Reality: Fact or Fiction

[Cliffy]

The following article I came across this morning. It resonates with how I view reality. Perhaps it will stimulate debate or it may stimulate ridicule. None the less, there it is.


In 1925, a Theoretical Physicist named Dr. Werner Heisenberg developed a theory that has come to be known as the Heisenberg Uncertainty Principle. This theory states that an observer influences the outcome of events simply by observing them. In other words, it is only if we expect to see a sub-atomic particle in a specific location that it will exist there.

If a tree falls in a forest and no one is around to hear it, does it make a sound? Bishop George Berkley

In 1968, Dr. Amit Goswami, Ph.D., became a member of the Institute for Theoretical Physics. He is now professor Emeritus of Physics at the University of Oregon, as well as the author of Quantum Mechanics, a university textbook that is used in countries all over the world. If we close our eyes, does the world still exist even though we are not conscious of it? According to Dr. Goswami and a growing number of other physicists around the world, the answer is ‘No’.

Science has identified all of the Divine laws, with one exception – the Law of Mind. God gave us the power to create our own reality. And, solely with our own minds, we have set in motion a game of Life for ourselves. Our holographic reality is nothing more than a dream from which we are all starting to awaken - a gigantic network of akashic energy from which everyone accesses the same data, simultaneously and in real-time. And God is the dreamer.

Nothing we perceive as material and real exists, other than as a dream that we’re projecting onto the world.
Dr. Alberto Villoldo, PhD

The coding for the entire universe is stored in binary format in your DNA. The holographic memory of the human genome enables your DNA bio-computer to form images of bio-structures, holographically.

Every individual is experi-encing a somewhat different reality. We have all jumped into our own ‘chalk drawings,’ all of which are occurring simultaneously, on different levels. Your reality is nothing more than particle-waves, like the binary computer readouts that are conceptualized in the 1990s science-fiction movie The Matrix. This was designed to enrich the experience of your soul.

In the final scene of that movie, the main character ‘Neo’ sees reality for what it really is, and then proceeds to stop bullets in mid-air. But he doesn’t stop those bullets because he is able to resist them; he stops them because he no longer perceives them as part of his reality.

We must assume behind this force the existence of a conscious and intelligent mind. This mind is the Matrix of Matter.
Dr. Max Planck, PhD

This game of Life is, by far, the biggest, most spectacular game of virtual reality we will ever play. In this game, the future never arrives and the present moves at the speed of thought into a past that is simply a collection of electro-magnetic imprints called memories.

But this virtual reality is about to end, having come full circle in the cycles of Time. Space and Time are illusions of the third and fourth dimensions. Your higher self exists beyond Time and Space. It is this self that lives multi-dimensionally. So you will soon be able to exist anywhere at any Time.

I said You are Gods; you are all Sons of the Most High.
Psalms 82:6

When you reach this state, there will be no Time delay between your causes and the effects. You will achieve simply through the process of thought. You will have total control over matter. Your thought forms, themselves, will become the manifestation.

So it is the people who have a pure heart, as well as the mental attitude that provides for success by way of the power of Intention, who will manifest real positive change for our new Terra Nova Earth. It is we who are responsible for making Heaven on Earth our reality.

Is it not written in your law I have said ‘You are Gods’?
John 10:34

 

[MHz]

Perhaps it will stimulate debate or it may stimulate ridicule.

How long before we know the answer?

 

[lone wolf]

That would be one of those human failures: Want answers now - but too impatient to collect the facts so make one's own....

 

[Dexter Sinister]

... Heisenberg Uncertainty Principle. This theory states that an observer influences the outcome of events simply by observing them.

That's not what the uncertainty principle says, and no theory of physics says that. Observer-created reality is a metaphysical idea developed as part of attempts to find a physical interpretation of what the equations of quantum theory mean that more or less satisfies classical intuition, but the theory itself is fully consistent with an objective reality that exists independently of anyone's perception of it. The uncertainty principle states that it's not possible to know to an arbitrary degree of accuracy the values of certain properties of a quantum particle, and it has nothing to do with the measurement process or limitations of the instruments, it's an irreducible uncertainty at the heart of reality.

