Trick wrote:. We are slowed down sound and light waves, a walking bundle of frequencies tuned into the cosmos. We are souls dressed up in sacred biochemical garments and our bodies are the instruments through which our souls play their music./Albert
is there any need to go further than so?
Well, yes. Maybe Albert said that, but Einstein didn't, and never would because his own theories deny it. Otoh, if it's a metaphor, it doesn't really lead to any useful conclusions for a physicist or a philosopher.
For ex., light doesn't always move at the "c" (speed of light/causality constant). Through water or air, etc., it travels slower, but it's always light; it doesn't transform. The same is true for sound, which according to "Albert" must be slowed down light --what else? Humans are 60% water; is water slowed down light or sound? I don't think that makes sense.
Sometimes people turn physics into metaphysics and then ridicule mystics and New Agers. Afa Feynman's point about knowing "what" energy is, that doesn't prove anything about anything else, generally. And, Feynman is renowned for his work in theoretical quantum physics/mechanics. That's the subatomic (seemingly irrational) world that Einstein had problems with. (Where he said "God does not play dice.")
Ok, the op asks what energy is. How about describing what energy is not. Are we or are we not energy? (Oh, I'm happy to conclude that everything is energy, but then what?). What part of us (or a puppy) is NOT energy dressed up in sacred biochemical garments through which our souls play their music?
Is qi energy? Maybe, but just because we can't define either qi or energy means that qi "is" energy. We don't have to say that it's not, or use it as if it were. It's just undetermined, but generally harmless to believe.
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