THREEFOLD MATTER - A New
Paradigm
Science studies the physical world,
whereas the arts and religion reflect the worlds of the imaginative mind. This has given science the freedom to study
the physical world without distraction.
In so doing it excludes vast areas of subjective human life, which are
denigrated and sidelined. It is generally assumed the subjective world
cannot be studied scientifically because it is not governed by the physical
laws of matter. My proposition is that
non physical experience does indeed have a sound basis in physical fact, and
suggest that discoveries in particle physics provide a physical framework for
emotion and thought. These are realms are made of more tenuous matter, not perceptible
to the five senses, but having laws that may be understood.
Those studying particle physics use a framework called
the Standard Model. It is a way of
organising the particles, sometimes called the particle zoo. It shows that matter exists in three 'generations' or 'families'. The first generation makes up our normal
physical world, whereas the second and third generations of matter are
invisible to the basic human senses. They consist of much more massive (energetic)
particles which interact little with the normal 'physical' world. They have been created in particle
accelerators and observed by special detectors so they can be understood. They are generally thought to have been
present at the dawn of the universe, but now exist only in special
circumstances. This has neither been
proved nor disproved, and in this paper it is refuted. They are still around us.
Table showing the elementary
particles in the three generations of matter.
Matter of Þ 1st generation 2nd generation 3rd generation
Particle ß ,
LEPTONS electron O.5llM muon lO5.7MeV tauon l.784GeV
Use the Weak force electron-neutrino muon-neutrino tau-neutrino
<50ev any="" if="" span="" style="mso-tab-count: 2;"> 0.2MeV <70mev or="" span="" style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
|
QUARKS up 5MeV strange
200MeV bottom 4.7GeV
Strong force down 10MeV charm l.5GeV top
>l76GeV
carried by Gluons
MESONS pions 140MeV kaons & J/PSI upsilon
Have a quark 495MeV.
3.1GeV 9.46GeV
and anti-quark pair ,
BARYONS proton 938.3M lambda 1.115G omega-minus
Have three
quarks each neutron 939.6M sigma l.l9G ,
The numbers state the mass/energy at rest of the
particles in Mega-electron Volts.
1GeV (Giga-electron Volt) is 1000MeV
There are many areas in which the connection between the
three worlds of human life defies traditional logic, but can be explained by a
new logic based on this new science of threefold matter.
My proposition is that the 2nd and 3rd
generations of matter must make molecules as the 1st does. That these molecules are what feelings
(emotions) and thoughts are constructed from.
Some of these particles are found in cosmic rays. The Earth is constantly bombarded by cosmic
rays, which are high energy particles from space. They occasionally hit an
ordinary atomic nucleus, and break down producing a cascade of less massive
particles including photons (Cherenkov radiation) which can be detected. Observations have been made of these isolated
particles that decay very quickly.
Current methods of particle research
cannot show whether high actual forms made of energy particles exist. Most physicists assume the rapid decay of the
high energy particles means there cannot be structures made of them. (Lambda,
for instance has a lifetime of only 10-10 seconds, see Table.) It is also assumed that they only exist when
made by particle accelerators and when the universe began. However, the long-lived neutron, which exists
stably for aeons within a diamond, decays after about fourteen minutes and 49
seconds in isolation. This means that if
high energy particles are bound up with others, into molecules and forms, then
they would become more stable, as the neutron does. They would be less stable than the first
generation of matter. The short life of
the high energy particles would be reflected in a reduced stability of any 'object'
or forms they constitute. The forms are
thoughtforms and emotional matter. It
seems likely that the elusive matter of the second and third generations has a
higher vibrational rate and takes up more space than ordinary. Such forms are seen or felt by clairvoyants,
in the human aura, and are the 'physical' forms of the emotional and mental
states.
It is strange to think of feelings
as things with a form and structure, but our every day experience bears it
out. The emotions of another person can
be felt without touching them but merely by empathising with them. We are all
familiar with people's emotions affecting the 'atmosphere' of a room. It is not an uncommon experience to be aware
of the distress of someone emotionally close that we have no immediate physical
connection with. Mothers may feel the fear of their child in another room
and run to the rescue, without knowing why.
She responds to a powerful emotional impact not affected by rational
thought. Emotional interactions between
people are commonplace, and more than body language is involved. Generally sensing the feelings of others
happens without our conscious will.
Occasionally we may feel the emotion of a dear friend at a great
distance at the same time as they feel it.
As well as feeling the emotion of someone in our proximity, it may also
travel a great distance and be felt almost simultaneously. Communication with pets is a common
experience which Rupert Sheldrake has expanded upon in his book 'Seven
Experiments that Could Change the World'.3
Emotion can have many of the characteristics of a measurable, physical
interaction.
