In 2002 My husband and I were privileged to see a version of the play “Copenhagen” by Michael Frayne. The beginning, off to a slower start than many of our fellow theater goers were used to, prompted several couples to excuse themselves after the first act. Oh, if they had only seen that acceleration was in play here, they would have been in for the treat of a life time.

The astute observers realized that something great was about to be uncovered here. As for myself, I was not aware at the time of Heisenberg, Bohrs, Quantum Theory, Mechanics or any such thing, so I was amazed at what came up for me as the very sentient production dug further into the most important revelation of the millennium: Quantum Mechanics, the realization that a subatomic particle is not stable, hard matter; however, it is the all-potential, superposition and malleable by the observer to become whatever is believed.

The emotion and the spirituality of the entire play was so moving that by the end, those faithful who knew indeed that the play’s the thing, as Master Shakespeare so aptly said, found themselves standing with ovation for the three actors onstage. As I peered around choking back tears, imagine tears over Quantum Mechanics, I saw that I was not alone. Something in the essence of the play itself, the spirit of the time back in the 1940s, the relationship of Master teacher, Niels Bohr with his protege’ Werner Heisenberg since 1924, and the toll the controversial war years took on friendships stirred the hearts of the participants in our small B Street theater. The actors were crying and the audience right along with them.

After that I went home and used web resouces to find out what I had experienced.  What was Quantum Mechanics?  Why was it so moving to see “Copenhagen” played out?

When I read about Quantum Mechanics, how it shifted perceptions from classical Newtonian physics as solid and set, to the field of all potential, giving the Observer the pass to move ahead and create.  I was amazed to think to myself, “I believe that”.  And information is just another key to what is possible, right?  It sort of gives the hearer permission to go for it.

You and I are the Observers in our lives.  What we “see” is literally what we get. So, being in gratitude and happy will accrue more of that. Seeing yourself as worthy to create money out of nowhere will accrue more of that. And why???

Because Quantum Physics states that electrons move according to the Observer. And because of the electromagnetic charge of subatomic particles, and because other particles are connected in all ways, the Observer has a large field of potentiality to work with, well to play in.

And so it was the essence of the revelation, the relationship of teacher to student, re-uniting of teacher to student during the very trying war years, seeing how these strengths could be used for the benefit of humankind rather than destruction; it was that and more I’m sure that created such deep emotion at our production of “Copenhagen”. I will not forget the impact of my first glimpse into the Quantum Field. 

Anything is possible and I believe in you.  So, what are you creating today?

What would you really like?  I think you’ve already got it.