Consciousness and Quantum Mechanics
Like atoms and subatomic particles, consciousness is a separate existence. Most people including renowned philosophers and scientist confuse consciousness with awareness. Awareness is our body's ability to understand the internal and external world. Inputs from our five senses are realized in our awareness. Whatever is realized in our awareness, is called conscious. From the book’s perspective, conscious and consciousness are different.
The word conscious is an adjective. It describes awareness which is a noun. Consciousness is a noun. It is the name of a separate existence. Consciousness works through awareness. Intelligence working through our awareness makes us human. We can call that human intelligence sense. That human sense does not exist in robots even though they can do most jobs that our sense can do.
At a fundamental level, we are made of atoms and consciousness. Our body functions like digestive system, nervous system, cardiovascular system etc. are not connected to our awareness or five senses, so we do not have any conscious understanding of them.
The workings of our senses can be replicated by robots, but it cannot process the information like human beings. It lacks the human intelligence which works through awareness. That intelligence is of consciousness. If the five senses stop working, as, in the case of the patients in a coma, there is no awareness. There is no conscious understanding of the internal and external world. However, the patient is still alive at that deep inner level consciousness resides.
The book explains the characteristics of that unique existence consciousness. It also explains how the workings of the ordinary matter through quantum mechanics are connected to consciousness.
Consciousness is an existence with no dimension and no density. So, there are no boundaries to this existence. It is infinite. It contains everything that exists in the universe. And it resides in everything in the universe.
Everything in the universe is made out of this existence. The fundamental principles of our universe are defined by the characteristics of Consciousness. Below listed are the fundamental principles of our universe.
A. Struggle for survival
B. Creation-Destruction- Creation
These principles create and guide the eco-system of the universe. Other scientific laws, principles and forces like relativity, thermodynamics, gravity etc. maintain and run the eco-system of the universe.
The principle of Creation-Destruction-Creation cycle in the universe works through energy and matter. Energy never gets destroyed, and matter always gets destroyed. Energy and matter execute the cycle of creation-destruction-creation in the ordinary matter through proton and neutron. Proton and Neutron are the fundamental forces of creation and destruction in the universe of ordinary matter. Proton is the force of creation, that is why every new atom on the periodic table is defined by proton. Neutron is the force of destruction; scientist can make atomic bomb only because of this characteristic of the neutron. These fundamental forces work in our lives also. In our lives, everything good happens because of the influence of the proton’s force of creation and everything bad happens due to the influence of neutron’s force of destruction. We can work with these forces and manage their influences in our lives. However, to learn about how to manage these forces in our lives, we first need to learn about consciousness which is the building block of matter and everything in the universe. Understanding of consciousness helps us understand the quantum mechanics well. And a good understanding of quantum mechanics is critical to align our lives to correct forces of the universe. And maintain constant access to the force of creation to live happy, successful, safe and fulfilling life.
