existed or could exist. These possibilities then emerge as probabilities before
“col apsing” into localized quanta, manifesting as the particles in space and time that
are the building blocks of atoms and molecules. The transcendental field of Cosmos
is the total of all the possibilities that can occur in any part of the universal space-
time.
The quantum vacuum underlies the level of quanta and is a virtual-energy filled
substrate rather than empty space) is the cosmic matrix in which the particles and
systems that constitute the materials of the world arise. The quantum vacuum is an
integration of what we used to think of as energy and information. It is a field of
informed energy. The particles that appear as the material of the universe are
entangled excitations of the ground state of this cosmic matrix. The systems that
appear as objects composed of material particles are locally manifest yet intrinsically
entangled configurations of excitations in that matrix. The particles and systems we
observe emerged in the course of evolution in the cosmos.
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Following the Big Bang (which appears to have been a Big Bounce, a phase-change
in the sequence of local universes in the multiverse) the first entities to emerge were
photons, protons, neutrons and electrons, and other, more short-lived exchange
particles. In processes of galactic and stellar evolution the higher-order
configurations we know as the atoms of the elements had emerged.
The current material of spacetime are superordinate configurations of the excitations
of the cosmic matrix. Galaxies are composed of stars and stellar systems, and stars
are composed of atoms and particles. All these systems are composed of particles,
and particles are entangled excitations of the matrix. Atoms, molecules, cells,
organisms—and on the macroscale planets, stars, stellar systems and galaxies—are
in the final count superordinate quantum systems: various-level configurations of
informed energy. On suitable planetary surfaces higher-order configurations of
informed energy made their appearance. We call the self-maintaining and
selfreproducing variety of these configurations living organisms. Life is not accidental
or extraneous phenomena in the universe: the latest observations in astrophysics
show that the basic building elements of life, including glycine (which is an amino
acid), and ethylene gycol (a compound associated with the formation of sugars in
organisms) are synthesized in the course of the physicochemical evolution of stars.
The surface of planets associated with active stars are templates for the further
complexification of these elements, building sequentially higher order configurations
of informed-energy. Information is a paramount factor in the emergence and
persistence of informed-energy configurations. In the absence of information the
energies present in the universe would be a random concourse of excitations of its
ground state. Information structures the energy-sea of the cosmic matrix, and
coordinates interaction among the structures.
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The Participatory Universe
Cosmology, which is based on the other successful theory that exists, meaning the
theory of general relativity of Einstein, suggests that the universe emerged from the
pressure of the quantum foam during the Big Bang and after that it has been
developing for at least 13.5 billion years. Everything that we consider to be real,
either through our senses or through scientific research, has initially being a state of
the so-called Planck era (a tiny, short, and chaotic condition that cannot be
penetrated, i.e. a mathematical representation that describes the boundaries of our
knowledge). After that began the phase of the universal expansion, which created
matter,energy,stars,galaxies,andlife.
Therefore, as there is no fixed limit concerning the space and time, science is
confronted with the fact that the human brain works in this specific space and time.
This should not discourage us, though. If the universe is indeed participatory, then
the human brain should also be involved at a quantum level. Why is this happening?
Because the quantum foam, which is the source of any particle that exists and also
the source of its corresponding oppositely charged antiparticle, must be at the same
time the foundation of the brain. The microcosm and the macrocosm have the same
sources for billions of years during the past and the present. The reality is constantly
arising from the quantum vacuum. The quanta are coming out of the quantum foam,
while their vast majority falls back again to this foam. Thus, the creation, the
maintenance, and the re-absorption of the virtual particles occur at any time and at
every point of space. Our senses though oblige us to see a sunrise at a time, a
birthday party at a time, a face at a time. Without a doubt, the reality is not limited in a
linear experience in time and space. One could argue that beyond our limited
perception, the Big Bang is happening everywhere at the same time in an eternal
now. The creation is an undivided and single process and we are immersed in it.
Given that everything that exists depends on the quantum vacuum, including all
living beings, our belief that we are living outside of this quantum vacuum is probably
false. There is no rational way to run away from this phenomenon, so the key is to
change the sense of reality.
