What do a black hole and meditation have in common?
The following story was inspired by a dialogue between ChatGPT and me on the relationship between black holes and deep meditation. In my previous entry, I discussed the new phenomenon of vibe physics, where folks have talks with AI about deep theoretical physics, often to their detriment by deluding themselves into thinking they are on the frontier of a groundbreaking discovery. Experts in the field of physics have shared some of their opinions on vibe physics and caution users to be more grounded.
Most of what I share, my conversations with ChatGPT, is for entertainment and to be thought-provoking. None of it is to be construed as factual. It sounds like a cop-out to protect myself and readers, but in a way, I want to say, who cares, since we delude ourselves so often, it’s comical at this point.
I like to hover in the in-between spaces, from metaphysics, mysticism, philosophy, religion, and more. I know there are great minds who caution against being hasty to converge mysticism and science or religion and science. This is true to some degree, provided the two are converging with rigor. Many great mystics were able to blend the two with ease. Some came from a scientific background and then became mystics, such as the polymath Emmanuel Swedenborg, who was a contemporary of the famous philosopher Immanuel Kant.
Bonus (An article I read afterwards):
https://www.artofliving.org/us-en/meditation/meditation-and-black-holes
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