Stepping Through...

She will never quite be the same as when she first entered the looking glass, the Alice that emerges is somehow forever changed for having made the journey. Carroll's looking glass is the perfect analogy for inter-universal travel. Moreover, the looking glass universe represents a world which lies just outside of the multiverse in which Alice's home world resides. That is to say that the initial conditions (therefore all physical laws) are different from those of Alice's world. Carroll may not have used the same culturally dependent terms and values to describe this concept as scientists would today, but when we stare at these two images, how can any other conclusion be drawn. Carroll was being as plain and clear as he could be, and John Tenniel's brilliant and masterful representations make it all the more profound! I hope that you will take a moment to join me, gaze at these images, recall the wonder of childhood, and realize that this life is so much more magical than anyone ever thought.

Quantum Psychology Explained (Further)

In my previous post "The Trinity Of Consciousness" we explored the concepts of the three aspects of the human mind. (It is important to remember 1. that the concept and term "mind" refers not to a physical system 'such as the human brain,' but a mental, psychic, spiritual or metaphysical system of integrated "I consciousness." 2. This system is manifest into our material universe* by way of our physical body. 3. This physical body's cells all contain a portion of that consciousness, so that the Personal Mind arises from the cell-consciousness of the entire body.) It is logical to believe that the human brain, particularly its cerebrum acts as a kind of central processing unit, the common mistake is to view this processing center as the whole of the operation. Modern psychology as well as neurology and the medical community view the human brain and its central nervous system to be the root cause for human consciousness. This mind-body problem is the cause of great frustration of the whole in psychology and philosophy. In the field of psychology, promoters of Gestalt Theory admit that "the whole is greater than the sum of it's parts" as it relates to consciousness and cognitive processing. The work of Psychologists such as Jean Piaget and Carl Jung come closest to embracing this brave new paradigm. There are a few other psychologists who's work I appreciate, namely Erik Erikson and Viktor Frankl. The works of Erik Erikson are critical to understanding the cognitive development of a growing child. Frankl's logotherapy as described in his best selling "Man's Search For Meaning" is quite possibly the single greatest work ever written on the subject of self worth. As I have said before, excluding the precious few examples of enlightenment, modern medicine and psychology, as a lot, are not yet willing to admit that their current paradigm lacks the ability to explain consciousness. It cannot actually fulfill its expressed purpose - to explain and predict human behavior in a meaningful and cohesive manner. The principle reason that modern psychology struggles to realize itself as a quantifiable science, is that it refuses to realize the true nature of the human being. All the sciences lack this foundation of wisdom, and so we continue to see study after study where any new evidence is made to fit the older established paradigm.
* I have noted on previous occasions that our universe is expressed or manifest in physical terms by conscious will or "mind." I am not merely asserting that all is "mind" This concept is known as "idealism," but that the root cause for all manifestations (including this physical universe) is an intelligent pattern of sacred geometry, woven into multidimensional space and time. For more information about the mind - body problem and philosophy of mind read this article on Wikipedia "Philosophy of mind."

The Trinity of Consciousness

I would like to explore the idea of consciousness or living existence, as it relates to my theory of The Trinity of Consciousness. We can imagine that each individual contains within their finite physical body a finite amount of conscious and cognitive power. This finite system is derived from the collective consciousness of each and every cell in that body (including but not limited to the brain and central nervous system.) As I have discussed before, we don't actually have an accurate figure for how many cells are in the average human being, at any given time, only a few guesses ranging from 10-100 trillion. This finite system of consciousness (I call this the "Personal Mind") is very powerful, and functions in multiple facets of life simultaneously and effortlessly. The Personal Mind can be said to be finite in quality and in quantity. But when we explore the human consciousness we do not find a powerful but finite consciousness, instead we find an infinite consciousness imbued with the complexity of the very universe we live in. The reason for this paradox is that each individual person is functioning much like a cell in a body would. Individuals are integrated seamlessly within a society of mind (I call the "Perfect Mind") This collective mind is composed of an infinite number of parallel versions of that exact individual's minds, living within an infinite spectrum of time and space, throughout the entire Omniverse. The Perfect Mind can be said to be finite in quality but infinite in quantity. The final portion of the consciousness which we know as the human mind (I call the "God Mind.") It is this portion of the mind that is literally creating the universe we live in right now as we speak. It manifests everything, it is present in all things. The God Mind can be thought of as a representation of the collective consciousness of all beings throughout all time and space, it is infinite in both quantity and quality. It is outside of the confines of manifest structure and all that has limit. The God Mind can be said to be both infinite in quality and in quantity. Each of these three portions of the mind is integral to the function of the whole as a living breathing dynamic system of consciousness. Each part is intermeshed seamlessly so that intercommunication is automatic and inherent to the function of that system. Without the consciousness within each cell of our body we would have no Personal Mind. Without the connection to other Personal Minds and versions of ourself we would lack the limitless capacity inherent in human consciousness. Without the connection to all living things through the God Mind we would lack the fundamental ability to extend ourselves spiritually and metaphysically, we would lack divinity and the nobility which we cherish within the human spirit.

