Tracing The Universe And Original Photons
The history of the universe is the T anamnesis (recollection or remembrance) of light. The universe is alive because photons are "knowing" and "remembering". We are the first photons, which remember everything-in the act of anamnesis. The whole story is a bit complex, more than words can express. Let us, for the time being, assume that all photons are "knowing".This assumption is not outrageous. For all acts of knowing and knowledge must necessarily have been emanations of light. For what else could there have been? Let menow relate to you two stories of my life. One is about Gregory Bateson, a distinguished epistemologist and ecologist, whom i have known well. He was a formidable and mysterious man. In one of his lectures he said that you never allow a child or a beginning player to touch a Stradivarius violin. The point is that the instrument possesses wonderful harmonies within-which could bedisturbed by a novice. Another point is that the instrument remembers everything that has happened to it. I thought that the idea was right. But could not understand why it was so. Only much later it has dawned on me: If the Stradivarius remembers, then every object in the universe remembers its past... although in a different sense of "remembering" than we are used to. Another story is concerned with my encounters with the artists to whom i would boldly declare: "Every significant piece of art is made of light." There would be first a reaction of disbelief, and then a big opening of the eyes, and then a flash signalling "aha"... and immediately later a relief: "Yes, i have known it but forgotten." This reaction of "aha" is most significant. How would they recognise myoutrageous claim that all significant art made of light, if the innermost layers of their being did not inform them so? We are coming closer to the kernel of mystery. We are not saying that we can completely unveil the mystery, but we can touch upon it. We are coming back to the idea that all photons are knowing and remembering-because they are the repositories of all knowing and of all light. For this reason, through the alchemy of his soul, Bateson could claim that the Stradivarius remembers. As a matter of fact, the experienced musicians would not dare to deny it. Yet, none would attempt to explain it further and deeper. We can see the analogical situation with great artists who are aware, inside themseivic they create is light. This is so clear if you have the eyes to see. But we really have to go down deeper, to the primordial alchemy of light. Tentatively we could say that the whole universe is pan-photoning.clumsy expression. But the mean clear. The whole universe is envelin the evolutionary cauldron of a photons. And these photons are stin us. And at times we are sudden aware that "Life" in us is twinklinphotons, transformed into amazinew forms. Thus we arrive at an altogethecosmology: it is not pan-psychismpan-mindism, not pantheism, butpan-photonism,or pan-lightism tatthe sourceof everything. Alternatively, we could saythapan-psychism and pan-evolution combined and synthesised in panphotonism. Some might suggest these are ideas. Indeed. But they are timid icomparison with most recent coSgical speculations about Dark MA Dark Energy and the like. We aretliving in a mysterious universe.
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Tracing The Universe And Original Photons
The history of the universe is the T anamnesis (recollection or remembrance) of light. The universe is alive because photons are "knowing" and "remembering". We are the first photons, which remember everything-in the act of anamnesis. The whole story is a bit complex, more than words can express. Let us, for the time being, assume that all photons are "knowing".This assumption is not outrageous. For all acts of knowing and knowledge must necessarily have been emanations of light. For what else could there have been? Let menow relate to you two stories of my life. One is about Gregory Bateson, a distinguished epistemologist and ecologist, whom i have known well. He was a formidable and mysterious man. In one of his lectures he said that you never allow a child or a beginning player to touch a Stradivarius violin. The point is that the instrument possesses wonderful harmonies within-which could bedisturbed by a novice. Another point is that the instrument remembers everything that has happened to it. I thought that the idea was right. But could not understand why it was so. Only much later it has dawned on me: If the Stradivarius remembers, then every object in the universe remembers its past... although in a different sense of "remembering" than we are used to. Another story is concerned with my encounters with the artists to whom i would boldly declare: "Every significant piece of art is made of light." There would be first a reaction of disbelief, and then a big opening of the eyes, and then a flash signalling "aha"... and immediately later a relief: "Yes, i have known it but forgotten." This reaction of "aha" is most significant. How would they recognise myoutrageous claim that all significant art made of light, if the innermost layers of their being did not inform them so? We are coming closer to the kernel of mystery. We are not saying that we can completely unveil the mystery, but we can touch upon it. We are coming back to the idea that all photons are knowing and remembering-because they are the repositories of all knowing and of all light. For this reason, through the alchemy of his soul, Bateson could claim that the Stradivarius remembers. As a matter of fact, the experienced musicians would not dare to deny it. Yet, none would attempt to explain it further and deeper. We can see the analogical situation with great artists who are aware, inside themseivic they create is light. This is so clear if you have the eyes to see. But we really have to go down deeper, to the primordial alchemy of light. Tentatively we could say that the whole universe is pan-photoning.clumsy expression. But the mean clear. The whole universe is envelin the evolutionary cauldron of a photons. And these photons are stin us. And at times we are sudden aware that "Life" in us is twinklinphotons, transformed into amazinew forms. Thus we arrive at an altogethecosmology: it is not pan-psychismpan-mindism, not pantheism, butpan-photonism,or pan-lightism tatthe sourceof everything. Alternatively, we could saythapan-psychism and pan-evolution combined and synthesised in panphotonism. Some might suggest these are ideas. Indeed. But they are timid icomparison with most recent coSgical speculations about Dark MA Dark Energy and the like. We aretliving in a mysterious universe.
DISCLAIMER:
The views expressed in the Article above are Henryk Skolimowski kashmiribhatta.in is not in any way responsible for the opinions expressed in the above article. The article belongs to its respective owner or owners and this site does not claim any right over it.
Courtesy: Henryk Skolimowski Speaking Tree,Times of India