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In this chapter, we will take a look at something called the “Existential Paradox,” which serves the role of being a preliminary exploration of what comes up in the following few chapters, dealing with the fear of death, the fear of one’s life to be finite, the fear of total annihilation (non-existence). The purpose behind these following two chapters is to highlight the truth that by definition non-existence doesn’t exist, and therefore existence cannot become non-existence, which goes on to say that death is not the end of life – it is merely the end of the physical body we inhabit in this life. In other words, there is no death “as such,” only a change of worlds, for you see, nothing ultimately ever dies, only changes form – transforms and transcends.

We begin this chapter by defining existence and paradox, although we have already discussed about them in earlier sections and chapters in different context. By giving basic definitions, we will lay the foundation for more in-depth discussion of specific aspects of existence in the context of human life with regard to its paradoxical nature. For you see, we are information, yet we are uncertainty, and paradoxically enough, information is thought to be the resolution of uncertainty. Furthermore, there is no fine line between life and death, living and non-living, animate and inanimate, like we have seen earlier in this section, in the chapter “What Is Life?” We can call this Existential Paradox, or ‘coincidentia oppositorum,’ or just simply Unity of Opposites, which means that a thing is both what it is and what it is not, and yet it somehow escapes contradiction – that’s how the Miracle of Life is possible – see?

The word “existence” comes from the Latin word ‘exsistere,’ meaning “to appear”, “to arise”, “to become”, or “to be”, but literally, it means “to stand out.” So when something is made to appear, or to become visible to the human senses – which can only perceive a very narrow spectrum of light, we are saying that something exists; clearly, this doesn’t mean that ‘something’ isn’t existing if we’re not able to ‘tune-in’ to the vibrational level of it. What it means, though, is that we have collectively agreed upon that we use certain words to explain something that we are able to perceive with our physical senses, or detect through the microscopes and particle accelerators, or through other scientific gadgets and gizmos. And, indeed, if one looks deeper, utilizing the very tools provided by the science itself, namely Quantum Mechanics, it’s just as plausible to argue that consciousness exists before the formation of the brain, and therefore consciousness can exist after the death of the brain. This, then, suggests that there is not only existence, but also pre-existence, as well as post-existence (afterlife).

From this, we can conclude that there is an intimate connection between the mystery of consciousness, the mystery of existence, and the mystery of reality. This triune connection is interesting in more ways than one. You see, reality needs existence, which in turn needs consciousness. Reality cannot be reality without existence, and consciousness cannot take place without awareness of existence. And so we can pose a question: What came first: reality or consciousness of it? After all, reality is experience in our consciousness, is it not? And now, we can ask: What came first: existence or awareness of it? This, indeed, is a mystery. What we know about it, though, is that underlying our consciousness, there is awareness – through which, and by which, we become aware of consciousness, and therefore, of existence, and, of reality, you see?

Now that we have defined “existence,” we can move on to paradox. As regards to our existence as human beings, it is clear that the most profound questions about life and its mysteries cannot be answered without using paradox as a tool, let alone the mystery regarding what lies across the threshold between life and death. In a nutshell, paradox is a statement that contradicts itself, and when investigated might actually be true; paradoxical statements may seem completely self-contradictory, but they can be used to reveal deeper truths. In this sense, paradox can be seen as a method to reveal the interdependence and interconnectedness of all things, and in turn perceive the higher truth directly without intellectualizing filter, you see?

In the context of paradox, it can be said that the logic behind the Western thought is very much classical in nature, which means that there is an underlying belief, according to which every statement becomes false if a contradiction is true. For some reason, it is difficult for us to appreciate anything that goes against the norm, that is, logic and reason as we know and practice them today. Hence, it goes without saying that this is, indeed, a narrow-minded approach. In contrast to the Western approach, some ancient wisdom traditions like Advaita Vedanta, Taoism, and Zen, are dialetheist in nature where non-dualistic thought is used to refer to true contradictions. A paradox which is both true and false at the same time and in the same sense – is called dialetheia; a dialetheia is the view that some statements can be both true and false simultaneously, which goes on to say that there can be a true statement whose negation is also true – such statements are called “true contradictions,” dialetheia, or nondualisms.

Hence, it is worth noting that paradoxes only arise in the dualistic mind, with a dualistic mindset, and with a dualistic belief system – beyond it, there is only Oneness – and yet, Oneness is also a limiting concept, because if there is one – it always implies that there must be many – one cannot be if there isn’t many; it’s only through the experience of the many – from where the One is realized, you see? In spiritual terms, this means that there is a definite difference between the ideas of Oneness, Unity, and Non-Duality (Advaita). Oneness is an idea; Unity is a concept from the realization of the idea of Oneness (a generalization from experience), and finally there is Non-Dual Beingness within that realization, you see? Keeping that in mind, it can be concluded that there are some truths that can only be expressed in contradiction by using paradox as a tool – such truths are existential in nature, most profound questions and answers about life and death – more precisely, the questions concerning consciousness, awareness, and presence, you see?

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This chapter takes pretty much every idea and concept we have encountered thus far in this section and puts them to creative use. The purpose is of course to continue to expand one’s thinking, to open up new perspectives and ways of seeing. In so doing, Life – emphasis on the capital letter, or Living Life, in short – gets a little more clarification.

As you have lived your life, you must have realized that all time is always now – everything happens now, does it not? This means that in actuality, there is no distance between past, present, and future. Every moment is therefore this very same moment that happens now but with a completely different perspective, which makes it a different experience altogether, you see? When we are talking about the events that occur in our lives we need a way to talk about them, and therefore we have collectively agreed upon the idea of time which represents the distance between events – it is a way of describing a process, you see? Without the concept of time, there would not be memories – otherwise we would perceive those events as experience rather than memory.

