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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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Now, let me ask you this: As it stands, is it not, indeed so, that the prevailing belief in the science-driven Western world is that humans are nothing special in the context of the Cosmos? Is it not, indeed, the prevailing custom to believe that the Earth and its inhabitants are just a big ‘cosmic accident’ of some sort?

In this context, it goes without saying that it is the epitome of ignorance to believe that life is merely incidental and accidental part of the universe, despite everything telling us otherwise – or do you beg to differ?

If one really stops to contemplate this magnificent feat – the “fine-tuned” universe and everything in it – galaxies, stars, planets, and all other forms of matter and energy; the existence of the human body, a biological marvel, one of a kind – it becomes undeniable that everything points to an Intelligently Designed Universe; every attempt to prove otherwise points directly to this truth – intriguing, isn’t it?

As it turns out, the probability of life existing at all has been calculated many times over. It has been said that the odds against the existence of life on Earth are on the order of 10^10^123. That’s so massively unlikely it’s almost impossible to fathom.

In other words, the fine-tuning odds are so infinitesimal that fine-tuning cannot be passed off as a mere coincidence, and thus one cannot but arrive at the conclusion that the existence of intelligent life in the universe is so incredibly rare that one should consider that it only happened once, which means that the “accidental” or “coincidental” creation of our universe is an impossibility.

And when these two rare occurrences – the creation of our fine-tuned universe and intelligent life in it, happened to happen together makes it clear that the universe we find ourselves in has a purpose – to facilitate intelligent life, which makes it a purposeful universe, doesn’t it? This tells us how precise the Creator’s aim must have been, to an accuracy of one part in 10^10^123.

That is an extraordinary figure – one could not possibly even write the number down. You see, it would be 1 followed by 10^123 successive 0’s, which means that even if we were to write a 0 on each separate proton and on each separate neutron in the entire universe, and also throw in all the other particles – we would fall short of writing down the figure needed.

The improbable odds of life existing in the cosmos surely suggests that we are not the result of random chance, does it not? And yet, in spite of this, all too many continue to deny the obvious.

Taking the previous into consideration, it stands to reason that our greatest technological achievements pale in comparison to the complexity of the biological achievements found in nature, which goes on to say that we have a long way to go before we get anywhere near achieving anything close to resembling that.

But alas, in our hubris, we often think that we have discovered some of the great truths of life, and thus we want to perfect everything through science and technology; we are blinded by our hubris and denial of things obvious, so much so that in our vanity we interfere with the intricate web of relationships upon which life on Earth depends.

When we talk about DNA, genetics and the human genome*1, we need to understand that even though most genes have been identified, the human genome is not yet fully understood; neither are the mechanisms which cause certain genes to be switched on or off. It doesn’t make matters any better when we account for the fact that even today scientists have no satisfactory or universally accepted definition of life – no one has been able to explain what causes something to be alive, and what distinguishes animate from inanimate matter.

In light of that, one could easily argue that we have absolutely no idea how Life propagates itself through time and space in physical reality. On the other hand, someone else could naively argue against by stating: “of course we do – just because, science, you know!” Having said that, we should also acknowledge one thing equally true: yes, indeed, we do know certain things about the physical expression of Life, but at the same time we should also be acknowledging that we still don’t know what Life is – emphasis on the capital letter.

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*1 The human genome is the complete set of nucleic acid sequences for humans, encoded as DNA within the 23 chromosome pairs in cell nuclei and in a small DNA molecule found within individual mitochondria. The total length of the human genome is over 3 billion base pairs. The genome is organized into 22 paired chromosomes, plus the X chromosome (one in males, two in females) and, in males only, one Y chromosome. These are all large linear DNA molecules contained within the cell nucleus. The genome also includes the mitochondrial DNA, a comparatively small circular molecule present in each mitochondrion.

Now, let us briefly come back to the idea according to which every cell in our body holds memory, information, knowledge. As information is all around us, we can tune into these frequencies, and in so doing we can gain access to this vast Living Library. The process of connecting, reading and retrieving is quite difficult to express in words as it all boils down to awareness – being aware of Life itself. The beauty of it all is the depth of understanding one’s own awareness, which has no limits but the ones we set ourselves.

That is, if we transcend beyond beliefs, ideas and concepts; if we go above cause and beyond effect, above birth and beyond death, above happiness and beyond suffering – we would once again find our way back to ourselves, into this present moment – here and now, into our body, into our mind, into our own awareness wherein memory, information, knowledge, wisdom, love, peace, and connectedness reside.

