God Is Hiding In The Quanntum Field

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Look, and it can't be seen.
Listen, and it can't be heard.
Reach, and it can't be grasped.

Above, it isn't bright.
Below, it isn't dark.
Seamless, unnamable,
it returns to the realm of nothing.
Form that includes all forms,
image without an image,
subtle, beyond all conception.

Approach it and there is no beginning;
follow it and there is no end.
You can't know it, but you can be it,
at ease in your own life.
Just realize where you come from:
this is the essence of wisdom.

                  ---- Tao Te Ching

About 10 years ago, I felt that I had reached an impasse in my desire to have a deeper understanding about God.  I had spent many years attempting to reconcile the obvious discrepancies in the Bible, but had finally concluded that the deity portrayed there was merely an ancient concept that simplistically projected the characteristics of earthly monarchs onto a heavenly being.  I was quite certain that there was a universal presence, but I had no idea where to find genuine knowledge.  It appeared that I would have to be content with unanswered questions.

Then, while reading Quantum Healing written by Deepak Chopra, I encountered a statement that caught my attention and directed me down a new path.  Chopra was merely writing about the number of subatomic particles that fill the universe and pass through our bodies every second.  Suddenly I was struck with the thought that those particles could be god’s neuro-network.  It became quite obvious why we could not perceive Him in the material world because He exists at the sub-atomic level.

At the time, I knew very little about quantum physics and had no idea that my “revelation” was already being promoted by well established quantum physicists like John Hagelin and Amit Goswami.  As I began following various leads, I discovered websites like IONS and EnlightenNext where research and theories of cosmic consciousness are reported.

I have found this information extremely comforting because it has confirmed what I have sensed for a long time.  God is not some transcendent being dwelling in a realm separate from this universe.  Instead, He is the universe.  Based on the “string theory,” the prevailing unified field theory, I am quite certain that God is the ground substance in which energy strings vibrate and form sub-atomic particles which become increasingly complex atomic structures and ultimately comprise everything in the material world.  Furthermore, I believe that that substance is pure consciousness and the source of the consciousness that is manifested in all living beings.    This conscious energy field is what has been rightly perceived as God because it is the source of everything.

I find it impossible to imagine what thought is like when time, space, being and non-being are irrelevant.  However, Hindus have taught for millennia that our bodies are a reflection of the cosmos.  If that is the case, then we might liken this consciousness to what takes place in our bodies.  Respiration, circulation, digestion, cell division, immune response, and much more occur within us and require no conscious thought on our part whatsoever.  Perhaps this is the way God interacts with us on a cosmic scale, being aware of the existence of the material world and directing it in some manner without having specific “thoughts” about what is going on.

To me, the implications of this are extraordinarily profound.   I no longer have to wonder where God is because He is in everything I see, feel, smell, or hear.  This is something I reflect upon as I go through my day.  He is all around me and in me as well.  For a long time I have sensed a deep connection to the eternal.  Now I understand that perception.  This awareness is not the result of extensive meditation.  It is merely due to a greater understanding of the composition of the universe and my relation to it.

                                        

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Looking For God

As far back as I can remember I have had a desire to understand God.  I know that seems like a rather lofty goal, but there has simply been an underlying sense of connection with the eternal.  This is somewhat surprising because I was raised in a liberal mainstream denomination and was taught in Sunday school that the Bible was merely a compilation of material written by various men, not a divinely inspired source of truth.  Consequently, by the time I was a teenager, it seemed absurd to attend church if the doctrines and worship were merely based on myths and human ideas.

As an older teenager, I briefly became involved with the Mormon Church because it was supposedly based on a more contemporary connection with God.  This appealed to me because I reasoned that if God is real, then He should still be active in the universe today and potentially interacting with mankind.  Eventually, I drifted away from the Mormon Church and my spiritual interests and became involved in many of the activities that were prevalent among young adults during the late 1960s and early 70s.

Ultimately, I encountered and became actively involved with a Pentecostal church.  There I had some amazing spiritual experiences that confirmed my underlying sense that there was a divine presence in the universe that can be perceived by people today.  For nearly 30 years I remained involved with several different congregations, but I struggled with the fundamental Christian doctrines.  I was quite certain about the validity of my experiences, but could not accept that the Bible is “inerrant” and the only source of spiritual truth. 

As I have continued my effort for spiritual growth, I have read a variety of religious texts from many of the major religions of the world.  One thing I have noticed is that it is easy to identify the myths and contradictions in religious writings that are not part of one’s upbringing.  However, it is harder to step back from scriptures that one has been raised with and accepted as “truth” and evaluate them with a purely objective eye.  It really is more satisfying when someone else’s sacred cow is being gored.  Nevertheless, I have had to be honest with myself and objective in my search.

Many have written works examining the origin of the Bible and/or challenging its claim of divine inspiration.  I have found two that have been very enlightening.  They may not necessarily be the final word on the subject, but they were quite interesting.  The first, Age of Reason, written by Thomas Paine in 1794, has extensive historical significance.  Paine was a proponent of British deism, an eighteenth-century philosophy that espoused faith in a divine being but rejected formal religion.  The objective of his book was to point out inconsistencies and contradictions in the Bible, thus refuting the divine authority attributed to it by “the church.”