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The 'transcendence' that is supposed to belong to the saints and the mystics actually
applies to all people (and perhaps the saints and the mystics are those who realized
it first) Our participation in the quantum vacuum makes the difference in the way life
proceeds. Any strange phenomena can occur depending on our mental and
intellectual involvement. Quantum theory arose from the scientific attempt to describe
the behavior of atoms and their components. Therefore, it concerns primarily the
microcosm. Physicists have long known that certain procedures, such as
radioactivity, seemed random and unpredictable. While a large number of radioactive
atoms obey the laws of statistics, it is impossible to predict the exact time at which a
specific atomic nucleus will split. This fundamental uncertainty is extended to all
individual and subatomic phenomena. The word "quantum" by itself means a small
energy package, i.e a very small package (from the Latin word quandum). Thus,
quantum mechanics, as quantum theory is called, has to do with the basic keystones
of matter. These are the basic elementary particles which build up everything in
nature. These particles include atoms, molecules, neutrons, protons, electrons,
quark, and also photons (the basic light units). All these objects - if we can really
describe them as such - are much-much smaller than anything that can be seen and
observed by the human eye.
In the dreamy quantum world: the particles are waves and the waves are particles.
That is, a beam light is both an electromagnetic wave propagating in the universe,
and a flow of tiny particles directed with speed towards the observer. This arises from
the fact that some quantum experiments or phenomena reveal the wave nature of
light, whereas others reveal the particulate n
ature the same light. Note though that
never both aspects of light are revealed simultaneously. Nevertheless, we suggest
that before we observe a beam of light it is both a wave and a particle flow at the
same time. In the realm of quantum physics everything is ambiguous: a feature of
uncertainty dominates on all its entities, whether it is light, electrons, atoms or
quarks. This uncertainty is known as the uncertainty principle and it states that we
can only predict the most probable position of a particle and not the exact location.
Moreover, we are never able to determine with exact precision nor the position or the
momentum of a particle. Therefore, the scientific predictions on the results have a
statistical and probabilistic nature.
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Moreover, there are no "hidden variables" (as Einstein would like), which, if were
made known, would dispel the fog that surrounds the quantum world. Therefore, the
magical, the obscure, and the hidden, are the integral features of the quantum
structure of the universe. For the interpretation of quantum mechanics there is a
need for an ontological investigation and reflection: Because what explanation can be
given for the mysterious superposition of the states of the quantum systems?
A photon (a quantum of light) or an electron (a negatively charged elementary
particle) can be found in a superposition of two or more states. We can no longer talk
about "here" OR "there". In the strange quantum world we can talk about "here" AND
"there." A photon, a part of a flow of light, that falls on a film screen with two holes,
instead of choosing one or the other hole as normally expected, can pass through
both of the two holes at the same time. An electron that follows a curved path around
a nucleus can be possibly located in multiple positions simultaneously. The
phenomenon that creates the greatest wonder in the dreamy world of quanta is the
phenomenon called Quantum Entanglement. Two particles that may be too far away
from each other, even millions or billions of kilometers away, are strangely linked.
The slightest variation that may occur in one of them immediately causes a change in
the other.
The Science Behind The Statement “Consciousness Creates Reality”
The quantum double slit experiment is a very popular experiment used to examine
how consciousness and our physical material world are intertwined. It is a great
example that documents how factors associated with consciousness and our
physical material world are connected in some way. One potential revelation of this
experience is that “the observer creates the reality.” A paper published in the
peerreviewed journal Physics Essays by Dean Radin,, explains how this experiment
has been used multiple times to explore the role of consciousness in shaping the
nature of physical reality.
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In this experiment, a double-slit optical system was used to test the possible role of
consciousness in the collapse of the quantum wave-function. The ratio of the
interference pattern’s double slit spectral power to its single slit spectral power was
predicted to decrease when attention was focused toward the double slit as
compared to away from it. The study found that factors associated with
consciousness “significantly” correlated in predicted ways with perturbations in the
double slit interference pattern. “Observation not only disturbs what has to be
measured, they produce it. We compel the electron to assume a definite position. We
ourselves produce the results of the measurement.” Although this is one of the most
popular experiments used to posit the connection between consciousness and
physical reality, there are several other studies that clearly show that consciousness,
or factors that are associated with consciousness are directly correlated with our
reality in some way. A number of experiments in the field of parapsychology have
also demonstrated this. Sure, we might not understand the extent of this connection,
and in most cases scientists can’t even explain it. However they are, and have been
observed time and time again.
