The Nothingness, Implicate Order and Non-locality

Most people wrongly perceive matter as an object existing in an empty space. Space is far from the vacuum, it is a plenum full of energy, the ground for all existence, inanimate and animate beings.

The matter is merely an ephemeral derivative of energy perpetually created and annihilated at the interface of the positive and negative energy as the result of the interaction of those opposite energies ^a). Despite its apparent materiality and enormous size, this interface - the 3D-space and its content (universe) - does not exist in and of itself. Together with the matter, it contains, space perpetually appears and disappears at the rate equal to the speed of light creating a dynamic dimension which we call time.

In a deeper reality, this dynamic ephemeral space might be described as a front wave propagating at the speed of light across an unimaginably vast ocean of high energy (Figure-1A). This front wave perpetually rises and dissipates above and to the surface of the ocean, manifesting respectively, using Bohm’s terms, the unfoldment of the implicate order and the enfoldment of the explicate order ^b).

It is only at this wave structure (unfolded order) that every materialized thing is localized. In this front wave, the universe where we live, the local order implies. Its surrounding (enfolded order), in front and behind the wave as well as in the vast ocean beneath it, is non-local ^c). The surrounding of our universe, the undisturbed vast ocean of energy, which we used to think as nothingness, is, in fact, a real plenum. Nothingness, emptiness, vacuum, nonexistence ^d) or whatever you call it is just pure human imagination.

Bohm was awfully correct when he stated that because the implicate order is the foundation that has given birth to everything in our universe, this infinite sea of energy must contain every configuration of matter that has been or will be created, energy, information (knowledge), consciousness, intelligence, and life ^e).

But again Bohm had no idea on how to describe physically these deep layering realities. He talked about super-implicate order by extending the notion of implicate order to quantum fields instead of particles ^f). The whole idea of implicate order could be extended in a natural way implying indefinitely higher levels of implicate order. In order to visualize the Bohm’s idea, we may enhance it by figuring out that each of those multi-layered implicate orders (energy, information, consciousness, intelligence, and life) is embedded one within another, in successively higher and higher dimensions (Figure-1B, C and D) ^g).

Notes:

a. The 4-dimensional spacetime is split into two parts as the positive and negative energies segregating from each other. The interface of these opposite energies is the 3-dimensional [hyper] surface on which particles are created as the result of those energies’ interaction. This interaction takes place as the quantum fields generated by the opposite energies piercing through the interface igniting quantum sparks we perceive as particles.   

b.  Bohm ¹ described the universe as a comparatively small pattern of excitation, a ripple on the infinite ocean of energy which is a deeper order enfolded in the warp of the reality. Bohm failed to elucidate his idea more explicitly by describing geometrically i.e. the relative dimensionality of the ripple vis-a-vis that of the ocean of energy. As such, his description of the universe in term of implicate and explicate order was blamed to be merely a metaphor.

c.   Our classical notions of localized order imply in spacetime arise as limiting cases of the deeper implicate order. The manifest level of ordinary experience and the quantum level underlying it emerge from a still deeper implicate level in which the classical Cartesian notions of form, order, and structure have more or less dissolved. Bohm believed that the implicate order would be more suitable for expressing the basic laws of nature than the explicate order which is only a particular case of the general order.

d.    Nothingness in the sense of an absolute term in which it is devoid of matter as well as energy or anything else. 

e.  We may call all of the later (information, consciousness, intelligence, and life) energy but in different degree of sophistication (dimensions).

f.     There is indeed no distinction between the fields and spacetime itself.

g.   The dimensions shown in the figure are relative. We should bear in our mind that each of those individuals (energy, information, consciousness, intelligence, and life) may have different levels of existence and, those, the variety of their dimensions.

References: 

1.    Bohm, D. et al.: “The Undivided Universe”, Routledge, London, 1993, p. 374-380.

2.    Talbot, M.: "The Holographic Universe", HarperPerennial, New York, 1992, p. 46-49

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The Physics and the Origin of Species

We may describe the whole universe as a composite of universal essential substances namely the intelligence-consciousness, reflected by the highest dimensional spacetime which lies at the outermost of the system, embedding the information and matter-energy "residing" in lower dimensional spacetimes. Figure-1 shows the different presentations of such structure in terms of multidimensional worlds (macro-cosmos) with its possible projection to the micro-cosmos representing the metaphysical structure of human beings ^a).

As does energy, these fundamental properties of the universe, i.e., the universal intelligence-consciousness and information ^b) permeate throughout the whole universe which the brain or some other nerve systems may intercept. Certain parts of the brain or other particular nerve systems should function like a biological receiving radio or a processing computer with quantum "internet" access which antennae can receive those "metaphysical" waves either universally or particularly.

The kingdoms other than that of human beings, i.e. animals, plants and matters have lower capacity on receiving such waves. The human beings' metaphysical structure is the most complex and perfect compared to the others. Human possesses intelligence, consciousness, on top of information, energy and matter properties. The animal kingdom has a similar structure, but intelligence, while the plant kingdom has neither intelligence nor consciousness. The material kingdom possesses only matter with its associated energy without information property ^c)  (Figure-2).

