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See Intro To Quantum Spirituality in the World Religion Forum:
http://www.religiousforums.com/forum/showthread.php?p=17255#post17255
Particle Physics and Unity/Individuality Consciousness
From: http://www.omegastar.org/Quantum_Physics_Spirit.html
The field of quantum physics has, since the 1920s, catapulted us forward in our understanding of the physical world. It has taken some physicists to the edge of this world - to the place where the physical interfaces with the spiritual. One area of quantum physics where this is certainly true involves the creation and destruction of sub-atomic particles. It is because of the inherent mystery at this level, of things coming into and going out of existence, that we can explore the fertile ground present here and ask broader questions regarding being and non-being - spiritual questions that arise out of this mystery.
It is understood within quantum physics that within a vacuum - a space that has, as much as possible, been emptied of both matter and energy - that some background energy still remains. Out of this background energy particles continually emerge and disappear1, more so if additional energy is added to the vacuum. Some of these particles have a 'virtual' reality - a reality that is similar to 'real' particles but different from them in the dimension of time. 'Virtual' particles appear out of the 'nothingness' of the vacuum and disappear back into it again after such a very short time in existence that we can almost say that they did not exist at all. 'Virtual' particles can also become 'real' particles, becoming measurable and lasting longer, depending on how much energy was added to the vacuum in the first place.2 Also, both virtual and real particles can change into other particles before they disappear from existence. The fluidity of this landscape of sub-atomic particles is like the foam frothing on a turbulent sea. However, the seas of the earth are something we know and have ideas about concerning their tides, wave-patterns, and foam. What we don't know is where sub-atomic particles - the constituents of the 'quantum foam' - go when they are not 'real' nor even 'virtual'.
This is a serious question. Some physicists define the vacuum state as a state of nothingness. However, it has also been defined by others as an "implicate order"3 - a state of being which appears on the physical level to contain nothing but which plays an active role in determining what particles emerge from it and become 'explicate' or real. The "implicate order" can be seen as both a physical and metaphysical construction - the name for a vast Intelligence which contains all things within itself and which 'en-folds' or 'un-folds' these things so that they emerge into the reality we experience as real. The "implicate order"would appear to have the capability of creating separate particles which appear to us as real (un-foldment), and also of reabsorbing these particles (en-foldment) so that they disappear into it and become part of the background again. Whether we are talking about muons, electrons, pions, or positrons, the question of "why?" is always relevant. "Why do certain particles arise then disappear? Why do they change into other particles? Is there a guiding Intelligence that is continually creating physical matter out of background nothingness? Is the Implicate Order something close to what we think of as God?
The view that nothingness is filled with something, though not something we can see or measure, takes us from the realm of the physical into the realm of the spiritual. From a spiritual perspective, we may be seeing our future - the future of consciousness. For there is an analogy to be made between the way sub-atomic particles operate - the way they come into and out of existence - and the way individual consciousness has the potential for operating as it evolves. From a spiritual perspective, we can hold the possibility that individual consciousness, like sub-atomic particles, has the capacity to 'un-fold' and 'en-fold' as particles do - hovering between being and non-being, existence and non-existence, and that this dual awareness is the result of expanding consciousness - a consciousness that is infused by Divine breath (See A Cosmology of Light). Divine breath is the infused life of God as it affects all beings and matter itself. It is not restricted to any particular belief system, tradition, or religion. Sacred 'breathing' does not involve taking in air, but rather taking in the higher frequencies of Light. It contains within itself both the capacity to individualize consciousness and also to return it to the state of non-duality.
The infusion of Divine breath involves a process analogous to inhaling and exhaling on the physical plane with this qualification - that the pulsations of Light which polarize and unite consciousness between time and eternity, between form and formlessness, do not necessarily alternate in time in the way that inhaling and exhaling do, but rather are points of reference on a continuum, both ends of which can remain in consciousness. Also, in contrast to the physical act of breathing which is within the awareness of every creature, the awareness of Divine breath (Light) corresponds to a consciousness that has already developed a capacity to attune to the higher frequencies of Light through love and surrender of individual will and identity. For such a consciousness, one end of the spectrum of Divine breath corresponds to an inhalation pulse which brings consciousness into a state of self-discernment - one in which the individualized self becomes a unique expression of the Infinite. The other end of the spectrum or exhalation pulse brings consciousness into oneness with the Universal - with that which is All. In the latter state, individualized identity disappears and, like a drop of water in the ocean, becomes part of the All. Divine breath, which is the origin of life in the Universe, is the gift of the Mother/Creatrix/God who infuses life with Light and brings consciousness into awareness of both being a self and being merged within a greater Unity. It is in this way that consciousness on all levels, the human as well as the sub-atomic, is being shaped by Divine intention to realize itself so that matter and consciousness become one spiritual essence. Though such movement is beyond the ability of most of us to perceive right now, as we evolve spiritually, the process of inbreathing and outbreathing, of un-folding and en-folding between selfhood and Unity will ultimately be realized. This occurs naturally as we evolve and seek to do only what God asks of us. Purification and purity are the means to the experience of Divine breath. They bring to us the capacity to see and feel the Divine life behind physical life and the capacity to feel both self and One that is the true realization of our identity. As a model for this experience of Unity/duality, quantum physics illustrates in the behavior of the tiniest particles, the capacity of life to fulfill its purpose down to the smallest dimensions of reality.
http://www.religiousforums.com/forum/showthread.php?p=17255#post17255
Particle Physics and Unity/Individuality Consciousness
From: http://www.omegastar.org/Quantum_Physics_Spirit.html
The field of quantum physics has, since the 1920s, catapulted us forward in our understanding of the physical world. It has taken some physicists to the edge of this world - to the place where the physical interfaces with the spiritual. One area of quantum physics where this is certainly true involves the creation and destruction of sub-atomic particles. It is because of the inherent mystery at this level, of things coming into and going out of existence, that we can explore the fertile ground present here and ask broader questions regarding being and non-being - spiritual questions that arise out of this mystery.