 

[CDNBear]

That's not what the uncertainty principle says, and no theory of physics says that. Observer-created reality is a metaphysical idea developed as part of attempts to find a physical interpretation of what the equations of quantum theory mean that more or less satisfies classical intuition, but the theory itself is fully consistent with an objective reality that exists independently of anyone's perception of it. The uncertainty principle states that it's not possible to know to an arbitrary degree of accuracy the values of certain properties of a quantum particle, and it has nothing to do with the measurement process or limitations of the instruments, it's an irreducible uncertainty at the heart of reality.

Are your pocket protectors monogrammed?

;-)

 

[karrie]

If human desire to see a subatomic particle could just make a subatomic particle appear, then why have we not seen God? Why have we not seen unicorns? Dragons?

While I agree with the fact that individual human perception is subjective, I think that subjectivity in most normal, healthy people, is still based on exterior stimuli, and the concrete existence of physical certainties. While you and I may not perceive the pain of a broken leg in the same exact way, along the same exact paths, or to the same exact degree, it doesn't make the legs less broken.

 

[darkbeaver]

God is the observer we are the eyes. I was reading a bit about the idea that our conscious mind is a self projected electromagnetic field. Humans are electrically powered, and that is beyond question. The electric force traveling on the aether of the universe travels just below infinite speed. It is self aware. No matter how substantial we believe what we call objective reality to be, it is in the light of that speed or distance extremely tenuous. We only think a million years is a long time, in fact it is the snap of a finger or less. We are here one second and gone the next our fossils disappear ten minutes later and the planet may last a month the solar system one single year. There is no such thing as metaphysics there is only different aspects of physics, it has always been the lie to separate us from the natural world.

 

[Cliffy]

That's not what the uncertainty principle says, and no theory of physics says that. Observer-created reality is a metaphysical idea developed as part of attempts to find a physical interpretation of what the equations of quantum theory mean that more or less satisfies classical intuition, but the theory itself is fully consistent with an objective reality that exists independently of anyone's perception of it. The uncertainty principle states that it's not possible to know to an arbitrary degree of accuracy the values of certain properties of a quantum particle, and it has nothing to do with the measurement process or limitations of the instruments, it's an irreducible uncertainty at the heart of reality.

I have dabbled in metaphysics, parapsychology and quantum physics. From my personal experiences with aboriginal shaman, I believe there is far more to reality than just the material/physical reality of science. The movie "What the Bleep do we Know?" was the easy stuff of quantum physics and mechanics aimed at the broader audience. But the follow up "Down the Rabbit Hole" is 5 DVDs of further interviews with scientists, psychologists and spiritual leaders. Some of it is beyond my technical comprehension, but what I can understand compliments my personal studies and experiences over the past 40 years or so. One of those understandings is that people are rarely willing to go beyond their comfort zone when it comes to their views of reality.

 

[darkbeaver]

There is no such thing as virtual reality. If you build it you own it.

 

[karrie]

One of those understandings is that people are rarely willing to go beyond their comfort zone when it comes to their views of reality.

What exactly do you mean 'comfort zone'. If someone perceives reality to be one way, the only way to go outside of that is to lie to themselves, not be 'be uncomfortable'. You imply that people who've come to different conclusions than you do so because they are scared, or overwhelmed, with the 'truth' you've arrived at. Rather than the alternative that, quite simply, they see it differently despite having explored and rejected your ideas.

 

[s_lone]

The uncertainty principle states that it's not possible to know to an arbitrary degree of accuracy the values of certain properties of a quantum particle, and it has nothing to do with the measurement process or limitations of the instruments, it's an irreducible uncertainty at the heart of reality.

I've always been deeply unsatisfied by this idea. Can science really state with absolute certainty that there is an irreducible uncertainty at the heart of reality? Or is the uncertainty principle just a testament to our lack of understanding and our inability to grasp what is going on at the quantum level of things?

Does science have any theories as to how to this ''uncertainty'' might function?

And if there truly is a fundamental uncertainty at the heart of reality, would it be that much of a philosophical stretch to suggest that this might have something to do with the the concept of consciousness and free will?

The concept of free will is absolutely incompatible with the classical concept of a universe made exclusively of matter in which ''mind'' is just a side effect of brain chemistry. But doesn't this uncertainty principle open the door to other ways of conceptualizing reality?

