Physics and Philosophy

Philosophy: A critical study of fundamental beliefs and the grounds for them. It is a study of what we believe and what the bases for those beliefs are.

The word “philosophy” is an ancient Greek word meaning “love of wisdom”. It is a personal outlook or viewpoint on matters such as existence, knowledge, truth, beauty, justice, validity, mind, and language. What makes philosophy different from other ways of making sense of these things is that it is a more critical, generally systematic approach and relies on reasoned argument to answer questions.

Physics: The science of matter and energy and their interactions.

Albert Einstein’s Theory of Relativity explains that energy is mass times the speed of light. Energy is therefore relative only to the speed of light and the mass that you are in relationship with at one particular time. Albert Einstein showed us scientifically that how we view the world is all relative and can be completely different from those around us.

Sir Isaac Newton also explained energy and motion through his Third Law. Newton’s Law states that for every action there is an equal opposing reaction. What ever kind of energy you are generating, it creates an equal force generating that same energy back to you. This can also be seen as the more recently coined term “Law of Attraction”. The Law of Attraction states that a thought that turns into a belief, with some emotion (or energy) behind it, will come to you at the same intensity of that emotion. What you put out, you get back.

The science of matter and energy and their interactions shows us that everything is connected and interrelated. Energy cannot be created or destroyed, only changed in form or manipulated. We have the choice, the power, to manipulate the energy on our lives, and the lives of those around us, for the better. What great news!

I love this quote by Marianne Williamson:

“I suggest to every person dealing with a serious illness in themselves or others that they consider starting a journal in which they “communicate” with their illness. Seeing sickness as our own love that needs to be reclaimed is a more positive approach to healing than is seeing the sickness as something hideous we must get rid of. Energy cannot be destroyed. It can, however, be miraculously transformed.”

The healing power of energy can be astonishing if we only understand that it is possible and know how to manipulate it in our favor.

The energy we are putting out there does not differentiate between humans and other species. It comes back to us whether we are aware of it or not. The fact that we are usually disassociated and disconnected with the consequences of our actions does not make them any less real. It is this disconnect that is ultimately breaking us down as a society and causing many of the devastating health and environmental effects we are seeing grow more rapidly then ever before.

The way we understand both physics and philosophy is the same: through observation. Because we know that observation is based on our relative position in relationship to matter and phenomena, we can begin to look at the world around us from a much larger perspective. We can begin to understand that the way we see things is not the only way that those things are seen. Our belief systems, or what we observe to be true, are what creates our world view. Once we understand that everything is interconnected, we can see and understand the value of looking at things from a more whole view, a view that is outside of ourselves and will help us to understand the view of others. Taken from a larger perspective, physics and philosophy explain the true interdependence of life. Everything is really connected to everything else.