The Collapse of Relativistic Causality
SCIENTIFIC LAYER
Superluminal Mechanics and the Reframing of Time
Tachyons are hypothetical subatomic particles theorized to always travel faster than the speed of light. They were first proposed in the context of Einstein’s theory of relativity, which forbids acceleration through the speed of light — but not existence beyond it. Though no experimental evidence has been found, tachyons remain a valid theoretical construct in certain formulations of quantum field theory and string theory.
Tachyons challenge the framework of relativistic physics. Though still unconfirmed by empirical science, their proposed behavior exposes deep fissures in the logic of space-time. The Special Theory of Relativity assumes no universal simultaneity; each inertial frame is its own sovereign reference. But some physicists have advanced a perspectival interpretation: if tachyons exist, they imply a preferred frame — one which enables absolute temporal alignment across the cosmos by transmitting signals faster than light.
This idea challenges the relativistic taboo. Superluminal signaling would allow clocks in distant frames to synchronize outside conventional constraints, establishing a global temporal order — a “cosmic clock”. The cosmological model of universal expansion supports this premise: time emerges as a continuous, objective cascade of events from the singularity forward. Some researchers therefore argue that cosmic time does exist — defining absolute past, present, and future — and that a preferred reference frame does not invalidate relativity, but refines its localism.
The viability of tachyons remains obstructed by paradoxes, primarily causality violation. Signals traveling backward in time invert the sequence of cause and effect. Yet alternative formulations propose a redefinition: negative-energy particles absorbed before emission are simply positive-energy particles viewed in time-reverse. With this reinterpretation, apparent violations dissolve. Observers perceive tachyon exchanges not as external signals, but as spontaneous emissions from within — severing the distinction between sender and receiver. In such a model, the causal loop collapses: emission and reception are illusions of reference-frame position.
In modern quantum field theory, particles are excitations of underlying fields that permeate space. Tachyons, when treated as field instabilities, hint at phase transitions between vacua — regimes where physical laws and constants shift. If such a transition maps to metaphysical domains, the tachyon could model not just motion through space, but translation between ontological states. In this reading, the “field” is not merely physical but spiritual, with phase-shift dynamics echoing what Kabbalah calls avira d’rakiya — the “atmosphere” or medium through which higher consciousness descends. The collapse of causality then becomes the opening of dimensional passage.
SOUL DYNAMICS
Deceleration, Angelic Descent, and the Energy of Thought
From a spiritual perspective, the proposed physics of tachyons echoes a deeper architecture known to the Torah. The concept of a “preferred frame” corresponds to kedusha — holiness as a supra-temporal coordinate that synchronizes sacred phenomena across geographic locality. In Shulchan Aruch HaRav (Mahadura Basra, Siman Alef), it is established that chatzot laylah — midnight, the hour of supreme Divine favor — occurs simultaneously everywhere, despite differences in physical time. This is not metaphorical. It reveals a dimensional axis of kedushah that enters all locations at their appointed spiritual point, without contradiction or relativistic drift. Holiness is not bound by inertial frames, and its descent does not require a medium like the avira d’rakiya. It is its own transmission, its own synchronizing law, revealing a supra-physical reference frame from which Torah reality unfolds.
Seen from another angle, the quantum field itself may be a substrate not only of physical possibility but of ontological shift. Just as tachyons are conceived to traverse spacetime by slipping beneath causal symmetry, so too does kedusha descend through frames — not by traveling within space, but by altering the field state of each point it enters. What appears as simultaneity may in fact be a dynamic translation between metaphysical phases, where holiness bypasses the avira d’rakiya entirely, activating dimensional entry through intrinsic supra-physical law.
This framework becomes essential when considering how higher-dimensional entities — such as malachim “angels” — interface with human consciousness. According to theoretical physics, tachyons exhibit a counterintuitive trait: as their speed increases, they lose energy. Inversely, if energy is added to them, they slow down. This leads to an extraordinary implication: to decelerate a tachyon to its lowest possible velocity — approaching the speed of light from above — would require an infinite amount of energy.
This is precisely the energetic analog of angelic descent. If malachim exist in an ultra-energized, superluminal state — governed by laws alien to our physical dimension — then for them to engage human perception, they must undergo deceleration, lowering their frequency to the subluminal threshold of cognition. But this, science asserts, demands an infinite energy source.
There is such a source — Ein Sof, the infinite Divine force who governs all dimensions, the Ribono Shel Olam, the Master of the Universe. He is the Creator of all forces, natural and spiritual, in this world and in the infinite olamot. All spiritual beings — conscious, non-corporeal, formed of radiant plasma-energy — were created to act as emissaries of His will. For them to contact our soul, our consciousness, they must undergo this process of energetic constriction.
This deceleration is possible (though not absolutely required) for interaction. After all, thought itself may move faster than light — and this supra-physical velocity could constitute the true medium of angelic interface. This model is confirmed in the writings of Chesed L’Avraham by R’ Avraham Azulai, and in the Zohar, which states:
“When an angel descends to Earth, he is vested in a physical garment and seen by the one who must perceive him in that vestment. Were he not to wear that vestment, no one could withstand the sight of him, were he visible” (Zohar 126b, Naso; 152a, Beha’alotecha).
