The Bell Notes: A Journey From Physics To Metaphysics

THE BELL NOTES Also by Arthur M. Young THE REFLEXIVE UNIVERSE Evolution of Consciousness THE GEOMETRY OF MEANING THE BELL NOTES A Journey from Physics to Metaphysics ---- --------------------~-----------,---r Arthur M.Young ~ ~ ~ Arthur M. Young A. Merloyd Lawrence Book DELACORTE PRESS/SEYMOUR LAWRENCE ,,..... / A Mrrloyd Lawrmce Bool: Published by Delacorte Press/Seymour Lawrence 1 Dag Hammarskjold Plaza New York, N.Y. 10017 ACKNOWLEDGMENTS Acknowledgments Grateful acknowledgment is made for permission to use the following copyrighted material. From Tibetan Yoga ,md Secret Doctrines by W. Y. Evans-~entz_: Copyright © 1958 by W. Y. Evans-Wentz. Reprinted by permission of Oxford University Press, Inc. From COLLECTED POEMS AND PLAYS by Rabindranath Tago:e: ."Fruit Gathering" # 29 , and "Stray Birds" # 16 copyright 1916 by Maci:nillan Pubhshmg C~., Inc., re~e":ed 1944 by Rabindran,ith Tagore. "Crossing" #42 copyn~ht 1918 by Macm.1llan Pubhshmg Co., Inc., renewed 1946 by Rabindranath Tagore. Reprinted with perm1ss10n .of Macmillan Publishing Co., Inc., the Trustees of the Tagore Estate, and Macmillan, London and Basingstoke. From ESSAYS IN ZEN BUDDHISM by D. T. Suzuki: Reprinted by permission of Grove Press, Inc. All rights reserved. Used by permission of the Hutchinson Publishing Group. Copyright © 1979 by Arthur M. Young Introduction copyright © 1979 by Dell Publishing Co., Inc. All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording or by any information storage and retrieval system, without the written permission of the Publisher, except where permitted by law. Manufactured in the United States of America First printing D,signed by Laura Bernay LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CATALOGING IN PUBLICATION DATA Young, Arthur M 1905The Bell notes. HARVARD UN,~~-,,., i 1.IDNAAY JU N1 5 1982 "A Merloyd Lawrence bo ,k." Includes index. 1. Young, Arthur M., 1905 J...~2.~H~'Wj.~!iiiia____. History. 3. Metaphysics. I. I 1tle. TL540.Y64A33 191 [BJ 78-20802 ISBN o-44o--00550-7 (hardcover) ISBN o-44o--00551-5 (paperback) The idea of sifting through my journal for a readable typescript owes its origin to Isabel Bayley, who in 1946 and 1947 made the first compilation. At this time we divided the material into several headings, "Bell Notes," "Pensees," "Painting," and "Yoga." As the years passed, I came to realize that this separation into categories was artificial and obliterated essential connections. In which category would dreams of the future be placed? Yet these dreams were a powerful stimulus to my interest in a more comprehensive cosmology. So I dispensed with categories and eventually, with the encouragement of Ira Einhorn, got all six volumes typed in chronological order. Now it was too long; drastic cutting was necessary. Here again I depended on friends, Nancy Kleban, my wife Ruth, and most of all on my editor, Merloyd Lawrence. THE BELL NOTES is published by arrangement with Robert Briggs Associates, San Francisco Contents FOREWORD by Peter Dreyer INTRODUCTION: Notes: The Making of a Helicopter 1945-1947 3 9 25 The publishers wish to thank Sheila La Farge for her assistance in preparing this book for publication. To LARRY BELL, for making the helicopter possible To BART KELLEY, for assisting throughout and for carrying the torch since 1947 And to Rurn, for becoming my wife and partner in my new life and search into the unknown FOREWORD --;----::::::::==-:::::::::::::::=::::_____ - _--_----~-=-=-:::__::__:=: -----------~----------