Searching for the Elixir-of-life: Part 4
Sometimes, when we wake up in the morning, we hit the floor running; and sometimes, we can barely make it to the coffee pot. … ENERGY! … What is it, and where does it come from?
We think of energy coming from the things we eat and drink. That is certainly true, so let’s take it to the next level. If we eat an orange, for example, we receive energy; but where did the orange get its energy? From the tree; and where did the tree get energy?
We go back through the sources of energy until we reach the first source. Just before we arrive at the Creator, we encounter the light coming from our sun. We could stop with light and be done with our search, but the one who finds the Elixir-of-life must not stop here. He must put on his thinking cap and ask the next question. He must do what all great teachers have taught down through the ages. He must think and reason for himself, examine his life goals and priorities, think logically, learn all the sciences and understand how they relate to each other. He must allow his imagination to form ideas; and if he listens to Mozart, the ideas may come even easier. Let’s put on our own thinking caps and imagine what his next question should be.
“How does the light from the sun give energy to the tree?”
“Photosynthesis!” we remember our science teacher saying. Is that what a wise teacher would say to the one who discovers the Elixir-of-life? How many teachers will be needed? How many classes? How many college degrees? How many books will he need to read? How much time will it take?
If someone has a mind that thinks fast enough to grasp concepts and comprehend complex equations, he may just discover a shortcut to understanding all the sciences? He could pick up a book and read it with full understanding. He wouldn’t need a teacher to explain it and test for comprehension. He would spend his time in the library instead of the classroom. As he learns, his mind would continue to speed up and grasp new concepts even faster.
In his mind’s eye, he would begin to visualize light as waves of energy. He would imagine light waves doing what the waves on a pond do when a pebble is tossed into the water. The rippling waves spread out from the center and eventually roll onto the shore and disappear. If two stones are dropped at the same time a few feet apart, the waves from each stone will roll toward each other, cross through each other and continue their journey to the shore. The energy in the wave doesn’t stop when the two waves crash into each other. The wave energy keeps going.
Water is also made up of tiny particles called molecules; and light is made up of tiny particles called photons. The energy stored in water can be released squirted through a nozzle, it can squirt a long way, splash, sprinkle, soak through your shirt or even cut a straight line through the material in the factory that makes paper. Light can reflect, glow softly, be bright and painful to the eyes
Energy exists in many different forms. Examples of these are: light energy, heat energy, mechanical energy, gravitational energy, electrical energy, sound energy, chemical energy, nuclear or atomic energy and so on. Each form can be converted or changed into the other forms.
https://vikaspedia.in/ energy/energy-basics/ forms-of-energy
An X-ray machine is essentially a camera. Instead of visible light, however, it uses X-rays to expose the film. X-rays are like light in that they’re electromagnetic waves, but they’re more energetic so they can penetrate many materials to varying degrees.
https://www.google. com/search?q=how+is +light+used+in+an+xray+machine
How much energy does the water store?
If the temperature of the water is 20 °C (293 °K), then we multiply the mass (1000) times the heat capacity (4184) times the temperature (293) in °K to find our cubic meter of water has 1.22e9 (1.2 billion) Joules of energy.
https://www.google. com/search?q=how+does +water+store+energy
Einstein’s first paper was on Light. Everyone believed light was a wave, but waves can’t create electricity. E said light contained particles called photons that hit other atoms and knocked electrons off of them. The electrons bounced off as electricity. The photonelectron photoelectric effect.
His second paper regarded the existence of atoms. He observed what seemed like the random movement of particles in water and reasoned it’s not so random if the water is made up of invisible atoms that cause the particles to jiggle.
https://www. youtube.com/ watch?v=tsurtyrwfu4