The Magic of Singularity & its Analogy.

Singularity :

Singularity, the state of being singular is correlated and interpreted in many ways in science & technology as well as in various philosophies. The singularity in this context is the singularity in physics, the big bang where the time begun according to physics as we know it.

The two clearly distinct theories upon which modern physics rests are general relativity & quantum mechanics. General relativity focuses on gravity for understanding stars, galaxies etc. On the other hand quantum mechanics governing laws for the physics of atoms, molecules etc. So if the universe started out in a singularity of the point with infinite density, the magical event where the quantum mechanics collides with general relativity portraying how micro and macro of the universe are intertwined.

Science already used analogy in nature to develop technologies in many ways like bio inspired designs, intelligence etc. for new opportunities and problem solving. In the same we can get inspired from the science with its own analogy in our life as well. There are many thoughts, theories relating the outer space to our inner space describing how we as a microcosm enfolded in the universe and within us enfolded the entire universe. As microscopic & macroscopic phenomena unified in the singularity it can be compared to our life in various way on many levels with its astonishing beauty just like ‘the Big Bang’.

Analogical Magic :

Love :

The first analogy comes into my mind is Love, the beautiful & amazing emotional state of mind where you feel strong and weak at the same time, strong by giving us strength to achieve it and weak with fear of losing it making us to make each move carefully, both simultaneously can lead us to sustain love of our life. In fact in Christopher Nolan’s sci-fi blockbuster Interstellar signifying the epicness of enduring love as the thing we’re capable of perceiving that transcends dimensions of time and space. Allen L Ronald mentions in his article that heart’s desire is to love so deeply that we become one with source & transcend not only the speed of light but also gravity in the process, relating existence of wormhole through the realm of love. Well enough to say love is best analogy of singularity. Carl Sagan in his quote, ‘For small creatures such as we the vastness is bearable only through love’.

Subconscious mind : Dream

Subconscious mind, mysterious place is another analogy where a micro state is enabling us to enter into another limitless macro state. During sleep we totally shut off our thinking process of mind but next thing in sleep you are flying a spacecraft to the Europa (moon of Jupiter) for space exploration to extend humanity in solar system, which won’t happen in our day to day life. The adventurous experience a way beyond any possible adventures in our real life. The things we experience in dream so easily which is sometime merely impossible or quite challenging in real life just like space mission to Europa is challenging for space agencies itself as its longer distance as well as gravitational influence of Jupiter, hence Mars first :) . In another Christopher Nolan’s brainy blockbuster ‘Inception’ depicting an idea of implanting an artificial memories or thought into the brain of subconscious state while sleeping with use of unlimited creative imagination because anything possible when you are dreaming. The idea of Inception in the movie is scary but it could show the immensity of our subconscious mind at our command. Hence our second best analogy of singularity is our subconscious mind as it is directly linked to the quantum field of infinite possibilities.

Creativity dovetailed with Visionary :

Creativity (micro), an outcome of going into micro state of being focused with greater depth & intense concentration with limitless appetite for knowledge & curiosity in childlike way, having a sense of wonder & ability to look at thing as in fresh with goal of doing it differently.  Here concentration can act as a wormhole to take us towards our goal in a shortest path with sense of nonconformity just to avoid distraction & to have Eureka moments in your life. Also creativity cannot be learned externally from someone or observing geniuses, it has to be experienced or originated out of you because it is auto-catalytic, more you use it more you will have it.

Visionary (macro), a state of being open to old as well as new information to map them on imagination with high conviction and persistence to make predictions with the sense of quickness to adopt new information & to map on realigned imagination to have accurate predictions and it is too auto-catalytic in nature :)

So when accurate prediction from visionary is combined with creativity we have analogical singularity which can create revolutionary outcomes. We have few examples of such singularities as Steve Jobs, Thomas Edison who were not only creative inventors but also visionary leaders.

Characteristics :

Singularity analogy can be found in many movie or real life characters. For example superhero fictional characters in movies shown to have two personalities (micro & macro) and both have their own importance. Micro personality will be ordinary life like Peter Parker (in Spiderman) and macro personality as Spiderman. Both personalities have its benefits as well as limitations. With micro personality allowing him to live happy real life but no powers to save the world, on the other hand with macro personality which has supernatural powers but life will be reality show. Both personalities together gave him perfect balanced singularity analogical personality. A good attitude is like having the powers of a superhero. Hence, we can relate to the different real life characters as well who believe in touching the sky with feet on ground & have perfect balance of being humble and noble at the same time. It can also of being cool & nerd at the same time.

Religious Thought :

There can be singularity analogy to religious thought too, as in Hindu Puranas mentioned that everything came from subtler than the atom, greater than the greatest. Jesus may be the ideal example of Singularity as he mentioned as the same perfect in divinity and perfect in humanity, the same truly God and truly man. Japanese philosophy wabi-sabi seeing the singular beauty in imperfections or suffering.  Buddhist meditation, space where our inner space(microcosm) merges with outer space(macrocosm) giving thought ‘No matter whether you are a believer or a non-believer, religious or not religious, a Christian, Hindu, or a scientist, black or white, an Easterner or a Westerner, the most important thing to know is your own mind and how it works.’

Science of Small :

Getting smaller have immense significance in solving gigantic problems as things at nano level behave differently emerging amazing new properties. Micro technologies solving macro problems which are impossible with classical technologies. For example, as miniaturizing computing hardware, when  transistor size reduces to an atom with use of superposition state of electron (like Schrödinger's cat), it can have exponential speed with massive parallel computation capability which can solve very complex problem with enormous number of variables that classical computers can take thousands years to solve. Nanobots, steering through our veins to repair cells or when ionized with electric field can be boosted with speed of light to make interstellar travel possible. Quantum tunneling process drives fusion process in stars as well as DNA mutation & evolution of life. A sprawling web of nanosensors can maps the Mars terrain which can be used for making Mars virtual reality software which NASA is developing in collaboration with Microsoft.

Timelessness :

The big bang singularity is timeless as time just begun there, hence being  timeless is another analogy to the singularity. Also when something moves at speed of light their time stops that means it will be timeless. Black hole can make anything to move at speed of light because of huge mass at its centre which is a gravitational singularity which is timeless because of exponential time dilation. Hence analogy of singularity to the singularity, which is violating the meaning of analogy itself [lol]. This particular thought bit crazy and nothing can gain speed of light. But still as we considered being timeless as a analogy, all great people who will be remembered forever & became timeless in the history because their greatness are our examples.

Quest :

We are living in such dimension within mysterious deep boundaries which yet to be understood. On macro level ‘The dark energy’ causing universe to expand deep outside towards where is unknown & beyond imaginations, on the other hand on micro level search for ‘God particles’ on subatomic level still continues deep inside with discoveries of new particles deeper & deeper. Hence our quest continues to understand these extreme mysteries outward as well as inward with our consciousness which itself is deep mystery.

There can be many more analogies... 

So when we transition ourselves from duality (micro vs macro) to singularity by tuning our macro attributes to the micro nature inside us, we can vibe with it to keep inspiration in some form around us like shadow and that’s the magic of analogical singularity.


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