The concept of time, in and of itself, is one of the parameters which defines the idea of physical reality, in which the concept of time is experienced. Physical reality, in turn, is a function of creation of time, you see? All physical reality is therefore an extension of the concept of time, which goes on to say that every concept that comes from the idea of physical reality, or is within physical reality – is therefore an extension or offshoot of the original idea of creating time – which is also the same as creating space, you see? Furthermore, the concept of energy is logically created after the idea of time – in which to experience the concept of energy changing into matter. And so you see, matter is formed from energy, which is formed from time. This goes on to suggest that not only is the physical reality created from time, but so is life as we know life to exist, you see? So now the question becomes: What creates time? Well, let us come back to that later, shall we?

You might get a handle on this new paradigm changing view, if you imagine the following: picture a car speeding down the road; now, speed up the image infinitely, and you can see that the car disappears – so, do we have any proof of its existence? Time gives legitimacy to its existence – in other words, time gives proof to the existence of matter; and this means that without time we don’t exist in a physical form – state of movement in the universe is equal to our existence. When we die, there is no movement and everything comes to a stop – frozen in time, as it were. Our physical existence is equal to the movement of the car, and beyond our physical existence – in death, is when the car stops; but the peculiar thing is that the car never actually really stops – it only divides, breaks up into smaller bits and pieces, elementary particles, protons, neutrons, electrons, wavelengths. And so you see, every living thing lives within the continuous cycle of birth and death, where the remains of one become the nutrients for the other – nothing is ever wasted, everything just transforms into different forms at various times.

To continue with this analogy: our bodies are vehicles in which we travel, but it is the traveller that is the “I,” and not the vehicle in which the road is travelled, which goes on to say that even though our physical form will eventually come to the end of its lifespan, the Spirit that dwells within will continue. Even though our physical being is gradually decaying, our spiritual being can be renewed day after day, week after week, year after year, and even century after century, millenia after millenia – into eternity and beyond, you see? From this, we can clearly draw the conclusion that time is the only true unit of measure, and that time is what gives birth to matter and energy, and furthermore gives rise to physical reality, you see? Therefore, one can say that time equates life – time is unity. If one seeks to unify quantum theory with space, time, gravity, and cosmology, they would ask themselves: What is the common denominator? As time seems to be the key, equating to life, it links both time and life to consciousness and its inherent awareness. And so you see, beyond time, the common denominator is awareness – all life has awareness in varying degrees, or more aptly, all Life is Awareness – Living Awareness that comes from Spirit.

So, let us entertain this idea a little more and push it even further, if not for any other reason than to stimulate and expand our thinking. As mentioned earlier, the creation of time is also the creation of space. When we stretch the aforementioned a little further, we can realize that time in its fine-tuned structure could very well be considered as being information that is distributed across the space. Now, let us introduce a contemporary tool by which we can understand this further. By now, many of us are familiar with the blockchain technology. Blockchain is a decentralized, distributed, growing list of records, called blocks, that are linked using cryptography. Each block contains a cryptographic hash of the previous block, a timestamp, and raw data. A blockchain database is managed autonomously using a peer-to-peer network. If you think about it, time itself can be considered to be the original blockchain technology. You see, everything that has ever happened, happens, and will happen – is being recorded and stored in the very fabric of space-time. So in this sense, space-time is life’s own blockchain, as it were.

Because time(life) in its very core is information stored in the fabric of space-time, the event(s) that are recorded into this life’s very own blockchain, could easily be re-created based on that information. You see, everything we touch upon is imprinted with our energy signature, which is the extension of our own consciousness. And so you see, that very energy signature contains not only the original intention(s) behind activities in that particular point in space-time, but also every thought and feeling that was present in that moment. In other words, it is the overall blueprint of that exact experience in that moment of time(life). Now, one might ask: What does that even mean? Well, if that is not obvious, let that remain a mystery for a while; maybe the mystery will reveal itself in the next chapter.

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The previous realization is quite easily explained in the scientific terms by using the analogy of a Quantum Bit (Qubit) that is used in Quantum Computing. Quantum Mechanical principles that are derived from the Quantum Physics, can easily be utilized in Quantum Computing. Qubits are more versatile than standard bits, because they can exist in three states instead of just two; they allow us to put bits of infromation into their ‘0’ and ‘1’ states at the same time.

These same principles can also be utilized when we talk about the nature of time itself. When the analogy of a Quantum Bit is used: the state ‘0’ would represent the past, the state ‘1’ the future, and the entangled state naturally would represent both at the same time. In other words, the entangled state is the Quantum Wave Function that can be equated to Living Vibrating Life itself, you see?

Because the Qubit can be in both states at once – it means that also time can be observed as this type of combination of states: past, present, and future can therefore be viewed as the properties of a Time(Life) function. It is only through the collapse of the Quantum Wave Function (resulting from the action of focused attention on observation) when the Infinite becomes seemingly Finite.

Quantum Entanglement acts as a nonlocal bridge – uniting the small and large-scale happenings, which means that events are not localized to any specific points in space or in time. Nonlocal events are unmediated, and thus they require no energetic signal to “carry” them; they are unmitigated, so they don’t become weaker with increasing distance. Nonlocal phenomena are omnipresent, so they are everywhere at once – meaning that there is no necessity for them to go anywhere, simply because they are already there. This makes nonlocal events immediate, so they require no travel time; nonlocal events are infinite in time, present at all moments – past, present, and future at once; ultimately meaning that they are eternal.