This we can call an “Awakening,” which is something that takes place within each of us whenever we are ready to remember our eternal nature, whenever we are ready to take that first step in remembering who we are at the deepest level of our being, whenever we are ready to know our core essence as Spirit.

One last thing before we move on: From personal experience, I can say that it was very fascinating indeed to intimately get to know the different parts that make up one’s genetic profile. The process helped me to further understand my own being, the human experience here on Earth. At first, all I had was the feeling – or should I say inner knowing that there existed a vast variety of different ethnicities in my genetic profile.

One way to understand this is to say that there seemed to have been a process of awakening happening in different chromosomes; generational knowledge and ethnic information cracking open from the codons*1 like a butterfly emerging from a chrysalis, you see?

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*1 A codon is a sequence of three DNA or RNA nucleotides that encodes a specific amino acid, that is, information encoded within genetic material.

This led me to follow numerous synchronicities that ended up revealing much of my own ancestry. In later years, I was amazed how accurate these inner feelings were – the final confirmation came in the form of DNA testing, combined with excessive paper trail in genealogical research.

This brings about the question: How is this relevant, and how does it relate to the overall message of the book? Well, it all boils down to Interconnectedness of All Life, and awareness of the same, you see? When one becomes aware of their true nature, they also become aware of the vastly Interconnected Web of Life which connects us all.

As mentioned earlier in the Prologue, the whole of humanity is a single being, having a collective consciousness – the sum total of all human life, having a collective direction and destiny. This means that we are part of, and intimately connected to, absolutely everything in the universe – the deeper we go, the more we see how truly connected we are.

In this Interconnected Web, each human life is a link in a chain of lives that extends far into the past and projects far into the future, with ancestors at the one end, and descendants at the other; each life in a chain of lives is bound together by cause and effect, different, yet the same.

This brings us to the point: in my own personal journey, it was indeed necessary to achieve a balance between different ethnicities within my DNA. The best way to express this is to say that all of those different parts had to be aligned and harmonized to bring about balance. In other words, this process can be said to be something called ancestral healing*1.

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*1 Ancestral healing involves healing one’s ancestors’ unresolved emotional issues, problems or trauma. In so doing, it releases you from any energetic patterns that link you to them – patterns that can have an inhibiting or disruptive influence on your life today. This kind of healing process is important because we are impacted by emotional and energetic patterns from prior generations in our family. Some of these can create obstacles in our lives, blocking our pathway to joy, abundance, authentic power and unlimited possibilities. Since energy is never lost, but simply changes form over time, emotional issues or problems that were not dealt with by your ancestors, or not fully resolved, can 'hover' in your energy field today, creating an imbalance or roadblock.

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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.

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

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.

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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Now that we have shed some light on the author and their journey, we can delve deeper into the understanding that sprung from that very journey. There’s no better way to start this chapter than by stating the obvious: Life is way more Intelligent wholeness than what we give it credit for.

That said, let us remind ourselves of one important truth: Life is simpler than we think, and yet, at the same time it is more complex than we can imagine. Simplicity is the true form of perfection, and therefore it is only natural that simplicity is at the core of every Living System, including us human beings.

Furthermore, it goes without saying that simplicity makes sense in a Living Universe. We touched upon this topic in the previous section, and it follows, naturally, then, that in this chapter, we will continue our discussion, deepening our understanding of the same, you see?

It is this very Intelligence that is alive and well in each of us, and hence it is of great importance. Even though it should be obvious to all of us – unfortunately, it isn’t. Indeed, it seems as though we humans underestimate Life’s built-in Intelligence, or more aptly, we tend to ignore it completely, which brings about the question: Is there any reason or rationale that could explain this behavior?

Yes, certainly, there is, but the answer is not so straightforward; rather, it is multifaceted, which by its nature is such that it reveals complexities that one might not expect at first glance. This, in turn, gives rise to a whole host of other complexities, issues, and aspects regarding us human beings, you see?

By virtue of the aforementioned with regard to our ignorance over Life’s built-in Intelligence, one can easily arrive at the conclusion that we human beings are, indeed, exceedingly, if not entirely, so used to seeing Life through such a small pinhole that we have become narrow-sighted.

