Managing the Ride Part III – The Science Behind the Magic

“The most beautiful and most profound emotion we can experience is the sensation of the mystical. It is the sower of all true science. He, to whom this emotion is a stranger, who can no longer wonder and stand rapt in awe, is as good as dead.” Albert Einstein.

I am a person with two essential cores — scientist and artist. Left-brain and Right-brain.




Having finished college in the sixties with a major in Zoology and minor in Chemistry, I was heavily steeped in the scientific method as my means of discovery. But my scientific training came after a childhood filled with drawing, painting and music.




Always I tried to find ways to bridge the gap between the arts and science. Though I missed the age of the Hippies by a few years, New Age ideology intrigued me and the ‘woo woo’ phrases, Your thoughts can effect your health, You create your reality, and We are all connected aroused both my interest and my skepticism.







In 1979 a book hit the shelves — The Dancing WuLi Masters by Greg Zucov — and I was intrigued because it appeared to suggest connection between New Age thinking and Quantum Physics. Then What the Bleep and a few other books and videos kept my scientific mind from closing shut.




The changes that happened in me over these past three years in Costa Rica and more recently in Seattle rekindled my interest. I needed to understand. As I often do, I started surfing the web via Google and came up with a book! The Field by Lynn McTaggart.




The Field is the story of the scientific revolution of the Quantum scientists who have validated areas that were largely the domain of religion, alternative medicine and New Age speculation. The story is told by a Ms. McTaggart, a lay person with the advice, corroboration and explanation from the many published and notable scientists who have verified the theory through hard scientific experimentation and mathematics.




She starts the book with the life changing experience of Apollo 14 Astronaut, Edgar Mitchell on his return flight from the moon in early 1971. Two years later he became the driving force behind the Institute of Noetic Sciences, which continues research into areas including consciousness and psychic events. For me it was like coming home. Finally the pieces of the puzzle clicked into place and the magic made sense.







This was the start of what I needed to ecstatically bridge the chasm between how I had been taught to view the world the way I knew at my core. This was scientific validation that I was connected to everything around me. Though difficult to grasp by a disbelieving mind, here were answers to some fundamental questions.

• How does energy work?
• How does what I think affect reality?
• Why do things seem to work out for me when I can stay peaceful, positive and in tune with my natural surroundings?
• Why does this seem to break down when I am steeped in negativity and fear?
• What exactly is the collective consciousness – the field?

Some of the scientific concepts in the book that are especially meaningful to me include:




Energy. Thoughts are energy and thoughts have power. What we focus upon can affect everything from machinery to cells to entire organisms. We affect our lives and the lives of others by what is in our minds.




Non Locality. One of the major discoveries of Quantum physics is that physical objects that appear to be separated are connected in ways that transcend space and time. This is not just a theory. It has been validated scientifically. This is the bridge to ESP phenomena such as telepathy, clairvoyance, precognition, psychic healing and psycho kinetics. Non locality is the basis for the metaphysical ideas that include human intention, human consciousness and interconnectedness.




Interconnectedness. Our world, at is most basic, exists as a complex web of interdependent relationships. We and everything around us are joined through our individual electrons and sub-atomic realities in one underlying energy field that includes time, space and matter




This is The Field.







“Humankind has not woven the web of life. We are but one thread within it. Whatever we do to the web, we do to ourselves. All things are bound together. All things connect.” Chief Seattle, 1854




We humans have a predominant worldview that has been shaped by the Cartesian science of Newton, Descartes and Darwin. We see ourselves as separate from each other and Nature. British Physicist, David Bohm believes that our almost universal tendency to fragment the world and ignore the dynamic interconnectedness is responsible for many of our problems — i.e. we think we can extract what we want from the earth without affecting the whole.




Like ecstatic spectators in the stands, we chant and scream for our team, our country, our rights, our individuality. And truly, as long as we believe in our separation, we feel separate. But quietly, beneath all the commotion and noise there is a gentle, cooperative wave of change and hope fueled by quantum research.




What the Quantum Physicists suggest is that we humans individually can change our lives. Collectively, we can change the world.




On a personal level I am still working on incorporating all of this into my life. I know that the most powerful tool I possess for implementing the changes I want is a steadfast belief in this power.




It isn’t about hoping for good fortune but rather the belief that one already has it that makes it real. Understanding the science of quantum physics provides the foundation I need to build the rest. I still sometimes have trouble with distractions and fears. I need to keep remembering that the message I got was Be Conscious. And it probably could have included the phrase, and Stay There!




I wonder how it would be if I could revisit Mr. Toad’s Wild Ride and once more step aboard Toady and head straight through those huge, yawning doors. Could I shut out the distracting noises and looming fears and actually take control of the ride?




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Written by VIP Member Jan Hart who is an American artist/teacher/writer living simply in a little Tico house above San Isidro de El General in southern Costa Rica. Jan has built a studio and two cabinas at her home and offers watercolor workshops and adventure opportunities described on her www.JanHart.com website which you can see here.




Jan’s workshops are open to all levels of experience and include opportunities to see and experience the life she lives. Her book, The Watercolor Artist’s Guide to Exceptional Color is a widespread favorite among watercolor painters and published in 5 languages.

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