The fascinating thing about this is that if time is observed in three dimensions, and this triplet is seen as the property of a wave function – it changes everything, making time and life to be exactly the very same thing. This realization will be the most significant “new discovery” in the scientific community, when people really start to get it. There are already a few scientists who have understood this in some way – one of them being Lee Smolin, who has written a book called Time Reborn: From the Crisis in Physics to the Future of the Universe. [Ed. note: Video about this can be found on the bottom of this page.]

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~ ∞ ~ Quantum Nonlocality - The Nature of Time - Awaken the Living Awareness Within ~ ∞ ~

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In the previous chapters, we explored the mysteries of the Quantum World, and learned something about the phenomenon of Quantum Entanglement, which brought us quite nicely to something called Quantum Nonlocality, which in turn brings us now to the very nature of time itself. It is impossible to talk about time without referring to the laws of nature, or scientific laws – which are statements based on repeated experiments or observations, that describe or predict a range of natural phenomena. And so it goes that all the mysteries physicists and cosmologists face, from the “Big Bang” to the future of our universe, from the puzzles of quantum physics to the unification of the forces and particles – eventually come down to the nature of time. That is to say, it seems that time appears to be the key to the meaning of quantum theory and its eventual unification with space, time, gravity, and cosmology; and because time seems to be the key, equating to life – as we come to see later, it links both time and life to consciousness and its inherent awareness.

In this context, it is once again worth mentioning that beyond the surface, there is yet another, more important component, that of consciousness and its inherent awareness, you see? The importance of it should have become clear by now, but if it hasn’t, it should. Not only because they play an essential role in the aforementioned unification, but also because the coming new synthesis of science, ancient mysticism and spirituality recognizes matter and Spirit to be one unified energy in different stages of manifestation – awareness being the core of it all, matter being its manifestation in physical reality, and consciousness the medium against which and through which we perceive and measure time. And so you see, just as we are now discovering that consciousness is distributed through every cell of the body, soon we may discover that it is distributed in every photon or particle of light throughout the universe – making it essential to incorporate consciousness and its inherent awareness as the cornerstone of this new science. Hence, it goes without saying that if we hope to someday master the mysteries of the universe, including not only the Quantum World, but also the nature of time, we would need to include consciousness and its inherent awareness to the equation.

Time as we know time to exist, is, in many ways, a construct, a tool by which we make sense of the events that occur in our lives. Together with another tool, that of storytelling, we can communicate not only about daily events, but also more complex topics that are essential for our growth, development and evolvement as human beings. Many have treated time as an illusion – and yet, they do age – quite a dichotomy, don’t you think? It is evident that time is very much real, isn’t it? So, what is this thing we call time – this thing we so easily waste yet never have enough of? Is it really a thing? We cannot hold it in our hands, nor see it with our eyes – it is completely intangible, yet extraordinarily real.

Now, what is time, exactly? Time is something that is very much intangible, often thought to be non-recurring, unstoppable and unpreserved. Hence, time is considered by many to be one of the most valued commodities in life, and hence time is something that most people don’t want to waste. Therefore, it can be said that the greatest gift we can give to someone – is our time. You see, when we give our time, we are giving away a portion of our life that we will never get back. Yet, people tend to value money over time, until time is almost up; always rushing from one thing to another with the mantra: “time is money,” and yet constantly searching for more time, complaining about working too hard. There is not only irony here, but also an astonishing dichotomy, don’t you think?

In our culture, we have viewed time as the ‘thing’ that we must work against, or works against us, which goes on to say that we are in competition with time. This, in turn, has led to excessive time management, which means that people are always in hurry; rushing everywhere all the time. There is a downside to this kind of excessive time management, for you see, the quality of life decreases when life is full of hurry. Individuals who are obsessed with time, more often than not, get stressed and uptight; it is not unsurprising, then, that these individuals also seem to be the ones who fear death more than anything else. The truth is, though, that not every minute of every day can always be planned – sometimes we just have to go with the flow, you see? And this brings us to the nature of time itself.

When we are talking about the nature of time, we can realize that time has traditionally been misunderstood to be a purely physical phenomena, and therefore we generally see it as a continuum; and hence it goes that time is understood to be a perception of movement and seen as an arrow, moving on a single straight line – from the past to the future. This is the way in which we as the collective human species have agreed to view time, but it could very well be the other way around, as well – time moving from the future into the past, you see? Further examination reveals that from the human perspective, time seems to be moving in a linear fashion. In other words, something happens in sequence – series of events taking place in space. This is how we have agreed to perceive reality, but how would you know if the event you are experiencing and witnessing to take place was actually set in motion in the future?

Because of the way in which we humans have used to perceive time, we like to translate time into blocks for our convenience – these blocks are treated as a triplet: past, present, future. This means that time is considered to be a purely one dimensional phenomenon – a continuum, consisting of a past, a future, and with the present as the boundary between the two. The way in which we view time can most certainly be useful in our daily lives, but it is reasonable to ask ourselves: Is it an accurate view? Could it be possible that in much the same way as life is cyclical, so is time? And if time is indeed cyclical, would it not then mean that every action truly has its reaction, in both ways – not only the past and the present affecting the future, but also the future affecting both the present and the past – see? Every choice we make has its affect on the future whose particular nature we cannot foresee – everything and everyone is interconnected, and therefore every action affects the whole and vice versa; and so it goes that in this sense, we are the sum of our choices, you see? Indeed, everything we do has a ripple effect on everything else – every action activates a cause, which in turn triggers an effect.

