Thank you readers for the kind response on the last 4 laws.
So far we had been reading about the way things behave 'within the universe'.
Anything that 'enters' this universe will follow a few basic laws of nature.
It will follow a few common sequences, it will be a system of some sort, is created in some kind of symmetry or balance with something else and will usually be following a direction based on some cosmic asymmetry (e.g Entropy).
So far so good.
But now i want you to expand your horizon beyond the universe.
The question here is,
What is beyond or 'outside' this observable universe? or does this question even make sense!?
And for that matter,
What exactly does it mean to say something is 'outside' the universe? Does it mean something outside the boundaries of a spherical universe? or does it mean something present in other dimensions. but here with us, around us, in a sense, 'near us'.
It's time to run with your imagination and try to explore all options.
I am convinced of the idea that there is a place 'outside' the observable 'Space-time' universe. The universe we live and interact in is made up of 'Space & time', which i like to call as the 'Host dimensions'. A host within which, various particles exist.
These particles create Matter and all the interactions exist between those particles. Basically imagine the universe like a bowl, sphere or a cube of 'Space & time' and within this cubicle is all the Matter and all the forces (interactions) that exist. In fact, all forces are also exerted by various force carrying particles only (except gravity).
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Continuing ahead, there are actually 2 kinds of particles as per quantum physics and they are known as
1. Fermions and
2. Bosons.
Fermions form matter. They include particles like Quarks, Protons, electrons, positrons, muons and many others. They form the matter that makes atoms and molecules or all materials around us. And Bosons cause force. If a proton or electron attract each other or if molecules of 2 magnets attract or repel each other, or if there is any chemical bond between atoms or molecules etc, that force is because of Bosons. Some of the bosons include particles like Photons, gluons and the recently discovered Higgs boson.
If you want to read more about these 2 kinds of particles at the sub atomic level that form all matter and forces you can click here, & if you are interested to understand deeper about Space-time, Particles and all kinds of Forces (or Interactions). You can read more about the Standard Model of Particle Physics.
In a Nutshell, Most of the reality we experience around us exists and interacts within the Universe. And the Universe is like a Host made up of Space ( x axis, y axis and z axis or length, breadth and height ) and time (unidirectional) inside which Particles exist and forces are exerted on these particles. There are 2 kinds of particles, the matter forming particles called the fermions and the force causing particles known as the bosons. This is how things around us work.
So if this all there is to know, what is 'Outside the Universe' than?!!?!
So far this article is looking more like a Physics Lesson and i have already shared a lot of modern physics concepts with you all. And it must be tough, and may be boring as well, specially if you are not into these subjects or just don't like physics at all like my better half, :p but trust me, it was necessary and it will all start to make sense once you are through the whole thing. In order for you to make better sense of the 5th law, i must give you think background, or else the law will just seem like a made up assertion. Just give me a few more minutes, on this...
Continuing, I wish to share information about 3 more interesting concepts with you using some examples. They are 1. The Nature of empty space, 2. The electron cloud & wave functions and 3. Quantum entanglement observation.
OMG! Too many heavy words, too much physics. I know! But worry not, i will make it extremely simple for you.
Example 1, The Nature of Empty space -- When you see the vacuum of empty space between planets or between distant galaxies, is that vacuum really empty? Short answer is 'No'. Even if you take out all the air, all the light, all the gas and dust, every matter or force carrying particle out of a box and take it somewhere far far away in inter-steller space, so there is nothing inside the box but just some 'empty space'. This Box of empty space will not really be empty. It is observed that out of nowhere, suddenly new virtual particles start to appear in this segment of space, and they appear in pairs, as particle - Anti-particle pairs, only to annihilate with each other and then instantaneously disappear also.
A Cubicle of empty space in the cosmos, is not really empty. On sub atomic scale, Particle keep popping into existence and disappearing all the time. Imagine you are looking inside a box that has nothing in it but darkness. Suddenly out of nowhere, an electron & a positron appear, and then, suddenly they disappear also. There was no way they came inside from the walls of the container, they just popped into existence from 'no body knows where'.
