Investigating the Unexplainable

Investigating the Unexplainable

by Yury Kronn, Ph.D., author of The Science of Subtle Energy

There is a story that is frequently told at conferences or cited in books to illustrate how hard it is for humans to accept new concepts or ideas, or conversely, how good we are at recycling existing perceptions without truly opening our eyes. The story goes like this: When Christopher Columbus first arrived at the shores of the new world, the Native Americans could not see his ships. The ships were in plain sight, but supposedly the Indians, as Columbus would misname them, did not have the proper mental slots or receptors to process or accept something they had never seen before.

We tend to have sympathy for what we think of as these less-developed cultures who perhaps lack the curiosity to observe the advance of technology. However, often times in our modern world, all of us—scientists, thinkers, citizens—are closed into a certain way of seeing or thinking about things. We will not see what is directly in front of us. It is not that we cannot see. It is that we do not want to know. We are too busy fishing.

In the past almost half a century, I have seen many unexplainable ships sailing along coasts. I have witnessed phenomena for which science—at least, as we know it—does not even have the beginning of an explanation. At the same time, today, there is a consensus that science can only explain 4 percent of our reality. Yes, that is all that Western science can explain after the proud discoveries by scientists of the past four hundred years, from René Descartes and Isaac Newton to Albert Einstein. According to the latest calculations, only 4 percent of the mass-energy of the universe is occupied by atomic matter and electromagnetic energy. That is, by stuff that we can see or measure. That leaves 96 percent, vaguely described as dark matter and dark energy, that we cannot see, do not understand, and cannot explain.

That 96 percent is here, everywhere and at every moment of our existence. Is it even realistic to assume that it has no influence on our lives? Can we afford to continue fishing as if nothing has changed now that we officially know that we can only explain such a tiny part of our reality? It is not that there are no ships sailing by, we are simply not conscious of them. We do not even understand the source of our consciousness. Even if we can explain the Big Bang, where we think this all started, we have no idea what caused that giant explosion so many millions of years ago. And so on. There is much to be discovered and explained.

My book, The Science of Subtle Energy, is about my journey of discovery. My journey is only the beginning of a much longer journey—after all, we still have to explore the mysteries covering 96 percent of our existence. My book documents my experiments conducted as much as possible, according to the rigor of today’s science. These experiments need to be replicated and extended. I do not know whether there is an end to this journey. I do not know whether we will ever be able to fully explain 100 percent of our existence. However, I do know that this journey of discovery has major implications for the future health of the Earth and of her human inhabitants. Ecosystems and lives will be much healthier and more resilient if we better understand the universe we are living in. Our world will be a much better world if we keep our eyes open and remain curious.

The challenge of constructing an adequate theory of subtle energy may very well be connected to the difficulties mainstream scientists are facing when trying to create a comprehensive theory of subatomic particles. As scientists recently realized, subatomic particles originate in a multidimensional space. Thus, it has been theorized that what we observe in our three-dimensional physical world is some kind of projection of the events taking place in a multidimensional “metaverse,” as it was called by Ervin Laszlo, a state which is largely unimaginable to us. It is much easier for science to explain phenomena that happen in a world with which our senses are familiar. All our measuring devices, in one way or another, involve electromagnetic energy—therefore, we can say all of the equipment used by modern science represents an extension of our sensory perception, mainly our vision, which is based on the range of electromagnetic energy we call the visible light spectrum. Like our physical vision, all “extensions” of our vision act only in the three-dimensional world.

As soon as a phenomenon cannot be perceived by our physical senses and their extensions, all theories about the phenomenon resemble the theories of a blind man on “how to use colors for creating art.” Here’s a good example: Scientists are struggling to make sense of what they’re calling “dark matter” and “dark energy,” which occupies 96 percent of the universe. Subtle energy, according to both ancient Eastern philosophy and modern frontier science, definitely belongs to the same kind of phenomena as dark matter and dark energy: We cannot measure it directly, and we can only measure the effects it produces in our three-dimensional world. There must be a more effective way to study subtle energy than creating new “blind man” theories! After all, the practical reason to research subtle energy is to find a means to harness it for our needs— whether it is for our health and well-being or spiritual growth—and for finding non-toxic alternatives to existing technologies that are polluting our environment.

History shows us a different way to research and investigate subtle energy. Our ancestors knew that the forces of nature ruled the world. Whatever changes happened in their world, some force of nature was the cause. For example: Thousands of years ago, the Assyrians knew that water flowed downhill, and that a force of nature was responsible. They built aqueducts—sophisticated irrigation systems—to carry water efficiently from one place to another, using this force (which only many centuries later would be called gravity), and practically applied their knowledge of this force to build monumental structures that have lasted thousands of years . . . all without the use of mathematics.

Our ancestors did whatever they could to harness the forces of nature. It did not bother them that some of these forces were invisible, nor that they lacked understanding of the precise laws governing them. They were observing the effects produced by these forces and made attempts to use them for practical purposes. In fact, whole civilizations arose and functioned using these forces. And sometimes they achieved goals that are beyond even the capabilities of today’s technologies! Today, we can replicate these achievements with modern equipment that only very recently has become available.

With my book, the work presented within it, and the work that will continue, we are entering a field of science like we have never seen before. “Talent hits a target no one else can hit; Genius hits a target no one else can see,” said German philosopher Arthur Schopenhauer. We need many open-minded “genius scientists” to investigate phenomena like the ones presented in my book, which we can observe but not yet fully explain. This is a field of science that challenges core values—like objectivity—of the current scientific paradigm.

In the world of subtle energy, like in the world of quantum mechanics, the observer is always also a participant. When you try to record the healing natural energy of a waterfall while you are thinking about the quarrel you just had with your wife, you will be recording the energy created during the quarrel with your wife as well. Your own energy will distort the energy pattern you are recording. In my book, we are describing phenomena and experiments that interact with individual consciousness. That is why the emerging science of subtle energy challenges everything we know. It is so not simple.

However, that unknown and that complexity come with tremendous opportunities for healing ourselves and the planet—for healthier life on all levels—from physiology to spirituality. Welcome to the 96 percent!