As both life and time are cyclical, it means that the future affects the past as much as the past affects the future – this happens only if a certain condition is met. You see, the energy signature of the past or the future must be stronger than your present for it to manifest in such a way that it can be said to be a change – eventually, it all comes down to free will and how strong our will is. This goes on to say that the present moment is the Nexus Point in which the choice is made, and its effects are felt and experienced; it is the Nexus Point from which the ripples of that choice travel through time. Here it is important to remember that change can be initiated in any of these points we term as past, present, future; but it is always the present in which change is experienced, you see? If one utilizes their free will to initiate a conscious transformation – self-directed, mindful process of self-exploration that can transform one’s life – one changes not only their past, but also their future; one changes their history, their story – if you will, their whole being – becoming a whole new person.

The aforementioned brings us inexorably here – to make the following conclusion: our universe appears to be bound by a finite set of laws – or so do we think, despite any evidence to prove it to be so. Due to scientific materialism, we believe and assume that all phenomena in the universe, including time, is governed by these “eternal laws,” and that all phenomena are subject to the same physical laws, which can be discovered by the means of systematic observation and experimentation. This goes a long way to demonstrating how deep our willful blindness and ignorance of the obvious really goes. Here we should ask ourselves: Are these so called “eternal laws” of nature really set, or could it be possible that they are still evolving? Who are we to say that the laws of nature are fixed? It doesn’t take a genius to understand that if the universe is expanding and evolving, then also the laws of nature may be evolving as well.

When we take the previous into consideration, the very idea of the laws of nature may not even be appropriate – it may be better to think of the evolving patterns of nature; self-organizing patterns through which the Living Intelligence of Life expresses itself – constantly finding the best and the most efficient ways for life to grow, flourish and thrive. It is, after all, the very nature of life to intelligently seek to expand, develop and unfold – often in surprising and novel ways, is it not? In other words, out of chaos comes order, and out of randomness emerges beauty, structure and form. What we humans perceive as randomness, may instead reflect a degree of complexity of order that we have yet to decode in understandable form; what we classify as being mere randomness, may indeed be Intelligence so far beyond our current level of understanding and comprehension that we disregard it altogether. This goes a long way to show that also time may be something that we have only scratched the surface of – something deeper, something more profound, you see?

Against this backdrop, we should ask ourselves: Could it actually be possible that we have viewed time wrongly all of these years? Could it also be that time as we know time to exist, may actually be life itself? You see, because of the simultaneous nature of life – time may actually equate to life in a multidimensional fashion, and therefore time may not be separable from life itself. And because we have separated time and life from each other, we age? Let us end this chapter with the following question: What would life be like if we could live our lives without obsessing about time?

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Extra Material 1: Video A New Theory of Time - Lee Smolin. Video description: "Is it possible that time is real, and that the laws of physics are not fixed? Lee Smolin, A C Grayling, Gillian Tett, and Bronwen Maddox explore the implications of such a profound re-think of the natural and social sciences, and consider how it might impact the way we think about surviving the future."

Extra Material 2: Video: Alan Watts - Mystery of Time. Video description: "Alan Watts talks about the nature of time, being in the now, cause and effect."

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So now, when we utilize the previous understanding to formulate a practical example of us shifting into a parallel world, we would find that the reality would be such that instead of many versions of us, there would only be one conscious individuated entity subjectively experiencing the world. This is because Living Life in itself is Self-Conscious & Self-Aware Intelligence in its own right; meaning that the primary substance of the universe is that of Living Awareness (observer | subject), which in turn creates Living Consciousness (observed | object) through which we perceive the world and our reality.

Due to this inherent Natural Intelligence within all Living Life, there is always Quantum Entanglement (superposition) between those two (subject, object | observer, observed). Therefore, when one shifts into a parallel world, the physical properties of those entangled particles correlate, and because the entangled particles are never detected in more than one place due to a collapsing of a wave function, the potentiality of multiple versions of us – is being actualized into reality right there and then, you see? To where the focused attention is placed, would be the location where the potential is being actualized into reality, which goes on to say that the world around us may be different, but the individuated version of us would still be the same. In other words, the focus of one’s awareness is shifted from one universe to the next, and the reality corresponds accordingly – see?

That is to say, it’s not like you would be in a simulated computer environment or a video game with multiple copies or alterations of yourself (avatars), but rather you as an extension and inseparable part of Living Life, as an eternal observer (Living Awareness) are consciously changing the focus point of your attention to another place entirely; at the very moment this happens, you immediately exist as a living and breathing individuated human being in that reality/world to where the focus has been placed. This means that there wouldn’t be such a thing as the “other version of you” in that parallel world, because the potential of you existing in that particular world is being actualized into reality (collapsing of the wave function) by the act of observation (you being there).

From the previous example, we can learn that various traditional views and interpretations of “many worlds” are helpful only in theory but not in practice; we can also learn that the spiritual aspect is an integral part of the whole that cannot be ignored if the nature of reality and life is to be understood thoroughly.

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~ ∞ ~ Interconnected Nested Multiverse (Bubble Universe) - Awaken the Living Awareness Within ~ ∞ ~

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When one entertains the idea of a multiverse, more often than not, the concept of parallel universe comes up. In more ways than one, this concept – as it has been familiarized to the world, is incomplete. Another, more simple way to understand parallel universes is to think in terms of bubbles – everything happens within multitudes of bubbles. So in this sense, parallel universes are like bubbles inside other bubbles – each of these bubbles is a universe in and of itself.

Or to put it other words, like Russian dolls (a set of wooden dolls of decreasing size placed one inside another). And so you see, existence is structured and made up of Interconnected Nested Universes within the Innerverse. To expand this analogy further, one can say that these nested universes thus then form Nested Multiverses. This we can call “Infinite Fractal Multiverse.” Multitude of multiverses coming into being and blossoming new universes that bring forth fruit for Life Eternal, on a Grand Tree of Life, you see?

