Theos-Talk Archives (May 2000 Message tt00201)

In a message dated 05/20/00 12:17:57 PM, ecarpent@co.la.ca.us writes:

>Tobias Dantzig, beloved mathematician historian of Einstein, wrote  
>that unlike the common belief that mathematics is metaphor for al
>the physic world, the reverse is true. THE PHYSICAL WORLD IS 
>METAPHOR FOR THE WORLD OF MATHEMATICS.
>  Sorry to shout, but it is an incredibly important statement
>if true.  I think Heisenberg would agree as would Whitehead. 

Gratuitous qualifying of an "authority" and "shouting" may intimidate, but it 
can never convince anyone of anything.:-) 

Why is such a one sided statement so "incredibly important"?  To my mind it 
is simply an opinionated rhetorical ploy... Since, it implies an unfounded 
denial, and fails to consider that both statements may be true and do not 
contradict each other.  As it stands, true or not, what does this tell us 
other than confirming the idea, as Pythagorus observed, that "the universe 
geometrizes" -- or, should we say, "mathematizes"?

That's obvious... Since, in the beginning and at the end of universal 
manifestation, as well as in the absolute before and after, ALL is both ONE 
and MANY -- as HPB pointed out.  Accordingly, we could say, as she further 
implied, that the physical world is not the metaphor for the mathematical 
world, nor is mathematics the metaphor for the physical world, but that they 
are each the metaphor for the other, as well as, together, for BOTH the 
noumenal and the phenomenal worlds.  This could be a far more important and 
profound statement from the standpoint of theosophical as well as 
mathematical and scientific reality, don't you think?  I think that Einstein, 
Heisenberg, Bohr, Bohm, Whitehead, and even Newton would agree.  

It's too bad that most establishment scientists don't yet recognize the 
reality of the noumenal world as a direct reflection of the phenomenal world, 
and vice versa. If they did, they would have already crossed the bridge over 
the chasm between spirit (consciousness), mind (thought) and matter 
(brain-body), and mathematically as well as scientifically proven a "unified 
theory of everything" -- (for which, incidentally, HPB and the Masters have 
already given them all the ammunition they need). 

LHM


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