NanoTech & Art

Nanotechnology is a word that I am fortunate to be very familiar with. Growing up in a home where we studied Kabbalah - "a spiritual, ancient wisdom that reveals how the universe and life work. On a literal level, the word Kabbalah means "to receive." It's the study of how to receive fulfillment in our lives." (https:/www.kabbalah.com/what-kabbalah) Kabbalah teaches universal principles to people of all faiths and isn't bound to one religion. Like nanotechnology, Kabbalah is based on the application of principles that are sometimes invisible to the naked eye and also uses nature as its guide to make the impossible understood to regular people like us. The ancient teachings of Kabbalah have nanotechnology written in it's pages - pages drafted way before the 1970's.

(The Tree of Life)

Nanotechnology in Kabbalah was explained to me by my mother at a young age to be a tool and form of healing technology that when applied to our lives, can help us become closer to one another as a humanity. In Kabbalah, the focus is less on the physical realm and more on the spiritual so the fact that nanotechnology, a form of study that is more believing than seeing, is embedded into the Kabbalistic teachings is very appropriate. In a book titled Nano: Technology of Mind over Matter by the founder of the Kabbalah Centre Rav Berg, the reader is shown that things that once seemed impossible and totally "out of this world" is in fact possible and inevitable. "Nanotechnology, the control and manipulation on the atomic or molecular level, is inevitable through spirutal connect and higher consciousness," says Rav Berg. The illusion of time, space, and motion that exists in the physical word is only 1% of what is really happening in the universe and through being aware that things can on an atomic level in science and nature, we too can better our lives by self-organizing at our own atomic levels in all areas of our lives. You can read more about this amazing correlation in the book below.

(Amazon)

Learning in lecture about how nanotechnology is incorporated into our lives in endless ways that we are not even aware of - in tennis balls, beer bottles, adhesives, and self cleaning glasses - really opened up my mind to how important nanotechnology is and how it can revolutionize the world as we know it. What resonated with me most, above its use in simple objects and as a way to reflect internally and heal yourself spiritually, is nanotechnology's power in the medicine world.

Samuel Stupp and his Stupp Laboratory focus on nanosomes used to reproduce and regenerate tissue using nanoscaled liposomes. He and his team use biomaterials for regenerative medicine of the brain like treatments of Parkinson's disease, the spinal cord to avoid paralysis, regenerative bone, cartilage and muscle, and also on targeted systemic drug delivery using nanosctrucles for cancer and regeneration of the heart after heart attacks and other cardiovascular applications.

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Nanotechnology and it's potential to change the world is very real and the future will be here quicker than any of us can imagine. Dr. Michio Kaku is a Japanese theoretical physicist, a renowned futurist, and author of the bestselling book titled The Future of The Mind. On January 29, 2015, Dr. Kaku posted a video on his YouTube channel about "The Future of Nanotechnology" and how nanotechnology has the ability to become superior to us, Artificial Intelligent robots included, and the process in which it can occur. View the short video below.

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 "About Dr Michio Kaku." Explorations in Science Official Website of Dr Michio Kaku RSS. Web. 19 May 2016. <http://mkaku.org/home/about/>.

Berg, Rav. "Nano: Technology of Mind Over Matter Paperback – March 13, 2012." Nano: Technology of Mind Over Matter: Rav Berg: 9781571896643: Amazon.com: Books. Web. 19 May 2016. <http://www.amazon.com/Nano-Technology-Mind-Over-Matter/dp/1571896643>.

"Kabbalah, Nanotechnology, Affirmations & Healing: It Is Said That Most People Only Use 10% Of Their Brain Power! - Jesse Gilbert." Jesse Gilbert. 08 July 2015. Web. 19 May 2016. <http://jessegilbert.com/2015/07/08/kabbalah-nanotechnology-affirmations-healing-it-is-said-that-most-people-only-use-10-of-their-brain-power/>.

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"Samuel I. Stupp." Wikipedia. Wikimedia Foundation. Web. 19 May 2016. <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel_I._Stupp>.

"The Stupp Laboratory | Research Interests (Subgroups)." The Stupp Laboratory | Research Interests (Subgroups). Web. 19 May 2016. <http://stupp.northwestern.edu/research/index.html>.

"The Tree of Life." Kabbalah and Healing. Web. 19 May 2016. <http://www.kabbalahandhealing.com/tree-of-life.html>.

 "What Is Kabbalah?" Kabbalah. The Kabbalah Centre. Web. 19 May 2016. <https://www.kabbalah.com/whats-kabbalah>.