Opposite singularities
express the same reality.
The one would not have meaning
without the other.
Astronomers tell us the Cosmos is in constant change, and our continuing observations appear to confirm this conclusion. Yet, it is also important to understand there is order underlying this transformation. There are laws of interaction and existence that guide the change we observe. In the following paragraphs, we examine three of these important principles.
Reality is a Unity in a Bipolar Cosmos
There are two realities, in a unity of opposites. Each one produces the possibility of the other. Bipolar phenomena is the compliment of its opposite. If there is up, there must be down. If there is right, there must be left. If there is forward, then there is also backward. Poverty is the opposite of wealth. The light of the sun alternates with the darkness of night. We may be healthy while having the potential of illness. Evil is judged versus good. Death follows life.
Destruction often precedes creation. Each fall the leaves of a deciduous tree cease to live. Yet even as they fall to the ground, one may find the buds of new leaves on the bare branch. Next spring, they will burst with new life. Each ice age destroyed much of life on earth; however each period of warming that followed included the creation of new life (including new species).
Our planet has two poles with opposite magnetic properties. Many planetary nebulae exhibit a bipolar structure. Bipolar outflows of molecular material are often found where young stars are being formed. A polar molecule has a positive electrical charge at one end and a negative charge at the other end. The bipolar characteristic of a water molecule gives water its cohesive nature. A bipolar transistor has two poles which are joined by a semiconductor layer.
If there is matter, then there must be anti-matter. Both are forms of the same quantum reality. If there is a physical universe, then there must be a not-physical (or alternative opposite) Universe. Each is a demonstration of the bipolar unity that exists in our Cosmos.
There are many examples of bipolar existence. Each of these opposite singularities is an expression of the same reality. There is unity because each bipolar state of being is related to its opposite. There is an interconnection between the one and the other.
The Principle of Infinite Possibilities
If two poles express a unity of reality, and each pole is the compliment of the other, the resulting unity can be infinitely divided into a continuum of being between the two poles.
Some examples:
• If we wish to characterize a data set as all the fractions between one and ten, there are an infinite number of possible fractions between these two poles in a continuum of values. However, since none of the fraction values may fall outside the bipolar reality of one to ten, the poles establish a boundary for the expression of reality.
• We can be really happy or we can be very sad. Most likely, however, our actual state of mind will generally exist somewhere between these two extremes of possible bipolar emotions.
• Cold is recognized as the opposite of hot. But there are many gradations of temperature between that which we my sense is cold, and that which we would call hot.
• Very few of us are absolutely female or absolutely male. Most of us are genetically and socially somewhere in between these two poles of sexual taxonomy. We are most likely male, with some degree of the feminine, or female, with some degree of the masculine. The further we are from our sexual pole, the more we exhibit the characteristics of the opposite sex. This is all a very natural manifestation of the complex mechanisms that make us male or female.
Equilibrium is a balance of what is positive, what is neutral, and what is negative. But each one of these three of these components can become unstable. That which is positive can become unstable. That which is neutral can become unstable. That which is negative can become unstable. Perhaps only one component will become unstable, or perhaps two, or perhaps all three. Further, each component may become unstable at a different time, and for a different length of time.
It is also possible (perhaps inevitable) that the positive, the neutral and the negative will assume a fuzzy instability; one that is hard to detect and may include both finite and infinite elements. What we think we observe may be a temporary reality, a partial reality, or not reality. And one more point:
Although anything is possible,
far less is probable.
Our bipolar Cosmos is actually characterized by a complex set of tensions, which are also correlations. These tensions and correlations, in which each component is interdependent with the other two, characterize our spiritual expressions. We see them in our music, art, literature, philosophy, and theological concepts. We also see or sense them in our exploration of the fundamental elements (truths) of science.
The Spiritual Universe
We live in a bipolar Cosmos. But we really don’t know much about the majority of our astrophysical reality. Our known physical universe consists of matter (both visible and not visible), and energy (both detectable and inferred). As we have potentially discovered, the familiar stuff we can see (or directly detect) is only a small percentage of what actually exists in our physical universe.
We know even less about the not-physical universe. But it would appear reasonable to characterize it as a universe that is primarily composed of energy (in various forms). Since energy can become matter and have mass, we can expect the not-physical universe to also include matter, although perhaps in unfamiliar forms. In other words, both universes have multiple forms of energy and matter. However, in contrast to our physical universe - where our perception of physical reality dominates awareness and consciousness – in the not-physical universe it is likely conscious energy dominates awareness and consciousness.
These two complimentary realities co-exist in the Cosmos. One is physical. One is spiritual (energy). There is a boundary between them where the physical dimension of our universe intersects with the spiritual (or conscious) dimension of the Cosmos. We have been given clues about the nature of this intersection by the scientific observations (and theories) of quantum mechanics. Einstein’s famous equation E=MC2 suggests a mechanism exists for transformation (or transcendence) from one universe to the other.
In order to distinguish our physical universe
from the not physical universe,
we can refer to the not-physical universe
as the Spiritual Universe.
Both universes are all around us. We have trained ourselves to identify the evidence of the physical universe through our five physical senses: hearing, seeing, smelling, tasting and touching. As demonstrated by deep meditation, earnest prayer, and the experience of being near death, we are able to encounter the presence of spiritual energy with our sixth sense (the neuron activity of core consciousness). We become one with the consciousness that flows throughout the Spiritual Universe and the Cosmos.
The Spiritual Universe exists in a dimension that is parallel with our physical universe. The spiritual dimension is an integral component of the Spiritual Universe. Think of it this way: we are familiar with the three dimensions of space found in our physical universe. They provide the reference points for how we view and move in our physical environment. In a like manner, the spiritual dimension provides one of the reference points for the Spiritual Universe. It is the source of existential conscious thought, and the location of spiritual intelligence. When we communicate with God (The Holy Spirit), those who have deceased, or another life form, we connect with them in the spiritual dimension.
Death, meditation, and sudden mental stress may give us an opportunity to experience the consciousness, existence and reality of the Spiritual Universe. We drift into another space and time. People who are very ill may have the sensation of floating back and forth between physical and spiritual reality. For them, the boundary that separates our physical universe from the Spiritual Universe becomes transparent. Physically, they are in this universe. Their spiritual energy is somewhere else.
Our pursuit of the spiritual will lead us to the Spiritual Universe. Never underestimate the passion and joy this discovery can release within us. We all benefit from having a sense of contact and interaction with the spiritual force that exists all around us. Our understanding of honor, integrity, compassion, justice, and love all flow from the influence of Spiritual energy. It encourages moral behavior, personal responsibility, and loving procreation.
Faith in the spiritual can be a source of great personal strength, and it exists – in the Spiritual Universe.
Ron