What is quantum physics?
Quantum mechanics (QM—also known as quantum physics, or quantum theory) is a branch of physics which deals with physical phenomena at nanoscopic scales where the action is on the order of the Planck constant. It departs from classical mechanics primarily at the quantum realm of atomic and subatomic length scales. https://www.google.com/search?q=what+is+quantum+physics&oq=what+is+quantum+physics&aqs=chrome..69i57j0l5.5041j0j7&sourceid=chrome&es_sm=119&ie=UTF-8
What is the Planck constant?
The Planck constant links the amount of energy a photon carries with the frequency of its electromagnetic wave. It is named after the physicist Max Planck. It is an important quantity in quantum physics.
The uncertainty in the position of the particle times the uncertainty in its velocity times the mass of the particle can never be smaller than a certain quantity, which is known as Planck’s constant. For a better understanding of particles and Plank’s constant, sign up for a class in quantum physics.
What are the four forces that rule the universe?
1. Gravity, which holds us anchored to the ground, prevents the sun from exploding, and holds the solar system together;
2. Electromagnetic, which lights up our cities, energizes our dynamos and engines, and powers our lasers and computers;
3. Weak nuclear force
4. Strong nuclear force, the weak and strong nuclear forces, which holds the nucleus of the atom together, light the stars in the heavens, and create the nuclear fire at the center of our sun.
For more information about the four forces that rule the universe, see Physics of the Future, Michio Kaku, under the section, “The Future of Wealth.”
What is the quantum universe?
It is a theory about the universe based on the understanding of particles, the smallest building blocks of the universe. A particle can be in several places at once and move from one place to another by exploring the entire universe simultaneously.
"Our universe may simply be a region within an eternally inflating super-region," scientist Ranga Ram Chary wrote in a recent study in the Astrophysical Journ.
According to this theory, the quantum universe is an eternal universe. If so, then do we need a God? Should we ask, does this universe have any plans for me? If so, to what extent do/did I (or it) have any say in the matter? The role of quantum physics is to affect nature from the quantum universe.
Why does the universe go to all the trouble to even exist? Did we have anything to do with it? Is there a cosmic collective consciousness that simultaneously exists within and throughout the universe? Is this cosmic collective consciousness what some call God?
When we pray to whom do we pray? Are we the gods that Jesus spoke of in John 10:34? If so, then what is our job?
The role of quantum physics is to affect nature. Where does that energy come from? The Moffatt New Testament has an interesting translations of Colossians 1:29. It reads: “I labor for that end, striving for it with the divine energy which is a power within me.”
So, does that source of energy already exists within me? We are a part of the quantum universe and apparently it is in us and through us. We are told in the New Testament that the kingdom of heaven is at hand or has come near. (Matthew 3:1‑2; 4:17)
From John 10:34, “you are gods,” is it then our place to send angels forth to serve (Hebrews 1:14)? Angels are a visual form of energy.
When my daughters were little I prayed: “The angels of the Lord are garrisoned round about you and no harm shall befall you all the days of your life; and surely goodness and mercy shall follow you all the days of your life. Good night, sleep tight, don’t let the bed bugs bite.”
When you hear an emergency vehicle siren, you can say, “Angels, minister to that situation in need.” Perhaps some form of quantum energy goes to that situation. Nevertheless, whatever happened is likely to have been a random event or a possibly a probability event.
Since we don’t know, at least believe your prayers may have some effect on that event. It is not something that could be easily tested or verified. But, belief is important for what happens in our lives even if it may only benefit us.
That’s true even if it does no more than make me aware that’s there’s a situation that I personally have very little control over. In the case of my daughters it becomes a means of giving them a feeling of being loved and secure. That is important for their development.
In the New Testament, the term, “Lord,” can symbolically represent the cosmic collective consciousness of the quantum universe. So also can the New Testament term “Father.” The New Testament does not have a name for god. Instead, terms such as Father, Son, Holy Ghost (Holy Spirit) can all be symbolic representations of some energy form of the cosmic collective consciousness.
Should we ask ourselves concerning our present situation, why am I here? If so, to whom or what and how do I pray? Or should my prayers consist of praying for those who have needs and not concern myself about to whom I should pray.
