Sabtu, 18 September 2010
ELECTRIC UNIVERSE
 Introduction by Dan Eden The picture above is our universe. No one could possibly take such a picture because the universe is so big. The Milky Way Galaxy, some 150,000 light years across, is just a tiny dot, barely visible in this computer generated image, based on deep space observations. What's interesting about the structure of the universe is that it is made up of countless string-like filaments that arrange themselves in parallel lines and sometimes intersect at "nodes" that encircle empty holes. Some scientists have described the universe as looking like Swiss Cheese. This new view of how the universe is constructed has upset the traditional paradigm of science. It contradicts the model of the universe that was predicted by the 17th century physicist, Isaac Newton, in which gravity is the basic fabric of everything. It's also hard to imagine a Big Bang theory with a structure like this. Where's the central point of the initial explosion? Why do we have this strange kind of structure? At the moment, most scientists are struggling to explain the traditional model in light of this new evidence but others are quite confident that have found an explanation in a theory called "the electrical universe." It's all about plasma
Plasma has been called the "fourth state" of matter, after solids, liquids and gases. Most of the matter in the universe is in the form of plasma. A plasma is formed if some of the negatively charged electrons are separated from their host atoms in a gas, leaving the atoms with a positive charge. The negatively charged electrons, and the positively charged atoms (known as positive ions) are then free to move separately under the influence of an applied voltage or magnetic field. Their net movement constitutes an electrical current. So, one of the more important properties of a plasma is that it can conduct electrical current. It does so by forming current filaments that follow magnetic field lines. Filamentary patterns are ubiquitous in the cosmos. That's what you see in the computer generated image. The Electric Universe model grew out of a broad interdisciplinary approach to science. It is not a technique taught in universities. The Electric Universe is based more on observations and experiment than abstract theory. It recognizes connections between diverse disciplines. It concludes that the crucial requirement for understanding the universe is to take fully into account the basic electrical nature of atoms and their interactions. Strangely, this is not the case in conventional cosmology where weaker magnetism and the infinitely weaker force of gravity rule the cosmos. Such a simplification may suit a theoretical physics based on electrical neutrality of matter in Earthly laboratories but it does not apply in space where plasma dominates. No where does the Electrical Universe model impose itself more on our paradigm of creation than with regards to the formation of our Sun and planets. The Newtonian theory of a gravity forming gaseous body has the Sun coalescing and contracting. This is followed by cooler dust clouds which encircle the central mass and form gravitational clumps of accruing planetary bodies. But the electrical model is more dynamic, allowing large clumps of plasma to change orbits and eject smaller globs of plasma that form smaller orbital bodies. If we consider that the entire universe is made from plasma, then huge galaxies are formed much the same way as suns and planets. This fits neatly in to a kind of "macrocosm" and "microcosm" order. Proponants of the Electrical Universe observe the various bodies in our solar system. They note the pockmarked surface of the Moon and satellites around other planets but they also pay attention to human history in legends, epics and icons. They envision a time when the planets were in eccentric orbits, often coming very close to Earth, causing huge electrical bolts to discharge between the heavenly bodies, and sometimes colliding with each other. They view the craters on the Moon as evidence of a planetary cataclysm which supports their timeline.
This evidence suggests that, at one time, Venus approached the Earth exhibiting a comet-like tail as it streaked across the sky. Electrical arcs zapped between planets as they approached each other, causing deep scars and craters and ejecting debris that rained down on the surface of the Earth. These events, according to theorists, were recorded in human history as epics of the Gods of Heaven and in archetypal shapes and artistic representations of antiquity. Most of these epics and artistic motifs can be found in ancient Egypt. Here, the electrical universe is revealed by a civilization that appears to have understood what some scientists are just now beginning to realize as a better paradigm for understanding how the universe is made and functions. by Gary Gilligan Velikovsky's Comet Venus Immanuel Velikovsky concluded from his extensive interdisciplinary research that the planet Venus was remembered from the time of the dawn of civilization as a brilliant cometary body. While there is a wealth of literary sources to draw upon, when it comes to the pictorial evidence it isn't as forthcoming. No images can be conclusively identified as actually representing Venus in cometary form, a situation that essentially shouldn't exist. After all, it stands to reason that it was naked eye observations that primarily inspired the myths. So, at the very least the imagery should be equal to or analogous to the literary sources -- but this clearly isn't the case. Have we overlooked something? Is it possible images of Comet Venus have been staring us in the face for decades?   The image on the right has been taken from the back of Tutankhamun's throne. It depicts the wife of king Tut, Ankhsunamun. The queen is shown wearing a very distinctive crown consisting of a disk surmounted by cow horns and two tall plumes. This unusual headdress made its appearance in the New Kingdom and features prominently in Egyptian art -- numerous queens can be seen sporting this particular crown. Although the actual shape or outline remained constant (for approximately 900 years), there exist a few variants to the colours shown. For example, the disk was predominantly painted the traditional Egyptian deep red, the 'horns' normally black, while the plumes can be gold, a plain yellow, or blue and without the 'filaments'. Like most Egyptian crowns encompassing a sphere, it somehow represents an aspect of the sun, or so the conventional way of thinking goes. This is a perplexing line of thought since the Sun is a golden glaring ball -- it doesn't have cow horns wrapped around it and most certainly exhibits no signs of enormous cometary tails. It is apparent even to the uninitiated that what we are looking at here is a comet -- a large comet with a plumed tail. Furthermore, if Egyptian art is used as a measure of time, this