Of Pendulums, Meditation and Science

All is vibration.

Mystics from around the world have often repeated that, and modern quantum physics would agree.


If you put two pendulum clocks on a wall the pendulums will soon swing back and forth in harmony. Put a third clock on the same wall and it will match the rhythm of the others more quickly. Science calls this synchronization of movement rhythm entrainment. Entrainment can be observed in atoms in a crystal and planets in space.


We humans vibrate in a rhythm of about 7 beats a second, a function of our heart pushing blood through our veins. Our brains produce waves (vibrations) of several types, and deep meditative states have been shown to alter these waves, reducing some wavelengths and increasing others.

The presence of an enlightened person can affect those around him by this property of rhythm entrainment.


In his book "Stalking the Wild Pendulum" Itzhak Bentov notes that an oscillator (vibrating object such as an atom, pendulum or human) will have a velocity of zero for an instant at each end of its' motion. By Heisenberg's uncertainty principle (not generally considered to apply to things larger than the atomic level), if velocity is zero then position becomes indefinite. The potential position of the object is anywhere or everywhere.

Bentov then uses this gap in "solid" reality to postulate that this expansion into infinity at the end points of oscillation indeed takes place and that each and every bit of matter expands to join the infinite universe in a pulsation on the atomic level occuring many trillions of times each second. The same concept, seen from the opposite angle, would have the entire universe flashing into each bit of matter at the same rate.


There is a universal sound, vibration, known to mystics as Om (Aum, Ohm). In Bentov's terms this absolute oscillation is the basic harmony that spiritual seekers attempt to entrain with.

To attain cosmic consciousness
..... or to have cosmic consciousness attain them.



ShaktiNode.com, the companion to this blog, is a brief directory of websites that in one way or another expand the concept of spiritual energy - Shakti. There are commentary, quotes, and ideas that might get you thinking. Shakti Node Directory



XSVS.com is a selected directory of websites by and about scientists who have refused to remove the spiritual from their studies. The result is a more whole approach to science, and a more whole view of humanity. Spirit Science directory


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