Prayers for others may be no more than randomly effective, unless perhaps the person being prayed for also believes that such prayers are effective. That might raise the level from random to a probability event. But, these reports are at best anecdotal.
What are the purposes of the roles I fulfill? Do the roles I play occur in a social context? If so, what are my responsibilities to individuals and the common good? Or do I have any?
Why do some apparent random events seem to drop on me without me having anything to do with it? For example, another close person or family member gets sick. I suddenly realize that my duties, responsibilities and role changes. Why is this? What do or did I have to do with this? Is that my lot in life? Is “my lot in life” just another term to try and give meaning to random events?
did I get dealt that hand? if so, who dealt it? If I assume God, that answers nothing. That simply ends the conversation and leads to no further understanding.
When I choose to play a game (e.g., solitaire) I am the one clicking the New Game link. Am I to believe that some god or gods have chosen to deal me that hand?
Could “my lot in life” be a reward or punishment for what I did in a former life? If so, who’s doing the rewarding or punishing? Could a parallel universe be aspects of a former life that has been dropped on me in this life?
Or is my role in this universe that of taking care of others? If so, how did that come about? Could that be a function of my free will? Could it be a product of my upbringing?
Does a sense of love, liberty, justice and mercy have any bearing on my response? Either rationally or emotionally? Or are these a function of my free will?
Is freedom, liberty and justice eternal values of the quantum universe? If so, then do I have the free will to implement them in my own life, and to the larger society? What is the best way for me to implement them? These are questions we need to contemplate frequently.
Our founders gave us (We the people) a Constitution with the instructions to establish justice, provide for the common defense and general welfare and secure the blessings of liberty for ourselves and our posterity.
The American Revolution is still going on. Hence, is it our individual/collective obligation to do what we can to extend justice and the blessings of liberty to others? Is this a result of the cosmic collective consciousness that seems to have been bred into us by virtue of having a consciousness? Does our failure to act imperil us all?
What is our place in the universe?
If the quantum universe is eternal, and there is no god, why does the parietal part of our brain on the lower left side of our head seem to have a spiritual location?
Does this spiritual section of our brain also include a universal sense of freedom, liberty, justice, love and mercy? Is this the basis for my free will?
Could this be the explanation of why some people react more strongly to talk about religion, beliefs, religious terms, than others? Or could this be due to a misfiring of electrons in their brain?
Is there a god gene?
If the quantum universe is eternal and no god as such, is there be a cosmic collective consciousness of which we, and all other sentient beings in this universe, are a part? And could this cosmic collective consciousness also be called God? Is this what Edgar Casey might have been talking about in his "Readings", and his concept of soul?
If we live in an eternal quantum universe, how did we get here? Are we an evolved being in which that evolution also included a consciousness and a collective social consciousness as well?
Do we have an innate sense of social obligation?
Is this what is meant by the Golden Rule to do to others as you would have them do to you (Luke 6:31)?
If you are a senior, what is your role in this quantum universe?
Does it prescribe anything, or are we left to our own free will to find out what that role is?
Are we born with a free will? If so, to what extent and how far does it extend? Is this the result of my dealing my own cards and playing my own hand, or tossing the dice?
“If everything happens for a purpose,” do I have any free will in determining or having a role in this? Who or what determines that purpose? The quantum universe is indeterminate and based on randomness and probability. Am I the purpose maker? Or is the thing happening for a purpose, be nothing more than random events?
The “invisible hands” that affect us are the result of our own collective doings. If we are at the low end of the totem pole economically and/or socially, those collective, invisible hands can have a greater impact upon us.
This is particularly evident in the field of economics. For example, a government tax decision, a company raising it prices all have an economic impact on us that we, individually, can do little about. But is that our lot in life that we have chosen, the hand that we dealt ourselves or the dice we rolled? Does that put us in a position that has a greater or lesser impact upon us?
According to Proverbs 16.31 “The lot is cast into the lap, but the decision is the Lord’s alone. (NRSV)
Sirach 37.8 says, “Be wary of a counselor, and learn first what is his interest, for he will take thought for himself. He may cast the lot against you.” (NRSV)
Proverbs assume a pre-quantum universe; Sirach allows for a quantum universe. In the quantum universe we cast our own lot. Or someone else cast it for us. For example, buying a lottery ticket.
