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Molly Brogan  
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 More options Jul 23, 7:56 pm
From: Molly Brogan <mbro...@mollybroganenterprises.com>
Date: Wed, 23 Jul 2008 04:56:57 -0700 (PDT)
Local: Wed, Jul 23 2008 7:56 pm
Subject: Re: Quantum Mind
And ether?

On Jul 23, 7:39 am, Pottsie <pottsie...@yahoo.com> wrote:

> Pat,

> I think I just thought of something that may help (hinder) your quest
> to find out what connects quanta, albeit it a philosophical point
> rather than a physical one.

> You have two objects.  Two of anything.  Quanta or Sardines.  For them
> to communicate or interact there MUST be a medium between them.  We
> look at the two objects and see nothing, and say there is nothing
> there.  But that is a trick of the mind.

> The Universe abhors a vacuum.  And Nothing is the ultimate vacuum.
> There is no such thing as Nothing.  Nothingness DOESN'T exist!  It is
> the true figment of our imagination.  We think of Existence sometimes
> as this great big "Thing" floating on a background of Nothingness. But
> it's not.  Existence doesn't end and Non-existence
> begins.  Existence goes on forever.  If "Nothing" is not
> there....there has to be SOMETHING....even if we can't see it.

> The problem with this is is that once you define what it is that is
> there, you will have to prove that THAT substance is continuous,
> reaching from object to object.  In my rudimentary understanding of
> Physics, that is what happened to Atomic Theory when it was replaced
> by Quantum Theory.

> Another way of looking at it is: Sound Waves don't travel through a
> vacuum.  There must be something to wave.

> There is a Zen mondo that goes:

> Two monks were arguing over a flag.  One monk claimed it was the flag
> that was waving.  The  other claimed it was the wind.  The Master came
> along, rapped them both with his stick, and said, "You are BOTH
> wrong.  It is your mind that waves!"

> The medium between the quanta is Mind.  No-Thing.  Spirit.  Whatever
> is there will not appear until we observe it. The "object" will not
> appear until the Observer shows up! :D

> Namaste

> Pottsie


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