 

[Dexter Sinister]

The movie "What the Bleep do we Know?" was the easy stuff of quantum physics and mechanics aimed at the broader audience.

It's the easy stuff because it's almost entirely wrong.

 

[Cliffy]

What exactly do you mean 'comfort zone'. If someone perceives reality to be one way, the only way to go outside of that is to lie to themselves, not be 'be uncomfortable'. You imply that people who've come to different conclusions than you do so because they are scared, or overwhelmed, with the 'truth' you've arrived at. Rather than the alternative that, quite simply, they see it differently despite having explored and rejected your ideas.

That shows that people will interpret what they read or hear in accordance to the present belief system. I have said it before, reality/truth/god are in the eye of the beholder or relative to the beholder. Everybody's perception is different because no two people experience life the same and it is our experiences that colour our perception. I am just expressing my opinion. I have never expected others to take what I say as gospel. What I do is challenge those who say that reality is the way they say it is and everybody else is wrong. To me, reality is a dynamic mess of possibilities. Everybody is right unto themselves. Everything else is just an opinion. By comfort zone I mean that few will even entertain the possibility of other views of reality, to explore other dimensions of potential.

 

[Cliffy]

I've always been deeply unsatisfied by this idea. Can science really state with absolute certainty that there is an irreducible uncertainty at the heart of reality? Or is the uncertainty principle just a testament to our lack of understanding and our inability to grasp what is going on at the quantum level of things?

Does science have any theories as to how to this ''uncertainty'' might function?

And if there truly is a fundamental uncertainty at the heart of reality, would it be that much of a philosophical stretch to suggest that this might have something to do with the the concept of consciousness and free will?

The concept of free will is absolutely incompatible with the classical concept of a universe made exclusively of matter in which ''mind'' is just a side effect of brain chemistry. But doesn't this uncertainty principle open the door to other ways of conceptualizing reality?

I'm with you. If the foundation of reality is uncertainty, then reality would be flexible and open to the whims of the observer.

 

[Dexter Sinister]

I've always been deeply unsatisfied by this idea. Can science really state with absolute certainty that there is an irreducible uncertainty at the heart of reality?

No, science can state almost nothing with absolute certainty, it just goes where the evidence leads and that's currently what the best description we have of things says. We also know quantum theory is incomplete, it's not a theory of everything, and there are probably as many interpretations of it as there are physicists. I incline to the view that theories of physics describe not reality but our relationship with it, in terms of what we with our limited senses and intellects can reliably find out about it. There's at least one more layer of reality we haven't penetrated, because quantum theory and general relativity remain fundamentally inconsistent descriptions of it, despite their successes. And on that one I incline to the view that there are many more layers, that reality is fractal, in the sense that it'll display the same level of complexity regardless of the scale at which we can inspect it.

 

[karrie]

That shows that people will interpret what they read or hear in accordance to the present belief system. I have said it before, reality/truth/god are in the eye of the beholder or relative to the beholder. Everybody's perception is different because no two people experience life the same and it is our experiences that colour our perception. I am just expressing my opinion. I have never expected others to take what I say as gospel. What I do is challenge those who say that reality is the way they say it is and everybody else is wrong. To me, reality is a dynamic mess of possibilities. Everybody is right unto themselves. Everything else is just an opinion. By comfort zone I mean that few will even entertain the possibility of other views of reality, to explore other dimensions of potential.

You're right... subjective view leads us to make assumptions alright. I assumed that your statement meant that you assume you are indeed right, and people just can't see it because of something impeding them.

 

[petros]

Reality is as improbable as it is probable.

 

[Dexter Sinister]

Are your pocket protectors monogrammed? ;-)

Just for the record, I do not now own and in fact have never owned a pocket protector, they're worse than useless. Try to pluck one pen out of them and the whole @#$@#$ thing comes out. But I do still have two slide rules and a pocket-sized abacus, and I remember how to use them. :smile:

 

[darkbeaver]

Relativity has no successes.

 

[petros]

Just for the record, I do not now own and in fact have never owned a pocket protector, they're worse than useless. Try to pluck one pen out of them and the whole @#$@#$ thing comes out. But I do still have two slide rules and a pocket-sized abacus, and I remember how to use them. :smile:

My wife had my Brunton electroplated in gold for me as an anniversary gift.