If you think that life is determined by the fickle finger of fate, that would be presuming a pre-quantum universe. Here’s an online source about the fates: http://www.themystica.com/mystica/articles/h/history_of_the_fates.html
However, pomegranate seeds «represent what the ancients called our "fate," which in modern spiritual jargon is generally known as our "karma."» (Jesus and the Lost Goddess, Timothy Freke and Peter Gandy, pp. 93-94)
Or if I have a winning lottery ticket, am I going to give God the credit? Am I going to donate a portion of those winnings to some religious organization believing that’s what God wanted me to do?
Or am I going to let some preacher tell me that because I gambled, I have to give 20% to the church? Apparently the additional 10% is to buy me an indulgence to get a “get out of jail free card.”
What if the universe is a giant brain, and we are characters within it?
What are dimensions?
Different facets of what we perceive to be reality. We are immediately aware of the three dimensions that surround us daily. We define those by length, width and depth of all objects in our universe. String theory says that the universe exists in ten different dimensions.
1. The first dimension deals with length like a straight line.
2. The second dimension is height, like an object shaped like a square.
3. The third dimension is depth, like a cube.
Beyond those three, there are seven other dimensions.
4. The fourth dimension is time.
5. & 6. According to Superstring theory the fifth and sixth would give us a means of measuring the similarities and differences between our world and other possible ones. If you could master the fifth and sixth dimensions, you could travel back in time and go to different futures.
7. In the seventh dimensions you have access to the possible worlds that start with different initial conditions.
8. The eighth dimension gives us a plane of such possible universe histories, each which begins with different initial conditions. It branches out infinitely, and hence are called infinities.
9. In the ninth dimension we can compare all the possible universe histories with different laws of physics and conditions.
10. In the tenth and final dimension we are at a point where everything imaginable is covered. Beyond this nothing can be imagined by us mortals. It's a natural limitation apparently created in us by our own universe.
Some shamans held that there were three other worlds, where we go to continue our work when we leave this Earth. Those are based on a number of factors. Shamans can go to these worlds usually for the purpose of effecting a healing in someone, or to find out if a comatose person really wants to come back.
Other shamans held a view that other worlds were like a spoked wheel with each spoke and all sorts of geometric variations that suggested multiple worlds or as we might call them, dimensions. Too little is known about dimensions to make any further comment. If interested in dimensions, perhaps a class in theoretical quantum physics would be appropriate.
Are dimensions or Other Worlds what Jesus was talking about when he said: "In my Father's house there are many dwelling places (mansions). If it were not so, would I have told you that I go to prepare a place for you?" (John 14:2, NRSV)
«Using the analogy of the circle of self, the Gnostics imagine us like many radii emanating out from a common center. The one Consciousness of God is represented by "the center shared by all the radii," explains Dionysius. unchanging and the same." God is an "indivisible point" which is "the source of all", "the root of the entire circle of existence," teaches Simon Magus. "You will find Him in yourself, like that little point," proclaims the Christian master Monoimos. » (Jesus and the Lost Goddess, Timothy Freke and Peter Gandy, p. 64)
John 10:29-30 has a similar comment: “29 What my Father has given me is greater than all else, and no one can snatch it out of the Father’s hand. [My Father who has given them to me is greater than all, and no one can snatch them out of the Father’s hand] 30 The Father and I are one.”
The Father would be the indivisible point from which we all originate. Our radii are our life paths in the entire circle of existence, which has neither beginning or end suggesting an eternal universe and a cosmic collective consciousness of which we are an eternal part. When we find that center, it is our moment of awakening, a coming to a sense of having a oneness with all things. This circle of existence rather than being a one-dimensional plane, should be visualized as being global, like a ball.
Assuming that indivisible point to be analogous to light, as a member of that cosmic collective consciousness, we would be like light particles. But we would all be a member of that light wave. We too would be indivisible and eternal.
When houses and places are haunted, the ghost(s) may be seeking a psychopomp. Psychopomps can escort a ghost from the place they are haunting and take them to the Other World where they belong.
What are ghosts? They are sometimes individuals who died before their time, such as a young person killed, either by intent (murder), accident, combat or suicide.