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| Particle clouds of electrons, positrons and many other kind of particles emerging out of nowhere in empty 'Spacetime' and then disappearing like they never existed. |
This is what is observed in empty space, Particles, as if, enter space-time somehow and then leave it. Now 'Is it the property of space, to create new particles? out of nowhere' or may be, these particles come from somewhere 'outside the universe', from some another dimensions of existence into our universe temporarily, as pairs and then disappear as well, going back to those dimensions.
Example 2, The electron cloud or the Wave function -- Some more facts from Modern Quantum Physics here. In the sub - atomic world, at the smallest scales, the sub-atomic particles, e.g Electrons, Positrons etc. show what is called a 'Wave-Particle duality'. Means they don't exist as discrete particles with a specific form or shape. They exist in a superposition, or cloud of probabilities. The same electron is present at many places at the same time. It enters the universe and disappears from it anytime, mostly it is present at many places simultaneously. And only when we 'observe' or in a way 'touch' it (or interact with it) that is when it collapses into 1 particle shaped electron at 1 specific location in 'this universe'. Before being observed it was present in a state of super-position everywhere in a region of 'Spacetime' and not at any 1 location. This region os superposition is called the 'electron cloud' around the atom. The electron is not at any 1 location, it is present everywhere in this cloud. And the position of these sub-atomic particles is stated by using, what is called as a 'Wave-function'. A wave function represents the probability of finding an electron at a specific location within that cloud. We can never be sure where exactly the electron is, because in theory, it is present 'everywhere', but using the wave function we can say with some confidence that if we try to 'interact with it' or 'touch it', it will most likely be at this particular place.
Example 3, Quantum entanglement -- The highest speed with which any particle can travel within the universe is the speed of light denoted as 'c'. The exact value is 299,792,458 metres/second, or 108,00,00,000 Km/hour. Nothing can travel faster than this. When something reaches this speed, Time stops ticking for them, and usually they reach zero size and infinite mass.
Now why did i mention this fact here? Let me share why. In order for any 2 particles to interact, In any manner, something from Particle A must reach Particle B. If you wish to make a call, Your Voice in the form of radio waves must reach from Your phone to your friends' phone. If you wish to Change the TV Channel, the signal (Radio waves) must travel from the remote to the sensor in the set-top box. If you wish to move a particle on Mars, a signal must reach there from earth and the signal will take some time to reach there.
Now Imagine a doctor wants to perform a surgery on mars, sitting on earth. Here's the sequence of events.
How much time it took from the surgeon first thinking to move the joystick in his hand to the remote machine finally moving on Mars? Well it takes approximately 3.11 minutes for the signal to reach Mars. Add to it the other time spans, of moving the joystick and the machine on both ends. Means once you move your instruments here, the instruments on Mars won't be affected until ~3 minutes later. Same is when you are watching a LIVE cricket match on TV. It is usually 5 to 7 seconds delayed from the actual event on the ground. Nothing can be LIVE. It is because nothing can travel faster than the speed of light. If there is an explosion on the sun, there is no way in this universe we can know about it before 8 minutes 30 seconds have passed, because light takes that much time to reach us from the sun.
With this background in mind it is clear that there is no way information of an event can reach form 1 part of the universe to another faster than 108,00,00,000 Km/hour.
Now comes Quantum Entanglement in picture, to break this law...
It has been observed that sub atomic particles (like electrons or protons) exist in 'Entangled' pairs. In fact when 2 particles emerge in the emptiness in space ( as explained in example 1), they are usually an entangled pair. What does it mean to be 'Entangled?'.