Each species within a certain kingdom may evolve ["vertically"] toward more complex molecular or biological structure ^(d) toward the ultimate perfection but cannot evolve ["horizontally"] across and beyond its metaphysical structure. Charles Darwin ⁽¹⁾ shocked the world when he declared that human had originated from an ancestor of ape-like and was merely the representative of one among many Families of the order Primates in the class Mammalian.

Indeed when he studied the origin of species and their biological evolutions, Darwin ignored these non-physical structures which differed substantially to each other and wished to discover the missing-link which never occurred.  

Notes:

a)     The ancients phrase for such projection was "as above so below."

b)   The basic premise of the existence of Universal Intelligence-Consciousness permeating the whole universe as elucidated in this and previous articles may lead to the idea of what is popularly called Intelligent Design (ID).

c) With this information property, the plants possess some awareness toward their environment such as among other gravity, light and in particular plants (for example mimosa pudica) friction.

d)  Material kingdom evolved from a simple molecule consisting only a few atoms to the most sophisticated but unstable molecule of high number atoms. The plant and animal kingdoms evolved from one single cell toward the most complicated biological body. The evolution of human being is not physical but metaphysical leading to a higher degree of consciousness and intelligence (from 7-D up to 10-D?)

References:
1.  Darwin. C.: "On the Origin of Species," A Mentor Book, New York, 1958

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The Physics and Mind-Body Problem

The Grand Relativity theory as we have discussed so far is now about to enter into what we recognize as metaphysics. We describe the interrelationship of intelligence-consciousness with matter-energy and space-time which represents the properties of a universal primary substance comprising the whole existences within the universe.

We have shown that matter is not tangible and persistent as what most people perceive. Deep in the quantum realm, a matter is perpetually created and annihilated to and fro energy resulting in a series of a broad gap of nonexistence separating two successive existences.

To avoid total disorder, the energy as the only substance which persists through such successive [material] existence-nonexistence, should be able to carry, store and process the information from the annihilated [physical] existence to the newly created one.

The information and energy are, in fact, two different aspects of the same thing. The information like energy is a primary entity, the foundation that builds physical reality ¹⁾. Both of them together dare metaphysically recognized as conscience-intelligence ^a).  As does the energy, the information, as well as intelligence-consciousness waves, permeate throughout the whole universe. Being different aspects of the same substance, they are the primary property of the universe being present at, before and after the beginning of the [four-dimensional] physical world creation.

This paradigm shift radically changes our perspective on the nature of the subjective consciousness that human and other animated beings possess. The consciousness is not a merely biological phenomenon which is caused by a neurobiological process in the brain as most modern scientists hold ²⁾. They consider consciousness and life as an evolutionary process which occurs by mere accident.

On the contrary, the consciousness in its most profound reality is the primary entity which permeates the whole thing which the brain and some other nerve systems may intercept. Certain parts of the brain should function just like a biological radio device, or a processing computer with quantum “internet” access ^b)

Dissecting the brain to search the seat of consciousness is like dismantling a radio to find the source of voices, without knowing the function of the antenna. It is therefore imperative to discover a sort of biological antennae in the brain and other particular nerve systems.

We may recall that the structure of biological cells, especially those having membrane potential, allows the cells to function as a battery. It provides power to operate a variety of molecular devices embedded in the membrane or used for transmitting signals between different parts of an excitable cell.

Researching the phenomenon similar to the action potential occurs in excitable cells in which the electrical membrane potential of a cell rapidly rises and falls may eventually lead us to the discovery of such biological antennae.

The concept of the intelligence-consciousness realm independent of the physical world was in line with the old belief in Middle Age when Descartes postulated the dualism nature of consciousness (mind) and matter. For him, consciousness exists on a separate, non-physical level ^c), which elements had no spatial characteristics.

Berkeley went to the extreme proposing that even if the material world was not there and only rational world ^d) remained, everything would continue to appear as usual even though there would be nothing in reality but mental experience.

 Notes:

a.  We refer here to the universal intelligence-consciousness termed as a primary entity which permeates the whole thing, not exclusively the one that refers to the relationship between the mind and the world with which it interacts, except otherwise specified. The nature of intelligence is superior (having higher dimensions) than the consciousness similar to what the energy to matter or time to space (Figure-2).

b.  On top of consciousness waves having more general in character, there are countless particularized consciousness waves permeating the universe, each appropriate only for a particular individual depending on his or its "fingerprint".

c.   What Descartes meant by "non-physical" world may be interpreted as the world having higher dimensions than those of our ordinary four-dimensional physical world.

d. Berkeley's mental world is the same as what Descartes meant by the non-physical world. 

References:

1.  Davies, P. et al.: "Information and the Nature of Reality," Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, UK, 2011, p. 75.

2.  Penrose, R.: "The Emperor's New Mind," Oxford University Press, Oxford UK 1999, p. 492 - 496.Bottom of Form

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