Thoughts made of the third
generation of matter transcend distance, and possibly time as well unless they
are emotionally loaded. Emotional
loading is obvious in the (physical) teaching situation: if we are emotionally
engaged in what we are learning it is more likely to stick in the mind. A good
teacher puts across facts along with her own involvement; or a strong liking
for the teacher makes it easier to absorb information from her. We are rarely aware of the disembodied
thoughts of others affecting us. If
thought matter consists of third generation matter then it is usually fleeting
unless it is formulated with care and purposeful intention, or emotional drive,
then it gets 'fixed' by the memory. For
a thought (from elsewhere) to be registered in the physical brain its energy
has to be stepped down through the emotional to the physical level without
corrupting its essence. To receive
another's thought requires a special sort of open-minded receptivity. It has been shown to be possible in the
'Ganzfeld'[1]
environment.
Experiments carried out at New Jersey and reproduced successfully at Edinburgh University have shown that visual images
(especially moving ones) may be transmitted from one mind to another. The receiver relaxes and listens to 'white
noise' and sees only white light. In
this state they can usually get a definite image (though usually somewhat
corrupted) from a sender who is concentrating hard on a picture. Physical barriers do not affect the quality
of transmission, and immense distances have been covered. Whether this contact is via thought or
includes emotional information is not clear.
Further research into the telepathic transmission of images is going on
at Cornel, North Carolina and Utrecht as well as at
Edinburgh.4 The hypnagogic state (of being nearly
asleep) is naturally conducive to thought reception. Dreams can sometimes be shared, or at least
overlap between two dreamers, and ideas have been known to come to people in
dreams from unknown sources.
It would be interesting to find out
what if any time lag is involved in the communication of feelings and of
thoughts, and if the emotional and mental worlds are affected by gravity at
all. The accuracy of projection of
feelings and thoughts could be examined as well. Research into the interaction between the
three can provide a deeper and clearer understanding of threefold matter. Traditional science will continue to
investigate the first generation, and the blurry edges of the old science will
fit into the new paradigm where a transition to another level of matter is
affecting it.
'Micro-telekinesis' has been
demonstrated by Robert Jahn among others.
Subjects are consistently able to influence electronic random number
generators, and falling balls. The person influencing the events can be any
distance away and still alter the events.
Such influence has even been show to work back through time5. Random numbers generated by radioactive
decay were not observed for several months, then as the previously generated,
but unseen numbers were examined, they were also biased by the observers. Henry Stapp of the University of California
has produced a modification of the standard quantum theory equations by
introducing non-linearity that can be interpreted to explain this effect. Non-linearity is like the paradox of
Shroedinger's Cat, in which the cat in box can be poisoned by a trigger of
radioactive decay. Until the box is
opened, and the state of the cat observed, it exists in a superposition of
states, i.e., both alive and dead, which is hard to imagine.
The human mind works at the quantum level by an interaction between
consciousness and physical reality at the initiating. This is implied by telekinesis experiments. The connection between the macroscopic world
and the quantum level is now under close scrutiny. In the 1970s it was found that cells contain
a cytoskeleton of protein rods, called microtubules.6 Those in the brain are a likely site for the
physical transition between the quantum and macro worlds, though the exact
mechanism is hotly debated. A conference
at the University
of Arizona in April 1994,
on Consciousness explored this idea.
Stuart Hammeroff of Arizona
promoted it initially as an explanation for learning that has been demonstrated
in the brainless paramecium. It implies
that all cells, not exclusively brain cells, have a certain level of
consciousness, an idea restricted in the past to mystics. Roger Penrose has explored the idea of
microtubules as the place for quantum influnce in his book 'The Shadows of the
Mind'[2]
R.D.
Pearson said in an article "homeopathy, like radionics, is basically a
direct mind-powered phenomenon like psychokinesis. Its working properties lie much deeper than
those which established matter-physics can uncover."7 A firm belief that matter can be affected by
the mind makes it much easier to accomplish.
Spiritual healing (which has been called faith healing) depends on the
belief of the healer rather than the subject who can apparently benefit even
when completely sceptical.
Looking at such anomalous events
within a framework of physics gives a new handle on research in areas like
psychical research. Repeatability has
always been a must in 'proper' research.
If all the investigators do not get the same result (when using the same
technique) then the results of those who do get a positive result become
suspect. This is reasonable for physical
research, but when the human mind is a factor (inevitably it is, in all
research) then the subtle worlds affect the result. This is borne out by the quantum level
experiments (like micro-kinesis) and proofs.
The teams who believe in telepathy are far more likely to get positive
results from objective telepathy trials than those who are sceptical. It would seem likely that the thought matter
of the telepathic subjects can be altered by the thoughts and attitudes of the
experimenters; after all, the high energy matter involved is transient and
dynamic, and thus potentially, easily manipulated.
If the mind can bridge the three
worlds, is it possible that it may also be sensitive to the insubstantial
material of cosmic rays? Could such
matter affect us in subtle ways, even more subtle than feelings or
thoughts? Perhaps cosmic super-matter is
the origin of mystical and spiritual experience, accessed spontaneously or
through meditation and spiritual discipline. The energy has to be stepped down
to be perceived by the physical brain, thought about and transmitted to others,
which means its subtlety is partially lost.