It is understood within quantum physics that within a vacuum - a space that has, as much as possible, been emptied of both matter and energy - that some background energy still remains. Out of this background energy particles continually emerge and disappear1, more so if additional energy is added to the vacuum. Some of these particles have a 'virtual' reality - a reality that is similar to 'real' particles but different from them in the dimension of time. 'Virtual' particles appear out of the 'nothingness' of the vacuum and disappear back into it again after such a very short time in existence that we can almost say that they did not exist at all. 'Virtual' particles can also become 'real' particles, becoming measurable and lasting longer, depending on how much energy was added to the vacuum in the first place.2 Also, both virtual and real particles can change into other particles before they disappear from existence. The fluidity of this landscape of sub-atomic particles is like the foam frothing on a turbulent sea. However, the seas of the earth are something we know and have ideas about concerning their tides, wave-patterns, and foam. What we don't know is where sub-atomic particles - the constituents of the 'quantum foam' - go when they are not 'real' nor even 'virtual'.
This is a serious question. Some physicists define the vacuum state as a state of nothingness. However, it has also been defined by others as an "implicate order"3 - a state of being which appears on the physical level to contain nothing but which plays an active role in determining what particles emerge from it and become 'explicate' or real. The "implicate order" can be seen as both a physical and metaphysical construction - the name for a vast Intelligence which contains all things within itself and which 'en-folds' or 'un-folds' these things so that they emerge into the reality we experience as real. The "implicate order"would appear to have the capability of creating separate particles which appear to us as real (un-foldment), and also of reabsorbing these particles (en-foldment) so that they disappear into it and become part of the background again. Whether we are talking about muons, electrons, pions, or positrons, the question of "why?" is always relevant. "Why do certain particles arise then disappear? Why do they change into other particles? Is there a guiding Intelligence that is continually creating physical matter out of background nothingness? Is the Implicate Order something close to what we think of as God?
The view that nothingness is filled with something, though not something we can see or measure, takes us from the realm of the physical into the realm of the spiritual. From a spiritual perspective, we may be seeing our future - the future of consciousness. For there is an analogy to be made between the way sub-atomic particles operate - the way they come into and out of existence - and the way individual consciousness has the potential for operating as it evolves. From a spiritual perspective, we can hold the possibility that individual consciousness, like sub-atomic particles, has the capacity to 'un-fold' and 'en-fold' as particles do - hovering between being and non-being, existence and non-existence, and that this dual awareness is the result of expanding consciousness - a consciousness that is infused by Divine breath (See A Cosmology of Light). Divine breath is the infused life of God as it affects all beings and matter itself. It is not restricted to any particular belief system, tradition, or religion. Sacred 'breathing' does not involve taking in air, but rather taking in the higher frequencies of Light. It contains within itself both the capacity to individualize consciousness and also to return it to the state of non-duality.
The infusion of Divine breath involves a process analogous to inhaling and exhaling on the physical plane with this qualification - that the pulsations of Light which polarize and unite consciousness between time and eternity, between form and formlessness, do not necessarily alternate in time in the way that inhaling and exhaling do, but rather are points of reference on a continuum, both ends of which can remain in consciousness. Also, in contrast to the physical act of breathing which is within the awareness of every creature, the awareness of Divine breath (Light) corresponds to a consciousness that has already developed a capacity to attune to the higher frequencies of Light through love and surrender of individual will and identity. For such a consciousness, one end of the spectrum of Divine breath corresponds to an inhalation pulse which brings consciousness into a state of self-discernment - one in which the individualized self becomes a unique expression of the Infinite. The other end of the spectrum or exhalation pulse brings consciousness into oneness with the Universal - with that which is All. In the latter state, individualized identity disappears and, like a drop of water in the ocean, becomes part of the All. Divine breath, which is the origin of life in the Universe, is the gift of the Mother/Creatrix/God who infuses life with Light and brings consciousness into awareness of both being a self and being merged within a greater Unity. It is in this way that consciousness on all levels, the human as well as the sub-atomic, is being shaped by Divine intention to realize itself so that matter and consciousness become one spiritual essence. Though such movement is beyond the ability of most of us to perceive right now, as we evolve spiritually, the process of inbreathing and outbreathing, of un-folding and en-folding between selfhood and Unity will ultimately be realized. This occurs naturally as we evolve and seek to do only what God asks of us. Purification and purity are the means to the experience of Divine breath. They bring to us the capacity to see and feel the Divine life behind physical life and the capacity to feel both self and One that is the true realization of our identity. As a model for this experience of Unity/duality, quantum physics illustrates in the behavior of the tiniest particles, the capacity of life to fulfill its purpose down to the smallest dimensions of reality.
