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【Maintaining Energy Balance Part I : Cosmic Part 维持能量的平衡上编-宇宙编】
and then annihilate, forming a "quantum foam" of spacetime. The inflation field hypothesis: Inflation theory proposes that an unknown scalar field (the inflaton) contains extremely high energy density, storing potential energy for subsequent exponential expansion. Multiverse possibility: quantum fluctuations may generate countless "bubbles" of universes, and our universe is only one of them (Andrei Linde's eternal inflation model). In the Tao Te Ching, "the nameless is the beginning of heaven and earth" describes a chaotic state before the Big Bang, without Yin and Yang, without inside and outside, echoing the "creation from nothing" of the quantum vacuum. "Tao gives birth to One, One gives birth to Two, Two gives birth to Three, Three gives birth to all things" — "One" can metaphorically represent the energy of the inflaton field, and "Two" represents the unity of opposites after symmetry breaking (such as matter and antimatter).
In Indian philosophy, "Brahman" is regarded as the origin of the universe, both empty and full, similar to the potential energy state of the quantum vacuum. In Buddhism, "dependent origination and emptiness" — the birth of the universe requires countless causes and conditions (such as inflation field parameters and fundamental force strengths), and any change in these conditions would cause the universe's structure to collapse, reflecting "all dharmas arise from causes." The "selflessness" of the quantum vacuum is connected to the Buddhist "form is emptiness" — the seemingly substantial material world is essentially a temporary aggregation of energy. The birth and death of virtual particle pairs seem to violate energy conservation, but the whole still maintains dynamic balance (total borrowed = total repaid).
The "tilting" of the Higgs field's potential energy breaks symmetry, giving particles mass and laying the foundation for the material universe — this is the key turning point from uniform to differentiated energy. When the energy density of the inflaton field reaches a critical value, the potential energy converts into kinetic energy, triggering exponential expansion of spacetime (similar to "Tai Chi gives birth to two forms").
At the Planck scale, gravity and quantum effects balance each other, preventing the complete collapse of spacetime structure (such as the "spacetime atom" hypothesis in loop quantum gravity). The pre-Big Bang universe was a chaotic theater of energy and void dancing together; science
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