Saturday, September 12, 2015

Like It or Not, the Universe is Always "In Sync" With You

 Star Trails, Night, Long Exposure

We believe reality is based on strict causality. The causal nature of events means that one thing causes another or because of this, that happens and because of that, this happens. But this view of our world is likely to be simply based on the way our minds are trained to see things.
In quantum physics, according to the uncertainty principle, the more precisely you know the momentum of the particle the less precisely you will know its position and the more precisely you know the position of a particle the less precisely you know the momentum. This is the opposite of what you would expect. Moreover there is other quantum weirdness that defies our logic. According to the double slit experiment and the delayed choice quantum eraser experiment, if we have a certain knowledge of a photon's path then that knowledge appears to be enough to collapse the wave function. The experiments show that the measurement itself doesn't determine whether a photon appears as a wave or a particle, but it is the level of knowledge of the experimenter or the ability of the experimenter to know which path the photon will take that collapses the wave function (whether the photon appears as a wave or particle).
So we are told that it is all just quantum weirdness and it doesn't apply to the world of large objects. But if you pay close attention to the macro world that we call reality, we see that there is an interconnection between our consciousness and this so called "real" world.
Some things happen that defy an explanation based on causality.
Carl Jung used the term "synchronicity" in which he pointed out that our "reality" often corresponds to our consciousness and events don't seem to have a causal relation. For instance, you may be thinking of a particular meaningful event involving a person that you haven't seen for 20 years. You have moved thousands of miles from the town where that person lives. You presently live in a city of 2 million people, but you go to the store and you see that person. Some would claim this is just a coincidence.
But to say that there is a world of causation separate from ourselves is to deny what the evidence seems to suggest.
In scientific studies, there is something called the experimenter effect in which it is well known that an experimenter's expectations can influence the experiment even when the experiment is designed under the most rigid protocols. Double blind experiments can reduce the experimenter effect but you can never completely rule it out. Some would suggest that it is the subtle body language or other cues given by the experimenter that lead to this effect. But I think this is a stretch in which those persons are trying to make a world fit according to a limited understanding of the true nature of things.
Reality unfolds not separate from our consciousness but in sync with our very being. We carry our Karma around with us as a turtle carries around it's shell. Our life unfolds according to a certain pattern of relationships that aligns to our level of understanding at any particular phase in our existence.
When we were a child, we experienced a child's life based on a child's level of understanding. As adults with various levels of understanding, our life is experienced according to that level of our understanding. The universe is always in sync with who we are and it presents to us a life that is designed to move us beyond our certain level of understanding and grow us into a higher understanding. This view of the world is outside of the classical view of the causal nature of things,  but it is likely more in line with the world as it is.

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