It was not an easy book to read.  The first section was written hastily while he was in a French prison during the French revolution and had no idea whether or not he would survive the ordeal.  He had to rely on his memory because he did not have access to a Bible; consequently the arguments and conclusions presented in the first section are often weak and flawed.  However, the second section of the book is thoroughly thought out and extremely well done for someone who was not trained as a Biblical scholar.  Although I found it difficult at times to endure the disdainful tone of his writings, I learned a great deal.

The second book that has been very helpful is Misquoting Jesus:  The Story of Who Changed the Bible and Why, written by Bart D. Ehrman in 2007.  This is truly a scholarly work on the compilation of the New Testament.  Written to be understood by non-scholars, it clearly elaborates many of the factors that influenced the variations contained in the numerous texts of the New Testament that have been discovered over the years.  After reading this book, it was quite evident that what is presented in the current Bible is merely what the orthodox church promoted and cannot be viewed as an accurate or complete source for the original teachings of Jesus. 

My conclusion has been that what I was taught in my Episcopal Sunday school class is generally true; the religious texts from around the world were compiled by human beings and convey the thoughts and opinions of the individual writers.  However, what I was not taught in Sunday school but now believe wholeheartedly is that much of what appears in the original writings reflect a sincere effort to know God and convey their understanding of His nature to others.  What is quite amazing is the continuity of the underlying principles contained in these numerous works.  In Tolstoy’s last major book, A Calendar  of Wisdom, he gives us a brilliantly simple means of evaluating the truth in these various scriptures.  He wrote, “Only the spiritual teachings of religion are true.”  I appreciate this approach and have discovered that when I apply this, I begin to see God peeking out at me from various sources.

Is Perception Reality?

I have often heard it said that perception is reality.  In fact, I have used that expression myself, and in many ways this phrase is true.  From the time of our birth, and perhaps while still in the uterus, we begin to form a mental model of what the world is like.  Our sensory organs are continuously feeding information into our brains about the world around us, and as we process that information we evaluate, make judgments, plan responses, and filter additional input based on our perceptions.  To us, this is reality whether we are completely rational or are a paranoid schizophrenic.

What kind of world do we live in?  Is it safe or hostile?  Are the inhabitants friendly or cruel?  Can I rely on others to cooperate with me, or do I have to continually struggle with them in order to achieve my desires?  My perceptions regarding these issues and thousands of others will influence how I interact with the world around me.  Furthermore, my behavior will impact those that I encounter, and their reactions will often serve to either confirm or discredit my preconceived ideas.  So, are my perceptions about reality accurate, or is reality being influenced by my perceptions?

What if my perceptions are merely based on a narrow segment of information?  Can I truly trust my perspective?  And, if I don’t know something, how will I know that I don’t know it or how much information I am lacking?  If we really carry this line of thinking to its ultimate conclusion, we won’t be able to do anything because we won’t be able to trust the validity of our perceptions.  So, we content ourselves with knowing what we can and proceeding through life based on that awareness.  However, this is the very reason why we need to be open to new discoveries and revelations.

Early man was quite convinced that the earth was the center of creation.  Ancient religions were based on this geocentric perspective, and even early scientific theories reflected this errant belief.  Beginning in the 5^th century BC, Greeks developed elaborate mathematical models to describe how the sun, moon, planets, and stars orbited around the earth.  It took men like Galileo and Copernicus to recognize that the earth was merely part of a vast universe.  (see History of Astronomy)

Our existence is filled with amazing events that we do not perceive.  Our understanding of reality is still primarily earth-bound and the way in which it appears to our senses, but this does not make our perception real.  In fact, material reality is much different than what we think it is.  One example of this constantly stretches my comprehension.  It is the speed at which we are traveling through the universe.  Our general perception is that the earth is merely lumbering along through space; however, the table below is an attempt to show what is really going on.

                                                                        Time required to travel

from N ew York City to Los Angles

Object                                      Speed              approximately 2,500 miles

Automobile                               100 mph           25 hours

Jetliner                                      500 mph           5 hours

Sound                                      660 mph           3.8 hours

Earth rotation at the

equator                                     1070 mph         2.3 hours

.50 cal. Sniper rifle                    .5 mps              1.4 hours

Kinetic energy penetrating

round from M1A1 tank 1.1 mps            38 minutes

Earth rotation around the sun     19 mps             2.2 minutes

Solar system rotation within

The Milky Way                        175 mps           14.3 seconds

Milky Way traveling through

the universe                              300 mps           8.3 seconds

mph= miles per hour                 mps= miles per second

The next time you find yourself staring up into the night sky, try wrapping your brain around the fact that we are speeding through the universe 300 times faster than a shell fired from a tank.  Even though I have known the reality of this for years, I still cannot fully grasp it.

Another area which reveals a gap between our perception and reality is the illusion of

matter.  Everything around us appears to be solid; however, this is not the case at all.  In fact, approximately 99% of matter is empty space.  The illusion of solidity is the result of electromagnetic bonds among the subatomic particles comprising atoms, between atoms, and within molecules.  The gaps make it possible for trillions of neutrinos and tachyons to pass through the earth and everything on it every second without causing any significant damage.

I am so glad that reality is not dependent upon my ability to perceive it. Because the composition of the cosmos simply leaves my comprehension in the dust.  However, what I am able to understand about the material world reinforces my conviction that there is much more going on in this universe than what appears in the phenomenal realm.  In light of these clear discrepancies between our perceptions and reality, in our search for truth, it is imperative that we remain open to rethinking traditional concepts of reality, God, humanity, even our existence.

Misconceptions remain misconceptions even if they are held by the majority.

                                            ----Leo Tolstoy