After reading the book Einstein’s dreams, I am fascinated with physics and its interconnectivity with eastern philosophy. Soul/energy, spirit/electrons, its like describing something in different jargons, one philosophical and another scientific but the matter they are trying to study is just the same.
Gary Zuchav, the writer of Seat of the soul, is a right-brained fellow, who is not a physicist but I was intrigued by a book he has written : “The Dancing Wu Li Masters”, An Overview of the New Physics. Well, as the title will suggest, it does sound intimidating but when I learned that Gary Zuchav was the writer I took heart and obtained a copy from Booksale.
I am just a few pages off, but I can surely say that this is indeed a layperson's guide to the theories of physics (Quantum Mechanics, Uncertainty Principle, and a lot of choovanesque.. ) . It's not a book full of technical jargon(although there are some pages wherein I will just skim through because i am reminded of Physics 71 and 72), but rather it tries to demonstrate how the evolution of physics determine the way mankind view their destiny.
Let me just share with you some interesting facts.. (In china,, they refer to the study of physics as Wu Li )
Several interpretations of the chinese symbol of the Wu Li:
Physics = Wu Li
Wu Li = Patterns of Organic Energy (a misonomer ? How can energy be organic?.. interesting)
Wu li = My Way
Wu Li = Nonsense (hmm.. I sense some zenlike answer)
Wu li = I Clutch My Ideas
Wu li = Enlightenment
What do I find at the end of reading this book? Enlightenment? Who knows.. but Gary's words, ay-yay-yay... really will make one aware.
Gary Zuchav, the writer of Seat of the soul, is a right-brained fellow, who is not a physicist but I was intrigued by a book he has written : “The Dancing Wu Li Masters”, An Overview of the New Physics. Well, as the title will suggest, it does sound intimidating but when I learned that Gary Zuchav was the writer I took heart and obtained a copy from Booksale.
I am just a few pages off, but I can surely say that this is indeed a layperson's guide to the theories of physics (Quantum Mechanics, Uncertainty Principle, and a lot of choovanesque.. ) . It's not a book full of technical jargon(although there are some pages wherein I will just skim through because i am reminded of Physics 71 and 72), but rather it tries to demonstrate how the evolution of physics determine the way mankind view their destiny.
Let me just share with you some interesting facts.. (In china,, they refer to the study of physics as Wu Li )
Several interpretations of the chinese symbol of the Wu Li:
Physics = Wu Li
Wu Li = Patterns of Organic Energy (a misonomer ? How can energy be organic?.. interesting)
Wu li = My Way
Wu Li = Nonsense (hmm.. I sense some zenlike answer)
Wu li = I Clutch My Ideas
Wu li = Enlightenment
What do I find at the end of reading this book? Enlightenment? Who knows.. but Gary's words, ay-yay-yay... really will make one aware.
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