Reference: Postulate Mechanics (PM)
Substantiality means something exists and it can be sensed. Substantiality refers not only to something physical made of matter, but also to something spiritual made of thought. A perception of rose is substantial; but a mental image picture of rose created by imagination is substantial too, because both exist and can be sensed.
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Substance
We may define SUBSTANCE as something substantial enough to be sensed. Generally substance is identified as matter, but substance is more than just matter. Einstein famously showed radiative energy to be equivalent to matter with equation, E = mc2. Experiments have shown that the light from the sun can push a large sail in interplanetary space. Thus, we may place radiation also in the category of substance.
When we think of a rose, and we get a picture of a rose in our mind. This mental image picture exists. It is made up of thought. Thus, we may place thought also in the category of substance.
Postulate Mechanics categorizes substance as follows:
- Matter
- Radiation
- Thought
The self and universe are made up of thought, radiation and matter.
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Consistency
Consistency means a degree of density, firmness, viscosity, etc. Consistency is inherent to substance. Consistence decreases from matter to radiation to thought.
The consistency of matter is referred to as “mass.” Matter is made up of atoms. The nucleus of atom consists of “solid mass”. The surrounded field of electrons consists of “liquid mass.” And the enveloping field of radiation consists of “gaseous mass.” Therefore, from the center of atom to its periphery, we have a gradient of decreasing mass. While the mass decreases the volume increases. It is like equivalent mass being distributed over a larger and larger volume.
When it comes to the “gaseous mass” of radiation, the consistency is so small that it cannot be measured as mass. So, it is measured in terms of “frequency”—mass = 10-50 frequency. On the spectrum of radiation, gamma rays have the highest frequencies—from 1019 Hz to 1024 Hz; and, radio waves have the lowest frequency—from 103 Hz to 1011 Hz.
The science of physics does not acknowledge thought as a substance because it cannot measure it even as a frequency. But, there exists a spectrum of thought in terms of its “weightiness.” We are familiar with fixed, serious thought at one end of the spectrum; and the free flowing, buoyant thought at the other.
According to Postulate Mechanics, consistency decreases from matter to radiation to thought.
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Motion
Motion is also inherent to substance. It is the opposite of consistency. As consistency decreases, motion increases from matter to radiation to thought. It is well known that the speed of light (radiation) is many orders of magnitude faster than that of matter, and thought is comparatively instantaneous.
In case of matter, the black hole at the center of a galaxy has the highest consistency. As the distance from the black hole increases, the mass of the galactic bodies decreases and their inherent motion increases. We observe them rotating around the black hole.
The inherent motion of radiation is many orders of magnitude faster than that of matter, and physics gives it a constant value of 3 × 108 m/s. But, according to Postulate Mechanics, the radio waves may travel faster than the gamma radiation in space.
The inherent motion of thought appears to be instantaneous. If it can be measured, it will be many orders of magnitude faster than that of radiation. Within the spectrum of thought itself, free flowing, buoyant thought may travel faster than the fixed, serious ideas. According to Postulate Mechanics, the motions of the body are generated by infinitesimal changes in the consistency of thought.
Inherent motion increases from matter to radiation to thought.
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Considerations
The major concepts introduced in Chapter 3 are SUBSTANCE, MATTER, RADIATION, THOUGHT, CONSISTENCY and MOTION. These concepts are defined in Glossary: Postulate Mechanics.
- Substantiality manifests as the substance of Universe.
- The substance ranges from matter to radiation to thought.
- Matter has the most consistency and thought has the least.
- Matter has the least motion and thought has the most.
- Matter/radiation are physical; thought is spiritual (mental).
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Comments
Very interesting. I’d never thought of light as substance or a type of ‘matter’.
BTW although I don’t comment often, I want you to know that I read every post. I very much appreciate what you do.
Thank you very much, Anonymous.
Regarding Light. Light is photons, massless “particles” that always travel with a fixed upper ‘speed’ limit = c (186,000 miles per second). Our universe, our reality, adjusts space and time so as to ensure light speed never exceeds c. You see, space-time has a geometry, a structure and this structure of space-time prevents the light speed from exceeding c. The minds of all sentient beings created and create this structure and keep it in place. Rich K
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Regarding light:
The inherent speed of a particle is inversely proportional to its inherent inertia.
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As a rocket launches and speeds up, its inertia decreases proportional to it, but that decrease is so small that it would be very difficult to measure.