And so it goes that in our narrow field of vision, with the lack of self-awareness, we have become utterly unaware of the fact that it was Life’s greater Intelligence that created us in the first place, and that it is precisely Life’s greater Intelligence that sustains and nurtures us.

The narrow field of vision and lack of self-awareness, combined with ignorance and hubris is something that leads to an attitude of separation and disconnection. By our own volition, we end up in a state where we can’t see the forest for the trees. And so it goes that in this state, it is much easier to ignore such Intelligence altogether than acknowledge its existence. Much of this is due to the superiority complex we humans have – which is an unnatural urge to elevate ourselves above everything else, including Life itself.

And of course this discussion would not be complete without acknowledging those who like to argue that Life’s Intelligence is way beyond our mind’s comprehension. The irony here is that with such an argument we are shooting ourselves in the foot, so to speak. Meaning that we are contradicting ourselves and even outright downplaying our own intelligence.

There is some truth to that argument, yes, but at the same time we should acknowledge that there are many more levels to our comprehension – levels that we can currently only dream of; such levels of comprehension we as the collective human species have yet to discover and explore.

In the first approach – the one that deals with the superiority complex, we are looking ourselves as being something more than; in contrast, with the second approach, we are looking ourselves as being something less than. Neither one will get us any closer to the Truth, but if we start to see ourselves in a new light – as equals with everything else, then the key fits into the lock – see?

This brings us to the conclusion: more than anything else, the reason as to why we underestimate Life’s Intelligence lies deep in our worldview – a worldview that prevents us from recognizing, acknowledging and understanding Living Intelligence. Another important aspect concerning life and its built-in Intelligence is by far its miraculous nature. You see, life exhibits intelligent behavior in all of its manifestations, forms and structures.

It makes you wonder, doesn’t it? Wonder what? Extraordinary nature of Life, and more than that, the preciousness of human life. And so it goes that while one marvels at the extraordinary nature of Life, we cannot but conclude that Life is, truly, a Living Miracle – something to be cherished and nurtured; to be alive is the greatest gift of all, is it not? Undoubtedly, you would be really amazed if you only knew what a treasure you truly are, and even more so if you knew the implications of knowing this truth.

As we have learned from the previous chapters, our awareness plays a major role in unlocking this treasure – it’s up to you, and you alone, to discover the key within, you see? Indeed, each of us is a living testament of the miracle called Life, but only a few are able to recognize it, and even fewer can acknowledge and appreciate it for what it is. And so you see, there are basically two ways to live our lives – like nothing is a miracle, or as if everything is a miracle – the choice is, obviously, yours, and yours only to make – see?

Now, let me ask you this: Is it not a miracle that you exist? Is it not a miracle that you exist as the unique you that you are? If that’s not miraculous enough, then let me ask you this: Is it not a miracle that Intelligent Life can evolve to a level of consciousness, to a point where it can trace back its history to understand its own origin and its true essence? Is it not a miracle that Life can become aware of itself through the vehicle of a living form that has the capacity for self-reflection?

As far as we know, human beings are the only form of life that has this capacity of being able to reflect on the nature of its own thinking and feeling, its own past and future, its own life and death, and on the nature of awareness itself. Therefore, is it not the greatest miracle of all that everything we have ever wanted to know about Life is found within each and every one of us?

And now you may be wondering, what does all that really mean? Well, it simply means that every cell in our body holds memory, information, knowledge. You see, our bodies are composed of cells, each cell is a fragment of the whole, and yet each cell contains the blueprint for life. This means that the Source Code of Life and the vast array of memory banks are readily available to be read, analyzed and interpreted by everyone – all we need to do is to become aware of this hidden treasure within each of us and start reading the Book of Life.

It also means that each of us is a living system within a greater Living System, connected to each other in more ways than we can fathom, which is another way of saying that this Great Miracle of Life that we are all a part of, is in essence, an Interconnected Web of information, connection and communication. This leads us to an important point: we are an inseparable part of a Living Universe, but unfortunately, for the most part, we seem to have forgotten this fundamental truth.

Let us delve deeper, shall we? So now that we know that our body is the doorway to all knowledge, and our awareness is the key, the question becomes: Where do we go from here, and more importantly: Where do we begin? Well, the idea of DNA is a good place to start since DNA has been around for as long as there has been life on Earth.

Having said that, we should keep in mind that we would need to expand our thinking, broaden our perspective, and be ready and willing to see the world and ourselves in a new light, so that we could have a more comprehensive understanding of the big picture – and through it, of ourselves and our fellow human beings, you see? As such, the following few chapters are dedicated for that purpose, and in the section titled LIFE, we will return to this topic.

