, yet not
so thin as the body of air.” This suggests quantum physics.
Then, she asks whether or not these sun motes
were living creatures. The reply is: “Yes, because they did increase and
decrease, and were nourished by the presence, and starved by the absence of the
sun.” This suggests sun motes are living things. Our perception of inanimate
objects are they are not alive, but dead. These objects will decay over time. They’re
particles joined together during a life-cycle in which they have a purpose.
Taking a walk, I trip over a rock made of carbon. I am made of carbon, so are
plants, constructed of particles that will dissolve. Over time, a rock will
dissolve into sand, trees into rock if the conditions are right. Are these
alive?
I suppose the idea of all objects alive or dead
is subjective, but mathematicians are willing to believe parallel worlds can exist
with our own. Does this mean the constant upheaval occurring on this planet co-exists on
all the other, parallel worlds?
Why is our world filled with so much pain?
Fighting covers most of the planet; our weather charges angrily over
populations; our planet’s innards explode into earthquakes and volcanoes. Are
these events interconnected? Do they extend into the infinity of parallel
worlds?
We know light lifts us out of darkness. Perhaps, scientists
can tell us if darkness, heavier and murkier, is the absence of God, while light is
buoyant, and filled with peace, contentment.
Perhaps, we can sit for a moment and meditate,
feel the darkness the spews around our ankles, and envision light. Let that
light fill our beings and raise us from the murk of constant gloom. Allow peace
to fill us, surround us. Hopefully, this will extend over the plane of our
earth and into the parallel worlds that co-exist alongside our own. Perhaps,
the anger in our universes will diminish, and we will experience joy.