The Universe Backwater

It was first Douglas Adams in "T.H.H.G.T.T.G." The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy that described the Milky Way galaxy as being within the backwaters of the universe. This would seem to explain why we have no visible neighbors to speak of. When I was a child I imagined that all the beings that should inhabit our universe left for other universes in transdimensional starcraft. Now we know that this is totally possible and without the aide of a starcraft. We contain within our own mind, the ability to travel to other worlds, other galaxies, even other universes. Truly there is nothing extraordinary about the universe we inhabit, just as there is nothing extraordinary about any other universe. Each universe seems just as strange and just as bland, for afterall, these terms, these value judgments cannot be applied to something as huge and complex as a universe. We might notice that another universe is very different from our own, even to an unsettling degree, but this would never serve as an accurate qualitative or quantitative analysis. The experience of exploring universes is one in which the explorer finds them self exploring them self in an effort to explore the immense infinite scale of existence. We cannot help but become expanded, complicated and changed by this strange and wonderful dream that unfurls within our infinite mind.

When The Red King Dreams

The Looking-glass world is one filled to the brim with strange concepts and odd creatures. There is perhaps none more eerie than The Red King. The whole of this "dreamscape" world is reportedly "dreamt into being" by this old snoring man. (Perhaps he has sleep apnea.) As it is explained to Alice by Tweedledum and Tweedledee, I shall let them do the explaining to you as well.

" 'Isn't he a LOVELY sight?' said Tweedledum Alice couldn't say honestly that he was. He had a tall red night-cap on, with a tassel, and he was lying crumpled up into a sort of untidy heap, and snoring loud—'fit to snore his head off!' as Tweedledum remarked. 'I'm afraid he'll catch cold with lying on the damp grass,' said Alice, who was a very thoughtful little girl. 'He's dreaming now,' said Tweedledee: 'and what do you think he's dreaming about?' Alice said 'Nobody can guess that.' 'Why, about YOU!' Tweedledee exclaimed, clapping his hands triumphantly. 'And if he left off dreaming about you, where do you suppose you'd be?' 'Where I am now, of course,' said Alice. 'Not you!' Tweedledee retorted contemptuously. 'You'd be nowhere. Why, you're only a sort of thing in his dream!' 'If that there King was to wake,' added Tweedledum, 'you'd go out—bang!—just like a candle!' 'I shouldn't!' Alice exclaimed indignantly. 'Besides, if I'M only a sort of thing in his dream, what are YOU, I should like to know?' 'Ditto' said Tweedledum. 'Ditto, ditto' cried Tweedledee. He shouted this so loud that Alice couldn't help saying, 'Hush! You'll be waking him, I'm afraid, if you make so much noise.' 'Well, it no use YOUR talking about waking him,' said Tweedledum, 'when you're only one of the things in his dream. You know very well you're not real.' 'I AM real!' said Alice and began to cry. 'You won't make yourself a bit realler by crying,' Tweedledee remarked: 'there's nothing to cry about.' 'If I wasn't real,' Alice said—half-laughing through her tears, it all seemed so ridiculous—'I shouldn't be able to cry.' 'I hope you don't suppose those are real tears?' Tweedledum interrupted in a tone of great contempt. 'I know they're talking nonsense,' Alice thought to herself: 'and it's foolish to cry about it.' So she brushed away her tears, and went on as cheerfully as she could. 'At any rate I'd better be getting out of the wood, for really it's coming on very dark. Do you think it's going to rain?' "

