Newtonian physics doesn't work for me, either

I think I'm supposed to do something with physics, but I don't know what it is yet. Here's why I think this:

I first became interested in quantum physics (as opposed to Newtonian physics - too rigid) while sitting in my acupuncturist's waiting room. She always has a pile of interesting books on the coffee table in her waiting room, and I picked one up with the marvelous title of The Dancing Wu-Li Masters. It's by Gary Zukav, and it was published in the late 70s. During subsequent visits to the acupuncturist, I got a little further into it, until I managed to find a copy of it for myself (ironically at the TAI SOPHIA bookstore). Since then, other physics books have been presented to me in one way or another - The Elegant Universe, The Tao of Physics, and The Feynman Lectures, and books by Michio Kaku, among others.

Fast forward to about the middle of last year. I was assigned (not asked, assigned) the task of becoming a "subject matter expert" in adult learning principles, which is the latest fad that the company I work for has latched on to. There are a few semi-glittery things that I've come across in my reading on the subject, but the one that made me choke on my tea one morning was a comparison of adult learning principles to quantum theory. They are remarkably, if not to say eerily, similar.

And then, just today, I finally got around to thumbing through an issue of an alternative therapies scholarly journal when I started skimming through an article of excerpts from interviews with various thought leaders in alternative therapy. The one that caught my eye was the interview excerpt with Dr. Christiane Northrup, whose health books I've been reading since college. Her interview was about using quantum theory to explain ideas in alternative medicine.

As I've said and written many times, this is how the Universe gets my attention - it presents a recurring theme to me that will often pop up in the oddest, and most seemingly disconnected places (but then again, quantum theory is all about that, isn't it?), and they are essentially signposts that tell me that I'm heading in the right direction and/or that I'm where I'm supposed to be. A lack of these signals tells me I've taken a wrong turn somewhere. Unfortunately, it still takes me awhile to figure out what the little markers are telling me to do. I've not got the hang of that part yet. Working on it.

So typically, these little physics flag thingys are showing up at somewhat regular intervals, and I'm forced to wait for more of them to appear to get a better idea of what I'm supposed to do. And it's no good telling me to go look for signs. I've tried that, and it's the surest way to take a serious wrong turn and stray way far away from where I'm supposed to be. And it's SUCH a bitch trying to get back on track when that happens.

It will be just my luck that I'll meet Brian Greene or Edward Witten or Michio Kaku in an elevator somewhere, and I'll look like hell because I will probably have forgone makeup for just that day for some weird reason. Of course, if I meet all three at once in an elevator, I'm going to stop the elevator, so we can all have a serious talk and wait for Einstein and Feynman and Doctor Who to show up, as I'm sure they've all got something to do with it as well.