Cosmic Glue

I remember as a kid in high school physics classes having to write down that between the atoms is empty space. The teacher, if I can call him that… the guy who wrote on a blackboard with chalk and all we did was copy what he wrote into our workbook… scratched out that most of the world we know is empty space. Period. There was no opportunity to challenge. That night after school, I walked home the whole five miles. I kept thinking about this and it just made no sense. Surely, if empty space existed between the atoms, and 99% of the universe was empty space, I’d feel it. I’d keep falling over, running out of air to breathe, and the ground beneath my feet would not feel solid. Yet there I was walking on fields, climbing over fences, and brushing through tree branches. How could it feel like that if it was empty space?

I waited a long time to find the answer. There is no such thing as empty space. What my teacher thought was empty was filled with an energy field and that is what made it feel so solid.

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The phrase “party of particle physicists,” must be an oxymoron. No surprise then that in the animation Professor Higgs headed straight to the bar. I would… and I’d need something stronger than a beer at that party. I wish my high school teacher was at the party, however, so I could finally challenge him.

This cartoon is supposedly the clearest, smartest explanation of the energy through which fermions and bosons interact. It still leaves me scratching my head a bit. The more the particles interact the more mass they gain, or more solid they feel… to our five senses.

If I were asked for an analogy for the competition, I’d use the ocean and a fish concept. A fish has no perception it is in a material called water just as we have no concept that we float in cosmic glue. A fish thinks the whole universe is like that. Like what? Well, like swimming and gliding and feeding and mating. It does not “feel” the water. Every time a fish makes a move it sends signals that reverberate throughout the water to connect it to mates and predators alike. A shark can detect the slightest movement 330 meters away. Whales emit low frequency sound waves that can travel more than 10,000 miles in some levels of the ocean! Thought of in this way the ocean is a single field of energy.

The same happens when we interact with the Higgs field. We message each other through this cosmic glue like we are secretly texting one another. Not knowing this, most people are not ‘listening.’ They emit frequencies like the whale, but they are not aware of the reverberations. If everyone were listening we would have no sense of separation and that alone would end most of the world’s issues. When we listen, we can get those ah-ha moments, those moments of insight, those winning ideas, those intuitive nudges, those cosmic connections.

In the later activities entitled ‘connecting,’ we will learn tools to help us send and receive signals through this Higgs field, but we have first to understand that the field exists in order to consciously connect with it. When I first started creating the Transformation Experience, the Higgs Boson and Higgs field were just theories, and the Internet did not have a lot of information. Interestingly, the Internet was created by the physicists at CERN who eventually confirmed that the Higgs field was for real. Today, the Internet is awash with fascinating articles and videos about it, but media largely ignored it.

Physicist Brian Greene, presenting on the PBS’ Charlie Rose Show, with experimental physicist Michael Tufts explains it this way:

Mass is the resistance an object offers to having its speed changed. You take a baseball. When you throw it, your arm feels resistance. A shot-put, you feel that resistance. The same way for particles. Where does the resistance come from? The theory was put forward that perhaps space was filled with an invisible “stuff,” an invisible molasses-like “stuff,” and when the particles try to move through the molasses, they feel a resistance, a stickiness. It’s that stickiness which is where their mass comes from. … That creates the mass….

… it’s an elusive invisible resistance.

The world of media would have us believe that mystics and scientists hold opposing views. I have discovered the opposite to be true. Every mystic or healer I have ever spoken to is an avid student of quantum physics, and every true scientist I have met is an avid student of ancient text and cosmological knowledge. For decades both have been awaiting confirmation that the glue that holds us all in place is proven.

The Brahman and Particle Physicists have finally collided in harmony, and we can let the party begin.

What does it all mean? Well, for me it hints that the more we consciously attempt to interact with the field, the more connectivity we can experience. It means we are all connected all of the time, to each other, to our cars, and to our tables. Could it explain telepathy or intuition? Does it give evidence to long held beliefs like ‘once connected, always connected?’ Can we tap into the minds of smarter people than us to get instantaneous solutions to problems that have haunted us all our lives? Does it provide the medium for our ability to connect to the past and the future? What power in our hands if we can consciously take control of that interaction?

The fact we are all connected often feels mind boggling to some. Denial kicks in. It is, however, an unavoidable fact. In 2023 further evidence was presented by scientists whose passion is searching the universe for evidence of gravitational waves.

From an article by astronomer Adam Frank published in The Atlantic in 2023, I offer this poetic take on the discovery:

Over the course of a decade and a half, the NANOGrav team pored over their machines, their numbers, and their mathematical theory to bring us proof that something miraculous—something wonderful—is happening right under our noses. Actually, it’s happening to our noses, and the rest of our bodies as well. Every gravitational wave in that background the NANOGrav team found is humming through the very constitution of the space you inhabit right now.

Every proton and neutron in every atom from the tip of your toes to the top of your head is shifting, shuttling, and vibrating in a collective purr within which the entire history of the universe is implicated. And if you put your hand down on a chair or table or anything else nearby, that object, too, is dancing that slow waltz.

