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Spirit in Physics: Structuring and Quantifying Human Spirit Using the Vector Space

Poster Session F - Tuesday, April 1, 2025, 8:00 – 10:00 am EDT, Back Bay Ballroom/Republic Ballroom

Jun Kawasaki¹ (root@junkawasaki.com), Kazuki Tainaka², Tomonori Takeuchi³; ¹Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Niigata University, ²Brain Research Institute, Niigata University, Japan, ³Department of Biomedicine, Aarhus University, Denmark

Spirit, a concept deeply rooted in human consciousness, has been traditionally unquantifiable in physical sciences. This study introduces the Kawasaki Model, which conceptualizes human spirit as a vector space, allowing for its measurement and structuring analysis through physics empirical methods. The research employs skin potential measurements and emotion analysis to investigate spirit's physics structure and dynamics. Inspired by the Rubber-Hand, Marble-Hand illusions and Traditional Buddhism Mandala Method. Participants are vectorizing conceptual structures using the Mandala method. They are exposed to physical and digital stimuli as they interact with conceptual separations and integrations, observing changes in skin potential and facial expressions. These responses are timestamped and analyzed, revealing the impact of self-expansiveness—spirit's core property—on both physicality and cognition. Results demonstrate that spirit can be quantitatively measured and represented as vectors in an information space. The study finds that self-expansiveness influences individual behavior, societal structures, and even physiological states, acting as energy and mass in physical terms. This novel approach provides a foundation for integrating spirit into physical sciences, with potential applications in understanding mental health, social dynamics, and personal growth. Future work will validate and expand these findings to ensure reproducibility and broader applicability. Keywords: spirit, physics, Kawasaki Model, vector space, self-expansiveness, skin potential, emotion analysis, well-being, methods, embedding, UMAP, information

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