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Last August, the distinguished physicist Fred Alan Wolf, known for his participation in the film What the Bleep Do We Know?, paid a visit to Chile. “Dr. Quantum,” as he signs his books, came to participate in the seminar “The Power of Thought,” the organizers of which had spoken to him about my work on bio-photons, natural health, quantum physics and morals, which caught his attention, and he wanted to meet me. I viewed this as a very special gesture, since “scientists” generally are not interested in opening their minds to new perspectives and are very resistant to conversing as equals with a researcher who does not form part of their circle. Of course, Dr. Wolf is not a run-of-the-mill scientist, so we got along quite well. Since he has studied quantum physics for a great part of his life and through it has found wisdom in certain ancient knowledge and in philosophy – we can apply the following maxim to him, “a little knowledge makes a man intelligent, but deep knowledge makes him humble.” He seemed to me to be a happy man, with the healthy curiosity of a child, which is a great indicator of the honest intentions of one who wishes to dig into the mysteries of life.
We had an intense conversation and Dr. Wolf was especially interested in understanding the concept of morals based on natural laws, which I have formulated in my works and which has given rise to a new scientific discipline recognized by the Russian academies. It is interesting to observe how certain concepts that can be demonstrated with laboratory experiments can nonetheless be difficult to explain, especially from one language to another. With regard to the semantics of some terms we had to make an effort in order to discuss morality in the sense that a thing can be negative or positive, depending on whether it is in harmony or disharmony with the laws of nature. His reasoning was very interesting. He held, basically, that it is not possible to establish an objective parameter in this regard, given that the observer would always influence the phenomenon that he studies, which is certainly true. In fact, one of the principles postulated in my works is based on this very point: the necessity to reach a high level of consciousness in which we experience reality without interference from our ego, a level of consciousness that permits impersonality, which is indeed possible. This is how I explained it to Dr. Wolf, who was very interested and affirmed his desire to go more deeply into this matter by reading my book Morals for the 21st Century.
On a personal level, as a filmmaker, I found very engaging what he shared with me about his experience in making What the Bleep . . . and he agreed completely that, though in general it is a remarkable work, certain ideas or experiments that are shown in it are not scientifically rigorous. An example would be the previously-mentioned experiment with conscious water crystals, and others which correspond to unconscious exaggerations or desires such as those that say that a positive mental attitude or good intentions are enough to reach profound levels of spirituality – at the level of a Buddha. On this point he commented that, since its objective as a film was to captivate large audiences and to make them receptive to innovative ideas, it was necessary to incorporate those elements for purposes of marketing. This is understandable, but also, as I see it, it is important to determine whether it is worthwhile to run the risk that this implies.
This clearly may be a subject to take up calmly at another opportunity.
Tuesday, September 26, 2006 10:15