94 JP The Secret Liji fe Nature
Of all known elementary particles with a finite mass, the electron is
the smallest and the lightest, its one millionth of one trillionth of a
meter width being the closest thing to a point particle, a sizeless geo-
metric point still having mass. Absolutely stable, electrons are not
known to transform or transmute themselves, under any circum-
stances, into other bits of mass.The lightest of particles among nonzero
mass particles, it could also be the oldest, estimated by physicists to be
older than the universe. Its only nemesis is the positron. If they meet
they both vanish, exploding into two massless photons and a massless
neutrino.
In relation to the constituents of an atomic nucleus-protons, neu-
trons, quarks, and potential subquarks-the electron requires for its ex-
amination a magnifying power far greater than was developed by
Besant and Leadbeater to view their ultimate physical atoms, consid-
ered to be the size of subquarks in the nucleus of a chemical atom.
Ron focused on the material in his shirtsleeve and searched for
electrons. As recorded on the tapes, he zoomed down into a cloud of
them and saw that they seemed to be moving in circular orbits.
Capturing one, he noted its pretzel shape: a bundle of threads with a
hole or vortex at the top, much like the UPAS he had analyzed, only
much smaller, each encased within an egg-shaped, transparent, glass-
like shell.
Entering a shell, he saw what looked like a string of beads. Some-
thing made him shudder, and he explained it was a kundalini-type
energy coming up from the base of his spine. He saw that what looked
like beads were in fact the folds of spirals. Capturing a bundle of these
threads, he saw a hole or vortex at the top. Following the spiral of a
thread, he saw that it made between two and three revolutions, the
third not being quite full. But he could not see how the outer spirals
returned at the bottom into the central inner spirals.
Examining the threads, he got the impression that there were
two-perhaps three-thicker whorls and some finer ones.Their undu-
lations impeded closer observation. The threads were separated by a
"trough" filled with haze, which continued all the way up the electron,
getting narrower before disappearing back down into the center vor-
tex.There the troughs twisted in a way he could not readily clarify.