How Consciousness Arises in the Brain by Alan J. Oliver

Science has developed technology which has enabled researchers to relate brain activity to electrical and chemical events within the brain, and through carefully designed experiments these events have been shown some consistency with the theory of how the brain works. That consciousness is real is obvious enough, and we don’t need a theory to prove its existence. Moreover, the activity mentioned above is easily related to the brain having fairly predictable responses to external inputs and internal activity co-incident with thought. The fact that we personally have no conscious awareness of the external world during periods of anaesthesia or head trauma seems to validate the view that consciousness is a process in the brain. In a paper appeared in [2], the authors submit a model which I believed was similar to that given in The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali by Pandit Usharbuddh Arya. I have appended the Yoga Model of the entry of consciousness into matter in Fig.1. The reason I found their paper similar to the Yoga Model was that both seemed to progress through the same or similar steps in a journey from prespacetime to the everyday reality in which we exist. See http://scigod.com/index.php/sgj/article/view/389

What I Think about Consciousness by Alan J. Oliver

Consciousness is a property of Akashic space to the extent that it has no boundaries. The apprehension of a memory is normally limited to the experience of the individual, and I believe this is a function of Ahamkara, the self-identity of the individual. We are all a memory address code. Memory, in the general sense, is generated by mind and in turn memory influences mind. There is more to it. Memory begins with an event or experience being observed by buddhi. In Yoga Sutra Patanjali describes two kinds of memory. The first is the general kind of memory in which the object of apprehension is primary. The second kind of memory is one in which the instrument and process of apprehension are primary. These distinctions allow me to discriminate between my experience of Samapatti and that of the subject. See http://scigod.com/index.php/sgj/article/view/389

Consciousness, Lack of Imagination & Samapatti by Alan J. Oliver

Let me say from the outset that in all of the material written on the issue of consciousness I have found little, if anything at all, about the presence of imagination and what part it might play in a discourse about consciousness. In view of the ubiquitous nature of imagination, at least for most people, this is hardly surprising. For people like me, lacking that faculty, it is quite a different story. Over a lifetime trying to understand why most people find the way I think a bit odd, autistic even, I have had to find my own answers, only to find that what the absence of an imagination can provide as an answer for me just deepens the puzzle. See http://scigod.com/index.php/sgj/article/view/390

An Ongoing Model of Reality Alan J. Oliver

The distinction between the physical reality and Prespacetime has been called the virtual state in some papers. For the sake of consistency I will use the latter term. In the virtual state the five elements would exist, as Bohm and others have suggested, as information in potential. It is interesting that the ancient teachers of Yoga described the finest particle as being a point without mass, adding that where a conjunction of these points occurs, a point with mass can appear. One could say their observation is analogous to a scientist’s description of the particles which pop in and out of empty space. What I draw from this is that every real particle of matter has its virtual potential in the virtual state. What is less obvious is the likelihood that this potential exists outside of the dimension we call time. Moving our focus to the point of the Big Bang, a moment in which there is an absence of matter, such as the state of a singularity or the Big Crunch, there would be a potential corresponding to that state, capable of triggering the appearance of the precursor to the formation of hydrogen, resulting in a new state which involved space and time in the physical sense. Thus the evolution of reality unfolded. See http://scigod.com/index.php/sgj/article/view/391

On the Subject of Consciousness in Samapatti by Alan J. Oliver

Here I report my recollections of my experiences of Samapatti. These experiences led me to the view that consciousness is not necessarily confined to an event arising from electrochemical interactions in the brain. It is equally likely that the electrochemical processes in the brain arise from consciousness. My reading of the Yoga Sutras lends substance to view that there is a distinction between Mind and another level of conscious awareness called Buddhi. When we speak of Mind we are talking about our normal awareness, which is involved with sensory inputs, memory and imagination. Buddhi on the other hand is the observer of the Mind. See http://scigod.com/index.php/sgj/article/view/392

On the Process of Thinking in Public Life: A Conversation in the Interest of Democracy Alan J. Oliver

We all have our own individual system of checks and balances, which kick in quite unconsciously before we speak and even before we listen to someone. The neurological research shows the myriad of connections and networks in the brain when we operate through our senses, when we move any part of the body and when we speak, think and remember. Given such knowledge, it is possible to assume that everyone else uses the same processes and inner structures, giving rise to the further assumption that we are the same in every way so far as remembering, learning and thinking are concerned. The main points of this essay are that the mind is always busy and this busyness is spread over many issues; obviously there is a need to set aside the busyness before one makes a decision. A simple practice is to stop and reflect on what is in your mind. Begin counting to ten and restart when a thought appears. Over time this practice will reach the point where you reach ten before a thought appears; and the goal is to have the mind become still, and that is the state in which we can make a truly valid decision. It is also the state in which we can cast a valid vote in an election for any of the three levels of government. See http://scigod.com/index.php/sgj/article/view/393

Evolution & Modifications of the Mind by Alan J. Olive

One life in different bodies would have a similar range of awareness in each body. As the need for different aspects of awareness became necessary for survival, some would be selected for that aspect through evolution with the necessary restructuring of the neural networks following. The mind is always vigilant, assessing every moment against the inputs present. We call that thought when the outcome or decision is made known through our awareness. More generally, we just say we are conscious. See http://scigod.com/index.php/sgj/article/view/394

Yoga, Samapatti & Me by Alan J. Oliver

In this article I review Samapatti and the issues the experiences have brought for me personally [1-4]. First and foremost was the question of why I am able to enter this state without any preparation. The second was the obvious question of how does this work. Over some years people had asked to sit and talk with me about their problems, despite the fact that I have no training whatsoever in counselling or any other therapies. This was the early eighties and seminars on just about everything under the sun were on offer. I joined a ten day residential for Vipassana meditation and after sitting meditating for ten days I was no different and life continued as usual. It was obvious that most of those I listened to thought I was some kind of healer, others said I was a good listener, while some asked me to teach them to do what I did. My position was that I could not possibly, or ethically, teach something that I didn’t know anything about. Not about how it worked, if it worked, why it worked and what was it that I did. At one point I was asked what I would do next, and to my surprise I said I would not do any more of this because I needed to find out how it worked. So began this long undirected journey into thinking and consciousness. In the Yoga tradition, buddhi is consciousness in its own right and has been defined by some writers as acognitive knowing. My view is that acognitive knowing means knowing without the mind, and of course that is what Samapatti provides to the seer. And what this means in our seeking to understand consciousness is precisely what I referred to. There are possibly a number of models we could posit to accommodate this position, all of which would be counterintuitive for science. I will simply offer one which arises from the acognitive model. See http://scigod.com/index.php/sgj/article/view/395

A Brief Response to the Question: How is the World Created from Nothing? by James Kowall

An answer is given to the question: how is the world created from nothing? The answer is based on recent discoveries of modern physics. This answer not only solves the mystery of how the world is created, but also solves the mystery of the origin of consciousness. See http://scigod.com/index.php/sgj/article/view/396

Cosmic Intelligence & DNA (Part I) by Srinivasan Rengarajan

In this series of articles, the author analyzes and explores the desire of the Absolute for giving self-expressions as many and how it permeates through its manifestations, non-sentient & sentient, in virtually the same manner in various stages of progress. The focus here is on an integrated thought process. The awareness that the ‘God principle’ forms the basic building block in all entities makes the understanding easy. The same thought is repeated over & over in different contexts to reinforce the operating principles in memory and also to establish their relevance from different planes of view. Each being is with unique cosmic imprints. Man & woman are complementary to each other. Embryological and neural anatomical studies support the existence of complementary differences between males and females. One’s innate nature normally replicates only the data of a part of the primordial matter encoded as his DNA that may undergo modifications/mutations over time. However, all are empowered to enliven even the entire cosmic genome of the holistic consciousness when in resonance with the universal rhythm.

Part I of this series of articles contains the following: 1. Introduction; 2. Myths & Facts; 3. Upanishads; & 4. Parabrahmam - primordial source-cosmic nucleus. See http://dnadecipher.com/index.php/ddj/article/view/82

Cosmic Intelligence & DNA (Part II) by Srinivasan Rengarajan

In this series of articles, the author analyzes and explores the desire of the Absolute for giving self-expressions as many and how it permeates through its manifestations, non-sentient & sentient, in virtually the same manner in various stages of progress. The focus here is on an integrated thought process. The awareness that the ‘God principle’ forms the basic building block in all entities makes the understanding easy. The same thought is repeated over & over in different contexts to reinforce the operating principles in memory and also to establish their relevance from different planes of view. Each being is with unique cosmic imprints. Man & woman are complementary to each other. Embryological and neural anatomical studies support the existence of complementary differences between males and females. One’s innate nature normally replicates only the data of a part of the primordial matter encoded as his DNA that may undergo modifications/mutations over time. However, all are empowered to enliven even the entire cosmic genome of the holistic consciousness when in resonance with the universal rhythm.

Part II of this series of articles contains the following: 5. Manifestation; & 6. Universe. See http://dnadecipher.com/index.php/ddj/article/view/83

Cosmic Intelligence & DNA (Part III) by Srinivasan Rengarajan

In this series of articles, the author analyzes and explores the desire of the Absolute for giving self-expressions as many and how it permeates through its manifestations, non-sentient & sentient, in virtually the same manner in various stages of progress. The focus here is on an integrated thought process. The awareness that the ‘God principle’ forms the basic building block in all entities makes the understanding easy. The same thought is repeated over & over in different contexts to reinforce the operating principles in memory and also to establish their relevance from different planes of view. Each being is with unique cosmic imprints. Man & woman are complementary to each other. Embryological and neural anatomical studies support the existence of complementary differences between males and females. One’s innate nature normally replicates only the data of a part of the primordial matter encoded as his DNA that may undergo modifications/mutations over time. However, all are empowered to enliven even the entire cosmic genome of the holistic consciousness when in resonance with the universal rhythm.

Part III of this series of articles contains the following: 7. Energy Transfers; 8. Zone of Illusion; 9. Panorama; 10. Cosmic Intent; 11. Cosmic Wisdom; 12. Bliss - Ananda; 13. Invincibility; & 14. Destiny. Universe. See http://dnadecipher.com/index.php/ddj/article/view/84

Cosmic Intelligence & DNA (Part IV) by Srinivasan Rengarajan

In this series of articles, the author analyzes and explores the desire of the Absolute for giving self-expressions as many and how it permeates through its manifestations, non-sentient & sentient, in virtually the same manner in various stages of progress. The focus here is on an integrated thought process. The awareness that the ‘God principle’ forms the basic building block in all entities makes the understanding easy. The same thought is repeated over & over in different contexts to reinforce the operating principles in memory and also to establish their relevance from different planes of view. Each being is with unique cosmic imprints. Man & woman are complementary to each other. Embryological and neural anatomical studies support the existence of complementary differences between males and females. One’s innate nature normally replicates only the data of a part of the primordial matter encoded as his DNA that may undergo modifications/mutations over time. However, all are empowered to enliven even the entire cosmic genome of the holistic consciousness when in resonance with the universal rhythm.

