The Cosmic Connection
Akiva Lane
Akivalane@gmail.com
Oct 30,
2022
How many
dimensions are there? Until Einstein,
people thought there were only 3 dimensions – height, width, and depth. Then Einstein came along and said that Time
is a 4th dimension. Therefore,
he said we live in a 4-dimensional physical world of space and time.
This was
simple until 1984 when Michael Green and John Schwarz proposed mathematical
formulas called String theory that said the world really has 6 more dimensions,
for a total of 10 dimensions in all. 11
years later in 1995 Ed Witten suggested a modification of String theory called
M-theory that says there is an 11th dimension – the 4 physical dimensions,
plus another 7 dimensions.
String
theorists don’t tell us ‘where’ or ‘what’ the other 7 dimensions are, only that
they exist according to their mathematical formulas. This raises the intriguing
question: if there are 11 dimensions in all, then in addition to the 4 physical
dimensions, what and where are the ‘other’ 7 non-physical dimensions?
I would
like to suggest an answer to this question – as to what and where the other 7
dimensions are - based on several ‘clues’ in the Chumash (5 Books of Moses). These clues are:
In the
center of the Temple was a house called the Haichel with an inner room
containing the Ark of the Covenant, and an outer room with 3 objects: A Table with bread, an Altar with incense,
and a Menorah. Here is a diagram that
shows these objects.
We will
explain this later in more detail.
The Chumash says that a person who wears a four cornered
garment should attach fringes called Tzitzit to each of the corners of the
garment. In each of the corners of the
garment, 4 strings are passed through a hole in the corner. At each corner is
attached and doubled over three white strings and one blue string.
Here is a diagram of a four cornered garment with fringes
attached to each corner.
We would like to suggest that the four cornered garment with
it’s attached fringes are another clue about the 11 dimensions. The 4 cornered garment itself represents the
4 dimensions of the physical world. In
common parlance we refer to the ‘4 corners of the world’, the arba confos
ha’aretz.
If we look closely, the strings at each corner look just
like the Menorah with it’s 3 strings on the left, 3 strings on the right. The long blue string in the middle looks just
like the middle arm of the Menorah. (Since
we think it’s representing the same clue as the Menorah, we are are seeing the
doubled blue string as one long string instead of 2 separate blue strings). Therefore
this ‘clue’ is that in each corner are 6 white strings and a long blue string
that together represent the ‘other’ 7 dimensions. This is in addition to the 4 physical
dimensions that the garment itself represents (remember that we must add these
Tzitzit only to a 4 cornered garment).
While we’re talking about the number 7, we shouldn’t
overlook the the 7 days of the week.
There are 6 ‘ordinary’ days, and the 7th ‘special day’ is the
Sabbath.
Exodus 20:8 – Remember the Sabbath day to
sanctify it… the Lord blessed the Sabbath day and sanctified it.
The 6 ordinary days plus a special Sabbath day bears a
striking similarity to the 6 arms of the Menorah on either side of the central
arm of the Menorah, and the 6 white threads and the long blue thread of the Tzitzit.
Based on these clues, we will suggest a theory about the
‘other’ 7 non-physical dimensions, that exist in addition to the 4 dimensions
of the physical world. After we describe
our theory, we will demonstrate how the theory is echoed by the verses of the
Shema.
Based on the ‘clues’ of the Menorah, the Tzitzit, and the
Sabbath, here is our theory about the nature of the 7 ‘other’ non-physical
dimensions:
Here is a diagram that illustrtes our theory about the 7 non-physical
dimensions.
What is the Cosmic Connetion? It can be compared to an electric grid that
we plug electrical devices into, and to the World Wide Web that we use with our
computers and cell phones.
An electric socket in a wall connects to a large electric
grid that is the source of the electricity we use. When we plug an appliance into the socket, it
gets its energy from the electric grid.
Similarly, when we connect a computer to the World Wide Web,
this connects our computer to all the Web Servers in the world.
In additon to the physical world with its 4 dimensions of
height, width, depth, and time, these 7 non-physical dimensions exist beyond the
physical world. Six of the dimensions
provide the space for our Mind and our Emotions, and the 7th special
dimension – represented by the central arm of the Menorah, the blue thread of
the Tzitzit, and the Sabbath - is the source of our Consciousness, by plugging
into what can we call the Cosmic Connection.
It is difficult for science to probe and examine these 7
non-physical dimensions because they are not physical. However, our
consciousness uses them and knows that they exist.
We will add an additional ‘clue’ to the makeup of the 11
dimensions - the incense that is burned each day in the Temple on the Altar
that is between the Table and the Menorah.
Each day in the Temple, a priest burned incense made of 11 spices on this altar. Once a year a large amount of spices were mixed together, and the daily spices were taken from this mixture and burned on the altar. The following chart shows the amount of spices that were mixed together.
|
|
Spice |
Pounds |
What They
Represent |
|
1 |
Balsam oil |
70 |
4 Physical Dimensions |
|
2 |
Onycha |
70 |
|
|
3 |
Storax |
70 |
|
|
4 |
Frankinsence |
70 |
|
|
5 |
Musk |
16 |
3 Dimensions of
the Mind plus the Cosmic Connection |
|
6 |
Cassia |
16 |
|
|
7 |
Spikenard |
16 |
|
|
8 |
Saffron |
16 |
|
|
9 |
Costus |
12 |
3 Dimensions
of the Emotions |
|
10 |
Cinnamon |
3 |
|
|
11 |
Agarwood |
9 |
We suggest that the first 4 spices (70 pounds each) represent
the 4 physical dimensions. The next 4
spices (16 pounds each) represent the Mind and the Cosmic Connection, implying
that the Cosmic Connection is more closely related to the Mind than to the
Emotions. The last 3 spices represent the Emotions, with their amounts bouncing
up and down just like emotions.