This concept of the hidden powers of dreaming is also echoed in numerous myths, one of which involves the Biblical Jacob ascending into heaven while he lays dreaming in a field"Jacob's Ladder." It is a fascinating idea, that dreaming can have alternate effects. Tweedledum and Tweedledee question the very nature of Alice's existence as a valid and "real" living being. It is interesting that Alice choses not to question the reality of the world she is in, but rather that of the two Tweedle twins. She is understandably upset when they insist that she is nothing more than a figment of the Red King's dream. It seems to be the defining hallmark of all sentient beings, to insist upon their own concept of reality and their own view of themselves as a "real" and valid entity within that reality. Alice doesn't relish the idea of the Red King waking, she would rather avoid calling the twins' bluff on that account. Carroll may be alluding to the notion of our own reality being less than solid, less than "real." He introduces us to Alice (as a young girl entranced in a strange dream) but this section questions, "Who is the dreamer?", and "Who is the dreamed?" Both the Wonderland and Looking-Glass worlds contain far too many concepts that point to Quantum Mechanics related Cosmology as well as science well in excess of that which was available to him in that day and age. Carroll stands out to us now, like few others, he seems out of place. I will discuss this more in later blogs, as Carroll figures heavily in my own cosmological upbringing.
I encourage you all, read both works, and read them to your children, by Carroll, they will open an entire world of questions to you.
Here is a link to a free version of both works provided by Project Gutenberg:
Alice's Adventures In Wonderland
Through The Looking-Glass: And What Alice Found There

Magical Thinking

Arthur C. Clarke defined magic as "Any sufficiently advanced technology." The technologies of the Quantum Age are without a doubt magical, for they far surpass any known technology to a degree that causes considerable confusion. It is easy to incorporate technology which has been based upon existing means. The 21st century has seen many such advancements, from steam engines to bullet trains. We see existing technologies give rise to novel engineering techniques and new inventions, this is the pattern we have been following since the early stages of the industrial revolution. Humanity has ventured into the realm of the unknown on occasion, atomic power and weaponry are two such examples. We have also experimented with anti-gravity, scalar wave technology, infrasonic technology, zero-point or free-energy devices, as well as technology gleaned from the works of Nikola Tesla and his associates. These new areas of research will one day form the backbone of the post-modern world, known as the Quantum Age. I do not expect the changes to come over-night, Rome was not built in a day. I do however expect to see certain advancements revolutoinize our world to astounding degrees within a much shorter time frame than would be reasonable to expect (when compared to our history of technological advancement.) This new world, this new way of life will bring with it strange logic and even stranger experiences. If the technological change is even a tenth of the magnitude predicted (see Ray Kurzweil's "The Singularity is Near") than we can expect to see a tenfold difference within a period of a decade. The furthest end of the spectrum indicates a thousand fold difference within a single decade - basically "cavemen to spacemen." Any variation of this increase will cause tremendous friction and stress, as two worlds collide and attitudes shift at dizzying paces, desperate to catch up to the new world.
Arthur C. Clarke (1917-2008) was an amazing writer and a brilliant scientist, he will forever be missed.

The Infinite and the Internet

I would like to point out that the internet can be viewed as a set of data which is manifest virtually and physically within this world as well as others. That is to say that it exists here as well as on other worlds (most obviously within other world-line earths with a time-parallel* and or time-positive value to our own world-line earth.) It could also be possible for someone to inadvertantly access data from that other internet and visa versa, provided that that internet was developed in the same manner and with the same code. That would mean that the two sharing universes would have to maintain the same values for computing and communication. We know that an infinite number of worlds should conatin this sort of internet . It is theorhetically possible that we access websites and their servers which are held within other universes. Likewsie it is possible that persons in other universes can communicate through our "local" internet as well as through others, or that we might be able to communicate through their's.

* The term "time-parallel" refers to the relationship that exists between two twin-worldlines which contain the same temporal value for a specific world (ie. planet Earth, 00:00:01, April 5th, 1945, Belfast, Ireland.)