Non material universe
What we perceive as our physical material world, is really not physical or material at
al , in fact, it is far from it. “If quantum mechanics hasn’t profoundly shocked you, you
haven’t understood it yet. Everything we cal real is made of things that cannot be
regarded as real.” – Niels Bohr At the turn of the nineteenth century, physicists
started to explore the relationship between energy and the structure of matter. In
doing so, the belief that a physical, Newtonian material universe that was at the very
heart of scientific knowing was dropped, and the realization that matter is nothing but
an illusion replaced it. Scientists began to recognize that everything in the Universe is
made out of energy. “Despite the unrivaled empirical success of quantum theory, the
very suggestion that it may be literally true as a description of nature is still greeted
with cynicism, incomprehension and even anger.” (T. Folger, “Quantum Shmantum”).
Quantum physicists discovered that physical atoms are made up of vortices of
energy that are constantly spinning and vibrating, each one radiating its own unique
energy signature.
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Therefore, if we really want to observe ourselves and find out what we are, we are
really beings of energy and vibration, radiating our own unique energy signature -this
is fact and is what quantum physics has shown us time and time again. We are
much more than what we perceive ourselves to be, and it’s time we begin to see
ourselves in that light. If you observed the composition of an atom with a microscope
you would see a small, invisible tornado-like vortex, with a number of infinitely small
energy vortices called quarks and photons. These are what make up the structure of
the atom. As you focused in closer and closer on the structure of the atom, you would
see nothing, you would observe a physical void. The atom has no physical structure,
we have no physical structure, physical things real y don’t have any physical
structure! Atoms are made out of invisible energy, not tangible matter.
“Get over it, and accept the inarguable conclusion. The universe is immaterial-
mental and spiritual” – Richard Conn Henry, (quote taken from “the mental
universe) It’s quite the conundrum, isn’t it? Our experience tel s us that our reality is
made up of physical material things, and that our world is an independently existing
objective one. The revelation that the universe is not an assembly of physical parts,
suggested by Newtonian physics, and instead comes from a holistic entanglement of
immaterial energy waves stems from the work of Albert Einstein, Max Planck and
Werner Heisenberg, among others.
The Role of Consciousness in Quantum Mechanics
What does it mean that our physical material reality isn’t real y physical at al ? It could
mean a number of things, and concepts such as this cannot be explored if scientists
remain within the boundaries of the only perceived world existing, the world we see.
As Nikola Tesla supposedly said: “The day science begins to study non-physical
phenomena, i
t will make more progress in one decade than in all the previous
centuries of its existence.” Fortunately, many scientists have already taken the leap,
and have already questioned the meaning and implications of what we’ve discovered
with quantum physics. One of these potential revelations is that “the observer creates
the reality.” A fundamental conclusion of the new physics also acknowledges that the
observer creates the reality.
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As observers, we are personally involved with the creation of our own reality.
Physicists are being forced to admit that the universe is a “mental” construction.
Pioneering physicist Sir James Jeans wrote: “The stream of knowledge is heading
toward a non-mechanical reality; the universe begins to look more like a great
thought than like a great machine. Mind no longer appears to be an accidental
intruder into the realm of matter, we ought rather hail it as the creator and governor of
the realm of matter. (R. C. Henry, “The Mental Universe”).
One great example that illustrates the role of consciousness within the physical
material world (which we know not to be so physical) is the double slit experiment.
This experiment has been used multiple times to explore the role of consciousness in
shaping the nature of physical reality. A double-slit optical system was used to test
the possible role of consciousness in the collapse of the quantum wave-function. The
ratio of the interference pattern’s double-slit spectral power to its single-slit spectral
power was predicted to decrease when attention was focused toward the double-slit
as compared to away from it. The study found that factors associated with
consciousness, such as meditation, experience, electrocortical markers of focused
attention and psychological factors such as openness and absorption, significantly
correlated in predicted ways with perturbations in the double-slit interference pattern.
This is just the beginning. I wrote another article earlier this year that has much more,
sourced information with regards to the role of consciousness and our physical
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