Now, let us continue with the following ancient saying: “as above, so below; as within, so without.” This simple statement tells us that humans are a reflection of the entire universe. Indeed, we are a microcosm of the universal macrocosm, which means that within us is a complete universe. By understanding this simple truth we can begin to understand our true power – we as humans have the ability to directly know and experience Truth.

As we begin to know our inner nature, we find that we are actually discovering the nature of the universe, which is another way of saying that not only are we in the universe, but the universe is in us; and not only that, but at the same time we are also discovering the true Essence of Creation – all it takes is a willingness to explore ourselves. You see, exploration leads to discovery; discovery leads to knowledge; knowledge leads to new questions and new exploration.

That said, we should keep in mind that there is so much more within us that no external technology can ever show us – the only way to access this vast array of information within us is to use our innate internal technology – Spiritual Technology, for lack of a better term. If we shift our thinking to include such notions as energy, frequency, and vibration – we can begin to understand that our DNA is alive – full of Living Intelligence that interacts with fields of information.

To give an analogy: our DNA acts like a tuning crystal in a radio that focuses various frequencies and vibrations into the form we see as our bodies, which is another way of saying that our DNA is sending and receiving information all the time, whether we are aware of it or not.

From this perspective, it becomes clear that the observable part of the DNA double helix is merely the surface level of the multilayered structure. On top of that, we can also see that while DNA can be seen as a “source code” of sorts, it is also a representation of highly advanced technology.

Against this backdrop, we can see that humans are a product of Intelligent Design – something miraculous that only Intelligent Awareness in its Infinite Wisdom can achieve. The existence of the human body should be enough evidence for anyone that we are the products of an Intelligent Designer and Creator, and not merely the by-product of an accident, like we want to believe – especially in the science-driven Western culture.

And here is where the irony lies: you see, in recent years, modern science has discovered that the underlying structural details of the entire universe have been “fine-tuned” toward the goal of producing biological life – quite a dichotomy, don’t you think? And yet, in spite of this, all too many want to deny the obvious, and pass it off as a mere coincidence – sweeping it under the rug, so to speak.

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Let us continue. Somewhere along the way, I also realized that after reaching a certain level of Self-Awareness, there comes a point where it becomes apparent that there is ultimately nothing that can be taught to others ‘as such.’ Rather, there are only realizations upon realizations that can bear fruit in a form of knowledge, which can be conveyed to others as information.

Based on that information, one can develop an intellectual understanding of the ideas and concepts. Thus, we can only share a representation of what we have experienced and realized within ourselves, and no matter how detailed our informational legacy may be, it is always up to each individual how they use what they have been given.

When I came to this profound realization, I also understood that everything is readily and plentifully available for everyone – equally, although it might not seem that way to some. This means that everything from the Secrets of the Universe to the Mysteries of Life is to be known, and to be understood quite easily through the Self-Realization process. I realized that to achieve this, all it takes is one’s own willingness to become aware of it all.

To become aware is to become free of self-imposed limitations; to become aware is to become aware of thoughts, emotions, feelings, physical sensations, behaviors, and speech; to become aware is to shed the layers of the human condition that blinds our perception of our Infinite Being.

To become aware is to awaken from the dream of life, which in turn means becoming aware; and being aware, each moment, of what we are doing as we are doing it, of what we are thinking as we are thinking it, and how we are feeling as we are feeling it. And so you see, the more we want to become aware – the more we become aware; and the more we become aware – the more our consciousness expands.

The process itself requires high amounts of perseverance and strength of will, including the willingness to surrender to the Greater Intelligence of Life – one’s Free Will must be aligned with the Divine Will. And hence it results in the lack of need to teach others how to become Self-Realized. You see, Self-Realization is, after all, something that one needs to do themselves – it is something that everyone must experience for themselves by realizing themselves.

There are no shortcuts – you see, it all boils down to Self-Mastery, and the pursuit of Self-Mastery requires dedication and effort, which are the first steps in mastering one’s life. Self-Realization is, after all, realizing one’s deepest desires and capacities, fulfilling the possibilities of one’s potential; and likewise is the case with its natural progression, Self-Actualization – utilizing one’s potential, expressing one’s creativity, quest for spiritual enlightenment, pursuit of knowledge, and desire to give to society.

