I am a 46 year old practicing physician of internal medicine long interested in a variety of scientific, philosophical, and transpersonal issues.  Among these interests is Einstein's dream of a unified field theory of physics and how such a theory might alter our understanding of the nature of the world, the universe, of consciousness, and ourselves.  The spiritual impetus for this line of questioning derives from my Catholic upbringing and childhood and early adolescent aspirations to enter the priesthood (presumably as a Jesuit, give my passion for learning).  However, at age fourteen I started reading about Einstein's theories and fell in love with the elegance of relativity theory.  At the time I excelled in mathematics and was and became an amateur astronomer at age eleven.  By age sixteen I was becoming increasing serious in my plans to become an astrophysicist with a secret desire to expand upon Einstein's thinking on relativity.  Given my dual interests in spirituality and physics, by late high school (and even more intensely through college) I began contemplating how the two great paths for true, science and religion, might one day become reconciled into one integrated understanding of truth.

In 1976 I entered the University of Wisconsin - Madison as a physics major with aspirations of eventually getting a Ph.D. in astrophysics.  By the time I took my first course in college physics I had read a fair amount about relativity theory, and I had a good sense of how Einstein approached physics.  If I was to expand upon Einsteinian theory of relativity I realized I needed to find a cleaver question, and solve it.  I decided to sift through every new idea I learned in my college physics courses to discover such a question, one that would stump my professors.  It didn't take very long to find what I was looking for.

In the spring of 1977, during my first course in college physics, we were studying rotational motion and centrifugal forces.  A passage in my physics text made mention that Einstein and other 20th century physicists attributed the phenomenon of centrifugal forces to the "conglomerate mass of the universe" serving as a frame of reference relative to which rotational motion may be defined.  So I immediately began asking myself the following series of questions:

• "What would happen if I were free floating and spinning in space then, suddenly, the rest of the material universe mysteriously vanished!?  Would I continue to experience centrifugal forces?" 

I followed these questions up with related  questions . . .

• "Is it possible to 'spin' within an otherwise massless universe?"

• "How would I define spinning without an external frame of reference relative to which to define my angular velocity?"

• "Does rotation seize to be a valid concept in such a universe?"

Much as Albert Einstein challenged the notion of absolute linear motion, these question seemed to challenge the very notion of absolute angular velocity.  I began asking my physics professors these questions, and not one had an answer. 

However, in 1978 (my junior year in college) with two years of college physics under my belt, and inspired by a growing interest in chemistry and more specifically biochemistry and medicine, I changed my college major from physics to biochemistry with aspirations of becoming a physician.  I graduated in 1980 with a major in biochemistry, did a few years of cancer research at the university, then entered and latter graduated from medical school in 1987. 

In 1990 I completed my residency in internal medicine and entered professional practice.  Upon entering professional practice, I became engaged in competitive athletics, specifically cross country skiing and later, triathlons.  Formerly where was always occupied with rational pursuits such as patient care, reading medical journals, etc. now, during my long aerobic workouts, my mind began to freely roam toward philosophical questions, and it recurrently roamed back to the question I had discovered during my first college course in physics, "Is it possible to 'spin' within an otherwise massless universe?".

In 1995-96 I faced many personal tragedies and some extraordinarily difficult times.  This inspired me to take up meditation and inner development so I might transcend the outer chaos of my life and to keep myself centered in a more tranquil and detached state of mind.  As a means to "grow through my difficulties" and distract myself from my challenging circumstances, I engaged in a careful reassessment my values, life goals, and life philosophy.  This lead me to a kind of new quest for knowledge and especially wisdom, as I became interested in many questions of a philosophical, moral, and cosmological nature.

In January 1997 I was seeing patients in my office when and I had an explosive insight to the answer to my question of twenty years "Is it possible to 'spin' inn an otherwise massless universe?" along with a realization my new insights would lead to an integration of general relativity theory and quantum mechanics (THE major challenge for any unified theory of physics) and to a new theory of consciousness.  The phenomenon was much like being in a dark room and experiencing a flash bulb go off and having a momentary glimpse of the contents of the room, leaving one left with the task of recollecting what one had just seen. 

The image which appeared to me during this extraordinary epiphany was that of an electron moving about a proton in a hydrogen atom in its s-orbital configuration.  This insight lead me to a deeper understanding of the rationale for such motion, and it was not long before I began to realize these insights were leading me to what appeared to me to be a third Einsteinian theory of relativity which I now call "vibrational relativity theory".  This theory is founded upon the angular velocity equivalent of Einstein's Principle of Special Relativity, which I call the the "Principle of Rotational Relativity".  This later principle states:  "Within an otherwise massless universe or circumstances which closely approximate such a universe (e.g. the hydrogen atom) the laws of motion are the same for all uniformly moving rotational frames of reference".

I have been quietly contemplating this theory on my own since, receiving deeper insights and understanding since.  I have found it difficult to get others to take me seriously when I suggest I might have discovered a third Einsteinian theory of relativity and I learned to remain quiet about my discoveries for many years to all by my closest acquaintances.  However, in 2000 I met with August Jaccaci of Unity Scholars, Richard J. Spady of the Forum Foundation, and Richard Kirby of the World Network of Religious Futurists who became very interested and supportive of my work on vibrational relativity theory, and these individuals have become supporters of my work, for which I am very grateful .

I have since become extremely interested in the integral philosophical movement which seeks to integrate the various forms of human knowledge (scientific, psychological, philosophical, social, religious, mystical, anthropological, etc.) into an overarching integral map of reality.  Leaders in this movement include Ken Wilber, Don Beck, and others.  It is my view that vibrational relativity theory provides the scientific theoretical foundation for Ken Wilber's "integral philosophy", leads to advances toward a unified field theory of physics, and provides a spiritual 4-dimensional Kosmology supportive of the insights of various mystical traditions.

I currently continue to practice internal medicine as I continue my work on vibrational relativity theory during my free time.  I live a rather monkish existence, and one of my favorite pastimes is taking long walks while listening to lectures from The Teaching Company in my quest to understand the world, and how vibrational relativity theory (if a valid theory) might help improve the human condition, especially to make the world a better place today's children and future generations.

 

Kenneth A. Miller, MD