comet graced our skies for nearly a thousand years. It is carved, painted, and represented in statues the length and breadth of the Nile valley. Even the legendary Cleopatra wore this headdress. Could this particular crown be a true-life physical representation of proto-Venus as it appeared in ancient times? To quote Wal Thornhill: 'In the electrical model of the solar system, any body on a sufficiently eccentric orbit about the Sun will exhibit cometary features. For ancient people to have seen Venus as an Earth-threatening comet, Venus must have had an eccentric orbit that brought the planet near to Earth'.Are we looking at Velikovsky's comet Venus? Comparing the comet crown with the Venus diagram on the left reveals some fundamental similarities, far too close to be deemed coincidental. In fact, for all intents and purposes they are virtually identical! The orb represents the body of Venus: the horns signify the bow shock as the solar wind slams into the Venusian surface, enveloping its body due to a lack of an intrinsic magnetic field. The two large plumes represent Venus' magnetotail -- split in two and flowing downstream at least three times its diameter. The image on the left is just a diagram, and today Venus' comet tail can only be detected by magnetometers and charged particle detectors. However, place Venus on an eccentric orbit in a highly charged 'dusty' environment and the normally invisible magnetotail (and bow shock) would become highly visible. Wal Thornhill commenting on Venus' cometary magnetotail: 'A power surge in those filaments today would cause them to glow, and Venus would form a "stupendous" cometary apparition in the sky. The forensic evidence would stand up in court, showing that Venus was a comet within human memory'.Science is slowly proving Velikovsky to be correct in a number of areas. Perhaps with the comet crown of ancient Egypt we now have the pictorial evidence to match. Re (Ra) the Red Sun A hazed red Sun, planetary chaos, and a solar system besieged by dust and debris. The Egyptian Sun god Re was typically represented as a sun-disk, or as a falcon-headed man wearing a red sun-disk on his head. Such imagery points to the god's solar character. The following epithets present traits which are consistent with the life-giving properties of the Sun experienced today. 'Re is the great light who shinest in the heavens   Re's solar disk features heavily in Egyptian art and there exist numerous orbs adorning every monument, tomb, and temple wall throughout Egypt. They are also carved on stela and statues, painted on coffins and sarcophagi, as well as on scrolls of papyrus. They are even incorporated into Egyptian jewellery. Since the Sun was the primary source of life, such ubiquitous representation is only to be expected. However, there is something unusual about the way the Egyptians represented our nearest star that is incredibly revealing when considered alongside planetary chaos. Re's most basic form consisted of a simple red disk. Why was this? Why not portray the Sun as it appeared? The Sun is a blinding, golden-yellow disk with emanating rays -- a ball of glaring, golden light. A red disk is drab and lifeless by comparison, and yet Egyptian art reveals not one single golden glaring Sun with a complete 360 degree sweep of sun rays. A perplexing situation, especially when considering that gold was the flesh of the gods and Re was the Sun god par excellence as epitomised in the godly pharaoh's title sa re, which means 'offspring of Re'. Whether Velikovsky's Comet Venus was the largest 'volcano' in the solar system, spewing out countless tons of sulphurous gas from its many thousands of volcanic vents, or Mars was disturbed from its orbit to undergo a catastrophic transformation, the result of any cosmic catastrophe would have been the release of immeasurable quantities of debris, dust and gas. This debris eventually settled down into the plane of the ecliptic where it impacted the planets, the Moon, or fell into the Sun. To understand the effect that a stream of dust and gas 93 million miles long had on the Sun's appearance, we need look no further than the art of the Egyptians. Their portrayals clearly reveal the red haze that surrounded our Sun. The Egyptians carved, drew and painted a red Sun because all they ever experienced was a red Sun. Furthermore, if the duration of Egyptian dynasties is anything to go by, our Sun was hazed red for an incredible 3,000 years. The supposition that ancient cultures only experienced a diminished red Sun is both profound and exciting. It allows us to take much of the art and many seemingly bizarre beliefs at face value. Not the least being the fact that a hazed Sun means there was no glare, so they were able to look directly at the Sun without being blinded. This led to naked-eye observations of electrical phenomena such as coronal mass ejections (CMEs), flares, and prominences. The image on the right at the top of the page depicts an Egyptian Sun encircled by a yellow royal uraeus serpent which was known to spit fire and venom at Egypt's enemies. The image on the left was taken by SOHO and can be used for comparison, providing some idea of how the Sun appeared in a world dominated by cosmic catastrophe. The cobra is a symbolic representation of vicious CME's 'striking out' several times the diameter of the Sun at sungrazing cometary bodies: snakelike CME's protecting the body of Re by spitting fire at Egypt's enemies. In ancient times, those eruptions might have been observable on a daily basis and perceived to be a perennial battle against the forces of evil. Regarding the association between CME's and comets, Stephen Smith commented in a previous Picture of the Day: 'Comet NEAT swung close by the Sun in 2003, apparently initiating a CME eruption that appeared to impact the comet. Astronomers at the time discounted any relationship between the two events because of the size differential between the comet and the Sun. 'However, several other sungrazers have been associated with violent flares. One event can be a coincidence, two can be long odds, but three or more cannot be dismissed as mere oddities'.  Regarding comet 96P/Machholz: 'It did not rapidly dissipate, however. Instead, its intense charge differential caused a gigantic CME to discharge from the Sun, blasting out for millions of kilometers'. The yellow coronal ring encompassing the snake represents the highly charged million-degree corona of the Sun, bursting through as a yellow ring due to its 20 million degree temperature. Gold really was the 'flesh of the gods', as bursts of golden energy were also observed emanating from the body of Re, as in the image above.  Egypt today has one of the most sunniest and driest climates in the world. Its sunsets and sunrises invoke thoughts of serenity and are a sight to behold. In total contrast, the ancient Egyptians believed Re's daily path across the sky was fraught with dangers.