Without a comprehensible form — if the true essence of such a spiritual being were visible — it would appear as a flash of light, revealed in a gaseous-plasmic configuration of such intensity that it could cause cardiac arrest, even in a spiritually prepared person. The “comprehensible” form is a projection engineered by the malach to meet the mission-specific perceptual limits of the observer. A vivid example of this staged revelation appears in Shoftim 13, culminating in verse 20, where the angel first appears in an ordinary form, then reveals its true nature.
The concept of hitlabshut — the donning of garments by higher beings — implies not only concealment but energetic transformation. In order for a malach to be seen or perceived, its frequency must be drastically lowered — a process equivalent to subluminal deceleration. This is not symbolic: it is a literal metaphysical process of light and consciousness undergoing contraction. The form we perceive is not the essence of the being, but a garment adapted to the receiver’s perceptual threshold. For perception to occur in the physical world, the being’s frequency of light must be lowered beneath the speed of light, effectively crossing from superluminal into matter-bound form. As Kabbalah affirms — and physics echoes — matter is energy slowed down, and energy is matter accelerated.
Kefitzat ha-derech, the “contraction of the path,” is a known Torah miracle that demonstrates this same principle applied to space-time. In Beha’alotecha, the Torah states that the people traveled “three days,” yet Rashi explains that the entire journey was condensed into a single day. This is not allegory. It is a dimensional operation that shortens vast distances through metaphysical compression.
Multiple examples of kefitzat ha-derech appear throughout Torah: Bereshit 14:14–15, Rashi on Bereshit 24:42, Targum Yonatan on Bereshit 28:10, and Tehillim 60:2, among others. Great kabbalists such as R’ Eleazar of Germiza and the Ari”zal knew how to perform these sacred spacetime contractions, later echoed in modern physics as “folds in space”.
PROPHETIC ARCHITECTURE
Redemptive Architecture of Time and Covenant
The superluminal shattering of causality in tachyon physics finds its sacred analogue in the Torah’s redemptive statutes, where Divine law collapses, synchronizes, and even reverses time to effect restoration and mercy.
1. Yovel Reset
Just as tachyonic interactions can collapse and reinitialize causal sequences, the Torah institutes the Yovel — a cosmic “reset” every fifty years, canceling debts and restoring ancestral lands to their original owners.
“You shall consecrate the fiftieth year, and proclaim liberty throughout the land… It shall be Yovel to you” (Vayikra 25:10).
2. Yom Kippur’s Simultaneous Atonement
Superluminal signaling implies a universal “now” transcending all frames of reference. Likewise, on Yom Kippur the Kohen Gadol enters the Holy of Holies at its divinely appointed hour to secure atonement for all Israel in one unified moment — regardless of personal or geographic “time zones”.
“He shall make atonement for the Holy Place… and he shall make atonement for the tent of meeting and the altar… at its appointed time every year” (Rambam, Mishneh Torah, Hilchot Yom Kippur 2:14).
3. Causal-Loop Teshuvah
In certain tachyonic frameworks, retrocausal loops resolve paradoxes by enclosing cause and effect within a self-consistent cycle. Spiritually, the call to repentance — “Return to Me, and I will return to you” — not only halts Divine judgment but retroactively heals past breaches of covenant, creating a redemptive feedback loop that restores broken relationships.
“Return to Me, and I will return to you, says the Lord of hosts” (Malachi 3:7).
Together, these three statutes form a redemptive architecture in which Divine law, like superluminal dynamics, collapses temporal boundaries to restore justice, synchronize mercy, and reverse the effects of rupture.
PERCEPTUAL COLLAPSE
The superluminal descent of angelic light — and its deceleration into perceivable form — is not a one-sided process. The soul of the human must also undergo a reciprocal transformation. Just as the malach must contract, the neshamah must accelerate. Perception of higher truth is not passive reception, but the result of cognitive ascent: a spiritual velocity beyond normal awareness.
This is the secret of machshavah — thought as vehicle. The Zohar (267b, Pekudei; Tikkunei HaZohar, Tikkun 18) teaches that thought travels without boundaries, leaping distances both spatial and spiritual. When the mind enters kavanah , focused intention, it mimics the energetic trajectory of angelic light. It becomes a vessel fit to receive.
The paradox is this: to perceive what exceeds the world, one must leave the world within. Ordinary awareness is too slow. Perceptual collapse requires nullifying time-bound cognition, shedding the inertial mass of habit and ego. As the malach slows to enter the vessel, the soul must accelerate to meet it. This point of convergence — where infinite light touches finite awareness — is where Torah becomes vision.
✦ FOOTNOTES
- Tachyon: A hypothetical particle that travels faster than the speed of light.
- Kefitzat HaDerech: “Contraction of the path,” a known Torah miracle of spatial folding (cf. Bereshit 14:14–15; Rashi on Bereshit 24:42; Targum Yonatan on Bereshit 28:10; Tehillim 60:2).
- Shulchan Aruch HaRav, Mahadura Basra, Siman Alef: Laws of rising in the morning; formulation of supra-local midnight.
- Zohar, Naso 126b; Beha’alotecha 152a: Descent of angels and the necessity of visible garments.
- On angelic form: see Shoftim 13, especially verse 20 — the angel first appears in human form, then reveals its true aspect.
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Rabbi Avraham Chachamovits
Version 1.0 • Sivan 5785 / June 2025
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