What the Bleep Do We Know?
When scientists, especially quantum physicists, get spiritual, you can expect fireworks. In the movie documentary, “What the Bleep!? Down the Rabbit Hole: Extended Director’s Cut” that’s just what we get.
The basic question asked is this: “Is the spirit and science tying the knot once more?” And, if so, where is that leading us?
Donna Freitas, who has seen this movie and reviews it for BeliefNet, writes:
They … build on the notion that all the universe, consciousness itself, is a great collective organism in which we all swim, move, live. This notion takes the statement “what I think effects the world” to a new level, since, as one scientist explains, the universe — and we, the human elements of it — are made of an “ocean of pure potentiality, abstract potentiality, pure abstract self-aware consciousness that gives rise to everything.”
In other words, as conscious elements of the larger universe, we are its co-creators. For lack of a better term, as conscious beings we are each of us gods (but not the only gods, as all consciousness is god), creating reality with our thoughts, actions, choices, and by merely being here and watching and paying attention.
We are then, co-creators of existence. “God is not within, but in fact we ourselves are divine” Quantum physics “has its own spirituality of unity” and tells us that separateness does not exist, that we are all literally connected.
This sounds like an unmissable DVD. A shorter version is already available in North America. (Aff)
I saw this movie a little over a year ago and when I first saw it, I really liked the movie. I still think it is a good movie and gets people thinking, but I believe that is misrepresents itself. It is not a science movie it is a spiritual movie with spiritual motivations. The science in the movie is questionable at best. The reason I’m sawing this is not to stop you from seeing it, but I believe that you should go into the movie knowing the truth.
Here is a review I wrote last year: http://whitewall.mcleanweb.ca/archives/000137what_the_bleep_review.html
Terry
By Terry on February 23rd, 2006 at 5:57 pm
Thanks, Terry. I read your review and it’s a very useful addition to my post. I still intend to see it, though, when I buy the new DVD.
By John on February 23rd, 2006 at 6:04 pm
Most of what is accepted as scientific “fact” is “questionable at best.” The Big Bang theory is the best example of this. Most scientists accept it as fact though, as Michael Goodspeed says,
“Big Bang theory may be the most extraordinary claim in the history of popular science. Here we have an idea that can be neatly encapsulated in eight words: ‘At first, there was nothing…then it exploded.’ But how can NOTHING explode? Big Bang theory ‘defies gravity’ and violates innumerable laws of physics, it remains a HYPOTHETICAL mathematical model, yet it is promoted as truth by NASA and institutions of higher learning around the world. Why has the mainstream never demanded the same standards of Big Bang theorists that it does of ‘paranormal’ proponents?”
Quantum physics is perhaps the most valid of all scientific theories, especially in light of the work of Louis de Broglie, David Bohm, and Karl Pribram.
In regard to the review, ALL advancement in the whole of human history has come from people working at the fringes. One of the Wright brothers said that “not within a thousand years will man fly,” (unsure actual wording) shortly before building a plane and flying. Not a single advancement has ever been made by people saying “gee, I’m satisfied with the way things are, let me sit back and relax.” No! Advancement comes ONLY from people willing to look foolish and challeng the status quo, especially when, with the case of materialistic science, current paradigmes fall FAR short from explaining even the smallest portion of the available data.
It is important to go into watching the movie knowing the truth, and the truth is the philosophical materialists, skeptical debunkers, and magicians are wrong and 50,000 years of human mysticism is correct. If you don’t believe me, look up Victor Zammit. Read his work and if you still don’t believe he’ll give you a million dollars if you can prove him wrong, and, unlike James Randi, the contest isn’t fixed.
-Dee
By Dee on June 6th, 2006 at 8:04 am