Unless you were hanging out in a cave all of last year, you might remember seeing this contraption in the news:
Say hello to the Large Hadron Collider: a multi-billion dollar particle collider that made headlines in 2012 for making one of the most important scientific discoveries of the past 50 years.
Sitting in a 17-mile long tunnel spanning both France and Switzerland, the LHC – built by the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN) – is known to some as “mankind’s greatest engineering achievement”. And to others as “the 21st century’s answer to gothic cathedrals”.
Its building and upkeep cost throughout the course of making this monumental discovery? 10 years and $13.25 billion.
The Geneva-based CERN is no stranger to reality-bending achievements.
For instance, CERN scientists were responsible for creating the World Wide Web. And for winning the Nobel Prize in Physics on two occasions.
But it’s arguable that even these milestones are dwarfed by this one earth-shattering discovery the LHC made back in July 2012…
The LHC’s greatest achievement (so far)
The LHC entered the public eye last year when it was used to find the elusive Higgs Boson: a class of fundamental elementary particle that gives other particles weight.
The theory surrounding the Higgs Boson is that a Higgs energy field exists everywhere. And that particles moving around in this field attract Higgs Bosons, which group together around them.
What scientists have have been unable to explain is that after firing speeding protons into other protons and observing the collision wreckage, the way in which the particles acquire mass turns out to be 16 orders of magnitude lighter than they need to be to explain the mass in the universe.
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Using this discovery as a basis, the LHC employed two instruments called ‘detectors’, which are placed at specific points throughout the tunnel, to measure the debris when larger atomic particles are collided. Except this time, they were able to find a particle consistent with the characteristics of the Higgs Boson.
The elusive God Particle
The Higgs Boson is – perhaps controversially – referred to as the ‘God Particle’ because of its fill-in-the-gap function as a sort of ‘cosmic magnet’ without which nothing may physically exist.
Without it, reality would be nothing but photons moving at the speed of light. We would have no mass. No physical objects. Nothing.
And yet despite its extremely important function in what we know as reality, no scientist has ever been able to find or even prove its existence since it was first discovered in 1964 by physicist Peter Higgs.
Until now, that is.
Physicist Martin Archer calls the Higgs Boson “the last missing piece of our current understanding of the most fundamental nature of the universe”. And many experts believe it holds the key to as-of-yet undetermined future technologies that could change mankind’s destiny.
Fifty years from now, the world may look to the LHC and the Higgs Boson discovery as a turning point in mankind’s destiny. A gateway to the creation of a new reality.
Now, what’s interesting to me as an enthusiast of both science and spirituality… is the parallels we can draw between the LHC and another ancient instrument of creation: The Sri Yantra.
We’ve talked about the God Particle, now let’s look at “the fingerprint of God”:
The Sri Yantra is a 12,000-year-old geometric tantric ritual drawing used for centuries for meditation, concentration and creating a person’s desired outcomes.
The Sri Yantra is a form of sacred geometry: a type of shape, motif or pattern that scientists, architects and even spiritual leaders will agree holds the mathematical or numerological essence of the universe itself.
Some even call it “the fingerprint of God”.
Have you ever heard of the Golden Ratio? Platonic Solids? The Egg of Life? These principles that exist around us and within us are just a tiny example of the sacred geometry that the world’s smartest people often harness to create breathtaking works of art, science and engineering.
The Sri Yantra, however, is arguably one of the most enduring and powerful. Yantra in Sanskrit means “Power Diagram”. Sri Yantra, therefore, translates as “King of Power Diagrams”. The common English translation is “Instrument of Creation”.
Vedic texts label the Sri Yantra as an individual’s gateway to liberation… and the understanding of the entire universe.
Are you noticing the similarities between this ancient symbol and the modern scientific marvel that is the LHC?
Here’s something else to think about…
Did you know there’s a statue of Shiva, the Hindu God of Transformation, just in front of CERN’s headquarters in Geneva?
And the plot further thickens when you learn Shiva is depicted in the ‘Nataraj’ pose: which symbolizes him in a divine dance intended to neutralize the existing universe… and start the process of creation anew.
Hmmm…
P.S. Know what else makes me scratch my head? How similar the Aztec calendar and the LHC look when you put them side-by-side…
in fact ,it reminds me of the movie ,Star Gate, where they find huge ancient symbol and discover that by entering codes a gateway would open and they could travel to other planets ,solar systems past present and future..that could be where those idiots got the idea..lol
man trying to play God,they are wasting their human life, that’s like paying someone millions of dollars to see which way the water flows and where is it going…when the money that was spent on that device could have housed ,clothed and could feed those people who are without all over the world..or build a system to clean water in some country….in other words…spend their time ,great minds and money helping the world in a positive and loving way….I think they are idiots…
I think it’s all fascinating. You just have to keep it all in perspective & understand this is a learning process for you, your head, & your reality. I have been to many places in Europe, including Geneva, where I can now recall seeing resemblances of the Sri Yantra in many different forms = ART. I, of course, didn’t realize what I was looking at back then, nor how it was related to the universe. I had studied Art History, and even had exposure to Middle Eastern culture growing up. But even so, the studies & exposure did not bring in Middle Eastern symbolic art to this level.
Thank you Amish, this is Wonderful!
Jeff – your response to this fascinating article belongs in the comment section for the Teletubbies. It’s THAT infantile.
Good luck…
Ridiculous theoretically wasted time and money….
This article is the result of countless government funds spent on a stupidcollider that will never serve a practical use on Earth I read so many ridiculous peoples theories but not one is an actual fact that can be applied practically..some guy said it could create a worm hole….lmao…really!!?? I think they have watched Star Trek to many times. Steven Hawking said it “might” create a small black hole ….yea !! that’s what we need here on earth…..hahahahahaha fucking idiots make me laugh …peace out retards…..LMFAO
Star Trek where?
With due respect, sometimes we humans grasp curiosity to infinite things as if we could put it on our hands, hope it could not open again another pandoras box of death, like from basic Guns in the past and now nuclear war heads, whats next ? human itself could end the mother earth later .. well that’s how the story of Adam & eve also falls.. The classic picture reminds me of infinite deep communication with God, we meditate to keep ourselves align and talk above, people wrote this has visions..
Imagine you invented a robot with a learning & creative capability, what would you think about this robot..is he will going to measure you? and what you will do?… specially when he’s going to be corrupted..
well, since childhood i wondered why every living thing is made of cells and non living things made of atoms. There should be a common thing. I think i have my answer that its doing of Higgs Boson and some unknown force which made particular structure of cells and atoms. I dont know may be i am speculating 😛 as i am not that much into the science 😀
cells are made or molecules which is a cluster of atoms! everything is made of atoms…
of* not ‘or’
And what are atoms made of?
atoms are made of protons electrons and neutrons… According to the standard model of physics, there are 12 basic particles of the universe… 6 are quarks and 6 are leptons.. If you are really interested, read at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elementary_particle
I fully agree with this. Scientific knowledge means experiments, reasoning and coming into decisions using logic. But THERE ARE ARE OTHER WAYS OF KNOWING TOO.
In fact, it was the Belgian François Englert who discovered the Higgs Boson theoratically. Higgs used Englerts calculations, but still respect of course 🙂