From the Editors October 7, 2013 Issue

The energy of creation

The Editors

Does energy have mental aspects? Over the years matter, energy, and thought have been proven to have profound relationships. Albert Einstein revealed that it’s possible to turn energy into matter and vice versa, and today, this is commonly done—via nuclear reactions, for example. And for some time now, some physicists have considered a potential link between energy and thought itself.

If matter can be converted into energy, and energy and thought have correspondence, couldn’t there then be an explicit relationship between matter and thought? Could it be then that we are not actually created out of cold, hard matter after all, but have our origin in the energy of thought?

With remarkable insight, Christian Science teaches that energy—spiritual energy—is behind what makes us who we are. Spirit, God, is a conscious presence or force, invisible to mortal eyes yet always in operation. Stephen M. Barr, a professor of physics at the University of Delaware who does research in theoretical particle physics, asks: “If the human mind transcends matter to some extent, could there not exist minds that transcend the physical universe altogether? And might there not even exist an ultimate Mind?” (“Does Quantum Physics Make it Easier to Believe in God?” bigquestionsonline.com).

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