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Observation changing the observed is for sure one of the bedrocks of quantum theory. The mathematics of electron orbits and the mathematics of electromagnetism, light and such is pretty strong. Why a photon is a wave and a particle at the same time, is pure mystery. That to me screams that matter is not passive "stuff" in which we exist and function in. It is just as dynamic and mysterious as the fact that we are aware of matter in the first place. I also ask the question, because of the fact of observation collapsing a wave of possibility to an individualized experience.
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The mathematics are always evolving. I'm not a physicists, so my understanding is that of a layman. From what I understand we have a good mathematical foundation of predicting what matter is doing on the quantum level. Do we really have a true grasp of what our mathematics are describing to us? String theory is an attempt to link the micro to the macro. I feel like we are still at the level of infinite elephants holding the earth up. That mystery of the tenuous understanding what it is, is the essence of the unknown, or spirit. Of course, the mathematics of the small gave me the computer I'm typing on now.
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I phrased the question a little ambiguous to see the responses. I was more thinking about the fact that a lot of people become numb to "physicality". Matter is to me spiritual in the sense that it's fundamental properties are elusive. Spirit is unobservable and it's effects are observed indirectly. Is matter an observable spiritual effect? Can the term spiritual be applied, due to to the uncertainty of matter's fundamentals.
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Technically your heart and brain are matter. Your 'heart' and mind are emotions. I'm not sure I really get what you are asking.
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My view is that mind, body, and spirit are all interconnected and powerless on their own.
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My view is that mind, body, and spirit are all interconnected and powerless on their own.
I'm not sure if that answers your question, but that's what I think.
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I'm not sure I understand. Matter, it seems to me, is a solid substance of some kind, empirically observable. That which we call "heart" refers to an emotional state, the effects of which can be observed, but not the emotion itself. "Spirit" is unobservable.
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