The Nature of the Universe: Pt1

"There is an indefinable mysterious power that pervades everything. I feel it though I do not see it. It is this unseen power which makes itself felt and yet defies all proof because it is so unlike all that I perceive through my senses. It transcends the senses, but it is possible to reason out the existence of God to a greater extent."

Mohandas K. Gandhi

This is to be the first in a series of posts relating to the nature of the universe. This post is intentionally short by way of an introduction to the subject.

Mystery schools and initiates have always known that the universe is not as it appears. More recently, science has begun to come to this conclusion too.



It was long held by the establishment that particle physics would hold the answer to everything. The universe, it was believed, could be broken down into particles of ever decreasing size that would, for all intents and purposes, be like tiny spheres. Thus protons, neutrons and electrons were thought to be merely larger structures that would, (when sufficient technology became available to enable scientists to magnify them enough), break down into even smaller particles.

This belief was thrown into chaos, (no pun intended), when quantum theory was devised. Quantum theory states that when we reach the sub-atomic level matter behaves as either particles or as waves depending upon what the observer is looking for.

This can be confusing, but what they essentially found was that, at the sub-atomic level, matter obeyed mind. There are many famous experiments to this end. Schrödinger's Cat is one such example. Further, Einstein proved that all matter was made up of energy when he expounded his E=mc2 theorum.

What scientists found, that mystery schools, adepts and initiates already knew, was that when you really begin to look at matter, it begins to appear more akin to a thought than anything else.

Doubtless, people more conversant with quantum theory than I, would be able to poke holes in this distillation, yet I believe it will suffice as a lay-introduction. In later posts I will discuss the concept of paradigms at great length. It is at this stage that much of what has been discussed here will be put into perspective.

The important thing to note, is that the world, whichever way we look at it, is not how we perceive it to be.