Other ghosts exist because a family member clings emotionally to that deceased person, and won't let it go to where it is to continue its work. Adult children clinging to a deceased parent; a lover who won't let a deceased lover go; or even a ghost who wants to cling to a person they were emotionally attracted to although not necessarily sexually involved. Or a suicide victim who want to blame someone else for driving him/her to suicide.
Ghosts are seeking a spiritual sensitive person or a psychopomp who can break that bondage that is keeping them here. Ghosts want to go on and continue with their next world’s work, but can't break that bondage since ghosts don't have that kind of power. A psychopomp can escort them to another world. However, a psychopomp can't force them to go if they are unwilling.
Shamans appear to have had some understanding of a quantum universe but never called it that. For more information about shamanism, visit this website: https://www.shamanism.org/
Why have theologians and philosophers been slow in coming up with a theological or philosophical explanation or theory of the quantum universe and our place in it? At present, we are dependent on cosmologists to answer some of these philosophical and theological questions.
For example, Ptolemy's universe held sway for a long time. Ptolemy placed Earth at the center of the universe, with the Moon, Mercury, Venus, the Sun, Mars, Jupiter, and Saturn circling our planet. From <http://www.pbs.org/wnet/hawking/universes/html/univ_ptole.html>
Nicolaus Copernicus was a Polish astronomer who put forth the theory that the Sun is at rest near the center of the Universe, and that the Earth, spinning on its axis once daily, revolves annually around the Sun. This is called the heliocentric, or Sun-centered, system. From <https://www.google.com/search?q=copernicus+theory&oq=capernicus&aqs=chrome.2.69i57j0l5.9167j0j8&sourceid=chrome&es_sm=122&ie=UTF-8>
Galileo's observations strengthened his belief in Copernicus' theory that Earth and all other planets revolve around the Sun. Most people in Galileo's time believed that the Earth was the center of the universe and that the Sun and planets revolved around it. From <http://starchild.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/StarChild/whos_who_level2/galileo.html>
Kepler modified Copernicus’ model by moving the planets in elliptical, rather than circular, orbits. From <http://www.pbs.org/wnet/hawking/universes/html/univ_kepler.html>
Newton's view: Discovered laws of motion and gravity
• Studied the nature of light
• Developed the first reflecting telescope
• Invented calculus
The questions are as big as the universe and (almost) as long as we have been calculating time: Where did I come from, and why am I here? That may sound like a query for a philosopher, but if you crave a more scientific response, try asking a cosmologist.
However, you're more likely to get an answer denying the existence of any kind of intelligence or consciousness, or any kind of philosophical explanation. But that’s not the job of a cosmologist. It’s the job of philosophers and theologians. Unfortunately, few if any of them have even ventured into trying to understand or ask the questions, what is the quantum universe and what is our role in it?
«Today the word "philosophy" is associated with dry academic theories, but the ancients did not see it in this way. For them, philosophy was not an intellectual exercise. It was a spiritual practice. » (Jesus and the Lost Goddess, Timothy Freke and Peter Gandy, p. 70)
«Philosophy is a rigorous examination of the mysteries of who we are and what life is. It questions our deepest assumptions and fundamentally changes how we perceive ourselves and our lives. It is a process of using the reasoning mind, which is an aspect of psyche, to guide us beyond thought altogether to Consciousness itself. It disperses the confusion which obscures the Mystery of God. Clement of Alexandria teaches: Philosophy purges the psyche and prepares for Gnosis. » (Jesus and the Lost Goddess, Timothy Freke and Peter Gandy, pp. 70-71)
«The purpose of philosophy is to open us to the possibility of ecstasy. » (Jesus and the Lost Goddess, Timothy Freke and Peter Gandy, p. 181)
« Life is about exploring the Mystery… » (Jesus and the Lost Goddess, Timothy Freke and Peter Gandy, p. 194)
So far, the book, Jesus and the Lost Goddess by Timothy Freke and Peter Gandy, is the only in-depth writing that I have read that does a pretty good job of answering this question without necessarily saying so.
Does this spiritual section of our brain also include free will?