In simple terms, this means that if any 1 of them is 'touched' or disturbed in any way, the other one of the entangled pair 'instantaneously' moves or changes behavior. And this interaction is 'Instant' for real, In a way LIVE! There is not time delay. This is indifferent from the distance between those 2 particles. For example if there were 2 entangled electrons on earth, and we take 1 of them in a spaceship to Mars. If then 1 of them is disturbed on earth, the other one is instantaneously, disturbed on Mars. There is no delay of 3 minutes. As if they were not even separated by space, it looks like they are still 'together' and not miles apart. As if both of them are 'connected' somehow, 'beyond the universe'.
And this instant connections works across infinite distance also. Distance is irrelevant here. If one electron is on earth and the other one is in some other galaxy in some other part of the universe, they will still move simultaneously if 1 of them is disturbed. How is this possible? How does the electron placed billions of light years away come to 'know' that it's entangles pair has been moved or disturbed, even when no signal can reach so far instantaneously from 'inside the universe'.
This was called 'Spooky action at a distance' by Albert Einstein and even today scientists are not sure about how and why 'Quantum entanglement' works. Also, many electrons, can be entangled together, it doesn't have to be a pair of 2 electrons only, It can be a bunch of say, 500 entangles electrons and they will all be affected instantaneously if 1 of them is.
This works across both Space & time. Since time passes at different speeds for everyone in the universe (General relativity), Means let's say 1 particle is on Earth in 2021 and the other one is on some other Planet (e.g Play X) where time passes faster and hence may be that planet is now in future w.r.t us, and say they are in year 3045 AD w.r.t earth time, then if a particle on earth in 2021 is moved, the particle on Planet X in year 3045 is also affected. This attachment of entangled particles exists instantaneously as if there was no Space-time between them. As if they were all 'One' and 'connected' outside of 'Spacetime' (the universe).
In fact, one theory in Particle physics known as the '1 Electron hypothesis' states that there is only 1 electron in the entire universe. It asserts that there is 1 'electron field' or the same single electron that enters Space & time at different places to give us the illusion that there are many different electrons in the universe existing at many places and different times. All this is super fascinating if you think about it. It is just that 1 electron and we 'observe it as many' of them in different atoms and molecules. Can you imagine the entire Sun which we believe is made up of Quadrillions of Hydrogen atoms with Multi Quadrillions of electrons in it, is actually just made up of 1 single electron that is showing multiple copies of itself in different parts of Space-time from the north pole of the sun to the south. This is mind boggling to imagine and is one of the mainstream theories of Modern Physics.
And here i finish the examples, Phew!!
With all these examples and explanations, I have given you enough background about what I wish to express to you all through the '5th law'. The 5th law is quite simple, but at the same time quite a deep concept. If i had to just written what exactly is the '5th law' directly without these examples and explanations, it would have looked like a spiritual assertion made without any proof or logic. I wanted all my readers to have a deeper understanding of the ways our universe works so they can be very confident about what they say and believe in. I want you to have a scientific approach to understanding new concepts.
And i suppose i have given you a good understanding on the background needed to understand the 5th law of cosmos.
And i believe this article so far had a little too much of information packed in just a few paragraphs and hence i decided to split the Article into 2 parts.
This 1st part gives you a needed background and understanding about what i am going to assert or mention as the 5th law os nature and in the 2nd part, i talk about the law only. I assure you there won't be this much physics in the next part and you will thank me for sharing these examples before the main article.
We will focus on the law and it's meaning. We will see it's correlation with Astrology and much more.
I hope you will love part 2 of this article and i am sure many of you already have an idea about where we are heading with this background. Can you guess what the 5th law might be? with this background knowledge we discussed so far, ... I am sure you can make a good guess ...
Let me know your prediction about it in the comments,
And if you have any questions about the content shared so far, you can ask them in the comment section as well. Feel free to share you views and to share this article with other like minded Astrology lovers as well.
See you soon on the other side, in part 2,
Until then,
Yours truly
Dr. Rohit Sharma
'thecosmicdoctor'
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