NMT (No-Me Teaching) new series 18:
Prior
to excerpting the other Ramana Maharshi disciple in the text below we continue
the series: Fine-Tuned Universe 11,
the premise that a small change in several of the dimensionless fundamental
physical constants would make the Universe incapable of Life.
Fine-Tuned
Universe 11:
[In the unreal reflection called the
"Universe", a product of an unreal Mind, even there, Infinite
Intelligence is evident and inspiring.]
"It may be necessary for the Universe to have the enormous
size and complexity which modern Astronomy has revealed, in order for the Earth
to be possible habitation for living beings." Eric Mascall
Large Numbers:
Eminent Physicists such as Paul Dirac & Arthur Eddington essentially
embarrassed themselves in the eyes of their peers when they dabbled in a
virtual numerological fascination
with coincidental relationships that
could be drawn between fundamental constants in Physics. A more contemporary
set of insights began with Robert Dicke’s early 1960’s studies of Einstein’s
Gravity and the constant G. His early deduction was that the Dirac–Eddington large numbers: 1040, 1080, & 10120 related to the number of particles in the Universe (Eddington claimed the number of Protons was
1080). Indeed and there was a WAP Weak Anthropic Principle (as it was later termed by Brandon Carter)
“backwards” dependence on the existence of Intelligent Life. The numbers of
particles and related size of the Universe would over the course of Time range
from far less to far more than we see today. And yet the large number coincidences include Time & Size:
present Universe temperature in terms of Planck Temperature – 10–30
present Universe age in Planck Time-units – 1060
present Universe size in Planck Length-units –
1060
present Universe mass in Planck Mass-units – 1060
present Universe density in terms of Planck Density – 10–120
Needless to say, however valid the striking “round-number”
quality of the numbers, this must rely on our arbitrary decimal 10-base system for values and ratios of this sort. Unless
we want to include 10-digit anatomy into the Anthropic Principle basket, not much can be made of this. The
narrow-range coincidences that
followed these early speculations have more potential significance. Then again
the run of 1060’s in 3 of the Planck units have some relative impact,
as well as the fact that square root of
(1/1060) yields the Temperature term, while the square yields the Density term.
An earlier Universe could not have supported Life, nor could
a much older Universe. For the former scenario, Billions of years of Main Star
sequence are required by Stellar nucleo-synthesis for heavier (than Helium) life-critical elements C,
N, O, and P. Numerous more complex, anthropic,
narrow-range, coincidental requirements
further append, such as Neutrino characteristics and availability as just one
aspect of super-nova dispersion of
those heavier elements. For the latter issue, our Sun for instance will “soon”
(in cosmic Time) grow too cold for
Life on Earth even as a Red Giant our Sun expands to engulf the Earth.
So the fact that we are here today to discuss the matter
“necessitates” that the numbers we
see today are as they are. This Goldilocks
fit between ourselves and our “nest” could alternatively be described in
terms of the age of the Universe, the value of fundamental force parameters,
the nature of the Big Bang, and so on. Thus the incredible coincidences we see in Physics do “depend” on us because unless
they happen to be what they are, we wouldn’t be here to discuss it all. As to
how such “coincidences” (including many more amazing ones to be soon
mentioned) can be understood in Probability, 3 options remain:
1) sheer
freak – Chance
2)
kazillions of other universes exhibit
all possible combinations, and we simple are in the one, or one of those that
permit Intelligent Life a – Multi–Verse ensemble
3) the game is fixed – Intelligent Design by a deity or cosmic
intelligence, advanced alien fabricating
physically or virtually in a computer
simulation, those later aliens possibly some Future physical
beings (other than our virtual
descendents).
Naturally,
from these 3 alternatives we find 3 camps: the apathetic skeptic who accepts
the long odds without further curiosity; the spatial or serially temporal Multi-Verse & Many Worlds speculators (isn’t
that asking a lot, a kazillion unprovable universes?); those who insist Design must remain on the table and
cannot be rejected, out of hand, due to personal bias.