Part IV of this series of articles contains the following: 15. Society; 16. Dharma; 17. Validations from Modern Science; 18. Conclusions; & 19. Summary. See http://dnadecipher.com/index.php/ddj/article/view/85

A Possible Quantum Control Mechanism in TGD-inspired Biology by Matti Pitkanen

The idea that TGD Universe is quantum critical is the corner stone of quantum TGD and fixes the theory more or less uniquely since the only coupling constant parameter of the theory - Kahler coupling strength - is analogous to critical temperature. Also, more than one basic parameter are in principle possible - maximal quantum criticality fixes the values of all of them - but it seems that only Kahler coupling strength is needed. TGD Universe is a quantum critical fractal: like a ball at the top of hill. Quantum criticality allows one to avoid the fine tuning problems plaguing as a rule various unified theories. In this article the recent discovery of that SmBr6 behaves simultaneously as a conductor and insulator in external magnetic field led to a TGD based model relying on quantum criticality. Quantum criticality corresponds to a situation in which Landau orbits emerges as an orbit at the surface of the magnetic flux tube and should lead to generation of large heff phases if TGD based view about quantum criticality holds true. This also leads to an identification of quantum bio-control mechanism based on the variation of the thickness of magnetic flux tubes inducing by flux conservation the variation of field strength controlling quantum critical currents flowing along the flux tubes. This mechanism is expected to play a central role in living matter. See http://dnadecipher.com/index.php/ddj/article/view/86

Vertical Growth of Intelligence versus Horizontal Growth of Consciousness by Contzen Pereira

In this paper I explore consciousness and intelligence in the setting of conventional neuroscience and cognitive science. To be conscious is to be aware but awareness is not always intelligence. Intelligence is task driven, and comes at a later stage in development than consciousness. Consciousness and intelligence are sometimes interdependent on each other, but have always been known as separate entities; an attempt to associate them, results in a lot of debate. This paper hypothesises the growth of consciousness to be horizontal, while the growth of intelligence to be vertical during the progression of development. The horizontal growth of consciousness is completely dependent on cell division and cell differentiation, while the vertical growth of intelligence depends on the horizontal growth of consciousness and enhancement of neural systems. Consciousness is computed within the microtubular network of a single cell, which amplifies with multicellularity, while intelligence is related to the nervous system which matures with complexity. See http://jcer.com/index.php/jcj/article/view/465

Channeling as an Altered State of Consciousness in Transpersonal Psychology Therapy by Raul Valverde

Transpersonal Psychology considers that the psyche is multidimensional and that there are several "levels of consciousness" and each has different characteristics and is governed by different laws. The main goal of transpersonal theory is to integrate the spiritual experience within a broader understanding of the human psyche. The most used tool by professionals in transpersonal psychology is the use of transpersonal experiences through altered states of consciousness for self exploration such as the holotropic therapy developed by Stanislav Grof. Channelling is a parapsychological phenomenon which is considered an altered state of consciousness, although there are many differences of opinion as to whether channelling, is really true, what is known is that in many cases this phenomena can be attributed to the very psyche of the individual who manifested this phenomena and so could be used in psychology to know more about the inner subconscious of the individual. See http://jcer.com/index.php/jcj/article/view/476

On the Problem of Understanding Consciousness by Alan J. Oliver

The most difficult aspect of understanding consciousness may possibly have arisen from the basic premise that consciousness is something which arises in the brain, and by inference that mind and consciousness are aspects of brain activity involving electro-chemical processes. With this premise came the requirement for any theory of consciousness to be based on existing scientific and philosophical knowledge. I take the view that consciousness is a fundamental of reality, a view suggested from my experiences while in the state of Samapatti. From this perspective I would assert that the issues surrounding our understanding of consciousness are more than those of how, or even whether, consciousness arises in the brain. See http://jcer.com/index.php/jcj/article/view/482

The Integrative Brain Theory by Sohail Adnan, Sher Azam

The element of conscious interpretation remained an unknown fact for more than a century. It can be realized from the observation that the theories explaining consciousness have changed over time. It is still difficult to explore a relationship between the brain activity and the conscious mind, the involved neuronal processes, and how do we determine an appropriate motor response. Determinately, a testable theoretical description will be more paramount and acceptable to consciousness. In this article, we will amass information on different theoretical models explaining consciousness, and later, the electromagnetic concept will be discussed in the form of an integrative brain theory (IBT). We claim that IBT gives a complete description of conscious meaning, motor response, and differences in basic sensory modalities at one moment in time. In this theory, the electromagnetic field effects (accompanying spatial patterns of neuronal activity) bind the processed information and serve as a medium of detection. A temporal relationship of these spatial field effects may engender an overall meaning of a perception. The linear polarization frequency is suggested to exist along the surface of cortical dendrites, and possibly differentiate the basic sensory modalities. A simple experiment can evaluate the presence of dendritic polarization rates and, therefore, the dipole idea of cortical activity may become less consequential for the differences in basic sensory modalities. See http://jcer.com/index.php/jcj/article/view/480

Consciousness Creates Physical Reality: Mystery of the Orbs May Be Solved by Pradeep B. Deshpande

The hypothesis that consciousness creates physical reality is investigated. The link of consciousness, internal excellence, conditioning of space, and manifestation of physical reality are probed. The phenomenon of the appearance of orbs is investigated and several published examples of materialization of conscious intention are cited by way of corroboration. The ideas presented might hold tremendous potential for solving many problems facing humanity. See http://jcer.com/index.php/jcj/article/view/483

The Idea of Will by Michiel M. Dorenbosch

This article presents a new conceptual view on the conscious will. This new concept approaches our will from the perspective of the requirements of our neural-muscular system and not from our anthropocentric perspective. This approach not only repositions the will at the core of behavior control, it also integrates the studies of Libet and Wegner, which seem to support the opposite. The will does not return as an instrument we use to steer, but rather as part of the way we learn new automatic behavior and of how our neural system steers us. The new concept suggests that understanding of our will is more about understanding of our daily behavior then about the will itself. See http://jcer.com/index.php/jcj/article/view/479

Quantum Resonance & Consciousness by Contzen Pereira

Resonance can trigger of a series of quantum events and therefore induce several changes related to consciousness at micro as well as macro level within a living system. Therapeutic effects have been observed in several religious meditative and healing practices, which use resonance in the form of chanting and prayers. A living system may have many resonant frequencies due to their degrees of freedom, where each can vibrate as a harmonic oscillator supporting the progression of vibrations as waves that moves as a ripple within the whole system. A cell as an organism or cells in multicellular organisms act as resonating bodies that trigger of oscillation of oscillatory proteins of the cytoskeletal network. The resulting protein conformational changes generate a conscious moment that is regulated via electron tunneling, delocalization and superposition in space time geometry. Consciousness or sentience are phenomenal characteristics of every cell and even though we don’t know the “why” we surely can predict and hypothesize the “how” of consciousness to be quantum computed, which enables the cell to understand and judge perceptions giving it a prospect to behave as per will. See http://jcer.com/index.php/jcj/article/view/475

Quantum Resonance & Consciousness by Contzen Pereira

Resonance can trigger of a series of quantum events and therefore induce several changes related to consciousness at micro as well as macro level within a living system. Therapeutic effects have been observed in several religious meditative and healing practices, which use resonance in the form of chanting and prayers. A living system may have many resonant frequencies due to their degrees of freedom, where each can vibrate as a harmonic oscillator supporting the progression of vibrations as waves that moves as a ripple within the whole system. A cell as an organism or cells in multicellular organisms act as resonating bodies that trigger of oscillation of oscillatory proteins of the cytoskeletal network. The resulting protein conformational changes generate a conscious moment that is regulated via electron tunneling, delocalization and superposition in space time geometry. Consciousness or sentience are phenomenal characteristics of every cell and even though we don’t know the “why” we surely can predict and hypothesize the “how” of consciousness to be quantum computed, which enables the cell to understand and judge perceptions giving it a prospect to behave as per will. See http://jcer.com/index.php/jcj/article/view/475

What Music Can Teach about Consciousness? by Matti Pitkanen

Oliver Sacks' book “Musicophilia” deals with various aspects of music experience. Humans as a species indeed have a very special relation to music. But is it really genuine characteristic of human consciousness? One can even ask whether consciousness emerges only in higher species or whether it could be in some form a characteristic of any living or even inanimate system? In this framework one can ask whether music like aspects of conscious experience could be universal and only especially highly developed in humans? In this article I consider those stories of Musicophilia, which I find of special interest from the point of view of TGD inspired theory of consciousness. The outcome is a more precise formulation for the general TGD inspired vision about brain based on basic ideas of quantum TGD. See http://jcer.com/index.php/jcj/article/view/484

On Artificial Intelligence & Free Will by Lei Liu

It is desirable to us humans that a computer or an AI would not require any programmer to do meaningful work. How can we achieve this? This paper aims to provide a tentative answer. Lady Lovelace was the first person and programmer to point out that a computer needs to originate something to be creative and autonomous. Philosophers think this as free will objection. Though free will inspired some attention in AI literature, the mystery of free will is so far unsolved. This paper suggests that a desire for a divergent state is a plausible evidence for existence of free will. Though a desire is still mysterious to us in some way, the content of a divergent state is somewhat specific. See http://jcer.com/index.php/jcj/article/view/464

Investigation of Consciousness Creating Physical Reality by Pradeep B. Deshpande

The hypothesis that consciousness creates physical reality is investigated. The link of consciousness, internal excellence, conditioning of space, and manifestation of physical reality are probed. The phenomenon of the appearance of orbs is investigated and several published examples of materialization of conscious intention are cited by way of corroboration. The ideas presented might hold tremendous potential for solving many problems facing humanity. See http://scigod.com/index.php/sgj/article/view/401

