Week 5 Assignments - Symmetry and Sacred Geometry

My (a)symmetrical world:

On a physical level, my body is constructed in a symmetrical fashion; I have two arms, two legs, two hands, and two feet - all of them arranged more or less equally, and so I am essentially a symmetrical being. Of course, on closer examination, one arm or leg might be a little bit longer than the other, there may be profound differences between either one of my hands or feet, and as is well known, the right side of my face is not the same as the left side...I have even noticed that my hair is different on one side of my head than the other.

This makes me think about the spiritual concepts of karma and reincarnation, or at least of my understanding of those concepts; karma being in some ways an illustration of the concept of cause and effect, and reincarnation in one way an illustration of how a soul will return again and again in an attempt to finally become fully "enlightened" or "balanced", before being granted entrance to the state of nirvana or final resting - and how these are states of striving for balance which may or may not ever really become balanced, and indeed perhaps should NOT do so.

So I suppose that the bottom line here is that while nature strives for balance and equality, the reality is that this state rarely, if ever, actually exists. And this is probably a good thing when one considers that, if equal amounts of matter and anti-matter existed at the same time they would cancel each other out and so the universe would cease to exist...

Just what does this CP violation really mean?

What has stood out for me in trying to get my head around this concept is the whole thing about matter and anti-matter and how they would cancel each other out if they did indeed exist in equal amounts at the same time...and the other bit about this that I find significant is the time factor - that the anomaly exists when one tries to move backward in time. I don't think that I am capable of understanding this idea more than just getting the bare bones of it, so to try to ascertain what it means is beyond me - but it feels like something I could meditate on further and perhaps have some sort of "aha" moment about later on....

Are there connections between Sacred Geometry and Physics?

Short answer to this question, yes.

I believe ancient cultures actually had a pretty good handle on this concept, and that symbols that exist in all of the world's major religious traditions reflect this. I also think that the modern phenomena of crop circles may be related in some way; there has been some research to suggest that they have a connection to music and sound as well (I have a book and DVD about this, but can't remember the title or author right now and they are both in a box somewhere from my recent move...sorry!).