We Can Only Detect 1/8 of the World Around Us
In the book, Workers of the Life Eternal, dictated by Andre Luiz and psychographed by Francisco (Chico) C. Xavier, a spirit comments on the capabilities of incarnates:
"Notwithstanding the progress of scientific investigation, ordinary humans can currently perceive only about one eight of the plane where they spend their existence. Sight and hearing, the two doors that could expand their intellectual research, continue to be greatly restricted. For instance, let us consider sunlight, which compress the basic colors that can be seen by corporeal eyes. We are only able to see colors that go from red to violet, and most people see nothing past the last five, which are blue, green, yellow, orange and red - they fail to detect indigo and violet. However, there are other colors in the spectrum that correspond to vibrations that the human eye is incapable of detecting. There are infrared and ultraviolet rays, which the human researcher is able to identify imperfectly but is unable to see visibly."[i]
This begs the question of what can't we see? Could we detect other spirits? Could we see the mountains described in the books by Andre Luiz that leads to Nosso Lar?
We are also told that our hearing is extremely limited, able to detect sounds ranging from 16 to 40,000 vibrations per second. Why are we excluded from so much of the universe?
The answer lies in our dense physical bodies. To reincarnate in the physical plane, so we may live to learn, we are subjected to different laws, as described by the same spirit who was talking to Andre Luiz:
"We reside in vibratory realms of a different sort, though we shouldn't be at all surprised. The laws that govern dense matter - the ones we used to experience down on earth - are not the same ones that preside over the phenomena of the quintessential matter that serves as a basis for our transitory manifestations. Only now have incarnate humans begun to perceive certain problems inherent to the atomic energy present on the denser plane where their personality is temporarily located. As you very well notice, the electric discharges of the ethereal atom in our sphere of action make things possible that are nearly inconceivable to the human mind."[ii]
Hence, our world is restricted, much like a playground for elementary school children is the fenced off area for them to play. We are tied to a world which we think has infinite possibilities, for we know no better, but in actuality, is a carefully crafted campus. A facility that gives the aura of complete freedom, but one which is full of bumper guards and foam boundaries, all designed to encapsulate our existence to our little world.
Now look what I find when I look up the term "ethereal atom", at the web site. I found a paper by Dr. Alex Katsman, Senior researcher at Technion - Israel Institute of Technology. From the website “The Campaign for Philosophical Freedom, The secular scientific case for survival after death”. I am partially duplicating the contents for you to determine yourself what others have postulated about the existence of a different world.
The Campaign for Philosophical Freedom
Thus, the parallel, ethereal world has the following features:
1)
The speed of light is much higher, than in our world, eq.(7);
2)
Typical frequencies of elementary particles (photons, electrons, protons, neutrino, etc.,) are much higher than the corresponding ones in our world, eqs.(9), (13), (19);
3)
Planck's constant is much smaller, eq.(8);
4)
Masses of elementary particles as well as atoms are much smaller, eq.(10);
5)
Elementary charge is the same, eq.(6);
6)
The structure of atoms: size, geometry and energy spectrum of atoms are the same as in our world;
7)
Ethereal solid, liquid and gaseous matter can be formed from ethereal atoms in the same manner as in our world;
8)
Ethereal photons as well as the other ethereal elementary particles are invisible to us because of their high frequencies; this is true also for ethereal atoms and for solid matter built from these atoms.
The last statement should be considered the most carefully because of its great importance. It is based on the assumption that the world has a fully wave nature, and all elementary particles are constructed from photon-like or neutrino-like particles with zero rest mass. In this case, two different wave objects may occupy the same place. They influence each other, leading to an interference picture, only in the case where their frequencies are similar. In the quantum mechanics language the condition for mutual influence of atoms is the appropriate frequencies of the electromagnetic fields carried by the photons which are absorbed and emitted by those atoms.
In ordinary life we feel surrounding things due to electromagnetic interaction between our own atoms (in our eyes, skin, and neurons, for example) and photons emitted by atoms of surrounding bodies. Since our atoms cannot absorb photons emitted by ethereal atoms, the ethereal world is invisible to us.
The second type of interaction we have with surrounding bodies is gravitational. We feel the attraction of the Earth, and most likely the main reason for our need of energy is the necessity to overcome the force of gravitation. It is interesting to note that the evolution of life on Earth can be considered as a history of struggle for food that, in turn, is required for the energy needed to overcome gravitation! All our digestive, blood and respiratory systems are needed to provide energy for muscle systems - again - to overcome gravitation!
In the supposed ethereal world, the gravitational forces are very weak. Actually, the gravitational force between two bodies, is proportional to the product of their masses, m1m2, and in the ethereal world it will be n4 times less than the force between analogous bodies in our world. It means that living etherians, if they exist, don't need energy to overcome gravitational attraction.
What would life be like in the ethereal world? We may suppose that etherians have no problems with food because they don't need nearly as much energy as Earth people. They may possibly receive appropriate chemical energy (mainly for brain and nervous activity) immediately from electromagnetic fields (fluxes of ethereal photons) and neutrino flows. If so, they don't need digestive and blood systems, nor a respiratory system. They can move very quickly because of the absence of gravitational forces and atmosphere resistance, small mass and high light velocity. So, they have no problems with territory and do not struggle for their existence. At least, not in the same way as in our world.[iii]
The website above has no connection with Spiritism. The author, Dr. Katsman, describes spirit life very similar as Andre Luiz describes his life:
1. No problems with food. Intake is miniscule compared to us.
2. Ability to move quickly
3. Not affected by gravity
4. No need for digestive or respiratory system. I have not seen this directly stated, but given the ability to travel through space and at speed greater that our speed of light, I would think this would be a distinct possibility.
Sometimes we fall into the trap that our current level of science can explain everything. The correct notion is that we are still woefully ignorant of many phenomena.
Spiritism is based on the foundation of Science, Philosophy and Religion. Spiritism is a dynamic doctrine. It has three aspects that work together to provide the scaffolding which encompass the ever growing pool of knowledge.
First is science. This is the area which certainly would have the most doubters. Rightly so, for nothing has been proven to date. Modern society accepts people’s belief in God, but only as a nod to those that need it.
Second is philosophy. The Spirits’ Book laid the foundation for the relationship between the spirit world and the physical world. The eternal questions of our creation, our creator, our destiny and our soul are all covered within Spiritism.
Third is religion. To be clear, Spiritism does not consider itself to be a religion. Spiritism is a Doctrine. A way of life. There are no rites, no churches or temples, and no one who would function as a priest.
There is a moral code. A set of Divine Laws that is implanted into each us so we may instinctively sense the right path. Whereas, our desire for material goods often masks our good intentions, we do realize what we should or should not have done. And this is precisely the basis for our struggle on earth.
Once we are able to follow the road of love, charity, and selflessness we shall leave this period of our education and begin the next.
Learn more about the Spirit realm, read my book 51 Disclosures from Spiritism – The 3rd Revelation.
[[i]] Xavier, F.C. Workers of the Life Eternal, EDICEI, p. 197 [[ii]] Xavier, F.C. Workers of the Life Eternal, EDICEI, p. 196 [[iii]] The Campaign for Philosophical Freedom, “PHYSICAL MODEL OF THE PARALLEL ETHEREAL WORLD”, n.d., http://www.cfpf.org.uk/articles/rdp/physicalmodel.html (accessed June28, 2015)