The fighting aspect of the Sun is also played out on Mesopotamian cylinder seals. The 'dispenser of divine justice,' the Sun god Utu/Shamesh [right], is shown with fiery solar 'rays' (CME's) emanating from his shoulders. He also holds a pruning-saw. He is depicted cutting his way through the eastern horizon to again rise victorious. On some seals the snakelike shoulder rays end in stars, indicative of CME's zapping space debris.Upon consideration, a red Sun at war opens a window to many ancient enigmatic beliefs. The Sahara Desert An extraterrestrial sand scar? The light areas in the image above show the wide swath of desert area that extends across Africa, the Middle East, and the entire Asian continent. It encompasses many deserts including the Sahara.  The Sahara is the world's largest hot desert. At over 9,000,000 square kilometres (3,500,000 square miles), it covers most of Northern Africa, making it almost as large as the United States or the continent of Europe. The desert stretches from the Red Sea, including parts of the Mediterranean coasts, to the outskirts of the Atlantic Ocean. Some of the sand dunes can reach 180 meters (600 ft.) in height. Mixed in with the oceanic sands there are large rock formations, boulders, stones and pebbles. Some have compared areas of the Sahara to the surface of Mars. The sands of the Sahara hold many secrets. It wasn't always a vast desolate ocean of sand; around 5,000 years ago it was a very different terrain. It was a sub-tropical paradise where deer, hippos and elephants were hunted and giraffes and rhinoceros roamed the area. With a plentiful supply of food, thousands of hunter-gatherers flocked to live in this lush savannah.  These facts are evident from the discovery of hundreds of human graves and numerous rock paintings [above], depicting people hunting and even swimming. Furthermore, radar images taken by the NASA space shuttle show that beneath the sand are networks of rivers, once spanning the entire Sahara. North Africa was once alive with people! What happened to this lush green world? It was initially believed the Sahara died out abruptly about 5,000 years ago. However, recent studies have supposedly shown this to be incorrect. Conventional scientists believe the process took about three millennia as reported by Reuters in May 2008. "The once-green Sahara turned to desert over thousands of years rather than in an abrupt shift as previously believed, according to a study on Thursday that may help understanding of future climate changes. The study of ancient pollen, spores and aquatic organisms in sediments in Lake Yoa in northern Chad showed the region gradually shifted from savannah 6,000 years ago towards the arid conditions that took over about 2,700 years ago. The findings, about one of the biggest environmental shifts of the past 10,000 years, challenge past belief based on evidence in marine sediments that a far quicker change created the world's biggest hot desert." Sand is the result of finely weathered and eroded rock. It is believed it takes tens of thousands, if not millions of years for exposed rock to weather into sand. The longer this erosion takes place, the finer the grains. The sand in the Sahara is some of the oldest on the planet; it is believed to have existed for seven million years. Some of the sand dunes are rich in iron ore. The impurities stain the quartz particles, which accounts for their yellow colour. Where did the Sahara sand come from? It did not exist 6,000 years ago. Experts are proposing that vast oceans of sand formed in less than 3,300 years. This is impossible because Saharan sand is some of the oldest on the planet. Putting this into context means that an area the size of the US has been covered in a vast sea of sand in what has to be the blink of an eye in geological terms. This makes no sense because the time frame for the formation of the sand does not allow it according to consensus theories. If the adjoining deserts swathing out across the Middle East and Asia are also considered, this equates to an area twice the size of the US. Where did all this sand come from? Is it possible the earth is covered with debris from recent cosmic catastrophe? Could debris such as large boulders, rocks, stones, pebbles, dust and sand which are believed to be indigenous to Earth actually be extraterrestrial in origin? Wall Thornhill speaking on "Coast to Coast" November 26, 2007: "When you have an highly charged object like a comet coming towards the earth, before it strikes the earth there will be an electrical discharge between the two bodies and that discharge will usually be of sufficient magnitude to destroy the incoming object -- so you end up with a shower of sand and stuff like that."Countless tons of rocks bombarded Earth's atmosphere, fragmenting and breaking up into fine grains of sand. As it fell to Earth it covered vast areas of once-lush, green fertile land, turning it into the barren deserts we see