"Modern physics is describing what the ancient wisdom keepers have long known.
These shamans say that we’re dreaming the world into being,
through the very act of witnessing it.
Scientists believe that we’re only able to do this in the very small subatomic world.
Shamans understand that we also dream the larger world,
that we experience with our senses."

~ Alberto Villoldo ~

Physics and Metaphysics

The words physics and metaphysics derive from the Greek words (physiká), meaning "physical" and  (metá),  which means "beyond". In general use, the word physics has come to mean the study of the physical world and metaphysics the study of the non-physical or spiritual world.  Yet, "meta" means “beyond” so it more properly could mean.... that which is beyond physics or that which is currently beyond understanding of physics. But as the study of astrophysics  and quantum physics has demonstrated, the more that we learn the more we realize that we do not know and in turn, how little we really do understand.  

In its common usage, “metaphysics”  has become a label for any belief in other realms or realities and in one way or another, is commonly associated with forms of religion and spirituality. The result being that the common impression is put forward that such subjects as astrology or psychic phenomena, for example, are “beyond” the laws of physics and science in general. The tragic result has been that not only the public, but students of these subjects have been exposed to spiritual and religious charlatans who claim divinely inspired knowledge which their students or followers may gain only through a non-questioning adherence to their pronouncements.



Brian Josephson



Both metaphysics and quantum mechanics are looking for the "nature of reality”, one starting from the inner spiritual realm, the other from the outer physical realm and physicists are often very open to the concept of unifying the two realms, as Fritjof Capra explains in his book  “The Tao of Physics”.  

Scientific laws and scientific theories are different things. A scientific theory differs from a scientific law in that a theory attempts to explain "why" or "how" something occurs, whereas a law is a statement (often a mathematical equation) about an observable relationship between observable facts. Theories are a synthesis of ideas that tries to intepret and explain the observable facts. For example, "Newton’s Law of Gravity" is a mathematical equation that can be used to predict the attraction between bodies, but it is not a theory to explain how gravity works.  



Albert Einstein’s Theory of Relativity

The theory of relativity usually encompasses two interrelated theories by Albert Einstein: special relativity and general relativity. Special relativity applies to all physical phenomena in the absence of gravity. General relativity explains the law of gravitation and its relation to other forces of nature. It applies to the cosmological and astrophysical realm, including astronomy.

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