On the Metaphysical Link between Religion & Science by Contzen Pereira

In this article, the author explores the mystery of the soul. “For what shall it profit a man, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul” (Mark 8:36). The soul by common definition is the spiritual or immaterial part of a living being, regarded as immortal. To find a possible metaphysical link between religion and science, the author suggests that the soul is the immaterial aspect of electromagnetic energy (“electromagnetic soul”) that can transform but cannot be destroyed. According to this suggestion, the soul attached to a living being fulfils the being’s desire through electromagnetic interactions, and, upon completion, the soul is released through ultra-weak electromagnetic radiations that coalesce with the universe. See http://scigod.com/index.php/sgj/article/view/387

Does Consciousness Arise from the Brain? by Alan J. Oliver

The most difficult aspect of understanding consciousness may possibly have arisen from the basic premise that consciousness is something which arises in the brain, and by inference that mind and consciousness are aspects of brain activity involving electro-chemical processes. With this premise came the requirement for any theory of consciousness to be based on existing scientific and philosophical knowledge. I take the view that consciousness is a fundamental of reality, a view suggested from my experiences while in the state of Samapatti. From this perspective I would assert that the issues surrounding our understanding of consciousness are more than those of how, or even whether, consciousness arises in the brain. See http://scigod.com/index.php/sgj/article/view/403

Is the Total Energy of the Universe Zero? by Himangsu S. Pal

If the universe has a beginning, it is immaterial as to whether it has originated from something or from nothing, because in both the cases it will start with zero energy. Now, we have already shown previously in this journal that the initial something was without space and time and there cannot be any energy without space and time. So the initial something cannot have any energy. However, we cannot claim that space, time, matter and energy have actually originated from nothing, because in that case there would not have grown the binding in between them that has been empirically tested and verified many, many times. Rather, we should say that all these four concepts have originated from some common source, from some common substance which may be called God. See http://scigod.com/index.php/sgj/article/view/404

A Metaphysical Understanding of “A Scientific Me” through Psalms by Contzen Pereira

Vibrations produced through singing of psalms elicit multifaceted computational events within the structures of the cell; enhances the flow of consciousness and makes me aware of what I am and why I am here, for all the things that goes on around me - my life & my world. Singing has always comforted my soul. It conducts my soul within the matter that makes my body and amalgamates with the Holy Spirit, connecting my soul with the Creator and the Cosmos. Resonating notes connects all living beings to the Universe, for frequency of the vibrations interfere; construct and destruct and transmit energy within and across every living organism. While I sing, I eulogize God for all that thou hast given; foster a relationship with the Holy Spirit, my Soul, the Earth, the Universe and the entirety of the Cosmos; my vibrations proliferate far beyond my imagination, deeper and deeper into the metaphysical. See http://scigod.com/index.php/sgj/article/view/397

Soul & Consciousness by Contzen Pereira

It is my view that my soul is my consciousness and my consciousness is my soul. It appears that energy renders my consciousness to surge within me and my soul is a sphere of energy that encases me. Further, it appears that my soul dwell within me until my bodily death and my soul makes me conscious of my existence and all that exist around me. I feel my consciousness for it is my soul. Addressing the ‘how’ of my soul may someday be possible but knowing the ‘why’ of my soul may stay a mystery for it is as mystifying as the supernatural. We may be able to introduce a soul within non-living beings by evoking consciousness artificially, but I am rather sure that these beings may never experience the soul or consciousness that I experience. On bodily death, my soul shall depart as an end to my conscious cycle for somewhere someone shall reap the energy and devise its consciousness , thus, its soul. See http://scigod.com/index.php/sgj/article/view/400

Who Is ‘Eeshwar’? by Pradeep B. Deshpande

In India, ‘Eeshwar’ is the name upon which top constitutional functionaries and legislators take oath of office? But, who is Eeshwar? Well, it depends on who you ask. So, is the oath-taking a futile exercise? It does not have to be. The scientific explanation of the universe itself gives a clue on how to reinterpret it. Indeed, the notion of Eeshwar has practical significance only because human emotions are involved and, therefore, the path forward for progress too is via emotions. If the oath is taken to mean “I pledge to strive to increase my level of internal excellence”, then that will be great for the country. See http://scigod.com/index.php/sgj/article/view/402

On the Nature of & Relation between Form & Formlessness: Introduction by Steven E. Kaufman

This universe consists of both experiential forms as well as the formless Consciousness by which every experiential form is apprehended, and in the absence of which formless Consciousness no experiential form, i.e., no reality, has ever been, or can ever be, known to exist. In the usual analysis of the nature of the universe the emphasis is generally placed upon the experiential forms and their relations to each other, and in the rare instances where Consciousness is even mentioned it is usually afforded a secondary status, as it is usually assumed that the phenomenon of Consciousness is somehow produced through some relation or set of relations occurring between the physical or material realities of which the universe seems to be, and so is assumed to be, composed. In this work that emphasis is reversed, since this work takes the position that the universe is actually composed of a singular and formless Consciousness, and that it is the relations of that Consciousness to Itself that produce the forms which that singular, formless, and yet individualized Consciousness then apprehends as the universe of experiential forms—physical, mental, and emotional—that we call reality. This work consists of the following series of articles: Introduction; Part 1: The Evolution of the Formless into Form while Creating Lesser Form (1, 2 & 3); Part 2: The Identification of the Formless with Lesser Form; & Part 3: The Identification of the Formless with Itself (1 & 2). See http://jcer.com/index.php/jcj/article/view/486

On the Nature of & Relation between Form & Formlessness: Part 1: The Evolution of the Formless into Form while Creating Lesser Form (1) by Steven E. Kaufman

In the first part of this work the evolution of the Formless into three different levels of Form is described. Also described in the first part of this work is the coming into existence of a different type of form, or lesser form, within each level of Form, as each level of Form comes into being through the progressive flow of the Formless in relation to Itself. Further, the three different types of lesser forms that come into existence within the Formless, as the Formless, through iterative and progressive relation to Itself, evolves into different levels of Form, are each shown to correspond to one of the three different types of experiences or experiential realities of which we are able to be aware or conscious. Specifically, the lesser form that comes into existence within the first level of Form, as the first level of Form comes into being, will be shown to correspond to what we apprehend as emotional experience or emotional reality. Next, the lesser form that comes into existence within the second level of Form, as the second level of Form comes into being, will be shown to correspond to what we apprehend as mental experience or mental reality. And finally, the lesser form that comes into existence within the third level of Form will be shown to correspond to what we apprehend as physical experience or physical reality. This first article of Part 1 contains the following sections: Form and form; The paradox of dual experiential form; The first level of Form; The basis of positive and negative emotional experience; & The second level of Form and form. See http://jcer.com/index.php/jcj/article/view/487

On the Nature of & Relation between Form & Formlessness: Part 1: The Evolution of the Formless into Form while Creating Lesser Form (2) by Steven E. Kaufman

In the first part of this work the evolution of the Formless into three different levels of Form is described. Also described in the first part of this work is the coming into existence of a different type of form, or lesser form, within each level of Form, as each level of Form comes into being through the progressive flow of the Formless in relation to Itself. Further, the three different types of lesser forms that come into existence within the Formless, as the Formless, through iterative and progressive relation to Itself, evolves into different levels of Form, are each shown to correspond to one of the three different types of experiences or experiential realities of which we are able to be aware or conscious. Specifically, the lesser form that comes into existence within the first level of Form, as the first level of Form comes into being, will be shown to correspond to what we apprehend as emotional experience or emotional reality. Next, the lesser form that comes into existence within the second level of Form, as the second level of Form comes into being, will be shown to correspond to what we apprehend as mental experience or mental reality. And finally, the lesser form that comes into existence within the third level of Form will be shown to correspond to what we apprehend as physical experience or physical reality. This second article of Part 1 contains the following sections: Why math and language work; The third level of form; The actual difference between animate and inanimate objects; The animation of second level Forms; The propagation of animate Form, i.e., the reproduction of life; & The apprehension of mental and physical reality as Beingness flows through Form. See http://jcer.com/index.php/jcj/article/view/488

On the Nature of & Relation between Form & Formlessness: Part 1: The Evolution of the Formless into Form while Creating Lesser Form (3) by Steven E. Kaufman

In the first part of this work the evolution of the Formless into three different levels of Form is described. Also described in the first part of this work is the coming into existence of a different type of form, or lesser form, within each level of Form, as each level of Form comes into being through the progressive flow of the Formless in relation to Itself. Further, the three different types of lesser forms that come into existence within the Formless, as the Formless, through iterative and progressive relation to Itself, evolves into different levels of Form, are each shown to correspond to one of the three different types of experiences or experiential realities of which we are able to be aware or conscious. Specifically, the lesser form that comes into existence within the first level of Form, as the first level of Form comes into being, will be shown to correspond to what we apprehend as emotional experience or emotional reality. Next, the lesser form that comes into existence within the second level of Form, as the second level of Form comes into being, will be shown to correspond to what we apprehend as mental experience or mental reality. And finally, the lesser form that comes into existence within the third level of Form will be shown to correspond to what we apprehend as physical experience or physical reality. This third article of Part 1 contains the following sections: Sleep and dreams; Why reality appears dual; & The individualization of Beingness and the individual nature of reality. See http://jcer.com/index.php/jcj/article/view/489

On the Nature of & Relation between Form & Formlessness: Part 2: The Identification of the Formless with Lesser Form by Steven E. Kaufman

What is described in the second part of this work is what happens when Consciousness, for whatever reason, begins to identify with, i.e., know itself as, the experiential forms that have come into existence within Itself as a result of its being in relation to Itself. Specifically, what the second part of this work describes is the way in which the misidentification of Consciousness with the lesser forms that have come into existence within Itself causes Consciousness to become unable to be aware or conscious of Itself, i.e., unable to be aware or conscious of the Formlessness that is Itself, and so causes Consciousness to lose sight of Itself, to become hidden from Itself, thereby causing the lesser forms that continue to be created within Itself, which forms Consciousness remains aware of or conscious of as reality, to appear as what is actually there, when What Is Actually There, where the forms apprehended as reality only appear to be, is the now hidden Consciousness, the now hidden Formlessness, within which those forms have come into existence and by which those forms are being apprehended as reality. Also described in the second part of this work is both why and how Consciousness naturally tends to relate to the world of forms, once it has lost sight of Itself though identification with form, in a way that causes Itself to suffer. This Part 2 contains the following sections: The human condition; The creation of emotional reality as Beingness flows through Form; & The Self-oppositional nature of form-identification. See http://jcer.com/index.php/jcj/article/view/490