This kind of process is something that cannot be taught ‘as such,’ because each individual is different in their own unique way. What can be done, though – is to show the way, and what can be done to ease this process, is the sharing of documented experiences and the valuable knowledge therein. These kinds of examples can encourage and help others in many unimaginable ways on their own unique paths toward Self-Mastery – through Self-Realization and Self-Actualization.

On that note, it is worth pointing out that the best teachers are those who show active example by walking their walk instead of just talking the talk. All that teachers can eventually do is to point the direction – after that, it’s purely up to the student whether to walk across the path that is shown; and yet, in all actuality, each and every one of us have to find our own ways and methods that work for us. In so doing, we eventually find our own unique way within ourselves – see?

We cannot teach people anything; we can only help them discover it within themselves. ~ Galileo Galilei

As a natural part of the process, I found myself reading and studying the best available books about the nature of reality, consciousness, awareness, mindfulness, philosophy, and psychology – just to find out and to realize that to a certain degree I already knew these universal truths; it was more about the remembrance and acknowledgement than anything else.

As I progressed on my chosen path, writing down realizations of various kinds – I understood that it was my task in this life to inspire others through writing; to help others become aware of their inner world; to help guide others back to their Inner Spirit, in hopes that they could discover and awaken the Living Awareness within.

It was one of the greatest and grandest moments of this journey to realize that I was created like this on purpose – God had created me the way I am, with all of my abilities, strengths and weaknesses, for a purpose. And so you see, through this inner journey, I saw how God really does have a plan for each of us.

In the midst of this process of discovery, there was a moment of clarity where all the pieces fell into place. It was as if deep down within my core, I recalled something profound – I was appointed this task and I was ready to take up the challenge, even if it would take me years to finish.

And so you see, many times on this path I found myself experiencing a feeling of déjà vu, or altervu – the deep inner feeling that I had experienced this before. This is to say that I had a strong feeling that I had lived before prior to this existence; and that I had already written this book in some shape of form in some previous existences, or quite possibly, in some alternate – parallel simultaneous existence.

As we examine this idea, it’s not far from what the ancient wisdom teachings throughout the world has known for thousands of years: Life being a continual expression of consciousness moving or transmigrating from one existence to the next, in which the circumstances into which a being is reborn are determined by the good or bad acts done by that being in previous existences.

In the Buddhist formulation of dependent origination (Interconnectedness of All Things), samskāras are described to be “mental constituents” that are transmitted from one life to the next; samskāras themselves are the result from ignorance of the truth (Dharma); the word samskāra means “that which has been put together,” and “that which puts together.” Taking the previous into consideration, the continual feelings of déjà vu and altervu – makes perfect sense.

Now when I come back to those books that I mentioned earlier*1 – it needs to be noted that somehow only the most relevant sources of information found their way into my hands, like D.T. Suzuki’s books on Zen. Another great example is Alan Watts’ book The Way of Zen, which had been waiting to be read for some time – even though it had found me quite mysteriously through the Phenomenon of Synchronicity, I had never opened the book until the summer of 2014.

From the very moment I opened the book, I felt a certain familiarity with Alan – a deeper level of connection that cannot be explained with mere words. This is to say that there was an impeccably strong aura surrounding him – alive and vibrant energy signature, not constrained by time or space; so familiar indeed, that later when I was listening to his audio lectures, I could sense his presence near me – as a teacher and a mentor (I’ve previously had similar experiences with the Sensei of Shambala*2).

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*1 The booklist is provided at the end of this book.
*2 The Sensei of Shambala https://www.schambala.org/books.html are a set of books by Ukrainian Anastasia Novykh. which are based on the personal diary of a former high school senior girl, reflecting events of the years 1990-1991. She tells a story of an inner exploration that leads her to meeting with a most erudite man, a Martial-Arts Master and a very enigmatic person, Sensei of Shambala. His fascinating philosophy and the knowledge of the world and of humans, dynamic martial-arts, wordly wisdom, alternative medicine, ancient spiritual practices, human abilities phenomena and beyond. Most importantly, she finds answers to her principal inner questions and learns from the personal experience that humans are granted the most powerful creative force above – the power of belief and love.

That said, it is worth of mentioning that The Diamond Sutra and The Heart Sutra are among the best reads ever; to get a glimpse of these precious treasures, the following Red Pine’s explanation is quite fitting (translator and interpreter of Chinese texts, primarily Taoist and Buddhist, including poetry and sūtras).

