ZPF

There is a great deal of patience required to wrap your head around the topics of this article, and even then it is still a bit over my head. To understand or follow a subject such as Zero Point Field takes an open mind and a completely different way of thinking about how we view everything we've ever known, and trying to look at the universe from a totally new perspective, which is difficult. It's like saying "Ok, take everything you've ever learned in your entire life, and throw it out the window, because it's wrong." In Haisch's article, he explains that every bit of light is a product of the negative space of the Zero Point Field, since it is a vacuum of all that we know to be matter. --

"The fact that the zero-point field is the lowest energy state makes it unobservable. We see things by way of contrast. The eye works by letting light fall on the otherwise dark retina. But if the eye were filled with light, there would be no darkness to afford a contrast. The zero-point field is such a blinding light. Since it is everywhere, inside and outside of us, permeating every atom in our bodies, we are effectively blind to it. It blinds us to its presence. The world of light that we do see is all the rest of the light that is over and above the zero-point field."

I think this topic really pushes the boundaries of our class' focus, but at the same time presents us with yet another way to view our world from a different lens: the computer I type this on is in motion. Every bit of matter is in constant motion down to the smallest bit of molecular structure, and all of the matter in our known universe is tied together, but its only the residual effects which we see due to the ZPF theory. Naturally this ties in to our class focus of altered states because everything we know can instantly be flipped upside down, and opportunities to view any knowledge of ourselves and our universe is now up for question. I wonder when (if Haisch is still working towards proving) the ZPF could be explained in more practical terms, such as real world examples not drawn from the cosmos. Perhaps that would give us non-astrophysicists a better chance to wrap our heads around this overwhelming subject! :)