The existence of life is equally likely in each bubble universe; life can therefore be seen happening simultaneously in each of these bubble universes. If thought to have a form, Life – emphasis on the capital letter, would most definitely assume the form that expresses fluidity and movement, malleability and elusiveness. In the case of bubble universes, these beautiful fractal-like structures would resemble Nested Apollonian Gasket Fractals in multitude of dimensions; each fractal represents an Interconnected Nested Multiverse within the Innerverse, or just simply a world within a world – see? And because all of these worlds are situated and contained within the Innerverse, we as human beings have an inherent potential to gain access to them. As human beings, we have been gifted with inherent potential to access a wide variety of abilities and tools – intuition and Inner Knowing being among them; awareness and presence being the keys to these worlds, you see?

Because consciousness and its inherent awareness is the essence of all existence – it gives rise to, and pervades all manifest phenomena. In this context, it means that each bubble universe is created from the consciousness that already exists, and thus multitude of bubble universes within bubble multiverses form an Infinite Fractal Multiverse – The Living Tree of Universes. And so you see, Living Awareness beyond consciousness is what’s keeping not only the individual universe together, but also the larger whole, as well. As this Living Tree of Universes grows and expands, it is highly probable that our universe might collide with other bubble universes – the collision of one bubble universe with another would result in a birthing of a new universe; this natural dynamic follows an infinite, self-sustaining cycles of birth, growth, and re-birth. Just like reality is not an object or a thing, but rather an active process – a continuum, so is the case with bubble universes – see?

Like mentioned earlier, the most significant revelation in the Quantum World has been thus far, the truth that the observer seems to be creating the reality by the act of observation alone; the act of us looking creates the result of observation, which goes on to say that we are literally creating the universe and the perception of the world as we go. What is being measured are different levels of potentials (probability) for observation – the object for the measurement is an aware field of information arising from consciousness. And this is where it gets interesting. You see, the universe we occupy exists because we collectively agree that it does, which in this context means Quantum Entanglement of the universe.

Quantum Entanglement acts as a nonlocal bridge – uniting the small and large-scale happenings, which means that the events and objects are not localized to any specific points in space or in time. Now, it is worth mentioning that when we talk about particles being in several places at the same time, we are only scratching the surface. Another important thing to keep in mind regarding Quantum Entanglement is that the implications go beyond what we can imagine or express. In other words, clairvoyance, clairaudience, telepathic and telempathic*1 communication, and other naturally occurring abilities we term “extrasensory perception” or “psychic powers” are just the beginning, you see?

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*1 Telempathic is a portmanteau, or combination of two words: telepathic + empathic, which describe the ability to feel others’ emotions. Empaths can perceive information through others emotions and feelings, which allows them to communicate through the same emotion, which may be processed as an energetic vibration through the empath’s body, making them telempathic.

In a more classical way, Quantum Entanglement is best understood as follows: it occurs when a pair of particles remain connected over distance in such a way that actions performed on one particle also have an effect on the other; when two entangled particles are examined, their physical properties correlate. Quantum Entanglement can also occur with a single particle – a single photon (particle of light), for example, can be split into two particles that are still connected – that connection is called entanglement. The single particle’s wave function spreads over large distances, but the particle itself is never detected in more than one place – when measured (observed), the wave function collapses. A wave function in Quantum Mechanics describes the quantum state of an isolated system of one or more particles; due to the interconnectedness of everything, there is one wave function containing all the information about the entire system, not a separate wave function for each particle in the system.

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In the following few chapters, we will take a deep dive into Quantum Nonlocality and the idea of a Multiverse. This is done in a way that is meant to expand one’s thinking and open up new perspectives and ways of seeing. As you read on – if you are observant, you might find a distinctive flavor in the writing style, which hints at the possibility of these chapters being written from personal experience. This flavor is best described in capturing the essence of fluidity of space and time, of malleability and elusiveness of reality, which goes on to say that as one becomes a new person – one also changes their history, their story – if you will, their whole being, you see? This obviously leaves the question lingering whether it is possible to cross through time, and perhaps even between worlds and realities?

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There is, indeed, within each of us, a larger, underlying Reality of which most people are not aware of. However, in moments of heightened consciousness, this Reality reveals itself to us through our own innate Awareness. Now, consider this: if you can see yourself as connected to, and participating within a larger, underlying, multidimensional reality, you would not only begin to recognize the power of your own choosing within the present moment, but you would also open the door to the possibility of discovering a much more grand and innate potential both within yourself and within your experience of reality; then, ask yourself: What are the implications and benefits of this?

So now, then, let us start with the following brief overview, outlining some necessary ingredients of our discussion, namely waveforms, holograms, fractals, enfolded and unfolded order, and Quantum Nonlocality. Some of these terms we have already discussed throughout this book, but here in this chapter they come together nicely. In one way, our discussion is about holographic nature of reality*1, and in another way, it is about the fluidity of space and time, of malleability and elusiveness of reality; and more than that, it concerns once again our consciousness and its inherent awareness, which are the basis of all Living Life, all worlds, all dimensions, all realities, you see?

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*1 When we are talking about the Holographic Nature of Reality, it is worth mentioning, Michael Talbot (1953–1992) who was one of the early pioneers in this field. He wrote several books highlighting parallels between ancient mysticism and Quantum Mechanics. In his work he also highlighted the idea of reality resembling a giant hologram. According to Talbot: ESP, telepathy, and other “paranormal” phenomena are a product of this holographic model of reality. Book worth reading, from 1991, The Holographic Universe: The Revolutionary Theory of Reality.

