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Introduction
Matter in motion and ether under strain constitute the fundamental principles with which we have to doin physics. These are both vibratoryactivities.We speak of them as if there were two principles; there is, however, but one principlewith a dual manifestation: it is cause and effect. Matter in motion puts ether under strain,ether under strain puts matter into motion.All phenomena in the Universe are the result of the operation of this basic principle. Letus check up on those with which we are most familiar.Return to top
 Power 
Force, all power, energy—call it what you will—resolves itself into two divisions: kineticand potential. Kinetic is actual power and is invariably associated with motion. There can be no motion without something to move. Kinetic power is, therefore, matter is motion.Potential power is power at rest, reserve power, power distributed through all space, or ether under strain.All force, all power, all energy is then a vibratory activity.Return to top
 Light 
The Earth is one of the major bodies of our solar system. As it pushes its way around theSun with the speed of a cannon ball, it puts the ether under strain, and in doing so causesthe atmosphere which consists of atoms of hydrogen and nitrogen to becomeincandescent; we thus have the phenomena of light.Light is then a vibratory activity.Return to top
 Heat 
But the Earth not only moves through space which is filled with ether with the speed of acannon ball, but it rotates upon its axis at the rate of two thousand miles an hour at itsgreatest circumference, with a gradually decreasing rate of motion until we reach the poles, where there is little or no motion. Next-Contents- Home Page  Navigate through this book's pages using these links
 
This revolution of the Earth constitutes matter in motion as a cause and ether under strainas an effect; but this time the result is heat, the greatest amount of heat being found at theequator where strain upon the ether is greatest, with continually diminishing amount of heat until we reach the poles where there is no motion and consequently no heat.Heat, then, is a vibratory activity.Return to top
 Sound 
Sound is the sensation produced as a result of matter in motion, which results in ether under strain. A word spoken in any part of the world changes the relative positions of theatoms of which the atmosphere is composed. This change is registered in the ether, whichis so inconceivably subtle and vibrant, that even tone, every letter, every syllable istransmitted to every part of the world, and possibly to any other world; for this reason aman may make an address or sing a song in New York and millions of persons may sit intheir own homes and listen to every word.The sound is originally caused by matter in motion, but it is carried upon the wings of theether, the most volatile and active substance of which we can have any conception.Sound is then a vibratory activity.Return to top
Color 
Color is the result of the vibratory activity of atoms of matter or matter in motion. As thefrequency increases, the vibrations become shorter and more rapid, the color changes,each change in color being due to a change in the rate of vibration.Return to top
 Mind 
Consciousness is the inner and thought the outward expression of Mind. Even human being and most animals have innumerable aerials, all reaching out into space ready tocontact even thought, even inspiration, even indication of danger that their immediateenvironment may contain. These minute aerials or hairs, one of which is attached to every pore of the body, are stirred into activity by the vibrations from the Sun. When the Sunsinks behind the horizon, they, like the Arabs, "Fold their tents and silently steal away."We are then no longer conscious, we go to sleep. Consciousness then is a vibratoryactivity and is due to the vibrations which reach us from the Sun.All space is the store room of energy, which emanates from the Sun, and consciousness iscaused by the contact of the human brain with the electro-magnetic vibrations of whichthe luminiferous ether is composed and which have their source in the Sun. Each of the
 
 planets is passing through this electro-magnetic field of force, forming an electro-magnetic field of its own.These vibrations are being constantly impressed upon the ether and are received by eachindividual in accordance with his ability to receive, for the brain is a receiving instrumentand must be in tune with the vibration, otherwise, it does not register.Mind or consciousness is then a vibratory activity.Return to top
 Life
The personal constituents of a mob might be exactly the same as those of an army, thedifference is that one is organized and one is not. A single atom is not material, it issimply a definite amount of energy, and by itself would be absolutely immaterial, butwhen these atoms are combined and organized, they assume the characteristics of thewhole, of which they are apart. Apart cannot be equal to the whole. On the other hand,the whole cannot be greater than all of its parts collectively and organically. Each part isas essential to the whole as the whole is to the part.If, then, an organism is conscious and intelligent, the atoms of which that organism iscomposed must be conscious and intelligent, just as a single soldier might have a verysmall amount of power, but if combined with a hundred thousand other similar soldiersand thoroughly drilled and organized, a very considerable amount of power would bedeveloped.The atom, of which all organic or inorganic substance is created, is immaterial,conscious, and intelligent. The degree of consciousness and intelligence that ismanifested in an organic body will then depend upon whether the mob spirit or the spiritof efficiency and service prevails.The individual atom has no density. Density is an attribute of matter, and one atom has nomaterial attributes; it is only when millions of them are organized into form that theyassume material attributes.The atom is the unit and man is an organization of these units. As Mr. Edison says, "I believe that our bodies are made up of myriads of units of life, we have assumed that theunit is man, which we can see, and have ignored the existence of the real life units, whichare those we cannot see."Return to topThe aggregate of these life units is the ether, which embodies the ultimate spiritual principle and represents the unity of the forces and energies from which spring all the phenomena known to man, whether physical, mental, or spiritual.
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