Zen Buddhism is often said to be a practice of mind-to-mind transmission without reliance on texts. Buddhism has inspired some of the greatest philosophical writings of any religion, and two such works lie at the center of Zen:

The Heart Sutra, which monks recite all over the World, and The Diamond Sutra, said to contain answers to all questions of delusion and dualism. This is the Buddhist teaching on the perfection of wisdom and cuts through all obstacles on the path of practice.

The Diamond Sutra may look like a book, but it’s really the body of the Buddha. It’s also your body, my body, all possible bodies. But it’s a body with nothing inside and nothing outside. It doesn’t exist in space or time. Nor is it a construct of the mind. It’s no mind. And yet because it’s no mind, it has room for compassion.

In closing, as I walked the walk, I wrote down notes about the many insights, realizations, revelations, and epiphanies that I came across on my journey; and it just happened that Infinite Quantum Zen website was created as a result of that journey. In hindsight, it can be said that Infinite Living Intelligence within Living Life expressed itself through creative means – the end result is seen as a form of Infinite Quantum Zen.

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In one way, this chapter continues the earlier discussion, and in another way, it moves the conversation forward. As such, this chapter can be considered as a preparation for what comes next, namely The Role of Consciousness in the Quantum World, which in turn plays a crucial role in laying groundwork for some of the more complex chapters dealing with the nature of time and the idea of a multiverse; their sole purpose is to expand one’s thinking in a way that might be of help in opening up new avenues of thought and appreciation, opening up new perspectives and ways of seeing.

This is done by providing a creative, stimulating and thought-provoking perspective that some would say is a bit over the top and outside the box; which is, after all, the whole purpose of this work. You see, nothing new can come out of anything old, outdated and outmoded, would you agree?

Earlier we briefly mentioned the Schrödinger’s cat paradox and the Heisenberg’s uncertainty principle. From these foundational aspects of Quantum Mechanics we get to another reason as to why the understanding of Quantum Mechanical principles of life seems to be so difficult for most people. The problem is deeply rooted in the way in which we see the world – as if everything would be separate from ourselves.

There is no better way to illustrate this than to point out that the scientific learning often inclines atheism, or at the very least – agnosticism. This kind of mindset propels scientific inquiry, which makes you wonder many things, and in turn makes it irresistible not to formulate theories around them. From this, the question arises: What kind of science would there be if the premise would be the exact opposite?

The current stance at which science is done today reveals the irony within, and even hints of a great cosmic joke of sorts. You see, quite funnily enough, the atheist (or scientist) is God playing hide and seek with itself – utilizing the creative principle to create something that tries believably and convincingly deny itself and hence its very own existence.

In other words, the underlying belief that propels scientific inquiry goes like this: in the beginning there was nothing and nothing happened to nothing, and then this nothing magically exploded for no apparent reason creating everything, and then a bunch of everything mysteriously rearranged itself for no reason whatsoever – into self-replicating bits which then turned into living beings – makes perfect sense, does it not?

Now one should be asking oneself: Who’s playing who here? Is all this some sort of great cosmic joke being played on us? And if so, what is this joke exactly? Is the great cosmic joke precisely that you are what you are seeking?

Even though the modern-day science has slowly been catching up to the ancient mysticism and the concepts that were deeply embedded in various cultures throughout the ancient world – there’s still long way to go before we get anywhere near achieving the level of understanding needed to transform deeply ingrained beliefs and assumptions that weigh us down.

In other words, Quantum Mechanics is just the beginning in a long journey of discovery – what comes next and what will it look like is but anyone’s guess. Nevertheless, the coming new synthesis of science, ancient mysticism and spirituality recognizes matter and Spirit to be one unified energy in different stages of manifestation – constantly altering the way in which we perceive ourselves and our reality; awareness being the core of it all, and matter being its manifestation in physical reality – see?

So keeping all that in mind, it doesn’t take much to realize that the current scientific approach of objective reality is limited, and hence it doesn’t paint a complete picture – not by a long shot. It is quite clear that this type of approach has gotten us to only a certain point; to go any further, we would need to change our perception and also be willing to enter into a whole another paradigm altogether.

From this perspective, it seems that the “original creative thinking” that comes “outside” the limited human mind is “years far ahead” when it is compared to the current collective consensus reality and the approaches therein. This goes on to say that if we hope to someday master the mysteries of the universe, including the Quantum World, we would need to step up our game – big time.

