A Resonant Bridge

When I tell people I'm thinking and writing about resonance, many say, "Oh yea, like the Takoma Narrows Bridge!"



Interestingly, Takoma Narrows isn't an example of resonance, but rather of harmonically- reinforced chaos. There was no vibrational source, only the powerful stimulus of the wind that caused the harmonic and then chaotic reaction of the bridge. This could be argued further...

But I'd like to talk about resonance itself as a potential bridge between the mechanical (Newton), relativistic (Einstein), and quantum mechanical (Heisenberg and Schrodinger) universes. Unhappily I don't have the scientific or mathematical background to "prove" that resonance is a bridge between these three radically different ways of looking at the universe. But here's a broad outline of my thinking.

First, Newton's view of the universe was a culmination of the scientific view that reason, observation, and mechanical cause and effect are the only "true" reality, and completely seperate from our perception and consciousness of what we're observing. The universe acts according to universal laws which we experience from the outside.

Einstein brought consciousness somewhat into this picture, by showing that our experience of time changes when our speed relative to each other becomes very high. He was still operating under the presumption, however, that things were potentially certain -- all you had to do was find the right mathematical equations with which to express them.

Then, Heisenberg and Schrodinger, among many others, showed that reality itself changes when we observe it. In the world of quantum mechanics, consciousness is at the center of reality, whereas, in Newton's world, it was completely separate from it. Subsequent to their basic formulations, others found that the intention of the observer influenced what was being observed.

I'm not suggesting, like some have, that the only reality is in our consciousness. But I am saying that it's a two-way communication between observed and observer, and that the effectiveness of that communication depends on its resonant qualities: the energy and coherence of the sender, and the sensitivity and tuning of the receiver.

"Effectiveness of that communication?" More on this in subsequent posts, but my presumption is that we are in constant two-way communication with the world around us, at a myriad of different frequencies and through many different types of energy. Our understanding of and ability to use resonance can make us better senders and receivers; more attuned to and better able to influence what goes on inside of us, with other people, and with our environment.

Becoming more resonant can take place in many different ways, along a rich braided network of different paths. But the first step is developing awareness of the vibratory and energetic resonances we create and experience (1) within ourselves, (2) with others, and (3) with the environment. Maybe the best place to start developing that awareness, given the longevity and credibility of "objective" science, is by observing and cataloging resonance "out there," in the universe, at all frequencies.

So that's where we'll start.