Physicists and metaphysicians are both in the business of wondering about the universe.
Contrary to the pejorative associations that the word mysticism has within the modern scientific community, the genuine mystical path is closely akin to the path of science in that mystics accept only that which is revealed through direct, immediate experience.
The word “experiment” is etymologically derived from the word “experience.”
Mystics are those who experiment with their experience and are therefore empiricists, drawing conclusions in a way that is in the true spirit of science. The discoveries of quantum physics make the insights which were once considered mystical “transparent,” readily available for all of us to see the world through its liberating perspective.
We ourselves are an essential part of the mystery that is being unveiled through quantum physics. To the extent that we are interested in truth, or the nature of reality, or God, or who we are, we are all metaphysicians.
Quantum physics is hinting at something beyond what we normally think of as physics, reaching beyond even what we consider the physical world.
Quantum physics is pointing at the very thing that it itself─and in fact the whole universe─is an expression of.
From the Book the Quantum Revelation by Paul Levy