In modern physics, we are constantly trying to objectify the world, but interestingly, again and again, we find that all things exist in relationships. Therefore, we should begin to see the world as an integrated whole, rather than a dissociated collection of separated parts. The biggest mistake that we as the collective human species have ever made in our hubris, is most definitely the repetitive ignorance over this undeniable truth of the Interconnectedness of Everything.

Granted, on a mental intellectual level, we may understand the concept, but on the deeper – more meaningful level, not so much. So what can be done about this? Well, we can start by learning other ways and perspectives. You see, we can learn tremendously from the ancient wisdom traditions; there is much we can learn from the Eastern view.

One such example is a Buddhist view of relativity: according to this view, everything is bound together in a network of interdependencies – everything is, therefore – connected, conditioned, relative and interdependent.

– When this is – That is.
– This arising – That arises.
– When this is not – That is not.
– This ceasing – That ceases.

To give another example of a profound insight that can be learned from these ancient wisdom traditions – let me introduce you a Buddhist conception of the universe in an image; it details the interconnectedness and interdependence amazingly well (similar to the Western view of a Holographic Fractal Nature of Reality).

“You could imagine a multidimensional spider’s web in the early morning covered with dew drops; every dew drop contains the reflection of all the other dew drops. In each reflected dew drop the reflections of all the other dew drops can be seen in that reflection, and so on ad infinitum.” ~ Buddhist Conception of the Universe in an Image.

The world around us is governed by Quantum Mechanical principles that are inherently nonlocal. This makes the mind and the world aspects of the same thing – an endless sea of Living Consciousness that is realized through Living Awareness. So, now the question becomes: Why do we have such a huge blind spot in our understanding when it comes to consciousness and the nature of reality?

Why is it that we overlook the importance of consciousness in regards to all things Quantum? It is a well-known fact that the continual exposure to something reduces our awareness of its presence, so over time, we become blind to the obvious. Let us explore this through an analogy, shall we?

“We don’t know who first discovered water, but we can be sure that it wasn’t a fish.” ~ Philosopher Marshall McLuhan.

For a fish in the ocean, all it knows is water. Born in water, it lives, breeds, and dies in the water. Water is the only reality the fish knows – its whole world is water. In exactly the same way, we humans are born into a physical reality, we become conscious of ourselves, our lives, our world, and we assume everyone else is doing the same.

Like in the Marshall McLuhan’s words, a fish swims in the water – likewise we humans swim in a sea of consciousness; and like a fish that has become oblivious to its aqueous environment, we have become dulled to the ubiquity of consciousness. In other words, just as the fish has no words in its vocabulary to express the nature of the solid land, so is the case with us humans when it comes to the subject of consciousness – see?

More to the point of this chapter: Quantum Nonlocality comes into play when we are talking about the idea of Quantum Entanglement, which is a state in which two particles act together in an entangled system. This means that they behave like one object even though they are physically apart. Throughout the universe subatomic particles act as they are connected to each other – meaning that what we do to one particle at one location, happens for another particle at the different location.

The interesting part is that this phenomena is not limited only to particles. You see, in its broadest sense, this phenomena covers not only such immaterial things as thoughts, intentions, feelings and emotions, but also consciousness, awareness, Soul, and Spirit.

Quantum Entanglement shows wonderfully that every action, thought, intention, feeling and emotion is indeed connected, and thus can affect the whole in one manner or another. And herein lies both the problem and the solution. You see, at best, if we stay open-minded and open-hearted, the aforementioned will completely and profoundly change the way we approach life.

But with the current stance that everything is physical, measurable or deducible; that everything is composed of matter and energy; that life can only be explained in purely mechanical terms, we will never know what entanglement truly means, and never know the true extent and implications of nonlocality – how deep it really goes, is but anyone’s guess.

This goes on to say that scientists will never be able to understand it all with the current level of consciousness and thinking – unless, of course, they are willing to explore new horizons and consider new ways of thinking – which also include subjective experiences, you see? When the subjective experiences around the idea of Quantum Entanglement is added to the equation – the reality of an Interconnected, Nonlocal Quantum World begins to open up in a whole another way.

When this wider awareness is coupled with the current scientific understanding – new doors of perception and understanding will miraculously appear. When things are simplified, everything will be seen in more clarity, and suddenly many missing links just seem to appear out of nowhere – making the whole become crystal clear.

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