In this book Commencing a trilogy on consciousness, belief and intent, If We Are Anything lays the foundation for exploring the connections between spirituality and modern physics. After establishing an adequate base in the understanding of classical physics, relativity, quantum mechanics and new-age theories, Mark Nesti takes us deep into the heart of alternative therapies, intent, consciousness and belief, by describing an entire particle mechanism connecting spirituality and matter. Descriptions of the reality we experience in our everyday world are accompanied by these connections and explain many spirituality-based systems such as chakras, Karma, the akashic records, impermanence, dependant arising leading to the possibility of Samsara, OM, Chi and the mechanisms that form conscious connections between intent and matter. These connections underpin the disciplines of martial arts, alternative therapies and manifestation. Nesti delves even further, showing us the mechanisms of reality by suggesting a new viewpoint in which matter, force and time come into being and interact. These new ideas, alluded to earlier by Einstein, Bohm, Penrose and a host of notable scientists, expose free will of individuals as the driving force of existence what shapes reality into being and form. If you have ever wondered how thought, belief, intent, and their causal effects sculpt the world into what we see and feel, or pondered the 'hows' and 'whys' of alternative therapies, this book offers an opportunity to understand the connection between science, spirituality and the reality which we all co-create. Join us in that journey!

If we are anything

OM, Chi, Consciousness & Quantum GravityBy MARK NESTI

iUniverse, Inc.

Copyright © 2009 MARK NESTI
All right reserved.
ISBN: 978-1-4401-8621-9

Contents

Book Cover Graphic...................................................viGraphics and Illustrations...........................................viAcknowledgements.....................................................ixAbout the Author.....................................................xiA word from the author...............................................xiiAbout the book.......................................................xivMODERN SCIENCE.......................................................1Physics..............................................................1Classical Mechanics..................................................6Frequency, Resonance and Resonant Energy.............................9Electromagnetism.....................................................15Relativity...........................................................19Special Relativity...................................................23General Relativity...................................................32Quantum Mechanics....................................................45NEW-AGE SCIENCE......................................................62Symmetry.............................................................62Strings..............................................................71Why Gravity is Weak..................................................87EASTERN PARALLELS....................................................90Energy...............................................................90THE SPIRITUAL TEMPEST................................................102In all things conscious..............................................102The unification of science and spirituality..........................105The key in Qi........................................................107Is Qi electromagnetic radiation?.....................................109Experiencing Qi......................................................110Qi Strings and waves.................................................112Ins and outs.........................................................116Spacetime networks...................................................122Fundamental Resonance................................................124Operations in the node...............................................136Consciousness........................................................142Where East Meets West................................................144The Brain............................................................145Triggering Conscious Intent..........................................150Formation of Consciousness and launching the FFR.....................153Chakras..............................................................157The Therapist Mechanism..............................................167Reality Factory......................................................172A Relative Observer..................................................172History in the Making................................................174Tunneling to Freedom.................................................180Young's Free-Will....................................................183Relativity...........................................................190Special Relativity...................................................191General Relativity...................................................195Time and Impermanence................................................200Hidden Symmetries....................................................204Determinism and Free-will............................................204Creationism and Evolutionism.........................................205Karma................................................................210New Beginnings.......................................................212CREDITS..............................................................216AUTHOR'S SUGGESTED READING...........................................217PRODUCTION NOTES.....................................................219INDEX................................................................263

Chapter One

MODERN SCIENCE

Several years have now elapsed since I first became aware that I had accepted, even from my youth, many false opinions for true, and that consequently what I afterwards based on such principles was highly doubtful: and from that time I was convinced of the necessity of undertaking once in my life to rid myself of all the opinions I had adopted, and of commencing anew the work of building from the foundation, if I desired to establish a firm and abiding superstructure in the sciences. Descartes, 1637

Physics

Physics is a discipline which deals with concepts such as matter, space and time, as well as the dynamic change within these systems. Woven into these concepts are characteristics and features of matter such as mass, charge, force and energy. The analysis of such features is the experimental aspect of science. This gives rise to theories and mathematical models about how the universe in which we live operates and interacts within itself - although some of the newer theories deal with how the universe interacts both internally and externally.

There are many subfields within physics. The main ones are atomic physics, molecular physics, optical physics, condensed matter physics, high-energy physics, astronomy and astrophysics. Physicists themselves deal with theoretical and experimental research programs. Associated with this is the development of theories and the eventual experimental testing of those theories but sometimes in the pursuit of an understanding of natural phenomena, accidental discoveries happen.

In addition to the subfields of physics, there are theories of physics within the subfields. By virtue of the interconnectedness of all phenomena, and to varying degrees of association, these theories relate all subfields to all theories. They are classical mechanics, thermodynamics, electromagnetism (which includes optics since light is electromagnetic radiation), relativity (special and general) and quantum mechanics. Although all of these theories have been tested in many experiments, with varying degrees of agreement within the group, most are considered to be accurate enough to be accepted. I use the term 'accepted' and not 'factual' as the science community describes any theory with experimental or observational agreement as being only 'Popularly Supported', a far cry from being absolute. So, why not factual: why not absolute? The history of science has shown us that, for the most part - especially when dealing with quantum mechanics - that we cannot truly identify ourselves and our environment as being separate. We cannot point to a particular phenomena and label it as 'this' or 'that' (even the ancient Greek Philosophers knew this) for we are inherently afflicted with a major drawback which is preventing us from doing so to absolute accuracy. That drawback - an obvious benefit from a philosophical standpoint - is that we are observers inside the system itself: we are 'embedded' in the universe. Many believe that we cannot absolutely know everything about the system in which we are immersed, as we are blinded by the obscurity of the world in which we live. As the saying goes: "You can't see the forest for the trees." In this sense, the forest itself, its overall features such as...