today. This sand forms a gigantic scar across the landscape which suggests great swarms of debris were hurled at the Earth, and the enormous quantities of sand demonstrates the extent of this bombardment. Amun - An Ancient Aurora Filled Sky Planetary chaos and intense geomagnetic storms encapsulated in the 'king of the gods' Amun. Auroras are striking displays of coloured lights often seen over the Earth's magnetic poles. They occur when the solar wind particles trapped by the Earth's magnetic field collide with molecules of air in the upper atmosphere (ionosphere). They are a spectacular sight and take the form of rapidly shifting patches of colour and dancing columns of light of various hues. The colours observed depend on several factors such as atmospheric conditions, intensity of the solar wind, temperature and location. The aurora is always present in almost every area of the sky, but it is usually too faint to be seen except near the North and South Poles. The intensity of the aurora is dictated by the solar wind, a stream of electrically charged particles from the Sun. When the solar wind blows exceptionally strong, the aurora increases. When the Sun is in the active phase it can unleash powerful magnetic storms that disable satellites, threaten astronaut safety, and even disrupt communication systems on Earth.  Amun is most commonly shown entirely in human form. Often he is standing or sitting on a throne wearing a red, flat-topped crown with two tall plumes and holding a sceptre in his hand. Thousands of images of Amun are to be found throughout the Pharaonic Egypt. The enormous temple complex of Karnak [Above] was the principal home of Amun where he was worshiped as the prominent divine entity. During the New Kingdom, his popularity eclipsed that of other major deities so much so he was referred to as the 'king of the gods'.   The image on the left depicts Amun in typical form with blue skin, yellow kilt, and red flat-topped crown with tall plumes segmented into sections of blue, red and green (?). A thin yellow frame separates these 'sacred' colours. The Northern Lights photo on the right depicts a plumed or pillared aurora with similar colours i.e. mainly blue supported by green, red and a hint of yellow. Comparing Amun's tall plumes with the aurora photo it is apparent they are clearly a symbolic representation of intense geomagnetic storms that dominated ancient skies. Amun's epithets are completely consistent with an aurora filled sky. Mysterious of form Amun's colours were at times interchangeable. Although his flesh was predominantly blue (main sacred colour), some images reveal a red coloured flesh. His segmented plumes were sometimes coloured yellow or white, as too was his crown. The plumes were often depicted devoid of segments and were painted just one colour, normally yellow or white. The main colours of the aurora are blue, yellow, red and green and any variants in Amun's colours merely reflect the hues seen at the time which could change on a daily, weekly or monthly basis. Sometimes red neon lights covered the entire sky, other times blue, green, yellow, white or a combination of all colours. The Egyptians reflected what they saw in their art. The aurora manifests itself in many forms including homogenous arcs, bands, active arcs, rays, pillars, plumes, draperies (or curtains) and coronas. The aurora variations are reflected in the epithet which describes Amun as the 'One creator who has millions of forms & transformations'. Amun was also known as 'the hidden one' and the 'one whose true form could never be known'. Such 'hidden' traits reflect the transparency of the aurora. Unlike the light emanating from the body of the Sun, the auroral light had no solid body or attributable physical 'form'. In this respect the Egyptians had a blank canvass, and so chose to encapsulate the aurora as a human being adorning auroral hues and a plumed auroral crown.
During that period all close proximity planetary bodies exhibited highly visible electrical traits (this would include the cometary plumes of Comet Venus). These were all attributed to Amun. It is the very reason why the omnipresent Amun/aurora rose to prominence to become the 'king of the gods'. Perhaps 3,000 years of cosmic catastrophe is staring us in the face by way of every facade the length and breadth of the Nile Valley. |
Kamis, 16 September 2010
Selama Ini Kita Telah "Ditipu" Oleh Otak Kita Sendiri
Untuk mulai membahas, maka kali ini akan saya awali dengan sebuah pertanyaan, "Pernahkah kawan-kawan berpikir bahwa apa yang ada di sekeliling kita itu tidak lebih hanya sekumpulan ilusi yang dibentuk oleh otak kita?"
Apa yang akan saya jelaskan sebenarnya sudah tercantum dengan sangat gamblang dalam Al-Qur'an. Di beberapa ayat, Allah SWT memberi petunjuk bahwa dunia ini hanyalah ilusi, sesuatu yang fana dan tidak absolut, sesuatu yang menipu dan penuh senda gurau, dan penggambaran-penggambaran lainnya yang semakna.