On the Nature of & Relation between Form & Formlessness: Part 3: The Identification of the Formless with Itself (1) by Steven E. Kaufman

In the third part of this work what is described is how formless Consciousness, owing to the way in which it naturally relates to the world of forms once it has lost sight of Itself though identification with form, unknowingly keeps Itself caught up in, and so bound to, the relation with Itself that is creating its identification with form, and so unknowingly perpetuates both its identification with form as well as its inability to become aware or conscious of the Formlessness that is Itself, thereby also perpetuating the illusion that reality, i.e., apprehended form, is what is actually there where it appears to be. Also described in the third part of this work is what form-identified Consciousness must do, so to speak, in order to extricate Itself from the cage of form-identification in which it is, owing to the way it naturally relates to Itself through the proxy of form while still identified with form, unknowingly keeping Itself trapped. And what form-identified Formlessness must do, in order to extricate Itself from the cage of form-identification in which it has trapped Itself, is change the way it naturally and habitually relates to the universe of experiential forms, owing to its identification with form, while still identified primarily with form. This first article of Part 3 contains the following sections: The mutually exclusive nature of identification with form and identification with the Formless; The self-perpetuating nature of the Movement into identification with form; & The way out of form-identification. See http://jcer.com/index.php/jcj/article/view/491

On the Nature of & Relation between Form & Formlessness: Part 3: The Identification of the Formless with Itself (2) by Steven E. Kaufman

In the third part of this work what is described is how formless Consciousness, owing to the way in which it naturally relates to the world of forms once it has lost sight of Itself though identification with form, unknowingly keeps Itself caught up in, and so bound to, the relation with Itself that is creating its identification with form, and so unknowingly perpetuates both its identification with form as well as its inability to become aware or conscious of the Formlessness that is Itself, thereby also perpetuating the illusion that reality, i.e., apprehended form, is what is actually there where it appears to be. Also described in the third part of this work is what form-identified Consciousness must do, so to speak, in order to extricate Itself from the cage of form-identification in which it is, owing to the way it naturally relates to Itself through the proxy of form while still identified with form, unknowingly keeping Itself trapped. And what form-identified Formlessness must do, in order to extricate Itself from the cage of form-identification in which it has trapped Itself, is change the way it naturally and habitually relates to the universe of experiential forms, owing to its identification with form, while still identified primarily with form. This second article of Part 3 contains the following sections: The way out of form-identification (continued); A few obstacles; & References. See http://jcer.com/index.php/jcj/article/view/492

On the Nature of & Relation between Formless God & Form: Introduction by Steven E. Kaufman

This universe consists of both experiential forms as well as the Formless God by which every experiential form is apprehended, and in the absence of which Formless God no experiential form, i.e., no reality, has ever been, or can ever be, known to exist. In the usual analysis of the nature of the universe the emphasis is generally placed upon the experiential forms and their relations to each other, and in the rare instances where the Formlessness that is God is even mentioned, that Formlessness is usually afforded a secondary status, as it is usually assumed that that Formlessness is somehow produced through some relation or set of relations occurring between the physical or material realities of which the universe seems to be, and so is assumed to be, composed. In this work that emphasis is reversed, since this work takes the position that the universe is actually composed of a singular and Formless God, and that it is the relations of that God to Itself that produce the forms which that singular, formless, and yet individualized God then apprehends as the universe of experiential forms—physical, mental, and emotional—that we call reality. This work consists of the following series of articles: Introduction; Part 1: The Evolution of the Formless God into Form while Creating Lesser Form (1, 2 & 3); Part 2: The Identification of the Formless God with Lesser Form; & Part 3: The Identification of the Formless God with Itself (1 & 2). See http://scigod.com/index.php/sgj/article/view/405

On the Nature of & Relation between Formless God & Form: Part 1: The Evolution of the Formless God into Form while Creating Lesser Form by Steven E. Kaufman

In this article, the author explores the mystery of the soul. “For what shall it profit a man, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul” (Mark 8:36). The soul by common definition is the spiritual or immaterial part of a living being, regarded as immortal. To find a possible metaphysical link between religion and science, the author suggests that the soul is the immaterial aspect of electromagnetic energy (“electromagnetic soul”) that can transform but cannot be destroyed. According to this suggestion, the soul attached to a living being fulfils the being’s desire through electromagnetic interactions, and, upon completion, the soul is released through ultra-weak electromagnetic radiations that coalesce with the universe.

This first article of Part 1 contains the following sections: Form and form; The paradox of dual experiential form; The first level of Form; The basis of positive and negative emotional experience; & The second level of Form and form. See http://scigod.com/index.php/sgj/article/view/406

This second article of Part 1 contains the following sections: Why math and language work; The third level of form; The actual difference between animate and inanimate objects; The animation of second level Forms; The propagation of animate Form, i.e., the reproduction of life; & The apprehension of mental and physical reality as Beingness flows through Form. See http://scigod.com/index.php/sgj/article/view/407

This third article of Part 1 contains the following sections: Sleep and dreams; Why reality appears dual; & The individualization of Beingness and the individual nature of reality. See http://scigod.com/index.php/sgj/article/view/407

On the Nature of & Relation between Formless God & Form: Part 2: The Identification of the Formless God with Lesser Form by Steven E. Kaufman

What is described in the second part of this work is what happens when the Formlessness that is God, for whatever reason, begins to identify with, i.e., know itself as, the experiential forms that have come into existence within Itself as a result of its being in relation to Itself. Specifically, what the second part of this work describes is the way in which the misidentification of the Formlessness that is God with the lesser forms that have come into existence within Itself causes that Formlessness to become unable to be aware or conscious of Itself, i.e., unable to be aware or conscious of the Formlessness that is Itself, and so causes God to lose sight of Itself, to become hidden from Itself, thereby causing the lesser forms that continue to be created within Itself, which forms the Formlessness that is God remains aware of or conscious of as reality, to appear as what is actually there, when What Is Actually There, where the forms apprehended as reality only appear to be, is the now hidden Formlessness, the now hidden God, within which those forms have come into existence and by which those forms are being apprehended as reality. Also described in the second part of this work is both why and how the Formlessness that is God naturally tends to relate to the world of forms, once it has lost sight of Itself though identification with form, in a way that causes Itself to suffer. This Part 2 contains the following sections: The human condition; The creation of emotional reality as Beingness flows through Form; & The Self-oppositional nature of form-identification. See http://scigod.com/index.php/sgj/article/view/409

On the Nature of & Relation between Formless God & Form: Part 3: The Identification of the Formless God with Itself by Steven E. Kaufman

In the third part of this work what is described is how the Formless God, owing to the way in which it naturally relates to the world of forms once it has lost sight of Itself though identification with form, unknowingly keeps Itself caught up in, and so bound to, the relation with Itself that is creating its identification with form, and so unknowingly perpetuates both its identification with form as well as its inability to become aware or conscious of the Formlessness that is Itself, thereby also perpetuating the illusion that reality, i.e., apprehended form, is what is actually there where it appears to be. Also described in the third part of this work is what form-identified God must do, so to speak, in order to extricate Itself from the cage of form-identification in which it is, owing to the way it naturally relates to Itself through the proxy of form while still identified with form, unknowingly keeping Itself trapped. And what form-identified God must do, in order to extricate Itself from the cage of form-identification in which it has trapped Itself, is change the way it naturally and habitually relates to the universe of experiential forms, owing to its identification with form, while still identified primarily with form.

This first article of Part 3 contains the following sections: The mutually exclusive nature of identification with form and identification with the Formless; The self-perpetuating nature of the Movement into identification with form; & The way out of form-identification. See http://scigod.com/index.php/sgj/article/view/410

This second article of Part 3 contains the following sections: The way out of form-identification (continued); A few obstacles; & References. See http://scigod.com/index.php/sgj/article/view/411

Experimental Production of Excess Correlation across the Atlantic Ocean of Right Hemispheric Theta-Gamma Power between Subject Pairs Sharing Circumcerebral Rotating Magnetic Fields (Part I) by Mandy A. Scott, Nicolas Rouleau, Brendan S. Lehman, Lucas W. E. Tessaro, Lyndon M. Juden-Kelly, Kevin S. Saroka, Michael A. Persinger

There have been multiple historical and cross-cultural reports of excess correlation of specific experiences between individuals separated by thousands of kilometers. Recently there have been experimental demonstrations of excess correlations between measurable cerebral events for small percentages of test subjects. More reliable effects can be elicited when electromagnetic fields and photons are involved. In this experiment completed during the summer of 2015, 5 pairs of volunteers separated by more than 6,000 km wore identical cerebral toroids through which patterns of phase shifting, 30 nT magnetic fields that diminished the local magnetic field in both loci by 1-5 nT were exposed to the sequences that produced excess correlation in chemiluminescent reactions and shifts in pH. Compared to the various baselines and control procedures enhanced power between the right hemispheres of pairs of participants occurred during the interval documented to produce excess correlation. Specific analyses indicated diminished coherence within the theta band only within the right temporal lobes of the pairs. Sequential block analyses revealed that the paired brains’ responses to pulsed tones at 6.5 Hz occurred within the 30-40 Hz band over the caudal temporal lobes during the exposures to the effector field. Primary independent component analyses verified these patterns. During the 6.5 Hz tones there was a peak in the spectral power density (SPD) at that frequency over the right temporal lobe of the person listening but a trough in (SPD) over this region for the person who was not. Even subjective experiences, as measured by the Profile of Mood States (POMS), indicated significantly increased excess correlation for scales by which increased anger and decreased vigour are inferred. This experiment, based upon physical principles, suggests there is a technology that can generate reliable excess correlation of brain activity (and potentially consciousness and specific experiences) between two people separated by thousands of kilometers. Part I of this two-part article includes: 1. Introduction; 2. Method; 3. Equipment; and 4. Results and Discussion. See http://jcer.com/index.php/jcj/article/view/493

Experimental Production of Excess Correlation across the Atlantic Ocean of Right Hemispheric Theta-Gamma Power between Subject Pairs Sharing Circumcerebral Rotating Magnetic Fields (Part II) by Mandy A. Scott, Nicolas Rouleau, Brendan S. Lehman, Lucas W. E. Tessaro, Lyndon M. Juden-Kelly, Kevin S. Saroka, Michael A. Persinger

