Waves and particles are fundamental to quantum physics theory.
In quantum physics, a particle occupies a definite position, they are localized objects, which do not interfere. This means they can not occupy simultaneously the same space of another particle and they move in a specific trajectory.
Downward causation, which is conscious choice to convert possibility into actuality, makes it unpredictable to know where the particle will appear in the domain of potentiality, due to various possible choices of positions potentially available for a particle to occupy.
Waves can coexist in the same region and be in more than one place at a time. They can create interference and that can result in smaller or larger waves compared to the individual wave. Waves appear first beyond space-time and they appear as particle, in space-time when they are measured. It discontinuously appears in space and time as a localized particle-like object.
Consciousness and where it resides
Consciousness is the ground of being, of which objects are part of but not all of it.
All of our experiences originate from the domain beyond space time, where consciousness choose from and as it does, collapse the quantum object into actuality/manifestation in space and time.
Consciousness is a being, which is both the subject and the object.
Consciousness as a subject is more fundamental, whilst objects can be called waves of possibilities for consciousness and choose from.
Everything that exists is consciousness choosing. Consciousness resides beyond space and time, where communication is signal-less, instantaneous and spontaneous. This is called non-locality and this is the domain of oneness, where all is interconnected.
When consciousness chooses, the measurement itself splits the oneness into two, subject and object. Non-local consciousness always remains in potentiality until collapse, or actualization, occurs, when an observer with a brain is present.
Without the collapse, the observer is also potentiality.
Consciousness interactions with the world:
Consciousness chooses from itself, as it contains all experiences and it is one with all potentialities. It creates reality as it interacts with the world. When it chooses one of the potentialities, it becomes actuality.
According to a theory from Van Neuman, no material-to-material interaction can lead to actuality, signalling that a non-material interaction is needed for consciousness to measure and materialize.
Choosing out of many waves of possibilities, consciousness identifies with the brain and becomes a subject looking at an object. That’s when a split occurs and consciousness becomes subject and object, in space and time reality and they co-arise in manifest conscious awareness.
Consciousness connects with the brain through non-physical fields of quantum movement connected with our feelings and thinking.
When consciousness identifies with the brain, it produces a representation of unity consciousness and that’s when the quantum self arises. It becomes entrapped by the tangled hierarchy of the two apparatuses of the brain, perception and memory, and becomes the “self”.
A tangle hierarchy is a circular causality between two levels of a two level system. In the case of memory and perception, there can not be memory without perception and there can’t be perception without memory. It seems a tangled hierarchy, or circularity, is necessary for consciousness to collapse the brain.
The brain-mind is a measuring apparatus, which consciousness uses to collapse the quantum wave into manifested reality. But when there are blockages and obstacles to the brain and mind, conditioned behaviour prevails and nothing new is manifested.
Manifest reality shifts according to the observer’s conscious intent.
Materialist and quantum worldviews:
Our worldview defines and informs our values, our choices and our actions. They shape our thinking and feelings about what is important and guide our principles on how to conduct ourselves in the world, how we relate to each other, nature and the world at large.
The current material worldview proposes that we are sophisticated machines and objects, made of elementary particles. It has a reductionist and pre-deterministic view. The causation is upwards, where it goes up from elementary particles to more complex matter.
In this view, objects are separated by empty space and hence are disconnected. All interactions occur randomly as there is no framework that informs how one is connected to others. This sense of disconnection may lead people to take less responsibility for the way they behave and the consequences in relation to others and nature. Materialistic dogma prevails and may be destroying our social life and environment.
The Quantum worldview is based on the primacy of consciousness and supports that objects are quantum possibilities instead of the determinism of the material worldview. The Quantum worldview is based on the premise that consciousness is the ground of all beings and contains all experiences in potentiality.
It also supports that there are no distinctions between micro and macro and it focuses on exploring the subtle levels.
Through downward causation, consciousness has the power and autonomy to choose (free choice) from these potentialities. Reality and spiritual destiny can be chosen through downward causation.
Consciousness moves through levels, from archetypes, to the world of mental, vital and physical creating the world and experiences, in the space and time domain.
Quantum worldview guides our values and beliefs to align with the principles, dynamics and movement of consciousness and nature. Empty spaces are filled with energies and their interactions.
Adopting a Quantum Worldview helps individuals and communities to bring a sense of connection with the whole, hence facilitating healing on many levels. The Quantum Worldview supports more responsibility for one’s thinking, emotions and actions and promotes a greater sense of affinity and resonance for the higher and benevolent qualities of the archetypes.
The purpose of quantum activism
The purpose of quantum activism is to use the principles of quantum physics of non-locality, discontinuity and tangled hierarchy to expand ourselves and others to help overcome obstacles, inertia, wars and the destruction of our society and civilization.
It can help us integrate science with religion, spirituality, arts and humanities, bringing back unity between cause, purpose and meaning.
It also brings the message that everything is connected by oneness, that we can live in more creative ways, that we can live in alignment with the movement of consciousness in manifestation and seek more about the meaning of our lives and the nature of consciousness.
Our relationships don’t need to be hierarchical, they can be two ways and based on respect and equality. We can think, live and make a living in a congruent, sustainable and resonant way through quantum physics principles.
The quantum activist can learn how to transform negative emotions into positive ones through activating creativity in the domain of the mind and the vital.