As we have learned through various chapters of this section, the world is always a profoundly ambiguous and ceaselessly flowing quantum soup – ever-changing and ever-evolving dance of waveforms. What’s amazing about the waveforms is that they can always be converted back into their original pattern through Fourier transforms – the very same mathematics that were used to invent the hologram. It is noteworthy that also the brain uses Fourier mathematics when it saves visual images into Fourier language of waveforms. When we observe waveforms a little closer, we can find that they seem to be organized interconnected wholes in their particle form.

Theoretical physicist David Bohm once stated that electrons aren’t scattered because through the action of the quantum potential the whole system is a crowd of unorganized movement – this movement resembles more of a ballet dance than a crowd of unorganized people just moving around. Like many times before in his work, Bohm noted that such quantum wholeness of activity is closer to the organized unity of functioning of the parts of a living being than it is to the kind of unity which is obtained by putting together the parts of a machine – meaning that the movement of a quantum wholeness embodies Living Intelligence. One of Bohm’s most startling assertions was that the tangible reality of our everyday lives is really a kind of an illusion – like a holographic image in which patterns are contained within patterns; underlying it is a deeper order of existence – a vast and more primary level of reality, which gives birth to all objects and appearances of our physical world; this happens much the same way as a piece of holographic film gives birth to a hologram.

Bohm called this deeper level of reality the implicate (“enfolded”) order, and refers to our own level of existence as the explicate (“unfolded”) order. Bohm decided to use these terms because he saw the manifestation of all forms in the universe as the result of countless enfoldings and unfoldings between these two orders. This goes on to say that electron is no one thing, but rather a totality or ensemble enfolded throughout the whole of space. This means that when an instrument detects the presence of a single electron, it is simply because one aspect of the electron’s ensemble has unfolded. When an electron appears to be moving, it is due to a continuous series of such unfoldments and enfoldments. As regards to consciousness, it would mean, then, that our consciousness is constantly unfolding of the implicate order, which springs forth from the deeper level of reality, the implicate (“enfolded”) order, or just simply from the Living Awareness of Living Life, you see?

A piece of holographic film and the image it generates is a wonderful example of an implicate and explicate order. The film is an implicate order because the image encoded within its interference patterns is a hidden totality enfolded throughout the whole. The hologram projected from the film is an explicate order, because it represents the unfolded and perceptible version of the image. Every part of a piece of a holographic film contains all of the information possessed by the whole – this means that the information is distributed nonlocally, and explains why reality becomes nonlocal at the subquantum level. When the whole is in the part, it simply means that the whole Creation is in every part of it, which goes on to say that everything in the whole existence is stored within every cell and every particle – meaning that you, I, and everyone else are the universe – Living Life itself. So in this sense, multitudes of universes literally exists within our very own cells, and we exist within every cell and every universe at once – simultaneously.

That is to say, often reality works quite differently in practice than in theory; and if there is one essential component missing – that of consciousness, the whole theory comes crashing down like a house of cards. One of the recent theories is called the “many interacting worlds theory,” which proposes that these parallel worlds can actually collide and interact with each other. According to this theory, the interaction between these parallel worlds causes all the quantum effects – this theory may be the closest to reality so far, but like any other of these theories, it also lacks the most important component – consciousness and its inherent awareness, you see?

Because of these many different kinds of mind-based theories, people often seem to think that there must also be multiple versions of humans (ourselves included – the subjective experiencer) in these worlds as well; as if they would be altered copies of some sort. This particular idea comes from the limited perspective of the mind – meaning that this type of mind oriented thinking will always produce not only limited views of reality, but also incomplete theories and hypothesis. In actuality, working solutions always come intuitively, and nothing compares with the wisdom gained from experience, doesn’t it? Among other things, we will explore this in the following few chapters.

As mentioned so many times before, all too often we forget, or more aptly, willingly and willfully ignore the spiritual aspect altogether; and not only that, but also the fundamental role of consciousness in the whole. This in turn results in that we tend to be running in circles – not only in our science, but also in our science fiction literature, films and tv-shows; the latter two keep circling the same flawed ideas over and over. This is done by changing the storyline with minutiae of details – the core still remaining the same, and then sugarcoating the whole with stunning special effects – bringing nothing new to the table. It seems as though there is no one who is capable of going the extra mile, so to speak; hardly no one is able to push the envelope just enough to gradually venture into the unknown. The conclusion being: every story we tell each other is in some way or another a recycled version of previous stories we have told. In the same way, science is a story, a narrative, and scientists are storytellers who keep circling the same theories time and time again.

When one looks at science as a whole, paying attention not just to the rare scientist who happens to make a major contribution to science, but to the vast army of scientists who have no discernible impact on science, it becomes obviously clear – year after year, only minor progress is achieved; once in a decade or so, someone comes up with an idea that might solve a scientific problem, but still, hardly any progress is made. Scientists are constantly striving to solve problems – few do; of those who do, only very few are noticed. This tells a lot about us and the way we like to do things, and goes a long way to demonstrating how little we truly appreciate unique and new ideas; it also tells us that we seem to have a tendency to get stuck in a loop. You see, instead of contributing something new, exciting and useful, we seem to get enjoyment from arguing against anything new or different. All this drama that comes from the battle of ideas might be our downfall in science, and its salvation in spirituality – intriguing, isn’t it?

As regards to Quantum Nonlocality and the Multiverse, it may be immensely helpful to “flip the script” for a moment and consider a different kind of approach. Let us call it “thinking 2.0,” for lack of a better term, shall we? It is based on the natural intuitive ability to understand how Living Life is working – every single human being have this innate built-in capability within their reach. If people would only be willing to utilize their intuition more and further train themselves to master it, many more would find out the Truth that dwells within. You see, like any other ability, intuition can also be learned, trained and mastered.