There have been multiple historical and cross-cultural reports of excess correlation of specific experiences between individuals separated by thousands of kilometers. Recently there have been experimental demonstrations of excess correlations between measurable cerebral events for small percentages of test subjects. More reliable effects can be elicited when electromagnetic fields and photons are involved. In this experiment completed during the summer of 2015, 5 pairs of volunteers separated by more than 6,000 km wore identical cerebral toroids through which patterns of phase shifting, 30 nT magnetic fields that diminished the local magnetic field in both loci by 1-5 nT were exposed to the sequences that produced excess correlation in chemiluminescent reactions and shifts in pH. Compared to the various baselines and control procedures enhanced power between the right hemispheres of pairs of participants occurred during the interval documented to produce excess correlation. Specific analyses indicated diminished coherence within the theta band only within the right temporal lobes of the pairs. Sequential block analyses revealed that the paired brains’ responses to pulsed tones at 6.5 Hz occurred within the 30-40 Hz band over the caudal temporal lobes during the exposures to the effector field. Primary independent component analyses verified these patterns. During the 6.5 Hz tones there was a peak in the spectral power density (SPD) at that frequency over the right temporal lobe of the person listening but a trough in (SPD) over this region for the person who was not. Even subjective experiences, as measured by the Profile of Mood States (POMS), indicated significantly increased excess correlation for scales by which increased anger and decreased vigour are inferred. This experiment, based upon physical principles, suggests there is a technology that can generate reliable excess correlation of brain activity (and potentially consciousness and specific experiences) between two people separated by thousands of kilometers. Part II of this two-part article includes: 4. Results and Discussion (continued); 5. General Discussion; Appendix A; and References. See http://jcer.com/index.php/jcj/article/view/487

On the Nature of & Relation between Form & Formlessness: Part 1: The Evolution of the Formless into Form while Creating Lesser Form (2) by Steven E. Kaufman

In the first part of this work the evolution of the Formless into three different levels of Form is described. Also described in the first part of this work is the coming into existence of a different type of form, or lesser form, within each level of Form, as each level of Form comes into being through the progressive flow of the Formless in relation to Itself. Further, the three different types of lesser forms that come into existence within the Formless, as the Formless, through iterative and progressive relation to Itself, evolves into different levels of Form, are each shown to correspond to one of the three different types of experiences or experiential realities of which we are able to be aware or conscious. Specifically, the lesser form that comes into existence within the first level of Form, as the first level of Form comes into being, will be shown to correspond to what we apprehend as emotional experience or emotional reality. Next, the lesser form that comes into existence within the second level of Form, as the second level of Form comes into being, will be shown to correspond to what we apprehend as mental experience or mental reality. And finally, the lesser form that comes into existence within the third level of Form will be shown to correspond to what we apprehend as physical experience or physical reality. This second article of Part 1 contains the following sections: Why math and language work; The third level of form; The actual difference between animate and inanimate objects; The animation of second level Forms; The propagation of animate Form, i.e., the reproduction of life; & The apprehension of mental and physical reality as Beingness flows through Form. See http://jcer.com/index.php/jcj/article/view/494

Spectral Power Densities of the Fundamental Schumann Resonance Are Enhanced in Microtubule Preparations Exposed to Temporally Patterned Weak Magnetic Fields: Implications for Entanglement by Blake T. Dotta, David A. E. Vares, Michael A. Persinger

Preparations of microtubules (MT) from mouse melanoma cells emitted predictable photon counts when sampled 50 times per s (every 20 ms) that depended upon the numbers of these preparations. Counterbalanced serial 4 min exposures of the same MT to different temporally patterned magnetic fields with intensities between 3 and 10 μT did not alter the absolute photon emissions but shifted their spectral power densities (SPD). Compared to baseline (no field) 4 min periods there were conspicuous increases of power within the 7.7 to 7.8 Hz band during the 4 min exposures to patterned magnetic fields that facilitate long-term potentiation in neurons but not during exposures to a pattern associated with analgesia. A priori predictions of the shift in frequency (Δf) based upon the median mass of tubulin dimers, known numbers of unit charges per dimer, and the strength of the applied fields predicted a range between 0.11 and 0.14 Hz. SPD demonstrated two peaks at 7.74 Hz and 7.87 Hz or a Δf=0.13 Hz. The results indicate only 4 min exposures of microtubule preparations to specifically physiologically patterned magnetic fields associated with memory consolidation enhance the power of the numbers of photon emissions in a frequency band that is very similar to the fundamental Schumann Resonance. See http://jcer.com/index.php/jcj/article/view/496

Demonstration of Excess Correlation in Non-Local Random Number Generators Sharing Circular, Changing Angular Velocity Magnetic Fields by Lyndon M. Juden-Kelly, Blake T. Dotta, David A. E. Vares, Michael A. Persinger

To test if temporally-coupled diametric shifts in parity could be demonstrated for non-local distances between “random” events generated by electron tunnelling-based circuits, two REG (Random Event Generators) were each exposed within a circular array of solenoids separated by 10 m. Each circular array generated a patterned rotating magnetic field that has previously produced transient excess correlation and entanglement in photon reactions and alterations in pH in spring water. During a 30 min interval the REGs were exposed first to an accelerating group velocity embedded with a diminishing frequency/phase-modulated field (the primer) followed by a decelerating group velocity embedded with an increasing frequency/phase-modulated magnetic field (the effector). Only after exposures for about 4 min to the second (effector) condition that is known to manifest the effects of entanglement did the random numbers deviate significantly and by more than one standard deviation in an opposite direction to each other. The estimated increments of energy were between 10-21 and 10-20 J which is within the range of the energy derived from the universe’s total force per Planck’s voxel distributed over the distance of the hydrogen wavelength. These results indicate that excess correlation can be generated within “random”, quantum electronic processes whose spatial domains are similar to neuronal synapses at the macro-level by appropriate applications of weak, microTesla level, magnetic fields. See http://jcer.com/index.php/jcj/article/view/497

I have defined The Whole (TW) as that which contains within itself everything that is there. So by its very definition there cannot be anything at all outside of it, because I have already defined it as that which contains within itself everything that is there. So whatever will be there will be within The Whole only, and thus there will be no space, no time, no matter – simply nothing outside of The Whole. So The Whole will be neither in any space nor in any time, and thus it will be spaceless and timeless. Being spaceless and timeless it will also be changeless, immortal, all-pervading, one, unborn, uncreated, without any beginning, without an end, everlasting and non-composite. It is an old story retold here.

Now a very serious objection has been raised against this concept of The Whole by a famous American atheist who, as per Richard Dawkins, is one of the America's leading atheists. His objection is that as per our definition The Whole is neither in any space nor in any time, and therefore it is a self-referential body. Being a self-referential body nothing meaningful can be said about it. We cannot even address it by very simple words like 'it', 'that' etc. Anything meaningful about TW can be said only when this TW is within some context that is beyond or higher. This means that it cannot be that there will be only The Whole, but that there will also have to be something else along with The Whole. That means The Whole cannot be the sole existent, something else must always have to accompany it. This objection must have to be addressed properly before we can arrive at any conclusion regarding the existence of God.

Here I will have to say that science has given full support to our concept of The Whole. By showing that the total energy of the universe is zero science has also shown that our concept of The Whole is scientifically correct. Being neither in any space nor in any time The Whole is a self-referential body, and the objection is that there cannot be any meaningful dialogue about a self-referential body. But with the help of the two theories of relativity it can be shown that only a self-referential body can have zero energy. Einstein's general theory of relativity has very clearly shown that space, time and matter are so interlinked that there cannot be any space and time without matter. Similarly there cannot be any matter without space and time. Again from Einstein's special theory of relativity we come to know that matter and energy are equivalent. So instead of saying that there cannot be any matter without space and time, we can also say that there cannot be any energy without space and time. Now we have already shown that The Whole is without space and time. But we have also shown that there cannot be any energy without space and time. So The Whole cannot have any energy. As soon as we will say that The Whole is within some context that is beyond or higher - say within some higher space and time - we will find that its total energy cannot be zero. This is because if we assume that the total energy of The Whole remains zero in this situation also, then which energy will justify the existence of this higher space and time? This is further because we have already seen that there cannot be any space and time without energy. So if the total energy of the universe is indeed zero, then The Whole can in no way be within any higher context, because here the total energy being zero there will be no energy at all that can justify the existence of this higher context. Thus the objection raised against our concept of The Whole is invalidated.

Logically also this objection can be invalidated. As soon as we will say that The Whole is within some context that is beyond or higher, we will find that it no longer remains The Whole, because we have already defined it as that which contains within itself everything that is there. So if there is anything at all outside of The Whole, it will no longer remain The Whole. That means for The Whole to be The Whole, it can never be within any higher context.

In a debate between Dr. William Lane Craig and Quentin Smith on March 22, 1996 Dr. Craig has thus given a theistic notion of God in his opening arguments: "a personal Creator, uncaused, beginningless, changeless, immaterial, timeless, spaceless, enormously powerful, and intelligent."

Here it has been mentioned that God is spaceless and timeless. Not only in the three major religions originating from the Middle East, but in the eastern religions also God has been repeatedly mentioned as spaceless and timeless. Actually the two most common attributes of God that can be found in various religions throughout the world are his spacelessness and timelessness. Now by very simple reasoning it can be shown that the existence of a spaceless and timeless being in this universe implies the relativity of space and time. We say God is spaceless and timeless, which means for God space and time are non-real, non-existent, whereas for us human beings they are very much real, existent. So if God is really there, then in that case the same space and time will have two different values for different beings: For God they will have null values, whereas for us human beings they will have non-zero values. So if God is really there, then in that case space and time cannot be absolute, because for those two to be absolute they must have to have the same values for everybody. Thus the presence of such a God will make space and time relative, and science has also shown that space and time are indeed relative. If this reasoning is correct, then I think that there is no justified ground for discarding mystical experience as a mere hallucination. This is one point.

The second point is that if God is really there, then in that case there will be a permanent state of timelessness in this universe, because we say God is timeless. God does not exist will then mean there is no such state of timelessness. God does not exist therefore means no need is there for science to show how a state of timelessness can be reached or attained, because there is no such state in this universe that requires an explanation from science. But despite that science has shown how a state of timelessness can be reached, because in special theory of relativity it has been shown that at the speed of light time totally stops. If there is no state of timelessness in the universe, then why was it at all necessary for science to show as to how that state could be reached?

If the scientific community throughout the world thinks that this timeless state has no physical reality, then we can put the following question to them: “Will there ever be any physical explanation for ‘X’, if ‘X’ is not physically real?”

Is There a God?