Setidaknya saya menemukan ada beberapa ayat dalam Al-Qur'an yang mempertegas pernyataan di awal tadi. Bahwa dunia dan segala yang ada di dalamnya tidak lebih hanyalah tipu daya belaka! Berikut ini adalah beberapa ayat dalam Al-Qur'an yang menjelaskan tentang hal tersebut:
1. Al-Qur'an menyebutkan bahwa kehidupan di dunia tidak lebih hanya main-main dan senda gurau semata:
"Dan tiadalah kehidupan dunia ini, selain dari main-main dan senda gurau belaka. Dan sungguh kampung akhirat itu lebih baik bagi orang-orang yang bertakwa. Maka tidakkah kamu memahaminya?" (QS. Al-An'Am: 32)
"Dan tinggalkanlah orang-orang yang menjadikan agama mereka sebagai main-main dan senda-gurau, dan mereka telah ditipu oleh kehidupan dunia...." (QS. Al-An'am: 70)
"Dan tiadalah kehidupan dunia ini melainkan senda gurau dan main-main. Dan sesungguhnya akhirat itulah yang sebenarnya kehidupan, kalau mereka mengetahui." (QS. Al-Ankabut: 64)
"Sesungguhnya kehidupan dunia hanyalah permainan dan senda gurau. Dan jika kamu beriman serta bertakwa, Allah akan memberikan pahala kepadamu dan Dia tidak akan meminta harta-hartamu." (QS. Muhammad: 36)
2. Al-Qur'an menyebutkan bahwa kehidupan di dunia adalah tipuan semata:
"Hai golongan jin dan manusia, apakah belum datang kepadamu rasul-rasul dari golongan kamu sendiri, yang menyampaikan kepadamu ayat-ayat Ku dan memberi peringatan kepadamu terhadap pertemuanmu dengan hari ini? Mereka berkata: "Kami menjadi saksi atas diri kami sendiri", kehidupan dunia telah menipu mereka, dan mereka menjadi saksi atas diri mereka sendiri, bahwa mereka adalah orang-orang yang kafir." (QS. Al-An'am: 130)
"(yaitu) orang-orang yang menjadikan agama mereka sebagai main-main dan senda gurau, dan kehidupan dunia telah menipu mereka...." (QS. Al-A'raf: 51)
"Yang demikian itu, karena sesungguhnya kamu menjadikan ayat-ayat Allah sebagai olok-olokan dan kamu telah ditipu oleh kehidupan dunia..." (QS. Al-Jatsiyah: 35)
"Ketahuilah, bahwa sesungguhnya kehidupan dunia itu hanyalah permainan dan suatu yang melalaikan, perhiasan dan bermegah-megah antara kamu serta berbangga-bangga tentang banyaknya harta dan anak, seperti hujan yang tanam-tanamannya mengagumkan para petani; kemudian tanaman itu menjadi kering dan kamu lihat warnanya kuning kemudian menjadi hancur. Dan di akhirat (nanti) ada azab yang keras dan ampunan dari Allah serta keridaan-Nya. Dan kehidupan dunia ini tidak lain hanyalah kesenangan yang menipu." (QS. Al-Hadid: 20)
3. Peringatan Allah agar manusia tidak terpedaya dengan kehidupan dunia:
"Hai manusia, sesungguhnya janji Allah adalah benar, maka sekali-kali janganlah kehidupan dunia memperdayakan kamu dan sekali-kali janganlah syetan yang pandai menipu, memperdayakan kamu tentang Allah." (QS. Al-Fathir: 5)
"Hai manusia, bertakwalah kepada Tuhanmu dan takutilah suatu hari yang (pada hari itu) seorang bapak tidak dapat menolong anaknya dan seorang anak tidak dapat (pula) menolong bapaknya sedikit pun. Sesungguhnya janji Allah adalah benar, maka janganlah sekali-kali kehidupan dunia memperdayakan kamu, dan jangan (pula) penipu (setan) memperdayakan kamu dalam (menaati) Allah." (QS. Lukman: 31)
Tanpa perlu saya cantumkan kembali ayat-ayat tersebut di tulisan ini, saya yakin banyak orang yang sudah mengetahui akan hal itu. Hanya saja sayangnya kebanyakan orang pemikirannya terhenti hanya sebatas pada sisi ke-fana-an duniawi saja. Sisi yang saya maksud tersebut adalah lebih pada sisi zuhudnya saja. Banyak orang yang akhirnya menyikapi ayat-ayat tersebut dengan hidup yang sederhana saja (karena memang Allah katakan bahwa kehidupan dunia itu hanya tipu daya belaka), tetapi tanpa pernah memikirkan lebih lanjut sebenarnya apa yang Allah maksud dengan "kehidupan dunia yang menipu, memperdaya, senda gurau, dan main-main" tersebut. Padahal jika saja kita mau merenungkan dan memikirkan lebih dalam, niscaya kita bisa temukan jawaban secara pendekatan ilmiahnya. Penjelasan secara ilmiah yang inilah yang saya maksud akan sulit difahami atau bahkan dipercaya seperti yang telah saya katakan di awal.
