Kenneth K. C. Chan

Kenneth K. C. Chan was born in Malaysia and currently lives in Singapore. He holds university degrees in both medicine and physics, and has formerly worked as a doctor in Singapore and as a scientific editor for World Scientific. He is a follower of Tibetan Buddhism and a student of Western Mysticism, with a deep interest in the interactions between the spiritual traditions and the arts and sciences. He wrote an original scientific paper on the theory of relativity entitled "Time and Space," which was approved for publication by Kip Thorne, the Physics Nobel Laureate in 2017. The paper explains for the first time why the speed of light is constant (based on his understanding of both relativity and human physiology) and was published in 1993 in the ISPE anthology: "Thinking on the Edge." In 2004, he published the first edition of "Quintessence of Dust: The Mystical Meaning of Hamlet." The book was nominated for the Book of the Year award by Foreword Magazine in 2004. In 2016, he wrote an online article, "Why Relativity Exists," which presents the key findings of his paper, "Time and Space," to a general audience. It emphasizes that consciousness is a critical component of our reality. In the same year, he also wrote another online paper entitled "A Direct Experiential Interpretation of Quantum Mechanics," which shows how the Buddhist Madhyamika philosophy solves the mystery of quantum physics. In 2021, he published an online article entitled "The Spiritual Path," which shows the remarkable synchronicity between Madhyamika philosophy, the Noble Eightfold Path, the Kabbalah Tree of Life, and the Tarot. This synchronicity reveals that the different spiritual traditions draw their inspiration from the same source, and together provides us with a map depicting the stages of the spiritual quest on the path to enlightenment.