Quantum Definitions and a Pile of Salt

When it comes to communication, things quantum are crazy makers … they are for me anyway. I hear about quantum this or that and my truth bells start ringing. I experience an instant of synchronized brain harmony. It doesn't matter if a concept originated in the mind of an Einstein or the mind of God. I'm there ~ I'm connected … soaking up insight and happy dancing.

In these twinkling states, I greet quantum on equal terms. Aware these points of awe are fleeting, I make mental notes to pursue quantum nuances when I come to ground. Once back in normal consciousness, I pull out the research and resource tools.

Whappo! Talk about getting smacked down like a fly headed for pie! Reality check: … I'm so not a scientist. I'm not much of a messenger, either ... carrying data from an altered state to daily life is a skill I have yet to master.

It's not a completely lost cause, though. One thing my logical and intuitive mind-sets agree on: … truth is where you find it. Intuitively, I understand ... it's my intellect that needs assistance. To help my logical self over the hurdles, I make notes ~ it's sort of the mental equivalent of pacing the floor.

daDancinCrone's Unofficial Guide to Quantum Stuff

Quanta:
… plural of quantum

... small, distinct units

Quantum:
… from Latin meaning 'how much'
… refers to the smallest amount of a physical quantity that can exist on its own

Quantum Packet:
… a single amount of quantum energy is identified as a packet
… light waves, for example, contain multiple energy packets

Quantum System:
… an organized grouping of recognized principles and peculiarities relating to a quantum observation

Quantum Physics, Quantum Theory, Quantum Mechanics:
… these terms are often used interchangeably

… read slowly when encountering them

Quantum Physics:
… branch of physics that deals with matter on the atomic level ~ ie, it's the physics of the very small
… describes and predicts properties of a physical system based on quantum theory discoveries

Quantum Theory:
… group of general propositions used as principles of explanation for quantum phenomena
… explanation(s) of matter and energy that views energy in small, distinct units ~ quanta ~ which are released and absorbed
… says all matter displays properties of both waves and particles ~ as does light

Quantum Mechanics:
… how quantum things function
… another way to say = deals with the operational qualities of matter
… suggests the behavior of matter and energy is inherently probabilistic
… indicates an observer of a physical system is part of the overall equation ~ ie, there is a relationship between a physical system being observed and the observer her/himself

Quantum State:
… deals with quantum relationships
… a defined environment that describes the conditions in which a physical system exists
… not all quantum states are alike ~ they vary
… states are based on properties like energy, motion and magnetics
… in addition to identified quantum states, new ones are emerging ~ gravity is one of the recent additions
… state(s) are delineated scientifically sets of numbers ~ which sounds like a remote viewing protocol

Entanglement Word Morph

Having danced with astral terminology, let's waltz with entanglement:

… the act of entangling
… the state of being entangled
… something that entangles; snare; involvement; complication*

Oh, for pete's sake, is it too much to ask a definition to exclude versions of the term it's defining?

Okay … let's take the backward step and look at entangle:
… to twist together or entwine into a confusing mass; snarl
… to complicate; confuse
… to involve in or as if in a tangle**

That's closer … no cigar, but closer. Obviously, the word entanglement isn't out of morph mode yet. In the mid-1930s, entanglement ~ as applied to quantum activity ~ was christened. The father of this baby: … Austrian theoretical physicist and winner of the 1933 Nobel Prize in Physics, Erwin Schrödinger.

The word Schrödinger used, however, wasn't entanglement … it was verschränkung. As per The Center for Quantum Computation, there was loss in the translation:

"Entanglement" and "Verschränkung" are examples of translated words that indeed conjure up different images in their respective languages.

The German "Verschränkung" translates literally into English as "folding" or "crossing over", as in the folding or crossing of one's arms or legs.

The English "entanglement" translates literally into German as Verfangen, which is often used to describe a tangle of strings or of cables.

Both, it seems, bring out the correct notion of inseparability: the binding or linking of two systems in some physically fundamental way.