“In Chinese philosophy, yin and yang (also yin-yang or yin yang, 陰陽 yīnyáng "dark—bright") describes how opposite or contrary forces are actually complementary, interconnected, and interdependent in the natural world, and how they give rise to each other as they interrelate to one another. Many tangible dualities (such as light and dark, fire and water, expanding and contracting) are thought of as physical manifestations of the duality symbolized by yin and yang. This duality lies at the origins of many branches of classical Chinese science and philosophy…” https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yin_and_yang
Does my free will have any bearing on my response? Either rationally or emotionally?
Are liberty and justice inherent in my free will? If so, then do I have the freedom to implement them in my own life, and to the larger society? What is the best way for me to implement them?
Is there a cosmic collective consciousness of which we are all a part that strives for the common good of all? Are my functions as a sentient being involve any more than doing the Golden Rule and loving my neighbor as myself? Do we have a social cosmic collective consciousness that compels us to strive for the common good of the whole society?
Quantum physics is hard at work trying to decode the nature of reality by matching mathematical theories with a bevy of evidence. Today most cosmologists think that the universe was created during the big bang about 13.8 billion years ago, and it is expanding at an ever-increasing rate. The cosmos is woven into a fabric we call space-time, which is embroidered with a cosmic web of brilliant galaxies and invisible dark matter. Read more: http://www.smithsonianmag.com/science/what-universe-real-physics-has-some-mind-bending-answers-180952699/#x6oUb0HoYf15e1pa.99 From <http://www.smithsonianmag.com/science/what-universe-real-physics-has-some-mind-bending-answers-180952699/?no-ist>
Another interesting video is one by Dr. Bruce Lipton, author of Biology of Belief. This is a 34‑minute video containing a number of though-provoking ideas involving quantum physics and the human body, healing, and spirituality. This is a more recent attempt I have found that I would consider a philosophical/theological application and understanding of quantum physics to the area of physical healing, and its impact on nature.
Niels Bohr wrote: “It is wrong to think that the task of physics is to find out how Nature is. Physics concerns what we can say about Nature.” That appears to me to be what Dr. Lipton is saying about nature as it applies to our body. Yet Dr. Lipton is a biologist; not a philosopher or theologian.
Bruce Lipton, “2011 Tapping World Summit", https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oWVqycFkpH4
Bruce Lipton - power of the sub-conscious mind
In January 2011 a new video featuring prof. in biology Bruce Lipton was released. In this video he explains the power of our subconscious mind and our belief system. He also talks about the difference between Quantum Physics and Newtonian Physics. It is worth seeing.
Perhaps one day the mind will not only be free of its material body, it will also be able to explore the universe as a being of pure energy. The idea that consciousness will one day be free to roam among the stars is the ultimate dream. As incredible as it may sound, this is well within the laws of physics. (Michio Kaku, The Future of the Mind, 4970)
But is that so different from religious teachings that at death this mortal body puts on immortality? Paul wrote: “For this perishable body must put on imperishability, and this mortal body must put on immortality.” (1 Corinthians 15.53 NRSV)
Would that mean "that consciousness will one day be free to roam among the stars" essentially accomplish the same thing? Would that also be “well within the laws of physics”? 3D—2/24/16; 4/18/16
Nobel laureate Eugene Wigner [who] said that only a conscious person can make an observation that collapses the wave function. Wigner concluded: “It was not possible to formulate the laws (of quantum theory) in a fully consistent way without reference to consciousness.” (The Future of the Mind, Michio Kaku 5842)
In this approach, God or some external consciousness watches over all of us, collapsing our wave functions so that we can say that we are alive…. But the implication is that consciousness is the fundamental entity in the universe, more fundamental than atoms. (5842) (The Future of the Mind, Michio Kaku 5842)
«The basic teachings of the Gnostic myth of origination [is that], "Consciousness Conceives the Cosmos…” » (Jesus and the Lost Goddess, Timothy Freke and Peter Gandy, pp. 200-201)
Is the quantum universe a duality? Can it exist without there being a cosmic collective consciousness which is a plural entity? That entity is made up of all sentient beings (including ourselves) having a consciousness a self-consciousness and a sense of oneness with all things which should manifest itself as a social collective consciousness.
Jesus said: “Is it not written in your law ‘I said you are gods’?” (John 10:34 NRSV)
The cosmic consciousness includes us all; we are a part of the quantum universe. Our uniqueness is that we have an individual consciousness. As such we are like a particle but when we function together for the common collective social and cosmic good we are like a wave.