The question as to whether there is a God or not can only be answered properly when we will be able to settle the matter regarding the age of our universe. Either our universe is infinitely old, in which case we will have to assume that it was always there. Or we will have to assume that it is not so old; rather it began to exist merely 13.8 billion years ago. Scientist Paul Davies in an article “Is the Universe a Free Lunch?” has explained very nicely as to why our universe cannot be infinitely old and that why it should have had a beginning:

“Some people dislike the notion that the Universe had a beginning. Why can't it have existed for ever? The answer is simple. There are many physical processes that are irreversible; if the Universe were infinitely old, these processes would all have run their course. The Universe would already have reached its final state.
“An example will make this clear. The Sun cannot keep burning for ever. After a few billion years it will run out of fuel and die. So, too, will all stars. Though new stars are still forming, the stock of raw material is finite, and eventually it will be exhausted. So if the present state of the Universe cannot endure for eternity, it cannot have existed for eternity.”1

As the universe has a beginning, so the next question that will naturally come to our mind will be this: What was there before the beginning of the universe? Was there anything at all? Or, was there absolutely nothing?
So our query as to whether there is a God or not has ultimately brought us here: now we will have to seek an answer to the question as to what was there before the beginning of the universe. Let us suppose that before the beginning there was nothing. Now what is nothing? Nothing means non-existence of everything. If nothing is non-existence of everything, then we can further ask the following question: can non-existence of everything have any existence? If we say yes, then in that case nothing will not be proper nothing. This is because we have already seen that nothing means non-existence of everything. But if non-existence of everything exists, then in that case at least one thing will exist, namely non-existence of everything. If at least one thing exists, then how can it be proper nothing, because we already know that nothing is non-existence of everything? So for nothing to be proper nothing, this non-existence of everything must not have any existence. That means nothing can only be proper nothing by not existing at all. That will further mean that only something can exist and not nothing. So we arrive at the conclusion that before the beginning of the universe there was something, and not nothing, from which our universe has originated. If the universe has originated from something, then that will mean that before the origin of the universe there was nothing else other than that something: no space, no time, no matter and no energy. Space, time, matter and energy came into being only after the origin of the universe from that something. That means the initial something was neither in any space nor in any time. Being neither in space nor in time it will thus be spaceless and timeless. Being spaceless and timeless it will also be changeless, immortal, all-pervading, one, unborn, uncreated, without any beginning, without an end, everlasting and non-composite.2 Whether one will call this something God or not is purely her discretion. But one thing we should not forget here: we have arrived at this conclusion simply because we have found that our universe cannot be infinitely old and also because we have found that nothing is self-contradictory.

Our contention that before the beginning of the universe there was no space and no time is also supported by the following fact: Cosmologists say that the universe is expanding. But when we ask about what it is expanding into, we usually get the answer that it is not expanding into anything, because it is not embedded into any higher space-time.

Reference:
1. www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/is-the-universe-a-free-lunch-13...
2. www.scigod.com/index.php/sgj/article/view/227/264

Introduction to Focus Issue: Michael Mensky, Consciousness & Buddhism by Graham P. Smetham

In this focus issue, the author discusses and explores the remarkable quantum psycho-metaphysics developed and expounded by the Russian physicist Michael B. Mensky, and issues associated with this quantum-spiritual perspective. In particular, the issues of consciousness, Buddhist philosophy, the mind-like nature of the process of reality, and evolution towards enlightenment are central. See http://jcer.com/index.php/jcj/article/view/503

Life in Parallel Worlds & Buddhist Psycho-Metaphysics (Part I & II) by Graham P. Smetham

Michael B. Mensky’s quantum spiritual psycho-metaphysics is an overarching paradigm for a post-materialist science and philosophy, and his work in this area is of immense significance for the modern world. His quantum-spiritual psycho-metaphysics is entirely consistent with ‘mystical’ insights, in particular it is coherent with Buddhist psycho-metaphysics. Mensky’s quantum psycho-metaphysical paradigm succeeds dramatically by indicating that both Life and consciousness are fundamental internal aspects of quantum reality, Mensky’s ‘Alterverse’. Furthermore, according to Mensky’s quantum psycho-metaphysical model of the process of reality Life and consciousness are unfolded from the quantum realm through the operation of an inner teleological ‘pressure’ which Mensky calls the ‘Life-Principle’. This remarkable conceptual revolution, which shatters the materialist madness of many contemporary physicists and philosophers, is entirely consistent and coherent with the metaphysical insights of quantum theory and it corresponds closely with central Buddhist psycho-metaphysical doctrines such as karma and rebirth. Also, according to Mensky’s quantum spiritual worldview, the endpoint of the long chain of rebirths is enlightenment. For Part I, see http://jcer.com/index.php/jcj/article/view/504 ; for Part II, see http://jcer.com/index.php/jcj/article/view/505

Why Us: Trespassing on an Anthropic Lawn (Part I & II) by Graham P. Smetham

Mindful reflections upon a metaphysically misguided materialist advertising campaign: Trespassing on Einstein’s Lawn: A Father, a Daughter, the Meaning of Nothing, and the Beginning of Everything by Amanda Gefter. Gefter, New Scientist book reviews editor, presents a philosophically confused account of current quantum metaphysics because she adheres to an out of date materialist metaphysics and claims that, whilst observers in some way create reality, the process does not involve consciousness. Her claims are shown to invalid, the various quantum metaphysical perspectives she covers are shown to require consciousness as fundamental. For Part I, see http://jcer.com/index.php/jcj/article/view/506 ; for Part II, see http://jcer.com/index.php/jcj/article/view/507

Leonard Susskind: Stringing Together a Materialist Darwinian Cosmic Megaverse Landscape by Graham P. Smetham

Leonard Susskind, in his book The Cosmic Landscape: String Theory and the Illusion of Intelligent Design, attempts to use String Theory and a Multiverse-Megaverse Cosmic Landscape to undermine Anthropic perspectives and argues for a materialist cosmic Darwinism in which any notion of the importance of consciousness and Anthropic implications in the process of reality is rejected. In this article I hope to demonstrate that his argument is deficient. Consciousness is shown to be a primary requirement in the creation and evolution of the universe. See http://jcer.com/index.php/jcj/article/view/508

Engaging Buddhism with a False Imagination (Part I & II) by Graham P. Smetham

The metaphysical implications of the Yogācāra-Vijnanavada ‘consciousness-only’ school of Buddhist psycho-metaphysics has become an issue of some debate amongst some Western philosophers with an interest in Buddhist philosophy. The ‘canonical’ view amongst many significant scholars is that, as the name suggests, this perspective asserts that the ultimate nature of the process of reality is nondual primordial consciousness/awareness. On this ‘Idealist’ view the external apparently material world is considered to be a mind-created illusion. However, some contemporary Western philosophers are offering seemingly more materialist, or non-committal as to the existence of an external material world, versions. This article examines such claims and exposes their deficiencies. A quantum-Mind-Only Yogācāra-Vijnanavada perspective is explored. For Part I, see http://jcer.com/index.php/jcj/article/view/509 ; for Part II, see http://jcer.com/index.php/jcj/article/view/510

What Unscientific Values Should Hindus Abandon? by Pradeep B. Deshpande

In this article the author presents a scientific perspective on what Hindu unscientific values should be abandoned. India has a unique opportunity to take advantage of a scientific framework for world transformation to reinvent itself and help transform the 21st century. This scientific framework consists of two components: (1) External excellence; and (2) Internal Excellence. It is interesting that that the two component of excellence are intricately related. That is, in the absence of an adequate level of internal excellence, we neither possess the capacity to materialize intentions, nor can quality initiatives such as six sigma and others deliver acceptable performance. India has to embrace both components of excellence if its vision of joining the ranks of developed nations is to become reality. See http://scigod.com/index.php/sgj/article/view/413

Unveiling Apocalypse: Reflowering the Tree of Life (Part I & II) by Chris King

In this three-part article, the author will survey and discus the wider, deeper backdrop of apocalypse as part of our existential condition over the last two thousand years and extending into the next century. Apocalypse is an expression of a sense of future-shock, of political domination by corrupt world powers, of military turbulence and genocide on a vast planetary scale. In many ways this has been a burgeoning reality ever since the agricultural revolution. It was certainly the case around the time Revelation was written. Today we are facing a much huger planetary apocalyptic crisis, in which we have gained the powers to effectively destroy much of life on Earth and ourselves through nuclear holocaust and are having impacts which are leading to irreversible changes in the climate, ocean levels and biological and genetic diversity, diminishing our own survival prospects as a species in the process. The author argues that apocalypse is a motif in every person's existential consciousness in the sense that we seek to understand the ultimate mystery of existence and come face to face with it before we pass away into oblivion. The author also argues that the 'unveiling' of reality is also absolutely central to the scientific revolution. As we have progressed from the first wave of Greek science through to the Renaissance and the flowering of the Western scientific tradition, the covers have well and truly been thrown off reality. With our own generation, "apocalypse now" has become an even more potent planetary reality - nuclear weapons of mass destruction, overpopulation, mass extinction of genetic diversity and climate change. We are thus literally facing planetary apocalypse, if we don’t get a grip on our own folly and the impacts of business-as-usual on the planetary future.