All of a sudden, we know that we are humming in tune with the entire universe, that each of us contains the signature of everything that has ever been. It’s all within us, around us, pushing us to and fro as we hurtle through the cosmos.

As children, each of us had a deep and easily triggered sense that the world is full of wonder, that everything is strange and amazing. Stepping out into the backyard, we’d get entranced staring at an anthill or watching leaves pirouette as they fell. As a toddler, my daughter would purposely tip her cup over just to be delighted by how the water spilled across the table.

Today, gifted with a new understanding of the architecture of the universe, each of us has an opportunity to revisit that wonder. After you finish reading this, take a look around you. Ponder how the solid-seeming ground beneath your feet is quietly shaking with the force of billions of years of cosmic collisions. Go outside, if you can, and watch the wind blow through the trees. Perhaps the experience will be different now that you know how the rhythm of giant black holes in distant galaxies also beats out a time in the trees’ gentle swaying.

The universe is an impossibly vast symphony of cause and effect. The endless comings and goings of galaxies, stars, and planets create a melding of songs that you are part of too. The NANOGrav discovery exposes the intricacy and gracefulness of that melding. It’s a reminder that the world always has been, and always will be, worthy of wonder. But of course, you already knew that. You always have.

In the vast expanse of the cosmos, where stars shimmer and galaxies twirl, there lived a man whose brilliant mind unlocked the secrets of the universe. His name was Peter Higgs, and though he may have departed from this earthly realm, his legacy of scientific exploration and discovery will forever illuminate the cosmos.Born in Newcastle upon Tyne, England, in 1929, Peter Higgs was drawn to the mysteries of the universe from a young age. With a keen intellect and insatiable curiosity, he embarked on a lifelong journey of scientific inquiry, seeking to unravel the fundamental forces that govern the cosmos.It was in the hallowed halls of academia that Peter Higgs made his mark on the world, propelling humanity’s understanding of the universe to new heights. His groundbreaking work on the existence of a subatomic particle, later dubbed the Higgs boson, laid the foundation for one of the most significant discoveries in modern physics.Through his tireless research and visionary insights, Peter Higgs transformed our understanding of the fundamental nature of matter and energy, opening doors to new realms of scientific exploration and discovery. His contributions to the field of particle physics have left an indelible mark on the scientific community and inspired generations of aspiring scientists to reach for the stars.But Peter Higgs was more than just a brilliant physicist; he was a visionary whose humility and integrity shone as brightly as the stars he studied. Despite the accolades and recognition he received throughout his career, he remained grounded and humble, guided by a deep reverence for the mysteries of the cosmos.In his passing, we mourn the loss of a true pioneer of science, whose legacy will continue to inspire and guide us as we journey into the unknown depths of the universe. Let us remember Peter Higgs not only for his contributions to science but also for his unwavering passion, his insatiable curiosity, and his boundless spirit of exploration.Though he may have left this earthly realm, Peter Higgs’s legacy lives on in the stars above and the hearts of all who were touched by his brilliance. Let us honor his memory by continuing to explore, discover, and marvel at the wonders of the universe, knowing that the quest for knowledge is the greatest adventure of all.

My additional note:

No one dies. No one can die. The universe is made of energy. It is irrefutable. Law of energy? Energy can neither be created nor destroyed only converted from one form into another…. ice to water, water to vapor, vapor to water, water to ice. Star dust to birth to growth to maturity to fat belly (age 34 and onward) fat belly to wrinkles, wrinkles to shrinking, shrinking to star dust. Peter Higgs the ‘vehicle’ has died. No he has not. He is hanging out in the Higgs field which was named after him. What an honor…. I think we call that a scientific selfie

It is fun to play with this concept. The Higgs field means that we sort of float like an energy blob in a blob of energy. So, we can go in any direction. If we go right we go back in time. If we go left we go into our future. But we are just jiggling strings of energy so how do we ‘go?’ How do we actually swim in this glue? For us we don’t have to flick any fins. We swim with our minds. We send the energy of thoughts into the cosmic glue.

Test it for yourself. It is very easy. Recall someone you lost touch with… maybe all the way back to school. A friend or perhaps it was a relative. Imagine floating as a blob in cosmic glue back to when you last spoke. Reach out with your gluey arms and hug them. Thank them for being there with you way back when.

Now (assuming the phone has not immediately rung with them saying ‘I was just thinking about you and thought I’d call’… see many comments below when that happens)  swim with your sticky arms through the sticky glue to the future.

Take a look at the future you. Like what you see? If not, you will learn how to change the future in the Transformation Experience.

In the universe there is no such thing as space or time, but there is a phenomenon called space-time. When you send mental signals over distances, you are in effect traveling in time. The past, present and future are all connected.

If you don’t like the future you see, now is the time to change things. Find a future companion who can help you and imagine swimming to them and with their knowledge and advice swim back to the present.

This exercise can be emotionally ‘heavy,’ but profoundly cathartic. Done properly, you should get your first experience of what practical magic feels like and in the same moment understand teleportation, time travel, and hyper-dimensionality.

Wait, what??

In the next activity we consider all these things.

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