Universe: Alive and Conscious? Part 2

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"… The exploration of the atomic and subatomic

world in the twentieth century has revealed an

unsuspected limitation of classical ideas, and has

necessitated a radical revision of many of our basic concepts.

… These changes … all seem to lead in the same

direction, towards a view of the world which is very similar

to the views held in Eastern mysticism.<br><br>"…

Whenever the essential nature of things is analyzed by the

intellect, it must seem absurd or paradoxical. This has

always been recognized by the mystics, but has become a

problem in science<br>only very recently. … Like the

mystics, physicists [are] now dealing with a nonsensory

experience of<br>reality and, like the mystics, they [must]

face the paradoxical aspects of this experience.

…<br><br>"Quantum theory … reveals a basic oneness of the universe.

It shows that we cannot decompose the<br>world into

independently existing smallest units. As we penetrate into

matter, nature does not show us any isolated 'basic

building blocks,' but rather appears as a complicated web

of relations between the various parts of the whole.

These relations always include the observer in an

essential way. … In atomic physics, we can never speak

about nature without, at the same time, speaking about

ourselves.<br><br>"[The study of subatomic physics remains] paradoxical

as long as we adopt the static view of composite

'objects' consisting of 'basic building blocks.' Only when

the dynamic, relativistic view is adopted does the

paradox disappear. [subatomic] particles are then seen as

dynamic patterns or processes which involve a certain

amount of energy appearing to us as their

mass.<br><br>"In modern physics, … traditional concepts of space

and time, of isolated objects, and of cause and

effect, lose their meaning. Such an experience, however,

is very similar to that of Eastern

mystics….<br><br>"[in Hinduism,] maya does not mean that the world is

an illusion, as is often wrongly stated.

The<br>illusion merely lies in our point of view, if we think

that the shapes and structures, things and events,

around us are realities of nature, instead of realizing

that they are concepts of our measuring and

categorizing minds. Maya is the illusion of taking these

concepts for reality, of confusing the map with the

territory."<br><br>If this sort of approach to the Mother appeals to

your way of thinking, as it does to mine, I encourage

you to check out the whole book. It's great:

<a

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r_b_1_1/002-6382638-8526444</a><br><br>And while you're at it, try approaching

"A Brief

History of Time," by Stephen Hawking, from

a<br>Tantric/Shaktic viewpoint:<br>

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6444</a><br><br>My thanks to Silent Soul for originally recommending

Capra, and for his kind advice and assistence

....<br><br>Aum Saraswatyai Namaha<br><br>Devi Bhakta