Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.3 4.3bsd-beta 6/6/85; site busch.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxr!mhuxn!ihnp4!nwuxg!cuuxc!cuuxb!ltuxa!mgnetp!we53!busch!mte From: mte@busch.UUCP (Moshe Eliovson) Newsgroups: net.physics Subject: questions: light, time, psychic phenomenon Message-ID: <448@busch.UUCP> Date: Fri, 12-Jul-85 02:37:29 EDT Article-I.D.: busch.448 Posted: Fri Jul 12 02:37:29 1985 Date-Received: Sun, 7-Jul-85 05:46:33 EDT Organization: Anheuser-Busch Companies - St. Louis Missouri Lines: 39 I was kind of surprised when I read this group for the first time and found the Uri Geller articles in it. I'm curious about a few things and hope to interest you in them for my sake. Having read alot of sf and fantasy novels there seems to be a difference in opinion regarding time, ie- is it an element or dimension. Perhaps light is used in an ill fitting context when describing jumps to hyper-space etc? What is the exact connection between other dimensions and time. Back when Rubik's cube came out there was this kid who said that taking it into the 4th or 5th dimension would ease the solution of the puzzle. Some of the great Jewish mystics who studies kabbala, or Jewish mysticism centuries ago highly praised the study of mathematics and meta-physics. While I see the connection, I would like a quick overview of what meta-physics covers (beyond E=mc2 etc..), which courses lead up to the study of meta-physics and an estimate of what kind of difficulty this study has. Having always been fascinated with magic and psychic phenomenon it really was nice to take a few courses in Chinese meditation. These were given by my karate teacher. Basically- the Chinese martial arts consider "soft" techniques aswell as hard. There are breaking techniques done by touch- not loud, yell, break your arm and 15 tiles stuff. Just: pick up a rock, meditate with it, get to know it- saturate it with your chi (your own life force) see the break work and then do it. So far this is the closest thing to magic that I've seen in our mundane world. It's a real experience to see someone take a concrete slab and have it break at their touch. Aspiring towards this I studied the meditation and joined this with my study of Tai-Chi-Chuan which is a soft form of Chinese martial arts. It's interesting to learn of energy channels and meridians throughout the body- which can be used for health purposes as well as self-defense. The flow of chi, energy, is a tangible thing after an indefinite period of practice and development. I would welcome further discussion regarding this. Moshe Eliovson {ihnp4, allegra}!we53!busch!mte