Part I of this three-particle includes: 1. The Dilemma of Apocalypse; 2. The Deeper History of Apocalypse; and 3. Planetary Apocalypse Now. See http://scigod.com/index.php/sgj/article/view/414

Part II of this three-particle includes: 4. The Empty Vessel and the Prodigal Son; & 5. Unveiling the Sacred Reunion under the banner of the Tree of Life. See http://scigod.com/index.php/sgj/article/view/415

Part III of this three-particle includes: 6. Covenant of the Tao of the Tree of Life; 7. Resplendence: A Paradigm beyond Religion to Reparadise the Earth 8. The Abrogation of Violent and Repressive Scripture; 9. Epilogue: Singing the Apocalypse; and References. See http://scigod.com/index.php/sgj/article/view/416

Understanding the Lord’s Prayer by Contzen Pereira

Prayer is not a psychoactive chant that may trigger a meditative mood or transfigure us into a mystic. It is a simple set of words that are metaphorically arranged which induces a state of being aware and conscious beyond the mundane. It makes an amendment between us and God and makes us to be aware of God, Its creation and the purpose of our existence. The Lords’ Prayer indeed conditions us to know the reality beyond the personality of the mind. See http://scigod.com/index.php/sgj/article/view/412

Transcendence beyond Faith by Kenneth K. Chao

“Why there is something instead of nothing?” because nothingness doesn’t know its own existence. Consciousness is a self-revealing dynamic process which is naturally ever present and cannot be duplicated artificially. Themes about multiverse, parallel life forms, supernatural beings, religion and miracles are discussed in this article to illustrate the necessity of self-transcendence over egoism. See http://jcer.com/index.php/jcj/article/view/500

Experimentations on Enhancing Internal Excellence by Pradeep B. Deshpande

In the article, the author describes and discusses his experimentations on enhancing internal excellence. The state of chakras has been selected for scrutiny in this investigation. If the chakras are on target, the rest of the system should be equally good. The notion of chakras, or energy channels, is an ancient Indian concept developed thousands of years ago. There are seven chakras, whose state is correlated with energies of the ten fingers. When the appropriate fingers of the right hand and the left both have the correct amount of energy, the associated chakra will be of the correct size and perfectly aligned at the central vertical line. The state of the chakras is influenced by both the physiological and psychoemotional state of the subject and so this is a 2-input 1-output problem. When the emotions come under control - they will with meditation, it will reduce to a 1-input 1-output problem. The selected meditation process should address both the size of all the chakras, and their balance, meaning closeness to the central line. See http://jcer.com/index.php/jcj/article/view/512

Psychedelic Induced Experiences, Magnetic Body & Information Molecules by Matti Pitkanen

The basic message in the book, "Inner paths to outer space: Journeys to Alien Worlds through Psychedelics and Other Spiritual Technics", written by Rick Strassman et al is that psychedelics might make possible instantaneous remote communications with distant parts of the Universe. The objection would be that light velocity sets stringent limits on classical communications. In TGD framework this argument does not apply. In this article a model for remote mental interactions is constructed using basic notions of TGD inspired quantum biology such as magnetic body, dark photons and Zero Energy Ontology. See http://jcer.com/index.php/jcj/article/view/513

Comparison of Jeremy England's View about Life and Evolution with TGD by Matti Pitkanen

The thermodynamic approach of Jeremy England to life has gained a considerable attention. In this article I will summarize this approach and compare it with TGD vision. The generalization of the thermodynamic approach to TGD framework leads to surprising new insights about the thermodynamic conditions making life and consciousness possible. The new elements relate to zero energy ontology (ZEO), hierarchy of Planck constants labelling levels in a hierarchy dark matter assignable with quantum criticality, the role of macroscopic quantum coherence associated with gravitation and strong form of holography. Rather surprisingly, the TGD counterparts of Hawking temperature and Hagedorn temperature seem to be crucial for life and correspond to physiological temperature scales. Near Hawking temperature the special features of ZEO become manifest meaning that time reversals of "selves" (mental images) are generated with a considerable rate in heat bath and long term memory and planned action become possible. See http://jcer.com/index.php/jcj/article/view/514

Can Sentient Androids Be Constructed? Part I: Solving the Mind-Body Problem by Richard L. Amoroso

An android is meant to look and act like a human being even to the extent of being indistinguishable. Generally the simplistic distinction between a humanoid robot, a computerized machine capable of replicating a variety of complex human functions automatically, and an android is one of appearance. While one day a yottaflop (1024 bits per second) hyper-supercomputer could have a sufficient holographic database and processing power to be truly indistinguishable from a human being, the issue of the applicability of sentience (self-awareness) to an android comes to the forefront. The currently dominant cognitive model of awareness, closely aligned to the AI model, states that mind equals brain and that once correct algorithms are known all of human intelligence could be replicated artificially. This is the so-called mechanistic view: ‘The laws of physics and chemistry are sufficient to describe all living systems; no additional life principle is required’. In this work we develop the point of view that the regime of Unified Field Mechanics (UFM) supplies an inherent action principle driving both the evolution of complex Self-Organized Living Systems (SOLS) and the physical processes of awareness. These UFM parameters in conjunction with ‘conscious quantum computing’ (class of quantum computer modeled with physical parameters of mind-body interaction) putatively leads directly to the construction of sentient (or sentient-like) Androids.

This is Part I of this two-part article entitled “Solving the Mind-Body Problem”. See http://jcer.com/index.php/jcj/article/view/501

Can Sentient Androids Be Constructed? Part II: The Requirement of Quantum Computing by Richard L. Amoroso

An android is meant to look and act like a human being even to the extent of being indistinguishable. Generally the simplistic distinction between a humanoid robot, a computerized machine capable of replicating a variety of complex human functions automatically, and an android is one of appearance. While one day a yottaflop (1024 bits per second) hyper-supercomputer could have a sufficient holographic database and processing power to be truly indistinguishable from a human being, the issue of the applicability of sentience (self-awareness) to an android comes to the forefront. The currently dominant cognitive model of awareness, closely aligned to the AI model, states that mind equals brain and that once correct algorithms are known all of human intelligence could be replicated artificially. This is the so-called mechanistic view: ‘The laws of physics and chemistry are sufficient to describe all living systems; no additional life principle is required’. In this work we develop the point of view that the regime of Unified Field Mechanics (UFM) supplies an inherent action principle driving both the evolution of complex Self-Organized Living Systems (SOLS) and the physical processes of awareness. These UFM parameters in conjunction with ‘conscious quantum computing’ (class of quantum computer modeled with physical parameters of mind-body interaction) putatively leads directly to the construction of sentient (or sentient-like) Androids.

This is Part II of this two-part article entitled “The Requirement of Quantum Computing”. See http://jcer.com/index.php/jcj/article/view/515

On Quantum Field Representation of the Mind Field by Rajesh G. Bhutkar

Human life is a series of experiences and responses woven in the chain of cause and effect that builds the knowledge system of humanity. When we measure the subatomic system or the quantum field, the very act of measurement perturbs the quantum field within. The mind field is treated as the quantum field as envisaged by various scientists. The interaction produces change in the quantum field. The continuous series of measurements, perturbations and responses build the chain of causality within the mind field itself which is perceived as the continuity of life. Such a chain of causality gives birth to the two realities of the universe - the apparent reality of the classical physics and the virtual reality of quantum effects. See http://jcer.com/index.php/jcj/article/view/516

Enhancement of Internal Excellence & Its Measurement by Pradeep B. Deshpande

In the article, the author describes and discusses his experimentations on enhancing internal excellence. The state of chakras has been selected for scrutiny in this investigation. If the chakras are on target, the rest of the system should be equally good. The notion of chakras, or energy channels, is an ancient Indian concept developed thousands of years ago. There are seven chakras, whose state is correlated with energies of the ten fingers. When the appropriate fingers of the right hand and the left both have the correct amount of energy, the associated chakra will be of the correct size and perfectly aligned at the central vertical line. The state of the chakras is influenced by both the physiological and psychoemotional state of the subject and so this is a 2-input 1-output problem. When the emotions come under control - they will with meditation, it will reduce to a 1-input 1-output problem. The selected meditation process should address both the size of all the chakras, and their balance, meaning closeness to the central line. See http://scigod.com/index.php/sgj/article/view/417

Why Us: Trespassing on an Anthropic Lawn (Part I & II) by Graham P. Smetham

Mindful reflections upon a metaphysically misguided materialist advertising campaign: Trespassing on Einstein’s Lawn: A Father, a Daughter, the Meaning of Nothing, and the Beginning of Everything by Amanda Gefter. Gefter, New Scientist book reviews editor, presents a philosophically confused account of current quantum metaphysics because she adheres to an out of date materialist metaphysics and claims that, whilst observers in some way create reality, the process does not involve consciousness. Her claims are shown to be invalid, the various quantum metaphysical perspectives she covers are shown to require consciousness as fundamental. For Part I, see http://scigod.com/index.php/sgj/article/view/418 ; for Part II, see http://scigod.com/index.php/sgj/article/view/419

That Which Becomes by Steven E. Kaufman

That which becomes is the Formless whereas that which the Formless causes to exist and knows as experience is form. When That which becomes knows Itself as the Formless there is then no delusion. But when That which becomes knows itself as form there is then only delusion. See http://scigod.com/index.php/sgj/article/view/420

There Is No Material World by Steven E. Kaufman

The Formless is itself just a word, just a form, just a post-it note, used to point toward That which is beyond form and so beyond naming. Call what is actually there where form appears to be whatever you want. It is not that. That is why there is no material world, other than as an idea, an experience, a form, that arises within the Formlessness by which all form is known and by which all form is created. The material world is just a story, a certain arrangement of forms, that people tell each other to try and explain the world of form. See http://scigod.com/index.php/sgj/article/view/421

Awareness, Illusion & Form by Steven E. Kaufman

Forms that arise within Awareness do not hide Awareness from Itself unless Awareness mistakes those forms for what is actually there where they only appear to be, and in so doing also mistakes those forms for itself. This is how Awareness becomes hidden from Itself. Not because Awareness isn't there, but only because Awareness mistakes what only seems to be there for what is actually there. See http://scigod.com/index.php/sgj/article/view/422

Stories by Steven E. Kaufman

Religion tells a story about What Is Actually There. Science tells a different story about What Is Actually There. Lao Tzu also told a story about What Is Actually There. Lao Tzu knew that he was only telling a story about What Is Actually There. Religion and science, on the other hand, each believe they have captured, in their stories, What Is Actually There. See http://scigod.com/index.php/sgj/article/view/424

The Problem with the Universe from Nothing (Part II) by Himangsu S. Pal

Scientists have shown how the total matter-energy content of the universe has always remained zero. If the universe appeared out of nothing, initially there was no space, time, matter and energy. However, we are not satisfied with this explanation and want to know how the total space-time content of the universe has always remained zero. Otherwise, scientists will have to explain as to whence appeared the extra residual space-time that was not already there at the beginning. See http://scigod.com/index.php/sgj/article/view/425

Will There Be a Physical Explanation for 'X', if 'X' Is Not Physically Real? by Himangsu S. Pal

The two most common attributes of God that can be found in various religions throughout the world are his spacelessness and timelessness. Now by very simple reasoning it can be shown that the existence of a spaceless and timeless being in this universe implies the relativity of space and time. Now, if some scientists think that this timeless state or being has no physical reality, then we may ask them the question: Will there ever be any physical explanation for ‘X’, if ‘X’ is not physically real? See http://scigod.com/index.php/sgj/article/view/426

Passion Leads to Professionalism by Domadal Pramod

In this essay, I would like to present a collection of my observations and views about passion which leads to professionalism in one’s life. See http://scigod.com/index.php/sgj/article/view/427

Mystics who have claimed that they have direct experience of God have repeatedly and unanimously told us one thing: Time is unreal. If mystical experience gives the mystic the sensation that time is unreal and if one wants to establish that mystical experience is nothing but a mere hallucination, then he must have to show here that the mystics were wrong in holding that time is unreal. Here anyone who has minimum common sense will understand that the best possible way to do this is to show that time can never become unreal. But here science has done just the opposite; it has actually shown as to how and when time can become unreal. Instead of myself saying anything about how time actually becomes unreal, I want to let one scientist speak for me here. Dr. Sacha Vongehr ia a physicist and philosopher and he writes regularly in the science blog Science 2.0. In an article ‘The Fundamental Nature of Light’1 published in that blog on February 3rd, 2011 he has written that as per relativity ‘light has no time to see’. What he meant to say here was that for light ‘time would stop and the travel time between any two points, even between here and the edge of the observable universe, would be exactly zero’.