With this line of thinking, we can easily entertain the idea that not only space and time, but also matter and form, and even energy – are concepts that appear in consciousness; and thereby phenomena that we perceive through our senses, of which the mind is the primary sense-organ. In other words, all experience and phenomena happens in consciousness – see? Against this backdrop, we can easily see that there is nowhere to go but in, which is another way of saying that in regards to space and time – there really is no space “out there,” and no universal clock “anywhere” to keep time. Rather, there is but an appearance of space and time, matter and form; and thus, it is all here – within the Innerverse, residing within each and every one of us. Within the heart, within the Innerverse, in the deepest core of our being, there is a sacred space where the Creator dwells – the Divine Presence is found there, alongside with Living Intelligence and Living Wisdom. As we delve into this, we find that there is something beyond the surface – we call this something, Living Awareness, which is the key to unlocking the treasure within, you see?

That said, if we would consider for a moment that we could somehow be able to shift from this world into a parallel world – what would that entail, and furthermore, what would happen to us when we cross over? With the “thinking 1.0,” we would be asking ourselves: Wouldn’t there be another version of me in that parallel world as well? Before answering to those questions, we would have to explore the simple idea of a Bubble Universe, and then remind ourselves briefly about what we have already learned about the Quantum World and Quantum Entanglement to understand it further – this is done in the next chapter.

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Experiments in Quantum Physics show that by looking at something as tiny as an electron – focusing our awareness upon it, changes its properties while we are watching it; this means that the very act of observation is an act of creation, in and of itself – our consciousness is doing the creating, you see? Most people tend to think that consciousness exists because there are human beings, because we have brains larger than any other bipedal mammal, because we have minds that can reason and think. According to the quantum explanation, however, consciousness already exists in the domain of potentiality, whether human beings are there or not, which points to the conclusion made many times in this book: consciousness is universal. Yet, current quantum-level proposals do not explain the prominent empirical features of consciousness, and so it is paramount to note that Quantum Mechanics of today is by no means the end-all-be-all way to understand the deeper mysteries of life, but it can most certainly provide a wonderful bridge to what is yet to be realized.

Like mentioned earlier, Quantum Mechanics is often labeled as the “weird” or “strange” science, but here we should ask ourselves: Is it really so? Could it be the other way around? What if the Quantum World is really too simple for us to understand it from the viewpoint of the mind? What if the whole thing should actually be approached and understood from the perspective and viewpoint of a child? Through playful discovery and subjective experiences, you see? What if the key to understanding the simplicity of Quantum Mechanics is to add the spiritual knowledge and understanding to the equation – especially the ideas of consciousness, awareness and presence? How would our attitude, actions, and overall outlook on life change if we would take into account the aforementioned factors?

As opposed to scientific approach, we have the spiritual worldview, from where we can find almost overly simplified approach to Quantum World. For all intents and purposes, this is only a good thing, because all of the equations, formulas, and other confusing “mind stuff” is taken away – leaving us with the pure amazingness of it all; applying the Occam’s razor*1, if you will. When things are simplified, everything is seen in more clarity. There are a lot of good things about this worldview – this is because the approach is so much different – almost opposite to the scientific one. The difference is pretty clear: the scientifically oriented people often see only theories and mathematical formulas, whereas the spiritually oriented people see infinite possibilities for real, tangible and practical usage. Spiritual worldview introduces us the missing (ignored) part of the equation – that of consciousness and its inherent awareness.

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*1 Occam’s razor in a nutshell: the simplest explanation is likely correct.

So in this context, it is worth noting that if something really is strange – it is most definitely the very fact that somewhere along the way, scientifically oriented people wanted to ignore the most important factor altogether – that of consciousness; and in so doing, continued to focus on finding the answers from the “material world,” although scientific figures like David Bohm, Max Planck, Von Neumann, Eugene Wigner, and Niels Bohr emphasized the importance of consciousness. Later in this chapter, we will take a look at what these figures have stated in regards to consciousness. It goes without saying that we are making a grave mistake by excluding ourselves from the equation; not including the effect of our very presence is a mistake of a profound nature. It seems as though since its inception, now more than 100 years, scientists have not quite got it, and hence they have twisted even the very foundations to fit their narrow perception.

On that note, the more I studied both worlds (scientific, spiritual), the more simple everything seemed to become. You could compare the situation to driving a car – you don’t necessarily need to know how the engine is put together, and yet you can still enjoy the many benefits that the car as a tool can provide for you. The same goes for utilizing the Quantum Mechanical principles of reality as our tools. That is to say, it is not needed for you to know all the mathematical formulas to utilize the underlying simplicity of the Quantum Mechanical Principles of Life for your benefit.

People all over the world are seeking answers more intensively and more extensively than ever before; what makes this increased, rapid, and almost desperate search for the God(Particle) even worse is the fact that most of the people are seeking the answers from a totally wrong direction (from outside sources vs. from within). What we need as the collective humanity is the way to bridge these worlds (scientific, spiritual) together in a meaningful and constructive manner; the most obvious reason for doing so is the truth that these worlds are very much interconnected and therefore interdependent of each other.

What we need is a synthesis of science and spirituality, a combination of both – modern and ancient wisdom. You see, though their methods and ultimate concerns differ, both science and spirituality seek, in their own ways, to reveal the “truth” about life, existence, and the universe. Science, relying on sensory experience, examines the objective, spatial universe. Spirituality, utilizing intuition and revelation, searches and dives into the depths of reality’s interior, symbolic face (Innerverse). Both sensory observation and intuitive modes of knowing have equal validity in humanity’s quest to understand reality, and ultimately, ourselves – the human experience, you see?