Quantum activism supports the integration of right thinking with right living. When we are fully present, connected and engaged in all levels of being, we can engage with the material world in a proactive and positive way.
Finding the right balance between living in the ego and living in the quantum self is crucial for this integration.
Through connection with non-locality and discontinuity, we can dedicate ourselves to tuning into the movements of consciousness and align with it for a more fulfilling life.
Quantum and quantum leap
Quantum means a discrete quantity, for example, a photon, which is the smallest particle of light. Quantum means the smallest particle, which can’t be broken down any further.
A quantum leap is when an electron jumps from one atomic orbit to another without going through space. It does that in a discontinuous movement, jumping from one location and appearing on another, as opposed to continuous movement.
Since Neils Bohr theorized about the quantum leap, this term became associated with discontinuous movement.
Quantum leap is also associated with creativity and new thoughts, which can shift the context in understanding and facilitate the revelation of new meaning. This is due to discontinuity from our usual thoughts and ways of thinking.
Quantum physics is the physics of possibilities
Quantum physics is the physics of consciousness. It studies the subtle levels and the domains of space and time and beyond. It tracks down the relations between the various aspects of our experience.
Consciousness is the ground of being and as such it is everywhere. Its realm is in itself the domain of potentiality, beyond space and time.
According to quantum physics, everything exists in a state of potentiality, in which consciousness, the subject, collapses the quantum wave into actuality, the object.
Quantum objects can be called a wave of possibility in the domain of potentiality and once measured, they become particles in the manifest domain, in space and time. Even the wave-particle duality is a wave of possibility for consciousness to choose from.
Quantum physics calculates only the possibilities. The movement of objects are describable in terms of possibilities as they can be potentially in many places.
Consciousness as the subject or observer is more fundamental than the object, which once collapsed becomes manifested or materialized.
According to Alan Aspect and his collaborators, what characterizes the domain of potentiality is its continuum interconnectivity and its signal-less communication, indicating a field of oneness.
Quantum terms
Non-locality: it is a signal-less communication that occurs through consciousness and the domain of potentiality, naturally interconnecting objects, people and things.
Accessing this domain of non-locality means to achieve oneness, an ability to instantly communicate regardless of distance. It can mean having access to more creativity, flow state and the ability to generate downward causation to create changes on many levels.
Tangled hierarchy: an example is how the brain catches consciousness and once it gets in it can never get out, similar to entering a labyrinth. There is a circularity where there is no end to the movement, dependently co-arising and causally intertwined.
Consciousness identifies with the tangled hierarchy of the brain and that’s why it becomes divided. Consciousness becomes distinct from the object it experiences.
Discontinuity: A discontinuous movement is a movement that occurs instantaneously and without travelling the space in between two points. In quantum physics, through the work of Neils Bohr, it is said that an electron “jumps or leaps” from one orbit and reappears in a different location without travelling through the space in between.
As a quantum leap, discontinuity explains moments of new insights, ideas and context and leads to shifts in understanding and its exploration teaches us higher intelligence.
The differences between rational thinking, intuitive thinking and emotional thinking
Rational thinking comes from the conscious part of the mind and is associated with logical and analytical thinking. Rational thinking may have to do with reasoning and conforming with one’s beliefs, past memory and actions.
Emotional thinking is feeling plus thought. Mind gives meaning to the feeling and labels it and it becomes an emotional state. It becomes associated with neocortical thoughts.
Intuitive thinking comes from a feeling and is related to sensations in the body, such as goose bumps, shivers or gut feelings. It has an inspiring quality and it may give a feeling of expansion, especially of the heart. Intuitive thinking has to do with accessing the archetypes.
Conclusion:
It is important and currently more accepted, even in the psychology world, to adopt a broader view of one’s existence.
By understanding how consciousness manifests the material world through the collapse of the wave function, it becomes clearer how important it is to actively remove negativity and obstacles from the individual (and hence collective) field. This is especially so in terms of negative cognition, beliefs and emotions.
Since emotions are interwoven with the movement of the vital fields and vital energy in the body, clearing of conditioned emotional responses can also facilitate the opening of new possibilities for consciousness to choose from and the facilitation of better physical health.
Quantum activism can help with a new understanding of how science, spirituality and religion can be complementary and as such help expand awareness of the nature and interplay of experience.
Some examples, on a personal level, include the omnipresence that religion claims to be God is easily explained by the domain of oneness and consciousness.
Taoism and other Eastern philosophies and religions talk about the one that becomes two, from oneness to dualism.
Downward causation can explain how consciousness splits into two when it collapses a wave into two, subject and object. On a practical psychological level, the subject is the self and the object is the observed (parts of one’s personality).
What religion calls the will of God can also be translated to the movements of consciousness and downward causation.
Misfortune, instead of being delivered due to the sins of men, can be explained as conditioning of the brain with its negative memories and cognitions, which does not leave space or opportunity for anything positive or creative to eventuate.
When main concepts and theories are grasped, quantum physics and quantum activism can guide us away from dogma and into a more practical and responsible way of looking at experiences and reality.
References:
A.Goswami, The Quantum Brain (2021, Blue Rose Publishers)
A.Goswami, Quantum Creativity (2014, Hay House)
A.Goswami, God is not dead (2012, Hamptom Roads Publishing)
Goswami, The everything answer book (2017, Hamptom Roads Publishing)
F.A. Wolf, Taking the quantum leap – the new physics for non-scientists (1989, Harper Collins)