(slides 1-3) Quantum Physics termed "New Physics" dates as far back as 1900 when the first principles were enunciated by Max Planck. The new physics began to emerge when a foundational assumption governing Newtonian physics began to be challenged. The challenged assumption was that the conscious attitudes and biases of the experimenter have no effect on the outcome of the experiment. Through building evidence, contemporary quantum theory has created new theories designed to account for the interconnectedness of the observation process. Conscious mental activity can directly affect our physical body. The mind is an irrefutably genuine factor in the process which health and disease unfold. It is important to recognize that Quantum Mechanics DOES NOT replace Newtonian physics, it includes it. Newtonian physics is still applicable to the large-scale world, but it does not work at the sub-atomic level.
(part of slides 1-3) Dr. Larry Dossey in his book Reinventing Medicine, explores 3-area medicine, where thoughts, attitudes, and healing intentions of one individual can influence the physiology of another person. This is very well supported by scientific studies that show the healing properties of prayer. This can't be explained with only the principles of physics and world views of traditional science.
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There are some main differences between old physics and new physics. Some of these differences are:
| Old Physics | New Physics |
| The universe is governed by laws that are susceptible to rational understanding. | Our knowledge of what governs events is not nearly what we assumed it would be. |
| Predict events | Predicts probabilities |
| There is an external world that exists apart from us and can be studied objectively | There is not an external objective reality that is separate from our own experiences |
| We can observe the external world without changing it | Not possible to observe reality without changing it |
| Separateness | Wholeness |
| External world is indifferent to us and our needs | We are part of nature |
| Based on absolute truths | Correlate experience correctly |
Classical science starts with separate parts and when put together constitutes physical reality. The starting point of this process is a mental attitude that sees the physical world as different pieces and they are logically unrelated. Newtonian science is the effort to put together separate parts and logically link them together. Quantum mechanics is the opposite- the mental attitude is unbroken wholeness of which everything is a form.
When we are growing up we see the world as different pieces not as a whole, and the more we experience and the more we go through, it opens our eyes and we are able to see the world as a whole instead of little pieces scattered.
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This mentality of the world as a whole isn't new. Eastern religions all agree in fundamental ways with this way of thinking (Quantum physics and philosophy). They all have their roots in the idea of experiencing a pure and undifferentiated reality. Zen Buddhism is a good example. Here the students are guided to a point where conscious searching is abandoned. They believe the rational mind inhibits true understanding. Integrating the spiritual and physical is how we can truly grow.
Physics lectures are beginning to incorporate what is more traditionally thought of as philosophy. For example, discussions of what reality really means, where truth or perception originates, and the similarity between thought and matter were heard during a physics lecture by Professor Bohm at Berkeley in 1977.
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7 principles of the "New Physics"
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