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Video: The Mystery of 137 - Exploring a Most Illuminating Number
hi everyone michael smith here as a numerologist and former engineer and stats guy i've always been fascinated by number patterns especially when the same pattern or number pops up although it shows up in key places in math physics chemistry and other natural phenomena y has remained a mystery in this video we're going to explore this curious number from various angles to see if we can shed some light on that here are some of the better known examples of where 137 shows up to give you an idea of why it's considered so first and foremost the number 137 appears in one of the most important universal constants of nature what's called the fine structure with a value very close to 1 over 137 this number quantifies the strength of the electromagnetic interaction between elementary charged particles essentially the probability an electron will absorb a photon of light speaking of light 137 also happens to be the number of atoms in the chlorophyll molecule the all-important molecule plants use to collect sunlight for photosynthesis to convert it to energy for the plant with oxygen as a byproduct 137.5 degrees is the golden angle according to which plants arrange their stems and leaves for optimal exposure and radial symmetry of the plant for in a more general sense the golden angle represents the golden ratio of essential traits inherited from one generation to one cycle to the next or one fractal to 137 also shows up as the highest density packing of identical circles for the most efficient use of space this optimal packing arrangement is hexagonal of seven circles that being six around one which in turn consists of optimal triangular packings of individual circles and we'll touch on we even see 137 in the current age of the universe which is estimated between 13.7 to 13.8 billion years old and if you're into prime numbers 137 is also the 33rd prime number all of these high profile appearances of 137 seem to hit at hint at more than so let's examine each to see if a common we'll also touch on my prime vibration model of physics and base 12 numerology because of its importance to physics we'll start off with the fine structure constant denoted by the greek letter again this number represents the electromagnetic interaction between charged particles essentially the odds and electron will absorb a photon where it gets its name is that it was first discovered in the spectral lines given off by the simplest atom hydrogen when illuminated by photons of light the fine structure being the gap between as such every different element has a unique spectral fingerprint which can be determine such things as the composition of distant stars and galaxies although not exactly equal to 1 over 137 current best estimates put it around 1 the precise formula for the fine structure constant is e squared over hc because it's derived from the charge of the electron e the speed of light c and a constant of quantum mechanics called planck's constant h it ties together three main areas of electromagnetism relativity and quantum and because all the units cancel out it's considered a dimensionless constant which therefore applies universally to any system of measurement the fact that such an important characteristic of nature has defied explanation has sparked the curiosity of including arnold zumerfeld who first named it and nobel winners richard feynman and wolfgang paulie in fact paulie became so obsessed with the number that he sought out the famous psychoanalyst carl jung to help him in a strange twist of fate paulie was in hospital room number 137 when he passed so i guess we shouldn't be surprised that one over 137 of the electromagnetic bond also happens to equal 0.007 another enigmatic bond with the license another quirk about the number 1 over 137 is that it equals a repeating decimal number with the same 8 repeating and which are also palindromic meaning they read the same forwards or and if you're into symbology the letter alpha is derived from the phoenician letter alef which coincidentally looks just like our modern symbol of an eye looking of seeing what's illuminated and just like the trigonometry symbol of expressing a portion of a cycle which brings us to the golden angle 137.5 degrees plays a big role in nature as the golden angle of self-similar regeneration in natural cycles based upon the golden ratio of traits being preserved in a consistent way from one generation to the next it essentially represents the idea of a child being like its parent just as the parent is to its grandparent or in terms of sectors of a circle as 360 degrees in black is to just as 222.5 is to 137.5 in orange mathematically the golden ratio is typically expressed as a ratio between consecutive numbers of the fibonacci series an infinite series which eventually converges to the rational 1.618 etc which i cover in another video this golden angle of cyclical is perhaps most clearly seen in the way branches stems and leaves tend to follow 137.5 degrees around the central trunk this not only distributes the weight of the appendages evenly to keep the plant but more importantly maximizes the exposure of its leaves to sunlight so that photosynthesis can be optimized interestingly the chlorophyll molecule which collects sunlight for photosynthesis converting water and carbon dioxide into energy for the plant and oxygen as a byproduct likewise consists of 137 atoms just as 137 optimizes plant structure for exposing chlorophyll to light 137 also optimizes the molecular structure of chlorophyll itself for in a purely geometric way 137 also describes the optimal packing of identical circles to best utilize an this packing arrangement is the of seven circles six around one which in turn consists of triangular packings of this progression from one to three to seven is just a different way that 137 can show up as a sequence of three optimization steps instead of a single interestingly the next higher level uh packing configuration containing the hexagon is the dodecagon of twelve circles around six around one the same pattern as the primary mirror of the recently launched james webb only there using hexagons instead of circles so as to fully utilize the surface area with no gaps and the same ultra efficient honeycomb structure mastered by bees to store the maximum amount of honey within a minimum now that we've looked at various ways 137 shows up in nature particularly in the mathematics of energetic cycles let's examine the number cycle itself in particular the base 12 cycle that's because when numbers are described in the most fundamental way as prime numbers it's the base 12 cycle that seems to express the most simply and that base 12 cycle generates the figure eight vibrational pattern shown what i call the base 12 prime vibration for reasons covered in depth in my other videos i suggest this may be the fundamental vibrational cycle through which probabilities manifest into and because it's generated by the base 12 cycle the prime vibration consists of 12 quantum states or frequencies much like the 12 node octave of a musical these 12 frequencies have a rotational geometry as well not only a vertical amplitude