Fakta mencengangkan mengenai hal ini semuanya bermula ketika atom dan permodelan strukturnya ditemukan. Dulu manusia mengira bahwa atom adalah penyusun materi yang paling kecil. Namun, penelitian terbaru di awal abad ke-21 ternyata menghasilkan fakta baru. Atom bukan penyusun materi yang paling kecil, melainkan masih ada lagi unsur penyusun atom yang ukurannya pasti jauh lebih kecil daripada atom itu sendiri.Partikel penyusun atom itu lah yang disebut dengan quark. Sebagaimana telah kita ketahui, bahwa atom adalah suatu molekul/zat dasar penyusun materi. Materi apa pun itu, pasti tersusun atas kumpulan atom-atom. Dalam satu molekul atom, bisa tersusun dari beberapa partikel proton, elektron, dan neutron. Partikel-partikel dalam satu molekul atom tersebut terus berrevolusi mengelilingi inti atom sesuai pada orbitnya masing-masing, sama seperti halnya planet-planet dalam sistem galaksi Bima Sakti berrevolusi mengelilingi Matahari. Karena partikel-partikel dalam atom tersebut yang terus berputar mengelilingi inti atom, maka dapat kita ketahui bahwa di antara partikel-partikel dalam atom tersebut sebenarnya hanyalah ruang-ruang kosong. Sama halnya ketika kita membayangkan pergerakan planet di sistem Tata Surya kita. Antara planet Bumi dengan planet Venus tentunya dipisahkan oleh ruang hampa, bukan?! Hal ini lah yang selanjutnya masih menjadi pertanyaan besar dalam bidang fisika quantum. Bagaimana mungkin sebuah atom yang sebenarnya terdiri dari ruang kosong mampu membentuk materi yang berwujud cair, padat, atau gas?
Namun, pertanyaannya ternyata tidak berhenti sampai di sana. Jika memang atom-atom penyusun materi tersebut adalah suatu ruang kosong, maka bagaimana mungkin kita dapat merasakan keberadaan materi tersebut? Agar lebih jelas, mari saya gambarkan lewat sebuah contoh berupa meja. Meja tentunya merupakan wujud suatu materi. Sebagaimana telah dijelaskan tadi, bahwa setiap materi tersusun atas atom. Dalam atom sendiri sebenarnya terdapat ruang-ruang kosong yang memisahkan antara satu partikel dengan partikel lain. Tapi pada kenyataannya sekarang, lewat kumpulan atom yang tidak lain hanya ruang-ruang kosong tersebut kita bisa memegang, melihat, dan merasakan bahwa meja itu memang benar ada dan masif. Padahal sebenarnya bukan kah meja tersebut terkumpul dari atom-atom yang memiliki ruang yang kosong? Lalu bagaimana mungkin sekumpulan atom-atom yang memiliki ruang kosong tersebut dapat membentuk sebuah wujud materi yang padat seperti meja?
Sebenarnya hal itu bisa terjadi dikarenakan apapun yang kita persepsikan sebagai "dunia luar", sebenarnya merupakan serial dari sinyal-sinyal elektrik semata. Yang saya maksud dengan "dunia luar" adalah segala sesuatu yang ada di luar kita atau lingkungan sekitar kita. Coba kita ambil contoh "penglihatan". Kita bertanya "bagaimana kita bisa melihat?" Jawaban gampangnya tentu "karena adanya mata". Padahal jawaban yang sebenarnya tidak segampang itu.
Kita bisa melihat benda itu dikarenakan serangkaian proses yang terjadi di dalam mata dan otak kita sendiri. Pertama, berkas cahaya yang dinamakan foton masuk ke mata kita setelah memantul dari benda yang tersinari cahaya. Selanjutnya foton-foton tersebut akan dikonversikan ke dalam sinyal-sinyal listrik dan dibawa ke otak kita dalam bentuk ini. Jadi, apa yang sampai ke mata kita sebenarnya bukanlah foton-foton dari objek yang kita lihat, melainkan sinyal-sinyal yang dihasilkandari reaksi foton yang mengenai lapisan tertentu dari mata. Dengan kata lain, pusat penglihatan yang ada di dalam otak tidak memproses cahaya dari objek, melainkan justru copy/salinan dari cahaya tersebut lah yang sudah berbentuk sinyal-sinyal elektrik. Saat kita bilang "saya sedang melihat benda ini", kita sebenarnya tidak sedang melihatnya. Apa yang kita lihat adalah sinyal-sinyal elektrik yang menggambarkan objek/benda tersebut di dalam otak kita. Apa pun yang kita lihat, termasuk alam semesta, sebenarnya hanya melalui pusat penglihatan kita yang ukurannya hanya beberapa centimeter persegi saja!!!
Dengan demikian, bisa dikatakan kalau sebenarnya kita bukan melihat dengan mata, tapi justru dengan pusat penglihatan kita. Ini bertentangan dengan pendapat yang diketahui selama ini. Sebab terbukti, tidak ada cahaya yang masuk ke otak. Otak kita selalu dalam keadaan gelap. Kita dapati hasilnya selalu nihil cahaya, meskipun saat itu orang yang bersangkutan sedang memandang matahari secara langsung. Pantulan cahaya dari benda yang kita lihat tidak pernah masuk dan sampai ke otak sama sekali. Kesimpulannya, otak tidak pernah melihat objek itu sendiri, namun otak hanya mempersepsikan sinyal elektrik dari objek yang dilihat.
