A Comparative Study of the “Unity of Existence” in Mysticism and the “Unity of the World” in Physics

جستارهایی در فلسفه و کلام

Article 1, Volume 53, Issue 2 - Serial Number 107, January 2022, Pages 87-108   

Document Type: Original Article

DOI: 10.22067/epk.2021.43093.0

Authors

raziye niki^{* 1}; sayyed mortaza hosseini shahrudi²

¹shiraz university

²ferdowsi university

Abstract

The principles of the “unity of the world” in physics and the “unity of existence” in mysticism are two important and basic principles. Considering that both areas of knowledge are based on rational research and analysis, we will examine the similarities and differences of these two principles with this shared method. In fact, the unity of the world and the unity of existence represent the unity of the entire universe from the matter to the immaterial However, each one includes a specific realm and has its own rules, since the unity of the world is accidental, conventional, and physical, but the unity of existence is essential, real and metaphysical.

Keywords

unity of existence; unity of the world; simple reality; quantum physics; holographic world

References

Benford, M. S. 2000. “Empirical evidence supporting macro-scale quantum holography in non-local effects,” Journal of Theoretics, 2(5), 1-6.

Bohm, David. 1980. Wholeness and the Implicate Order. New York: Routledge.

Bohm, D. & Peat, F. D. Science, Order & Creativity. London: Routledge.

Capaldi, Nicholas. 1966. Philosophy of Science, New York: Monarch Press,.

Weber, R. 1990. Dialogues with Scientists and Sages: The Search for Unity. London: Arkana.

Wigner, Eugene. Symmetries and Reflections, Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 1967

Wheeler, J. A. 1982. “Bohr, Einstein and the Strange Lesson of the Quantum," in  Mind in Nature, R. Q. Elvee, ed., Harper & Row, San Francisco, California, 1–30.