Ontological Anarchy, Quantum Physics and Judaism
As background
to Ontological Anarchy please see:
Having
considered the concepts of Ontological Anarchy and Quantum Physics, at least
briefly; we can now tie them to Judaism.
It
might seem that if we accept that Anarchy is ontological then we have to reject
the set Laws in Torah. Or, if we accept that the universe is ruled by the Laws
in Torah, then we cannot posit ontological Anarchy.
One or the other needs to go. Right?
I think not.
Remember
that all of the letters in Hebrew are numerical values. Since numerical values
all have an infinite number of substitution values; it is true that there is always an infinite number of alternative, equivalent
readings of the Torah effective.
See: The Imperative of Moral Mathematics
-and-
– The Unending One
In
other words, we have to start to think of that which is written in Torah in a "quantum"
manner, to describe the thinking in modern jargon. We are used to thinking of
Torah "collapsed" into one possibility of reading/computation, but in
reality it is in infinite states of reading/computation and availing
itself of infinite interpretation always. It is we who solidify it into
one state when we observe it in a state of mochin katnut (restricted
consciousness in Aramaic), even as we do the very same to the physical world
when we train our consciousness on it.
As background
to the following discussion please see:
Anarchy and the
Spiritual Quest
http://tinyurl.com/mr9pk
Our
consciousness is, in large part, predicated upon our interactions with others
in society. As we relate to one another, so we conceptualize and take
cognizance of the phenomena presented to our consciousness, or more correctly,
take cognizance of the fact that our consciousness is producing that which is
presented to it. It is generally accepted that how we use language
determines our consciousness, that consciousness is a function of linguistics.
Looking deeper into the matter; it will become apparent that our language is
nothing other than memeplexes - that is our conceptual inheritance, the ways in
which we were taught from infancy to relate to other human beings, as those who
came before us did. Among the media of exchange of this information are
language; observable behavior among people: caring or indifference, deference
to some, lack of respect for others, addressing some by their titles,
addressing others by their proper names, not addressing some at all and so on;
the way in which we relate to others' material substance.
If we wish to
perceive תורה in its "quantum"
majesty, if we wish to the following passage from Henry David Thoreau's WALDEN
to apply to us, as תורה-living Jews: "He will put
some things behind, will pass an invisible boundary; new, universal, and more
liberal laws will begin to establish themselves around and within him; or the
old laws be expanded, and interpreted in his favor in a more liberal sense, and
he will live with the license of a higher order of beings" ; it is imperative that
we build a society that allows us to relate to one another in far more cooperative,
expansive, creative ways.
Doreen Ellen
Bell-Dotan, Tzfat (Safed),
[email protected] - עברית