Seorang ilmuwan, Bertrand Russle, dalam bukunya The ABC of Relativity memberi contoh berikut:
"Pendapat awam membayangkan bahwa ketika kita melihat meja, kita melihat meja. Ini adalah delusi kasar. Ketika awam melihat meja, sebuah gelombang cahaya mencapai mata, kemudian diasosiasikan dengan sensasi sentuhan dalam pengalaman sebelumnya, dan juga dari pengakuan orang lain yang juga melihat meja itu, maka dianggaplah bahwa kita bisa benar-benar menemukan meja (jika memang meja itu ada). Kejadiannya adalah: Gelombang cahaya menyentuh mata, menimbulkan keadaan tertentu di mata kita. Keadaan itu kemudian menyebabkan keadaan-keadaan lain di dalam otak kita, dan kemudian kita menyangka melihat meja, meskipun sebenarnya mungkin saja keadaan-keadaan itu dapat terjadi tanpa benar-benar ada meja di sana."
Proses mendengar juga tidak berbeda dengan yang lain. Gelombang bunyi mencapai telinga kemudian dikonversikan ke dalam sinyal-sinyal elektrik dan dibawa oleh sel saraf ke pusat pendengaran. Sebagaimana dengan mekanisme 'melihat' tadi, yang sampai ke otak adalah sinyal-sinyal elektrik yang merupakan copy gelombang bunyi tadi.
Fakta yang berhubungan dengan penglihatan ini ternyata juga sama pada indera-indera yang lain. Kita mencium sinyal-sinyal elektrik, mendengar sinyal-sinyal elektrik, termasuk kita mengecap sinyal-sinyal elektrik saat makan.
Sejauh ini, jelaslah bahwa semua objek yang kita lihat, sentuh dan raba, cuma sinyal-sinyal yang diproduksi dan diinterpretasikan di dalam otak kita.
Dengan demikian, "dunia luar" yang diperkenalkan kepada kita oleh indera kita, adalah sekumpulan copy berbentuk sinyal elektrik semata. Otak kita, sepanjang hidupnya, memproses dan mengevaluasi copy-copy ini.
Kita selama ini percaya bahwa kita terhubungkan dengan objek yang "sesungguhnya", tapi ternyata kita hanya berhubungan dengan copy dari image-image objek. Tanpa kita pernah tahu apakah objek/benda itu memang benar-benar ada !!!
Pembahasan kita tidak berhenti hanya sampai di sini. Jika sekarang telah terbukti bahwa apa yang kita lihat, dengar, pegang, dan kecap dengan seluruh indera kita ternyata tidak lebih dari sekumpulan sinyal-sinyal elektrik yang dipersepsikan oleh otak. Lalu bagaimana sebenarnya dengan otak kita sendiri? Bukan kah otak kita juga merupakan wujud dari objek/benda/materi?
Sebagai ilustasi, sekarang mari kita anggap bahwa kita dapat memanjangkan saraf-saraf antara mata dengan pusat penglihatan di otak kita. Lalu kita dapat mengeluarkan otak kita tepat di depan mata kita dengan kondisi saraf-saraf penghubung organ mata dengan otak masih berfungsi normal. Bukankah dengan begitu kita juga dapat melihat otak kita sendiri? Dengan demikian, sama halnya dengan benda-benda atau materi yang lainnya. Otak kita juga memang tidak berbeda dengan materi yang selama ini kita lihat atau indera. Otak juga adalah materi yang terlihat seolah-olah memiliki wujud seperti yang kita lihat.
Dengan demikian semakin jelas, bahwa apa yang kita lihat, cium, rasakan, dengan segala indera yang kita miliki dalam tubuh sebenarnya tidak lebih daripada interpetasi otak sendiri terhadap benda-benda tersebut. Kita tidak pernah tahu secara pasti bagaimana sebenarnya wujud atau keberadaan benda-benda di sekitar kita karena yang kita lihat adalah hanya bentuk intepretasi dari otak. Secara sederhana dapat kita anggap bahwa dalam otak telah dimuat segala macam informasi yang mirip seperti sebuah super komputer yang sangat canggih. Di dalamnya terdapat berbagai macam data dan software yang sewaktu-waktu dapat kita panggil atau tampilkan sesuai dengan yang kita inginkan. Allah lah yang membuat dan mendesain software, data-data, serta segala sesuatu yang terkait dengannya, sedangkan kita hanya bisa menggunakan tanpa bisa mengubah. Dengan demikian, tentu kita hanya tahu sebatas apa yang telah ada dalam desain tersebut, tanpa pernah tahu proses kerja pembuatan software tersebut, apalagi ada rahasia apa di baliknya. Sebagai contoh lagi, kita melihat bahwa batu itu bentuknya ada yang lonjong, bulat, atau kisut karena memang otak kita menerjemahkan bahwa bentuk batu tersebut seperti itu. Tapi sekali lagi, tanpa kita pernah tahu apakah bentuk original dari batu itu memang seperti itu?! Bahkan secara ekstrim dapat juga saya simpulkan bahwa sebenarnya bukan kita yang ada di dalam alam semesta, melainkan alam semesta lah yang ada di dalam otak kita! Otak kita sendiri lah yang selama ini menciptakan berbagai intepretasi tentang "dunia luar" yang ada di sekitar kita.
