Physics, Metaphysics & Spirituality

I was so impressed by a write-up by Mr. Deepak Ranade that I thought of putting it down in my notes.

They say matter and energy are inter-convertible. Matter is present in various energy states which are temperature dependent. The higher the temperature greater is the energy. All boils down to the behavior of the atoms and molecules. Water has three states dependent on the temperature. At normal temperatures its fluid, when the mercury goes negative, it becomes ice and when we subject the same to higher temperatures it vapourises. At higher temperature the disorder in the molecules increases and in lower temperature in decreases. In physics they call this as entropy. It represents the excitability and chaos of the molecules that constitute matter.

When matter is cooled to very low temperatures – to absolute zero (this is not minus zero but minus 273) then the entropy should decrease and matter should come to zero energy state. This zero energy state in physics is called Bose – Einstein condensate (In school level physics we were not taught all this metaphysical stuff, now I realize what I missed). This state of matter is also called super atom as the entire mass behaves like one big single atom. But thiese “big”, “single” adjectives are misnomer as in this state the mass (atom) loses all its properties like shape, charge & polarization. It probably reverts to a shapeless, attributeless phenomenon, reverting to just the potential to manifest as anything.
The mass becomes a literally “IT”.

The human brain in an aggregate of nearly hundred billion neurons. This is the main control station of the body. The thoughts that crowd our minds is a sum total of the simultaneous activity of different neurons. The structure of our body is so advanced that even the tiniest of activities is sensed by the neurons and translates as an activity or a feeling through the connectivity of the neural network.
If the entropy in the brain is high people will find it harder to concentrate. You cannot write a poem standing in a busy loudly market. But closing your eyes help. The sensory organs serve as an important pathway to increase the entropy as they stimulate various neural circuits adding to the entropy. All the five senses we have are constantly searching for signals and these signals are processed by the brain simultaneously.
When you concentrate, there is a resultant decrease in the disorder of the neural system. By switching of your sensory organs and concentrating you can reduce the chaos of the neurons. Just like matter attains a zero state as near Absolute zero levels, in the state of meditation you reach the same condition. The neural stimuli decrease in amplitude and frequency. As the level of meditation increases, the entropy of neuron decreases and a state of calmness is perceived. The neurons start becoming synchronous. That is they neither modulate nor amplify any signal. They just resonate in harmony. This dance of harmony continues until final state of zero entropy arises, where all 100 billion neurons function as one big single neutron.
The Bose- Einstein condensate equivalent of the neuron system is what may be termed as Samadhi – what we lesser mortals call as “kicking the bucket” and little learned ones as “enlightenment”.
The soul leaves the vessel (body) and has the potential to manifest as anything.

Where physics ends spirituality begins.