1.1.9 Bridging the Gap
Modern science is normally motivated by experimental data, so whenever new data are reported, scientists try to put forward their theories that could explain the observations, and possibly predict further evidences. The reason why personal experiences or observations, as reported for example by mystics, are not taken seriously in science is because they are normally not reproducible, while the mystics always affirm that one must follow their path in order to see, or taste, the truth that they are claiming. The problem is that, unlike scientific experiments which may be repeated in other labs relatively easily, it takes the whole lifetime to enter the mystics path and one is never certain where it is going to lead, and when or whether it is going to open at all, unless he or she has strong and durable faith.
The purpose of this book is, therefore, to connect these two contrasting approaches of studying the Universe, by matching their major achievements and hence trying to explain the discrepancies of the various leading theories of modern physics and cosmology. This is achieved by understanding the real flow of time which was originally presented in “Ibn Arabi - Time and Cosmology” and “The Single Monad Model of the Cosmos”, and will now be pursued further in this book by focusing on the physical applications rather than the metaphysical or ontological relations.
It was a remarkable breakthrough for me when I could understand and explain the connection between time and the dimensions of matter and space, which turned out to be the long-missing link between relativity and quantum theories. However, it was not possible at that time to express the theory in terms of the conventional language of physicists and mathematicians. For this reason, except among a small circle of some people who are originally interested in mysticism and metaphysics, the previous books could not achieve the desired impact on scientists and physicists.