Rasanya hampir lucu sekali ketika saya katakan bahwa selama ini kita hidup dalam dunia yang sebenarnya dibentuk oleh otak kita sendiri. Tapi memang begitulah fakta yang sebenarnya terjadi.
Jika sampai penjelasan sekarang ini kita berkesimpulan bahwa otak, sang penerjemah "dunia luar", juga merupakan bagian dari "dunia luar" itu sendiri, lantas siapakah sebenarnya yang dapat melihat, mencium, memegang, meraba, mendengar, tanpa melalui indera dalam tubuh kita? Dia tentu adalah sebuah zat yang tidak tergolong materi, sosoknya absolut, dan bersumber dari kekuatan Ilahiah. Itulah ruh. Nyawa kita sendiri. Ruh yang telah Allah tiupkan sejak usia ke-4 bulan kita dalam kandungan ibu kita. Itu lah sosok yang sebenarnya ada dan bersifat kekal.
Kamis, 09 September 2010
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Rabu, 08 September 2010
Pada 2018, Manusia 'Mendekat' ke Matahari
Badan Antariksa Amerika Serikat (NASA) akan melaksanakan
misi ambisius,mengirimkan pesawat luar angkasa tanpa awak
langsung menuju Matahari. Proyek ini diharapkan bisa menjawab
pertanyaan-pertanyaan penting seputar tata surya kita.
Pesawat seukuran mobil akan diterjunkan ke atmosfer Matahari
dalam jarak 4 juta mil dari permukaan Sang Surya. Tugas berat disandang satelit tersebut --
mengeksplorasi wilayah yang belum pernah dikunjungi pesawat luar angkasa buatan manusia.
Misi menuju Matahari ini diberi nama Solar Probe Plus dan dijadwalkan diluncurkan pada 2018.
NASA telah memilih lima investigator sains yang akan membuka misteri terbesar Matahari --
tepat saat pesawat itu melewati atmosfer Surya.
"Proyek ini membuka ruang bagi kecerdasan manusia untuk pergi ke manapun di luar angkasa --
yang belum pernah dijelajahi pesawat manapun sebelumnya," kata Lika Guhathakurta,
ilmuwan program Solar Probe Plus di kantor pusat NASA di Washington, seperti dimuat Daily Mail,
6 September 2010.
"Untuk kali pertamanya, kita akan bisa menyentuh, merasakan, dan mencium Matahari."
Saat pesawat luar angkasa menyentuh Matahari, perisai karbon revolusioner pesawat
harus bisa bertahan di temperatur panas yang dahsyat, sekitar 1.400 derajat Celcius.
Juga mengatasi ledakan-ledakan radiasi yang intensif.
Lalu, pesawat tersebut akan 'berhadapan langsung' dengan Matahari -- memungkinkan
para ilmuwan memahami dan mempelajari lingkungan radiasi untuk kepentingan misi
eksplorasi selanjutnya.
"Percobaan yang dilakukan Solar Probe Plus secara spesifik didesain untuk menjawab
dua pertanyaan soal fisika Matahari.
Pertama, mengapa atmosfer terluar Matahari sangat panas dibandingkan permukaannya
yang bisa kita lihat?
Dan, apa yang mendorong aktivitas Matahari berdampak pada Bumi dan tata surya?
"Kami telah berjuang dengan pertanyaan ini selama beberapa dekade. Misi ini harus
berakhir dengan sebuah jawaban."
Pada 2009 lalu, NASA mengundang sejumlah peneliti untuk mengajukan proposal.
Dari 13 yang masuk, lima di antaranya akan mendapat dana sebesar US$180
juta yang ditujukan untuk analisa awal, desain, pengembangan, dan pengujian
terkait proyek ini.
Investigasi Solar Wind Electrons Alphas dan Proton secara khusus akan menghitung
partikel yang melimpah dalam di sekitar Matahari -- ada elektron, proton, \
dan ion helium -- dan mengukur sifat mereka.
Cangkir khusus juga disiapkan untuk menangkap beberapa partikel Matahari,
untuk diuji secara langsung
Sementara, sebuah teleskop disiapkan untuk membuat citra 3D korona atau
mahkota Matahari. Eksperimen ini akan melihat lingkaran Matahari dan menyediakan
gambar 3D awan dan aliran gelombang kejut yang dialami pesawat.
Eksperimen ini juga berfungsi sebagai detektor debu raksasa, mendata
tanda tegangan ketika bintik debu luar angkasa menghantam antena pesawat.
Percobaan lain dari Southwest Research Institute di San Antonio akan melihat elemen-elemen di atmosfer matahari menggunakan spektrometer untuk menimbang dan memilah ion di sekitar pesawatdi kutip dari: NASA US
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