A Yogi cannot explain what Nirvana is, though he may try, but believers
in his proximity can feel his power.
The research into super-massive
matter coming to earth is already revealing that the particles come in groups
of certain energy ranges.1
Perhaps the triplicity is repeated on higher levels. The first three worlds being seen as one,
with two corresponding higher ones that are only now being discovered. This notion of three planes is familiar to
mystics and esotericists who understand them intuitively, without any knowledge
or interest in their physical reality.
For instance the Christian Holy Trinity - the Father, Son and the Holy
Ghost; the three worlds of the Hindus and Buddhists governed by Shiva, Vishnu
and Brahma; and the three Cosmic Fires described by Alice Bailey - electric
fire, solar fire and fire by friction.8
The capacity of the human brain to link the worlds of the different
generations of matter creates the elusive but very real concept of 'mind'. Our everyday experience encompasses three
states of consciousness, our physical sensations and drives, our emotional
feelings, and our mental world, thoughts and plans. The mind works in mysterious and sometimes
unpredictable ways. Ideas and insights can
occur suddenly and unexpectedly, when the mind is open, can it grasp a thought from
elsewhere? When we send good wishes with
all our love, how do they reach the recipient?
Thinking of these things as subtle physical things, makes them entirely
logical
This whole proposition raises more
questions than it answers, but it does open up a new way to find solutions to
life's many mysteries and give science new dimensions to explore. The precise laws governing the subtle realms
and their interaction may be determined.
Some were suggested earlier on page 2.
Psychology can investigate empirically the realms of feeling and thought
and their relationship; psychological problems like psychosis and schizophrenia
could be understood in a new light.
Mysticism, religion, creativity, imagination and the arts could become
explicable in empirical terms. The idea
must have repercussions beyond the field of human consciousness, in all areas
of study. For instance, planetary
dynamics, geology, weather and climate, earth's atmosphere, the life sciences
and ecology.
This idea is offered as a seed for
the development of a new paradigm, to be refined and clarified through the
knowledge and thoughts of everyone who sees a germ of truth in it. A coherent
physical and mathematical proof of the formulation of relatively stable matter
out of transient high energy particles is now required for this concept to
enter the mainstream of scientific thought.
My hope is that scientists will accept this challenge and work out the
details. That those working in a variety
of fields find that it fits their own findings so that they can provide further
evidence for its veracity, information that contradicts it is equally important.
To sum up:
Non-physical experience has a
physical basis, in the fact that matter exists in three 'generations'. The first makes up the physical world, the
other two consist of progressively more massive particles which interact little
with the physical world. Isolated high
energy particles decay rapidly, but could be the building blocks of higher
energy worlds, making them relatively stable but dynamic. The imagination and emotions exist physically
- in the second generation of matter.
The mental world of ideas is more fleeting, and is made of third
generation matter. The human brain
integrates the three worlds creating the complexity and subtlety of experience
- the mind!
There is rapidly mounting evidence
that human consciousness can interact with that of others and with the physical
world. This interaction could be occurring on the quantum level in the
microtubules of cells; and so link the three generations of matter which create
the threefold nature of experience. It
could even be a two way interaction - the implications spread beyond humanity
to encompass the animate and inanimate world.
It is known that a particle can
sometimes shift energy level from one generation to another, this has been
described as 'changing its spots'. The
concept that the three generations of matter constitute the physical material
of the three worlds of human experience (physical emotional and mental) gives
science, including sociology, psychology and other areas, a new physical
framework for investigation the emotional and mental fields. It would also provide a framework for
investigating and understanding what is termed "paranormal". Such areas as magic, Healing, crop circles,
UFOs that mysteriously materialise and dematerialise, ghosts and discarnate
entities that impinge on normal life, and many other unexplained phenomena. These would all be physically real.
REFERENCES
1 New
Scientist 5th Feb. 1994 'The giant particle accelerator in
the sky.' by Christine Sutton
2 New
Scientist 5th December 1992 'Secret life of the Brain'
3 'Seven
Experiments that Could Change the World' by Rupert Sheldrake' Pub fourth
Estate, 1994
4 New
Scientist 15th May 1993 'Roll up for the telepathy
tests" by John McCrone
5 'Martial
Arts Students Influence the Past' New
Scientist 27th August 1994
6 New
Scientist 20th Aug. 1994
'Quantum states of mind' by John McCrone
7 'Help
for Benveniste and Homeopathy' by R.D. Pearson, 'Network' Summer 1994,
8 'A
Treatise on Cosmic Fire' by Alice A. Bailey
9 New
Scientist 2lst August 1993 'Are solar
neutrinos quick change artists?' by John Gribbin
10 New
Scientist 11th March 1995
'Chicago
quark hunters come out on top'
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