Similar as
it is to previous speculations by Dirac, Eddington, and others, Dicke’s
calculated prime-time star-life,
supporting Life and supporting more of a rationale, proceeded as:
t* @ (h c/G Mp2) (h/ Mp
c2 ) @ 1040 x 10–23 sec @ 10 Billion yrs
Dicke’s insight totally turned
around the many critics of Dirac
& Eddington linking of the
“large numbers” with current age of the Universe. This seemed so arbitrary to
Physicists like Edward Milne who saw no special uniqueness in our own Time. Nor
did Dicke validate the Dirac –Eddington misapplication of the Universe’s
current age, but instead put the Anthropic
coincidence on a solid basis, while at the same time setting the stage for
others to carefully scrutinize nucleo-synthesis in super-novae & earlier all the way back to the Big Bang.
From investigations of this sort many truly narrow-range coincidences did come to light.
So we are throw back to the
hypothesis that 1040 is simply the largest number the almighty God
could write during the 1st Day of Creation. an atheist satire from
jokester George Gamow,
The Self is Peace and Happiness. Realizing Peace and
Happiness within you is the true realization of the Self. You cannot
distinguish between Peace. Happiness, and the Self. They are not separate
aspects. You have this idea that Peace and Happiness is within you, so you make
some effort to find it there, but at the moment it is still only an idea for
you. So, ask yourself, "To whom does this idea come ? Who has this idea ?" You must pursue this line if you want to have
the idea replaced by the experience. Peace is not an idea, nor is it something
that comes and goes. We are always That.
So, remain as That. You have no Birth
and no Death, no bondage and no freedom. It is perpetual Peace, and it is free
from all ideas. The "I am the Body" idea is what is concealing it.
This is what has to go.
The idea "I am the Body" is not there during
sleep. Everyone enjoys sleeping, and the reason we enjoy it is because there
are no thoughts there. It is the
there during sleep. Everyone enjoys sleeping, and the reason
we enjoy it is because there are no thoughts there. It is the thoughts that
arise subsequently that cause us all our trouble. There is no separate entity during
sleep because no thought has arisen to create the image of one. When waking
comes, this first rising thought, ‘I am the body’, brings separation, doubts 72
and confusion. If you can be without it in the waking state there will be_ the
knowledge, ‘I am Ramana, I am Arunachala. Everything is myself.‘ Ram, Krishna ,
etc., are all you. It isjust this limiting ‘I am the body’ thought that keeps
this knowledge, this awareness from you. In the waking state, the jnani has no
limiting thoughts, no ego that identifies with a name and a fonn. His state is
crystal clear. Ramana Bhagavan had no ego, no limiting thoughts, which is why
he knew himself to be this peace, this happiness.
Grace is always present, always available, but for it to be
effective, one must be in a state to receive it and make full use of it. If you
want to take a full cup of water from
a lake, you have fully to immerse the cup first. If you want
to fill your mind with grace, submerge it fully in the Self. In that place the
Grace will manifest in you as Peace and Happiness.
"When the sun comes up, does darkness disappear
suddenly or gradually ?" Bhagavan, speaking on this topic, once remarked:
"Someone mistakes a rope hanging
in the darkness for a snake. He then
asks how many years it will take for the snake
to die." If the Mind does not
exist, it cannot die either quickly or slowly.
All the information the Mind accumulates & all the
experiences it collects are ignorance, false knowledge. Real knowledge cannot be found in the Mind or
in any external location. Don't be
interested in the words that the Mind is serving up for you. It is putting them there to tempt you into a
stream of thoughts that will take you away from the Self. You have to ignore them all & focus on
the light that is shining within you.
The substratum upon which the false idea of the Mind has
been superimposed is the Self. When you
see the Mind, the Self, the underlying substratum, is not seen. It is hidden by
a false but persistent idea. And
conversely, when the Self is seen there is no Mind.
This habit of believing the 'I am the body' idea has become
very strong because you have reinforced & strengthened it over many
lifetimes. This will go if you meditate
on your real Self. The habit will melt
away, like ice becoming water.
The Mind only gets dissolved in the Self by constant practice. At the moment the, 'I am the body' idea
disappears, just as darkness disappears when the Sun rises.
The body is not the Self; the Mind is not the Self. The real
'I' is the Self, & nothing ever happens to or affects the Self.
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