by E. E. King
For those of us not blessed with religion or heaven, quantum theory gives hope–it gave me hope– of, if not an afterlife, at least of different possibilities of continuation and possibly even continuing consciousness after life. Although loved ones are gone now, it may not be forever.
And they may visit you in dreams.
My father was an invalid for all his life, and a quadriplegic for last 15/20 years of his life.
In my dreams (they took a year to start; I think it's because although I loved him dearly, the last years were very hard. In the end he had some strokes and was often not my dad… so the end was desired), he was always extremely active, super human even…
Finally he was seated like a yogi , a huge, dark cave behind him, in front of him a vast bottomless pit. "Come here, Evie," he said, motioning to me.
"But I can't, there is…," I motioned to the depths of the hole.
"It's only an illusion."
And it was. I walked across it. "Daddy, why in life were you crippled, but now you are always super agile, swinging underwater without tanks, climbing where only cats dare venture?"
"When we die, that which was dross fades. Only the truth of us survives."
Is it true? I don't know, but it would be pretty to think so.
Every life is a tragedy because you lose the ones you love
Every life is a tragedy because it ends in death.
I started reading quantum physics because I have no heaven to go to and no God to provide everlasting life.
Even studying biology makes you realize the world is not as simple as it appears:
Fish change sexes with the ease that Madonna changes hair color. Slime molds are solitary amoebae, who spend their lonely days happily wandering the woods eating… Sometimes a bunch of them might spread out and picnic together on the surface of a leaf. But when hard times arrive, they send off a pheromone-like chemical proclaiming to all molds in the vicinity that their luck is about to change. The molds gather and form a slug-like creature, which slimes through the forests. When it finds the right vacation spot, it transforms into a spoon like fungus that can be frozen solid or baked dry and still survive for months or possibly years on end.
If slimy amoebae can transform into slugs and sporeing fungus,why is it mandatory that "thinking people" come to the conclusion that other transformations are not possible?
When I almost lost my mother, I began reading physics… One of the first things you discover is that one object can be in 2 places at the same time. One neutron fired at two holes goes through both at the same time. However if we look at that neutron we force it to behave like the world we know and only go through one hole.
Physicists say that nothing is real unless it is observed.
I wonder if the world trying to fool us into believing it's simpler than it is?
When no one is watching, the electron takes every possible route. However, when the electron is observed, it is forced to choose one path. That's physics.
Nature likes to keep possibilities open, and therefore follows every path. Only when observed is nature forced to choose only one path, so only then is just one path taken.
Sometimes two ions are intertwined. If we understand the composition of one, we will know the composition of the other. By observing one, we cause the other to declare itself, even if it’s miles away in space, or buried fathoms deep under the sea.
So ions can communicate instantly with each other faster then the speed of light.
Every particle knows what every other particle it has ever interacted with is doing. (Dick Cheney really envies them, or would if he could understand the concept.)
Consider the many worlds theory, whenever a measurement takes place, the entire universe divides as many times as there are possibilities. All universes are identical except for the outcome of that measurement
So every choice you could have made you did make, every happy accident or catastrophic mistake.
Energy can't be created or destroyed…We all contain energy (electricity) that disappears from us at the moment of death.
Where does it go?
Is it just "energy"? Or part of us? Our soul?
Even "simple relativity" teaches us that the only constant (we know of, in our galaxy) is the speed of light.
Think of that… I mean really consider it.
Time and space are not fixed. If time is not fixed, then age (and aging) is relative (although not one I'd ask over for Christmas).
So what does this mean and will I ever shut up?
Sadly I shall, death does that to us all, but does that mean I will be silent forever?
I don't know… but I do believe that there are more things in Heaven and in Earth than are dreamt of in philosophy.
Sweet dreams and sweet memories to all who read this.
xxoo
Evie