In 1905, Einstein published two articles on the Special Theory of Relativity. He completed his first paper in June, on the properties of light and time. Then just three months later he finished a second, shorter article—essentially an addendum to his previous paper—describing a "very interesting conclusion" about energy. Einstein went on to present his findings mathematically: energy (E) equals mass (m) times the speed of light (c) squared (2), or E=mc2.
The secret the equation revealed—that mass and energy are different forms of the same thing—had eluded scientists for centuries. Einstein expected both of these revolutionary 1905 papers to arouse a lively debate among physicists. But for months, the often conservative scientific community was silent, and Einstein was disappointed by the lack of response. His isolation did not last long, however: by 1906, physicists from around Europe were journeying to Switzerland to discuss this intriguing new theory with the 27-year-old patent clerk.
"Everything is energy and that's all there is to it. Match the frequency of the reality you want and you cannot help but get that reality. It can be no other way. This is not philosophy. This is physics.". ... Albert Einstein did speak about the relationship between matter and energy. The following quote is from a 1948 film called “Atomic Physics”
Einstein's God Equation
The definition of the non-definable is actually best represented, with scientific accuracy, in a three letter and one number mathematical formula ... a formula that, appropriately, is the most famous in history.
E=MC2
This most cited and powerful equation is also, ironically, one that causes all of G_d’s earthly creation to be seconds away from complete annihilation at any moment in time, as it was the source of the secret of the power of the atom and the development of the atomic bomb.
Here’s the E=MC2 math and the Theology, all rolled up into one:
Step One: Add all of the matter on Earth and contained in the rest of G_d’s creation, 100 billion galaxies, each with about 100 billion stars,
E=MC2
This most cited and powerful equation is also, ironically, one that causes all of G_d’s earthly creation to be seconds away from complete annihilation at any moment in time, as it was the source of the secret of the power of the atom and the development of the atomic bomb.
Here’s the E=MC2 math and the Theology, all rolled up into one:
Step One: Add all of the matter on Earth and contained in the rest of G_d’s creation, 100 billion galaxies, each with about 100 billion stars,
Step Two: Multiply that amount of Matter by the speed of light,
Step Three: Square that number ...
and then understand that every gram of that incalculable amount of matter has the energy of a Hiroshima nuclear bomb.
A 100 pound human, for example, contains the force of approximately 45,000 Hiroshimas. A 200 pound person over 90,000 and 6.5 billion humans, with an average of 100 pounds of mass, contain over 292 trillion times the force of an atomic bomb. Add other animals, mountains, oceans and the mass of the Earth itself and we have approximately 13 septillion pounds or approximately 6 octillion (6,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000) or 627 atomic bombs worth of force contained in just the Earth itself. Understanding that Earth is a small part of one solar system which is a tiny part of one galaxy which is a tiny part of a Universe estimated to have 100 Billion galaxies, each with 100 Billion such solar systems ... one can quickly begin to comprehend that the quantity of Force/Energy/Power/“G_d” determined by Einstein’s tiny formula, E=MC2, is beyond all human comprehension.
E=MC2, scientifically, thus, allows us to define the quantity of Energy in the known Universe. And, if Energy is “G_d”, as some believe, or but one of many manifestations or reflections of “G_d” as others may believe, the words, in any spiritual tradition, that “G_d is great” or “G_d is awesome” are almost laughable understatements.
But whatever you call the quantity of Energy or Force in the universe, it is now clear that the ancient depiction of “G_d” as an old White guy with a beard (Santa Claus’ brother), does not, in any way, communicate the far more awe-inspiring scientific reality unearthed by Einstein in his 1905 formula.
If we were to mature enough as a species to embrace the scientific “quantification” of the power of the universe as at least one way to begin to approach the definition of “G_d” we would realize that no religion can, with any integrity, manipulate such a definition to its own dogma and practices. Man’s ability to understand and appropriate something of this magnitude is like a single plankton cell pretending to explain, or swallow up, or have dominion over all the oceans ... of a billion planets!
So, thanks to Time Magazine’s “Man of The 20th Century” and his formula we can begin to appreciate, despite our ego and pride, the insignificance and inadequacy of our understanding of the unfathomable sea of energy that surrounds, and likely, created us.
Einstein, despite his massive intellect, himself surrenders to the unfathomable nature of G_d. He wrote the following in 1932 ...
and then understand that every gram of that incalculable amount of matter has the energy of a Hiroshima nuclear bomb.
