Things Unseen - Dark Matter
I used to be very skeptical of anything spiritual. One of the ideas that got me thinking and helped open my mind was that there are forces out in the universe that we can’t detect, either with our own five sense or with current technologies.
Think about a dolphin. Science tells us and we believe that dolphins use echolocation or high frequency clicks to navigate and determine the location of objects. You and I don’t have this ability. Likewise we can’t hear things a dog is able to hear, we don’t notice the television and radio signals floating around us all day, we simply aren’t equipped to sense certain phenomena. This leads me to believe there are probably lots of things going on out in the universe that we simply can’t sense, which brings me to dark matter.
Dark matter hasn’t been studied in depth, mainly because we haven’t been to observe it well. This article from Wired explains the hunt for dark matter and how close scientists are coming to finding it. Another essay explains that dark matter might make up over 90% of the universe. That would mean that not only are we unable to observe the vast majority of the universe, but that our world and everything in it could be just an anomaly in a universe of dark matter.
Dark matter is interesting because it proves that there are still new wonders to discover in the universe. When you are feeling skeptical about finding higher truths in this reality, think about dark matter, think about how dolphins navigate, think about other dimensions that could be intertwined with our own, just beyond our ability to see.
When you realize how much there is out there to be discovered, nothing seems impossible. Ghosts, fairies, aliens, time travel, who knows? Just because you can’t see it, just because science hasn’t named it yet, doesn’t mean it isn’t there.
I agree. Deepak Chopra said it better, “Nothing is more fascinating than to watch science blurring its edges into spirit. There are no easier words for the transition zone that “quantum” and no easier words for God than “virtual.” To indicate that reality doesn’t begin and end at the material level.
‘How do I find God?’ a young disciple once asked a famous guru in India.(1) ‘I can’t see any evidence that He is anywhere around us, and millions of people live very well without him.’
‘Everything without God happens in space and time. This is the world you are used to…space and time are like a net that has trapped you, but nets always have holes. Find such a hole and jump through it. Then God will be obvious.’
Spiritual teachers feel that their role is to point people away from depending on the 5 senses, which are confined to space-time. The real point is to see that our senses aren’t that trustworthy.
Quotes from “How to Know God” p.33
Very interesting quote, Lenore. No only are our sense not trustworthy sometimes, but we should also be wary of “accepted” scientific ideas. Here is another article on dark matter and the universe from American Scientist. The article is, admittedly, a a little over my head, but it challenges popular ideas about the Big Bang and the origins of the universe.
Amazing article Emily. I have to agree that being wary of “accepted” scientific ideas seems reasonable given the amount of gaps in cosmology theories.