like the 2d vibration of a guitar string but also an angle of spin into or out of the page much like the twisting 3d double helix shape of dna the 12 rotational angles are shown here as little blue arrows in the 12 increments of the base 12 cycle essentially what each of those rotational angles would look like from a however as observers of our reality what we perceive is just the figure eight front view projection of the 3d prime vibration like the 2d image on a tv and that projection takes the form of a figure eight vibration shown here consisting of two half cycles from essentially mirror images of each other the left side of positive probability that we perceive and the right side of negative probability that's hidden what this model suggests is that reality is fundamentally vibrational and that everything emerges through resonance in the left half cycle from 0 to 6 that we see that its maximum projection as a probability range is achieved at its highest energy has a point probability at position zero and its lowest energy as a point probability at position six as such for the prime vibration as a manifestation cycle at all scales of its optimal state of physical expression is achieved at position three halfway between its unmanifest ground that is the higgs field at rest and its fully energized kinetic state of position zero a photon of light in motion position 3 as reality at its most manifest is indeed reflected at all scales of nature for that goldilocks at the subatomic scale with the top quark as the maximum particle of mass at the atomic scale with neutral atoms as the building blocks of composite at the medium scale with complex biological life occurring at the very midpoint between the largest and smaller and at the cosmic scale with the 13.7 billion year old universe at its maximum size stability and probability range for complexity to emerge including us as such position 3 as nature at its most optimal in a vibrational sense seems to be synonymous with 137 in a and like the golden angle discussed position 3 represents the maximum expression of a cycle outward into form where the prime vibration views reality as a vibrational cycle of distinct numerology takes it a step further by giving each number frequency a distinct theme or meaning with which it resonates although there's various approaches to numerology here i'll use the two i'm most familiar with the traditional base 10 pythagorean system developed by pythagoras of ancient greece and my own base 12 adaptation of that system where the base 10 or decimal system gives meanings to the numbers from 0 to 9 the base 12 or duo decimal approach gives meanings to 0 through 11. these 12 themes are shown here in the prime vibration with color-coded dots representing the color frequencies they note that i've also underlined the 10 and 11 here to denote them as single digits in base 12 rather than the double digit numbers as in base 10. now in numerology you reduce a number to a single digit theme by adding together the only exceptions to this are twin digit numbers such as 11 22 or 33 which aren't typically reduced further these are called master numbers and basically represent the idea of mastering a higher octave of its single first let's look at the numerology of in base 10 137 reduces to 1 plus 3 plus 7 equals master number 11 which means illumination in base 10 numerology to instead find its meaning in base 12 numerology we first need to convert 137 which is 11 5 in base 12 that is 11 this in turn reduces to eleven plus five again it equals fourteen in base twelve that is one dozen plus four remainder but since it's not yet a single digit we reduce once more to get one plus four which means change through new the 5 energy through the 1 and the 4. so we see that both base 10 and base 12 approaches offer fitting numerological meanings for 137 just from slightly of the 11 energy and base base 10 as the illumination of a photon of light say and the 14 5 energy in base 12 as the fine structure of the different frequencies of that light next we'll consider the numerology of the fine structure constant of 1 over when expressed as a decimal number as we touched on earlier this is a repeating decimal number of the same eight digits of zero seven two nine nine and which are also palindromic reading the same forwards or backwards when those digits are added and reduced to a single digit we get the nine of such that every iteration of that sequence is basically a complete cycle likewise in base 12 those eight digits reduce to the three of the catalyst of something that creates influence in this case of repeating the palindrome the number 137 as mentioned previously also happens to be the 33rd prime number which in base 10 is master number 33 of mastering the catalytic theme and in base 12 the eleven of so even through the more esoteric lens of numerology we find a similar interpretation of 137 emerging as we did with the scientific viewpoint an interpretation that becomes apparent when we recap what we just covered starting with the fine structure constant we saw how 137 essentially represents the optimal expression of electromagnetism as the fundamental interaction between matter and light then onto the golden angle as the optimal radial configuration for plants for maximum sun exposure and of optimal regeneration from one cycle or fractal next the chlorophyll molecule as the optimal collector of that sunlight for photosynthesis and the air we breathe the 137 packing of circles for optimal density in a purely geometric sense and finally position 3 of the base 12 prime vibration as the optimal manifestation of reality in a finally with numerology in which 137 resonates with the 11 energy of illumination in base 10 and the 14 5 energy of change through new beginnings of structure in base twelve both reflecting that same idea of optimal illumination expressed through so from all the different circumstances a consistent interpretation does seem to as that of the optimal expression of an or as i hinted at in the title of the video 137 may be the most illuminating number quite literally when it comes to such cycles can take many forms vibrational as with electromagnetism of the fine structure constant and the base geometric as with the golden angle and chemical as with the chlorophyll generational as with the golden angle of and even numerological when we consider numbers as a cycle of vibrational themes in all cases we find the number 137 emerge when each cycle is at its optimal state of expression manifestation and and maybe that's why 137 fascinates so as society becomes more enlightened we resonate more closely with the vibrational nature of who we truly are and how we can express ourselves most we are definitely in a time where truths are being illuminated and the contrast between light and dark being highlighted so that we can follow a brighter path and like 137 as a universal consonant that applies equally to all that brighter path is meant to be walked together so that we bring out the best that to me is what 137 is all about at and the various ways it shows up in nature is a constant reminder that everything is ultimately energy seeking and doing so through creative cycles
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