A 100 pound human, for example, contains the force of approximately 45,000 Hiroshimas. A 200 pound person over 90,000 and 6.5 billion humans, with an average of 100 pounds of mass, contain over 292 trillion times the force of an atomic bomb. Add other animals, mountains, oceans and the mass of the Earth itself and we have approximately 13 septillion pounds or approximately 6 octillion (6,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000) or 627 atomic bombs worth of force contained in just the Earth itself. Understanding that Earth is a small part of one solar system which is a tiny part of one galaxy which is a tiny part of a Universe estimated to have 100 Billion galaxies, each with 100 Billion such solar systems ... one can quickly begin to comprehend that the quantity of Force/Energy/Power/“G_d” determined by Einstein’s tiny formula, E=MC2, is beyond all human comprehension.
E=MC2, scientifically, thus, allows us to define the quantity of Energy in the known Universe. And, if Energy is “G_d”, as some believe, or but one of many manifestations or reflections of “G_d” as others may believe, the words, in any spiritual tradition, that “G_d is great” or “G_d is awesome” are almost laughable understatements.
But whatever you call the quantity of Energy or Force in the universe, it is now clear that the ancient depiction of “G_d” as an old White guy with a beard (Santa Claus’ brother), does not, in any way, communicate the far more awe-inspiring scientific reality unearthed by Einstein in his 1905 formula.
If we were to mature enough as a species to embrace the scientific “quantification” of the power of the universe as at least one way to begin to approach the definition of “G_d” we would realize that no religion can, with any integrity, manipulate such a definition to its own dogma and practices. Man’s ability to understand and appropriate something of this magnitude is like a single plankton cell pretending to explain, or swallow up, or have dominion over all the oceans ... of a billion planets!
So, thanks to Time Magazine’s “Man of The 20th Century” and his formula we can begin to appreciate, despite our ego and pride, the insignificance and inadequacy of our understanding of the unfathomable sea of energy that surrounds, and likely, created us.
Einstein, despite his massive intellect, himself surrenders to the unfathomable nature of G_d. He wrote the following in 1932 ...
“The most beautiful and deepest experience a man can have is the sense of the mysterious. It is the underlying principle of religion as well as of all serious endeavour in art and science. He who never had this experience seems to me, if not dead, then at least blind. To sense that behind anything that can be experienced there is a something that our minds cannot grasp, whose beauty and sublimity reaches us only indirectly: this is religiousness. In this sense I am religious. To me it suffices to wonder at these secrets and to attempt humbly to grasp with my mind a mere image of the lofty structure of all there is.”
Einstein Quotes:
- "We have been all wrong! What we have called matter is energy, whose vibration has been lowered as to be perceptible to the senses.”
2. "Reality is merely an illusion, albeit a very persistent one."
3. "Imagination is more important than knowledge. Knowledge is limited. Imagination encircles the world."
4. "I want to know God's thoughts; the rest are details."
5. "The only real valuable thing is intuition."
6. "The only thing that interferes with my learning is my education."
7. "We can't solve problems by using the same kind of thinking we used when we created them."
8. "Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I'm not sure about the the universe."
9. "In order to be an immaculate member of a flock of sheep, one must above all be a sheep oneself."
10. "My religion consists of a humble admiration of the illimitable superior spirit who reveals himself in the slight details we are able to perceive with our frail and feeble mind."
11. "The most beautiful thing we can experience is the mysterious. It is the source of all true art and all science. He to whom this emotion is a stranger, who can no longer pause to wonder and stand rapt in awe, is as good as dead: his eyes are closed."
12. A human being is a part of a whole, called by us universe, a part limited in time and space. He experiences himself, his thoughts and feelings as something separated from the rest... a kind of optical delusion of his consciousness. This delusion is a kind of prison for us, restricting us to our personal desires and to affection for a few persons nearest to us. Our task must be to free ourselves from this prison by widening our circle of compassion to embrace all living creatures and the whole of nature in its beauty."
14. "Energy cannot be created or destroyed, it can only be changed from one form to another."
15. "Matter is Energy ... Energy is Light ... We are all Light Beings"
16. "I like to experience the universe as one harmonious whole. Every cell has life. Matter, too, has life; it is energy solidified. The tree outside is life... The whole of nature is life... The basic laws of the universe are simple, but because our senses are limited, we can't grasp them. There is a pattern in creation."
17. "Creative energy is more critical than learning."
18. "Try not to become a man of success, but rather try to become a man of value."
19. "Life is like riding a bicycle. To keep your balance you must keep moving."
20. "Once you stop learning, you start dying."
