Reference: Postulate Mechanics

The Unknowable

Beyond knowable, there is Unknowable. There can only be a vague sense of the Unknowable. We become aware only when we sense something and are able to interpret it correctly. 

To know the unknowable, one has to postulate what may be there. We know what impinges on our senses by symbolizing it and giving it meaning. Reality is established by the oneness (continuity, consistency and harmony) of all that we postulate. We cannot know more than the meanings we assign. 

When we look at the dichotomy “Creator-creation,” we find both of these items in the category of knowable. Similarly, both items of the dichotomy, “Cause-effect,” are in the category of knowable. Again, both items of the dichotomy “Spiritual-physical” are knowable. Actually, the whole Universe is knowable. When it comes to Unknowable, we simply cannot talk about it.

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Notes

It is an error to think that there was nothingness or some identity in the beginning. There is a phenomenon we know nothing about. There is only some primitive awareness of sensation and postulate followed by  perception. Out of that come identities. Identities are then aware of the harmonics of those sensations, postulates and perceptions.

All we can say that from Unknowable comes awareness, postulates, and the assimilation of those postulates into perception. This is the basic mechanism of this universe.

Fundamental awareness is made up of sensations. An identity is a composite of sensations. Where those sensations and identity come from, we do not know. When we are trying to understand ourselves, we are basically trying to understand the sensations that constitute us.

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Please see PREFACE: Basic Definitions

Preface

This book explores the universe through basic concepts, such as, matter, energy, space and time, and their definitions. These definitions are meant as propositions that offer clarifications to the basic concepts used in physics. They do not change the mathematics of the physical theories.

These definitions interpret empirical observations based on the logic of Oneness. This logic comes from the need to build a complete picture of the universe. It may be described as the constraint of continuity, consistency, and harmony in defining all universal phenomena. This logic was insisted upon by Michael Faraday in his paper, ON THE CONSERVATION OF FORCE, available at the Proceedings of the Royal Institution, Vol. II. p. 352.

Faraday postulated “lines of force” that spread from the centers of the atoms to the far reaches of space. The highly concentrated lines of force at the core of the atom appeared as MASS. The continually lessening concentration of lines of force beyond that core appeared as ENERGY.

Faraday’s concept of FORCE describes how the universe interfaces with our senses. To us, anything substantial enough to be sensed constitutes SUBSTANCE. Thus, Faraday looked at both energy and mass as forms of substance.

Einstein admired Faraday greatly. Fifty years after Faraday implied the equivalence of mass and energy, Einstein established that equivalence mathematically with his theory of relativity. Faraday’s concept of lines of force is still with us in the form of quantum fields.

Presently, we have two fundamental theories in physics:

1. Einstein’s theory of General Relativity
2. Standard Model of Particle Physics.

These two theories are highly successful in explaining the universe; but they are considerably at variance mathematically, when it comes to explaining the phenomenon of gravity. A possibility of resolving this variance exists if we explore Faraday’s notion of the conservation of force.

To Faraday, gravity was inconvertible in its nature and unchangeable in its manifestation. The force of gravity attested to the presence of substance. He was extending the concept of “force” beyond the mathematical definition given to it by Newton. He was expressing it as “oneness of substance.” All force is there. Only the missing force needs to be discovered.

At present, physicists have been wondering about the gravitational phenomena of dark energy and dark matter. We have no clue as to their nature; but since they are detectable as force, the dark energy and dark matter must be some form of substance.

Faraday’s concept of force, makes us see that “thought” is no less a substance than energy and matter. The notion of the “conservation of force,” or the “oneness of substance,” may then be expanded to include “thought.” Thus, thought, energy and matter may be viewed as different forms of substance.

This idea of recognizing “thought” as a substance has far-reaching implications. It opens the door to exciting new investigations.

It is highly recommend that one reads Faraday’s paper, “On the Conservation of Force.” This paper may be found at “https://vinaire.me/2017/10/27/comments-on-faradays-principle-of-force/” with comments.

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