When this form of energy known as our consciousness departs from this physical body, do both these energy forms change into another energy form? The body returns to the Earth; the soul/spirit/consciousness departs and may linger around for a week or so before rejoining the cosmic collective consciousness as a particle. There we are joined with other conscious particles.
If we go on to Other Worlds such as the shamans described as another form of individual consciousness, do we always have our collective link to the cosmic collective consciousness?
When we are here on this Earth if we are aware of this sense of oneness with all things we likely will have a sense of a social collective consciousness that impels us to work for the common good as we have a sense that we are in some way all one body.
In 1 Corinthians 12.14; 24-27 NRSV the Apostle Paul wrote: “14 Indeed the body does not consist of one member but of many…. But God has so arranged the body giving the greater honor to the inferior member 25 that there may be no dissension within the body but the members may have the same care for one another. 26 If one member suffers all suffer together with it; if one member is honored all rejoice together with it. 27 Now you are the body of Christ and individually members of it.”
In these verses we can understand the term “God” as referring to the cosmic collective consciousness; likewise, the term “body of Christ.”
It was from these verses that the term “common good” arose. In the Federalist Papers our nation’s founders often used the term “public good.” (To see Federalist Papers go here: https://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&pid=sites&srcid=ZGVmYXVsdGRvbWFpbnxmZWRzdHBhcGVyc3xneDo1YWY1NzVjNWE4YzIwOTI3 )
Paul seemed to use these terms to hide his political agenda of challenging the Roman economic system of slavery that had little or no regard for human beings especially those captives who were often pressed into sexual prostitution both males and females performing heterosexual and homosexual acts on and for their clients. The Roman government was apparently suspicious of Paul’s writings and were watching him for what would have been treated as treasonous writings and activities.
The quantum universe appears to be a duality of both mass (energy) and consciousness. It seems to be similar to our brain with both a left and right hemisphere. Without this consciousness and duality, we would not be here and there would be no quantum universe such as we have. 3D—2/29/16; 4/18/16
13 THE MIND AS PURE ENERGY (Michio Kaku, The Future of the Mind, 4970)
The idea that one-day consciousness may spread throughout the universe has been considered seriously by scientists. Sir Martin Rees, the Royal Astronomer of Great Britain, has written, “Wormholes, extra dimensions, and quantum computers open up speculative scenarios that could transform our entire universe eventually into a ‘living cosmos’!” (Michio Kaku, The Future of the Mind, 4970)
One way to explore the galaxy, unbounded by the messy restrictions of ordinary matter, is to place our connectome [connect-to-me] onto laser beams directed to the moon, the planets and even the stars. (Michio Kaku, The Future of the Mind, 4997)
The laser beam would contain all the information necessary to reassemble a conscious being. Although it may take years, even centuries for the laser beam to reach its destination, from the point of view of the person riding on a laser beam as it soars through empty space, so the trip to the other side of the galaxy appears to take place in the blink of an eye. (Michio Kaku, The Future of the Mind, 4997)
The apostle Paul wrote: In a moment, in a twinkling of an eye? 51 Listen, I will tell you a mystery! We will not all die, (fall asleep) but we will all be changed, 52 in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet. (1 Corinthians 15.51-52 NRSV) —3D 4/15/16
Since you cannot know the precise location of the laser beam, it must, by the laws of quantum physics (the uncertainty principle), even laser beams must diverge slowly [and] spread out over time. (Michio Kaku, The Future of the Mind, 5045)
THE APOCALYPSE
For many traditional religions, the apocalypse is seen of a time of destruction of those who don’t believe the way they do. This is characteristic of many fundamentalist religions—Christianity and Islam generally share this same view.
«However, not all spiritual people and leaders share this view. Some view it as a “the return of White Light” to the planet. They imagine that it will come in the form of a unique individual like Buddha, Jesus, or Muhammad. However, from my newly acquired spirituality, I see that White Light will only return to the planet when every human being recognizes every other human being as an individual frequency of the White Light. As long as we keep eliminating or devaluing other human beings we have decided we don’t like, i.e., destroying frequencies of the spectrum, we will not be able to experience the White Light. Our job is to protect and nurture each human frequency so that the White Light can return.” » (Biology of Belief, 2883)