Ultimately, people in both worlds are trying to figure out the same phenomenon of entanglement, but just with a slightly different names and variations of meanings; essentially both agree that there’s an underlying structure behind the visible and observable universe connecting everything. This means that in randomness, there’s a Divine Structure that is contained within everything and no thing at the same time – emanating from one common Source. The idea of consciousness is central for the understanding of Interconnected Nature of Living Life, and herein lies both the problem and the solution: our modern contemporary methods of studying consciousness are linear, whereas consciousness is very much a non-linear phenomenon. The inner experiences of the individuals seem to be the only viable way to gain profound understanding about consciousness, and as an extension, of reality, life, and of ourselves. That is to say, instead of focusing on the external world, we should be focusing on the knowledge and wisdom that is gained from these inner experiences. When the necessary understanding is achieved, combining both sensory observation and intuitive modes of knowing could yield something great and lasting, you see?

This underlying, or Divine Structure, if you will, is such that it largely goes unnoticed, not only due to our lack of awareness, but also due to our lack of will to pursue such awareness. Another contributing aspect is our perception: what we perceive as regular, patterned information – we classify as order; what we perceive as irregular, unpatterned information – we classify as disorder, or simply randomness. What we classify and label as being mere randomness, may indeed be Intelligence so far beyond our current level of understanding and comprehension that we pass it off by labeling it randomness; such level of Intelligence we humans have yet to recognize – after all, we cannot recognize, let alone know something that we are not yet aware of. What we humans perceive as randomness, may instead reflect a degree of complexity of order that we have yet to decode in understandable form. And so it goes that we disregard this type of underlying structure and Intelligence altogether.

Eventually, it shall come to pass, as it has been written in the Book of Life, that in due time, and in due course, the Divine Structure and Intelligence within randomness is widely recognized and acknowledged. And so you see, the realization of the Divine Structure within randomness leads to the recognition and acknowledgement of the undeniable truth of Oneness and the Interconnectedness of Everything. This profoundly and inexorably changes the way we see and experience reality. Suddenly “this or that” becomes “this and that,” and eventually “this becomes that,” which simply just IS – Unity. If there is one – it always implies that there must be many – one cannot be if there isn’t many; it is only through the experience of the many, from where the one is realized, you see?

In spiritual terms, this means that there is a definite difference between the ideas of Oneness, Unity, and Non-Duality (Advaita). Oneness is an Idea; Unity is a Concept from the realization of the Idea of Oneness (a generalization from experience), and finally there is a Non-Dual Beingness within that realization. So when we apply this understanding to the scientific paradigm, we arrive at a point where we can realize that Pure Non-Dual Beingness is both the “place” from where our Universe came out of, but also the very essence out of which it is made. This goes on to say that within this Non-Dual Beingness – Life has always existed, and always will exist; Life has always been, always is, and always will be – see?

Scientifically oriented people often think that consciousness is an emergent biological phenomena, making no difference to physical systems. More than that, these same people like to say, argue – and even insist, that the brain creates consciousness and that consciousness cannot survive without the brain. Also psychologists often speak of the mind and the body as two separate entities for convenience, while many still acknowledge that they are intimately entwined. Both have largely ignored how consciousness manifests in our existence; this has been done by assuming that the brain produces consciousness, although it has never been verified. The only verifiable thing is that consciousness in human form is something that conceives, governs, constructs, and eventually becomes the activity of the body.

When we observe consciousness more deeply by utilizing our innate ability of being aware of our own consciousness, we eventually find that it’s also something bigger than us; something much more greater than just our ability of being aware of our individuated self. Even though the theories & hypothesis are more than plentiful, none of them really have answered to the primary question of what consciousness is. In much the same way as biologists study and explain what life does, rather than what life is, so do scientists who like to focus on explaining what consciousness does, rather than what consciousness is. Although scientifically and spiritually oriented people have their differences, there’s much hope for learning to find a common ground – as Dalai Lama put it:

“Broadly speaking, although there are some differences, I think Buddhist philosophy and Quantum Mechanics can shake hands on their view of the world.” ~ Dalai Lama.

The famous 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 the factors associated with consciousness and our physical material world are connected. The most significant of these revelations is the fact that the observer seems to be creating the reality by the act of observation alone. The act of us looking creates the result of observation – in other words, we are literally creating the universe and the perception of the world as we go. A paper published in the peer-reviewed journal Physics Essays by Dean Radin, PhD, explains how this experiment has been used multiple times to explore the role of consciousness in shaping the nature of physical reality:

“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.”

What did the historic scientific figures say about the significance of consciousness on the observed results?

Von Neumann:

Consciousness, whatever it is, appears to be the only thing in physics that can ultimately cause this collapse or observation.

Max Planck:

I regard consciousness as fundamental. I regard matter as derivative from consciousness.

Eugene Wigner:

It is not possible to formulate the laws of quantum mechanics in a consistent way without reference to the consciousness.

Niels Bohr:

Everything we call real is made of things that cannot be regarded as real. A physicist is just an atom’s way of looking at itself.

John Stewart Bell:

As regards mind, I am fully convinced that it has a central place in the ultimate nature of reality.

So, when we take a look at all of those sayings about Consciousness, we cannot but ask ourselves: isn’t that the very same thing that Gautama Buddha talked about somewhere around the fourth century BCE by saying:

We are what we think, all that we are arises with our thoughts, with our thoughts we make the world. ~ Gautama Buddha

When we once again take another example from the modern world by Martin Rees, we cannot but agree.

The Universe could only come into existence if someone observed it. It does not matter that the observers turned up several billion years later. The Universe exists because we are aware of it.

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