Now we will go throught the Shema and show how its verses
echo these ideas.
The Shema begins with the verse: You shall love the L-rd
your G-d with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all
your might (meodecha).
According to our theory, the heart represents the 3
dimensions of the emotions, the soul represents the 3 dimensions
of the mind, and the might represents the 4 physical
dimensions.
The second paragraph of the Shema continues: Place these words of Mine upon your heart
and upon your soul, and bind them for a sign on your hand, and
they shall be for a reminder between your eyes.
This refers to the Tefillin. One box of the Tefillin is
placed near the heart representing our emotions. It is tied onto the hand representing our
dealing with the physical world. The other box of Tefillin is placed between
our eyes, representing our mind. It mentions that these are place
on our soul representing our consciousness and the Cosmic Connection.
The 3rd paragraph of the Shema says: Speak to
the children of Israel and tell them to make for themselves fringes on
the corners of their garments throughout their generations, and to attach a thread
of blue on the fringe of each corner.
The fringes refer to the 7 non-physical dimensions,
and the thread of blue refers to the Cosmic Connection.
It continues: You shall look upon them and remember all
the commandments of the L-rd and fulfill them, and you will not follow after
your heart and after your eyes by which you go astray - so that
you may remember and fulfill all My commandments and be holy to your
G-d.
The heart refers to our emotions, and the eyes
represents our mind, and the holiness refers to the Cosmic
Connection.
A by-product of our theory is that it sheds light on two of
the major conundrums of science:
Nothing is closer to us than our own consciousness. Our consciousness defines us and makes us who
we are – it is our very being. Descartes
famously said, ‘I think therefore I am’.
We use our consciousness every moment to decide what we want to do. It is the ‘I’ inside our heads, behind our
eyes. It is the cause of every thought
that we have, and every decision that we make.
So how could such a fundamental phenomenon such as our own
consciousness be such a mystery to science?
Consciousness – the voice that we hear inside our heads – has remained
impervious to all attempts to unlock its secrets.
The very fact that consciousness has remained so inscrutable
is itself one of the greatest mysteries of science and philosophy. Why is it that no matter how much we focus
our consciousness on the nature of consciousness, we seem just as confused and
flummoxed by its mysteries as when man started wondering about it many
millennia ago?
Here are some quotes about the mystery of consciousness:
Max Planck winner of the Nobel Prize in physics wrote
in 1931:
“I regard consciousness as fundamental.
I regard matter as derivative from consciousness. We cannot get behind
consciousness. Everything that we talk about, everything that we regard as
existing, postulates consciousness.”
David Chalmers in “The Puzzle of Conscious
Experience” (Scientific American, 1995) says that understanding consciousness
is a ‘hard problem”:
“Conscious experience is at once the most
familiar thing in the world and the most mysterious. There is nothing we know
about more directly than consciousness, but it is extraordinarily hard to
reconcile it with everything else we know. Why does it exist? What does it do?
How could it possibly arise from neural processes in the brain? These questions
are among the most intriguing in all of science.”
Our theory suggests that there is a Cosmic Grid of
consciousness that all living beings ‘plug into’. Our connection to this grid is represented by
the central arm of the Menorah, the blue thread in the Tzitiz, and the
Sabbath. One reason that understanding
this special 11th dimension has been so elusive is that it is beyond
the 4 dimensions of the physical world.
A second major puzzle of science is the role that
‘measurement’ plays in Quantum Theory. Quantum Theory says that all reality can
be described as a Wave Function, that shows the probability of what and where
things are. Incredibly enough, according
to Quantum Theory, everything in the universe can be described by a wave
function that describes only its probable and possible location
and speed, and that nothing is ‘real’ until it is measured.
When things are measured, the wave function collapses and
only then do things become real, with a definite location and speed. For example, when electrons and photons are
measured, they change from being waves to being particles.
Though ‘measurement’ plays an essential role in
Quantum Theory, science does not know what ‘measurement’ means. Scientists suspect it has something to do
with consciousness, but they don’t know what consciousness is either.
Here are some relevant quotes from scientists:
Niels Bohr:
“Anyone who is not shocked by
quantum theory has not understood a single word.”
Richard Feynman:
“It is safe to say that nobody
understands quantum mechanics…. Do not keep saying to yourself, if you can
possibly avoid it, ‘But how can it be like that?’ because you will go ‘down the
drain’ into a blind alley from which nobody has escaped.”
Roger Penrose:
“Quantum mechanics makes absolutely
no sense.”
Our theory says that measurement involves using the the
7 non-physical dimensions, and especially our consciousness that utilizes our connection
to the Cosmic Grid. When we ‘measure’
things, we are using our connection to this Cosmic Grid.
We began with the idea that String theory suggests that in
addition to the 4 familiar physical dimensions, there are 7 ‘other’ dimensions.
Our theory suggests these 7 ‘other’ dimensions includes 3 dimensions for the Mind
and 3 dimensions for the Emotions. In
addition there is a 7th non-physical dimension that we call the
Cosmic Connection. This 7th
special dimension is represented by the middle arm of the Menorah, the long
blue string of the Tzitzit, and the Sabbath. This is the source of our
consciousness and our connection to everything.
When we have a better understanding of the 7 non-physical
dimensions, especially the crucial Cosmic Connection, then we will better
understand Consciousness and the measurement that plays a central role Quantum
Theory.
Our challenge is to better comprehend the 7 non-physical
dimensions, especially the 7th speical non-physical dimension. Delving into them more deeply is elusive
because they are non-physical. Our mind perceives them, and we utilize them
every moment of our conscious existence. Our challenge is to develop tools to
examine them better so that we can understand their nature more clearly.