Colette Obrien

What is a thought made of?  If everything in existence is made of matter, and our thoughts exist, does that mean they have matter? And if they don’t have matter, do they exist? If thoughts do have mass, and our human experience is a bundle of memories/thoughts, we will still exist when our physical bodies transform into worms and cats.

Googling for scientist’s views on this subject, a few important points emerged:

Some scientists believe the photon, a tiny particle others consider too small to have mass, does. The problem is it can’t be measured at rest. To be without mass implies it has no mass when,”At Rest”. Photons move in waves and that implies mass. Like sound waves photons can be reflected which means something with no mass can be blocked or affected by mass.  But are thoughts photons, or something related to the electric nature of the activity of the brain.

Glenn B. Wheaton of HRVG: “Because of the electrical and magnetic platform that gives birth to thoughts, it is likely that thoughts are fields that actually flash to cognizance. It is why you cannot look too closely at a thought. Thoughts have a dwell time that fades upon recognition. Thoughts are fleeting, thoughts pass, thoughts that pass are collapsing waves. We can look at a brainwave signature but we cannot chase the electrons to word, phrase, or sentence. I believe science will ultimately have to accept that thoughts are micro bursts of electromagnetic activity.”

Science is as yet uncertain and therefore of no assistance. So here we are left to our own thoughts on the subject! It’s the old “faith or reason” dilemna once again, and I’m a person of faith. 

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