However, the meanings of these two are undoubtedly quite different."***

Quite different, indeed. German verschränkung implies far less anarchy than English's balled up entanglement version. It's important, ultimately, to keep this in mind because the bottom line is the difference in hodgepodge and harmony ... and that's a matter, whether we ponder the nature of the void or not, that underpins our personal world views and determines how we structure our lives. It certainly had an effect on Albert Einstein.

Einstein, who believed God didn't play dice with the universe and who had his own baggage when it came to quantum entanglement's non-local implications, objected. His take on the concept:

Spukhafte Fernwirkung ... aka ... Spooky Action at a Distance.

Well, spooky may be correct … but spooky doesn't mean it isn't true.

* Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1) Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2006

** The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition. Copyright © 2006 by Houghton Mifflin Company

*** The Center for Quantum Computation

Astral ~ Why Go There? … part 3

Ask and ye shall receive

I'd asked … it took a hole in the ground for me listen up.

At first it was mildly interesting ~ obviously relieving but not captivating ~ to note I wasn't called to every atrocity I heard about. Thinking back, it was a good half a year, maybe more, before it dawned on me these brutality alerts weren't guiding me to individuals … they were about the dots, the events themselves. *Big Duh Moment*

When that light bulb switched on, I did the decent compulsive thing … I decided to track the calls. My plan was to identify hairball markers … my hope was they'd shed light on the links ... my goal was to discover whatever it was I kept missing, to find the why behind the calls.

That meant spreadsheets, monstrous spreadsheets. In addition to regular data ~ names, ages, times of day and criminal backgrounds ~ I plugged in natural events ~ phases of the moon, solar flares, concurrent earthquakes and storms.

I sought out feng shui pathways and obstructions ~ rivers, aquifers, highways, intersections, mountains and molehills … any discernible line of flow or holding pot that might foster energetic effects.

I'm easily dazzled by details. One day while clicking along in data entry mode, I realized my method was faulty. The mapping approach was equivalent to diagnosing small pox by poking each little lesion.

Air out of my sail, I stood down from the spreadsheets to reevaluate. Popular advice was: … go within. Fact of the matter, I was reluctant to enter an altered state with nasty astral on my mind. I didn't know what to do … but I didn't worry for long.

In the autumn of 2006, soon after I hit the pause button, a friend ~ an experienced healer and journey worker ~ and I responded to a shooting. We weren't lone attendees … a multitude of workers had been called.

Amid the gathering of lightworkers and facilitators, something else was visible: … a big hole in the ground.

To my perception, the hole opened into a tube with a multitude of forked off, smaller branches. It wasn't red but it reminded me of the body's circulatory system. It's inaccurate to say it wasn't pumping anything into the 3d scene because it may have been ... it was laboring to hold its field of manifestation.

However, its primary objective was to drain the scene … it was a furious energy sucking vacuum cleaner. Instead of funneling into a central canister, the energy acquisitions surged ~ harum-scarum and at breakneck speed ~ through the tunnelettes. I couldn't see where any of them were ultimately headed but I felt sure they wouldn't end up in dead end receptacles.

I didn't like it and I wasn't pleased to see it … but there it was, bigger than day and un-ignorable. It had my attention and ~ ratso fratso damn ~ it pointed in the one direction I didn't want to go: … toward the astral. I whined before I considered the trail of clues.

Underground was symbolic … this was a dimensional portal, replete with pathways. To say it was angry would be an understatement … my take was that it was steeped in bloodlust and malice. Moreover, that the entire network was a conduit, frantically transmitting highly charged emotions and thought forms, meant it existed in relationship to something other.

The hole marked a hairball dot ~ a terminal of manifestation in 3d. The system's branches demonstrated how the invisible links operated. The driving force that permeated the vision was a great sense of urgency. That sense was key to my understanding. *Big Eureka Moment*

The system had a limited window of opportunity! It had a quantum structure! This was entanglement ~ astral entanglement ~ in action!