What Can Quantum Physics Tell You About God?
What Can Quantum Physics Tell You About God?
Who or What is God? Is Ultimate Reality an impersonal ground, or matrix, that functions as a mechanistic energy source that sustains life? Or is God pure personality, a very human character who's fully involved in every aspect of life? What can quantum physics tell us about God?
The quantum universe is very different than the world of form. We think of our material world as real, but physicists have discovered it's a virtual reality. As surprising as it seems, reality actually exists at the quantum level of the universe. What's does the quantum level look like, and what can we learn from it?
In quantum reality, everything is one thing. Everything in existence is part of one indivisible, interdependent whole. At the most elemental level of the universe only an ocean of energy exists. But that ocean includes matter. How can that be? From a quantum perspective, matter and energy are the same thing.
The quantum ocean of energy contains all potential. We can think of energy as potential because it can become any type of matter. Energy can remain in a state of potential, appear as form, or go back to energy. Nothing is lost; it is only seen in a different way. What causes the transformation? Physicists tell us that quantum energy exists as potential until a conscious choice is made. At that point, conscious choice collapses all other options and energy appears as matter. But where is consciousness?
Consciousness permeates everything in existence, including energy and matter. Scientists known as material realists say that consciousness evolved from matter, but they have never been able find any support for their belief. On the other hand, quantum research demonstrates that even the tiniest photon (subatomic light particle) is conscious. Why is consciousness part of everything that exists? We can find an answer in the Big Bang.
A hyper-explosive growth spurt at the very beginning of the Big Bang spread three things throughout the universe. The first two are energy as potential and energy as matter. As little as 1/3 of the universe is matter. The theory of inflation explains that all the matter in the universe could have come from a portion of "source energy" as small as a billionth of a subatomic proton!
The energy and matter that expanded in the Big Bang was permeated by consciousness. Scientists used to think the other 2/3 of the universe was made up of "empty space," but they were wrong. Scientists now call this "empty space" the zero-point field. This field is not only a storehouse of quantum energy it's also a repository of consciousness and memory.
We've learned a lot about the quantum universe, but what does it tell us about God?
The Big Bang suggests that Ultimate Reality created the universe out of Self. This should not be a strange concept to us, since all living things on earth also reproduce out of self. But there is a unique difference. When living things on earth reproduce they are separate from their offspring. But energy and consciousness are not only the tools of creation; they are also part of creation. Since this is true, we must conclude that Ultimate Reality and the universe are synonymous.
What else can we conclude? Ultimate Reality is a ground, or matrix that gives and sustains all life and a Conscious Being with an intellect, personality and a desire to interact. But there are two more important conclusions we can come to.
Virtual reality suggests that what we see is very different from what is. We can't judge Ultimate Reality by what's happening on earth. The separation and duality we see cannot exist in the reality of quantum oneness. Our virtual reality is like a movie that's projected from consciousness at the quantum level. If we're here, we're projecting what we're seeing, not God. Everything we see is our choice, but we're always free to make different choices.
At the quantum level, the universe remains one indivisible, interdependent whole. Every spiritual sage who has ever had a direct, personal experience of the Divine knows that this is true. Universal oneness is not just a pleasant catch phase, it's an inescapable fact. Ultimate Reality is everything in existence, and you are that.
Copyright Lee and Steven Hager
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