Quantum Theory
The Quantum Theory of Consciousness
Quantum mechanics (or quantum theory) is a physical science dealing with the behaviour of matter and waves on the scale of atoms and subatomic particles. Below are some of the basic principles of quantum theory:
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Sir Roger Penrose's theory
A hot theory of quantum mechanics and consciousness was proposed by the British physicist/ mathematician Sir Roger Penrose in his bestseller book 'The Emperors New Mind' from1989. Penrose does not believe that computers/ robots will ever get a consciousness similar to humans. Man made computers will never have feelings and never be able to be creative. The below figure shows some of Penrose's assumptions and statements:
Quantum mechanics is based on statistical predictions
At a deep level in the physical body's microcosmos, matter exists as a mixture of particles and waves. A wave packet sometimes behaves as a particle and sometimes as a wave depending on the observer and/or the measurement. There is always an uncertainty associated with these quantums. The reactions of matter are always predictable, since they are determined by physical laws. However, the behaviour of a single atom is highly unpredictable.
Practically applied quantum physics is mostly about prediction of the behaviour of matter under certain conditions. Here quantum physics has proved very useful and effective. A little lump of matter consists of millions of atoms, and that is why the researchers can predict the behaviour of matter. However, if they look at the individual atoms and electrons, uncertainty arises. Now it is impossible to predict the behaviour of a single atom - it seems to depend on the researcher's intention and method of measurement. Thus the predictions of quantum mechanics are statistical predictions which can only be made on large numbers of objects (millions of molecules or atoms).
Quantum mechanics and the etheric body
The Indian mystic Osho said, when the quantum physicists, with their new methods, went from the world of matter to the subatomic world, they went - without knowing it - from the physical to the etheric plane. According to Osho, if you go deep in the physical body to the microcosmic level there is a more subtle electrical body called the etheric body. The etheric body is sort of a blue print of the physical body. In the etheric body, also called the emotional body, feelings, sensations and thoughts exist as waves while they exist as particles in the physical body. At a certain level of attention, the waves and wave packets at the etheric level collapse into particles at the physical level. This is of course a quantum mechanical process.
During fear, the etheric body shrinks and during love it expands. All our energy and vitality comes from the etheric body. If it is always contracted, as is the case in many stressed people, you cut yourself off from your source and from life, and sickness and death will ensue.
The physical world is real only at a certain level of consciousness
Gopi Krishna says: “When we look at the causal world, it is rigidly bound by cause and effect. But when we reach a higher dimension of consciousness we find that the rigid walls of matter melt. Space and time lose their rigidity, and there is a mingling of the past, the present, and the future. Looking at the whole thing from this point of view, what we think about the universe - the laws, the effect and cause - is a product of our own consciousness. In our dimension of consciousness, the world is not illusory. It is real. But in the next higher state of consciousness it loses its solidity.”
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