So we very clearly see here that science has definitely shown as to how time can become unreal, because it has shown that at the speed of light time totally stops. But we have already said that in order to show that mystical experience is a hallucination, one must have to show that mystics’ view regarding time was totally mistaken. But science has miserably failed to do that, because instead of showing that time can in no way become unreal it has actually shown as to how it can become unreal, thus providing ample support to mystical view about time. As science has in no way contradicted mystical view here, so by what kind of logic is it established that mystical experience is a hallucination? If mystical experience can no longer be discarded as a mere hallucination, then by what kind of logic is it established that God does not exist? We can also ask the following question here: Is this the right way to show that God does not exist?

If I say that time is unreal and if you want to prove me wrong and if I do possess some minimum common sense also, then I will definitely not expect from you that you would support my contention by showing to me as to how time can become unreal. Thus it appears from above that probably some scientists lack this minimum common sense who claim that mystical experience is nothing but a hallucination.

In the year 2001 I had debated with an atheist regarding the existence of a spaceless and timeless God. In one of the e-mails he wrote to me: ‘What is “timeless”? We don’t know of anything “timeless”.’

But afterwards he was compelled to admit the following: ‘Some mystics might have said God is timeless, but I’m sure they didn’t have in mind the “timelessness” we see when we look at Einstein’s equations.’

In the latter case although he was admitting that science had dealt with timelessness, yet he was making some distinction here: Mystics’ timelessness is not the same as scientists’ timelessness.

Let the readers judge themselves as to whether there can be two types of timelessness: One mystical, another scientific.

Reference:
1. http://www.science20.com/alpha_meme/fundamental_nature_light-75861

In the year 2010 scientist Lawrence M Krauss wrote an article in Wall Street Journal1 in which he had argued that as the total energy of our present universe is found to be zero, so from this it can be concluded that it must have originated from nothing. The gist of his argument is something like this: Let us suppose that the universe has actually originated from nothing at all. Then in that case the total energy of the universe would obviously be zero, because here everything has started from zero or nothing. Surprisingly scientists have found that the total energy of the present universe is also zero. So naturally it can be argued that it has actually originated from nothing, because in that case only its total energy is expected to be zero. But this reasoning is faulty. This is because it can be shown that if the universe has originated from something and not from nothing, then in that case also the total energy of the universe would be zero. We are saying that the universe has originated from something, but we do not know anything about this something. It may be that this something is another universe, or it may not be. It may be this something is God, or it may not be. These are all guess-works, and all these guess-works might be wrong, because there cannot be any observational verification of all these guess-works. That means we cannot say anything about it with absolute certainty. But at least one thing we can say with absolute certainty and it is this: Our universe has originated from that something. That means only that something was there and there was nothing else other than that something prior to the coming into existence of our present universe; no space, no time, no matter and no energy. Space, time, matter and energy came into being only after the origin of the universe from that something. So before the beginning of the universe that something was without space and without time. Now with the help of the two theories of relativity I have already shown elsewhere2 that the total energy of that something would be zero. So it is quite immaterial as to whether the universe has actually originated from something or from nothing, because in both the cases its total energy would be zero. So from the mere fact that the total energy of our present universe has been found to be zero, it cannot be concluded that it has actually originated from nothing, because even if it has originated from something, then in that case also its total energy would be zero. So zero total energy cannot be the only factor on the basis of which we can conclude that the universe has actually originated from nothing. Thus Lawrence Krauss, and perhaps some other scientists also along with him, have wrongly concluded that as the total energy of the universe is found to be zero, so it must have come from nothing.

Reference:
1. http://www.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424052748703946504575469653720549936
2. http://scigod.com/index.php/sgj/article/view/404/453

I think there are at least three cases where science has gone wrong so far.

1) The first case is that physicists have found that the total energy of our present universe is zero. On the basis of this fact they have concluded that the entire universe has originated from nothing. But this is a wrong conclusion, because I have already shown here1 that the total energy of the universe would also be zero even if it has originated from something and not from nothing. So zero total energy cannot be the only criterion on the basis of which it can be concluded that the universe has originated from nothing.

2) The second case is that if we take it for granted that the universe has originated from nothing, then not only its total matter and energy, but its total space-time as well have also originated from nothing. So not only its total matter and energy, but its total space-time also should always remain zero, because space, time, matter and energy-all the four of them have originated from nothing. Something can come out of nothing provided that the totality of that something always remains zero. So total space, total time, total matter and total energy of our present universe must always remain zero if it is claimed that the universe has originated from nothing. Although scientists have shown that the total matter and the total energy of the universe is zero, yet they have not yet shown as to how the total space and the total time of the present universe also remain zero. This is one major drawback in their theory that the universe has originated from nothing. And if this theory cannot explain as to how the total space-time of the universe also remains zero, then these scientists will not be able to convince us that universe’s origin from nothing is actually the case.

This point has already been discussed in detail here2 and here3.

3) The third case is that scientists have artificially created a vacuum and then they have observed that virtual particles are still coming out of that vacuum. From this observation they have jumped to the conclusion that something is coming out of nothing, which means that something can actually come out of nothing. Then they have further concluded that the entire universe has also come out of nothing due to the quantum energy fluctuation in a void. But this conclusion may not be a sound one, because first of all it will have to be ascertained as to whether the void created by them is a real void or not. Scientists have created a void within the universe and not outside of it. If there is a God, then that God is omnipresent, everywhere. So, if there is a God, then the void created within the universe will not be a real void at all, because in that case there will be the presence of God within the void itself. In case there is no God, then only it can be said with certainty that the void is a real void. So first of all it will have to be established that there is no God. Without establishing this point first if these scientists want to proceed further, then all their conjectures, and all their conclusions based on those conjectures, might be proved wrong if ultimately it is found that there is a God. And to prove that there is no God it is necessary to show that there is no hand of God behind the creation event. That means scientists will have to give a natural explanation for the origin of the universe. This is because if there is a God, then definitely this universe will be his creation, and so if this explanation can be given, then it will show once and for all that there is no God. And it will also show once and for all that the void is a real void.

But instead of doing this first thing first, scientists have already presupposed that there is no God when they have concluded that the void created by them is a real void. Then based on this presupposition that there is no God they have shown that no God is actually needed for creating the universe, because it can naturally arise out of nothing due to the quantum energy fluctuation in a void. So this is nothing but a pure case of circular reasoning.

This point has already been discussed here4.

Reference:
1. http://11prompt.com/?q=node/521
2. http://scigod.com/index.php/sgj/article/view/380/431
3. http://scigod.com/index.php/sgj/article/view/425/478
4. http://scigod.com/index.php/sgj/article/view/50/67

It is not actually necessary that “fine tuning” of certain parameters will have to exist in reality for proving the existence of God. I think light with its very peculiar properties is sufficient for that purpose.

Light originates within space and time but it goes beyond space and time. A photon coming from a star lying at a distance of one billion light-years from earth will take one billion years of earth’s time to reach the surface of the earth. During these one billion years of earth’s time it will be in a spaceless and timeless condition, because the distance between the star and the earth has become zero for it and time has also stopped. So it will be neither in space nor in time during the total period of its existence. Then it will cease to be by being absorbed by something or someone on earth.

So light originating within space and time goes beyond space and time, because space and time become non-existent for it. And we cannot claim that this is without any cause. As light is not a conscious entity, so neither can we claim here that light has the capability of deciding its own fate that it will go beyond space and time. So this must have been caused by something else. But whatever may be the cause of it, this cause cannot lie within space and time; it is impossible. Let us suppose that this cause is A and that it lies within space and time. We can now ask two questions about A:
1) Are space and time non-existent for A also?
2) Or, are they not non-existent for A?
If 2), then how can A cause space and time becoming non-existent for light when they are not non-existent for A itself? But if 1), then we will have to ask the same question about A that we were earlier asking about light: what causes space and time becoming non-existent for A, when we know very well that A lies within space and time? So we see that A cannot be the ultimate cause that makes space and time non-existent for light, because here we will have to find out again the cause that makes space and time non-existent for A itself. In this way it can be shown that there will be an infinite regress, and that there is nothing within space and time that can be this cause. So ultimately we will have to go beyond space and time in search of this cause. A cause that lies within space and time is a natural cause, but a cause that lies beyond space and time is not a natural cause; it is a supernatural cause. So the cause that makes space and time non-existent for light is a supernatural cause.

About light one can also read the article “The Fundamental Nature of Light” by Dr. Sascha Vongehr in Science 2.0 (February 3rd, 2011)1

Ref:
1. http://www.science20.com/alpha_meme/fundamental_nature_light-75861

John Zande, a militant atheist, in a blog post Why? A Challenge to all Believers (December 4, 2015)1 has put this question to all believers:

Why did your God create this universe?

He thinks that it is a question that should haunt every waking hour of a believer and occupy his every thought. He also thinks that this question is such that every believer should obsess over it, maddened by its dazzling conspicuousness, and embarrassed beyond all measure that it even exists. This question should consume his life, tying him up in ferocious knots of disquiet and affording no genuine peace until a definitive answer is found. But actually few theists ever ask this question, and even fewer ever attempt a possible, maybe, perhaps, never-quite-certain answer.

Then in the rest of the blog he asks again:

“If all things (the past, the present, and the future) are contained within a maximally powerful being, the Catalogue of Catalogues who existed in a state of perfection, then why did it consciously create the physical universe? What possible purpose does this machine, this contrivance, serve?”

Although he thinks that the question he has put to the believers cannot have any never-quite-certain answer, yet it is not true at all, because definitely there is an answer, and of course it is a quite-certain answer.

Imagine yourself in place of God. Imagine that you are only there in this vast universe and that there is no one else other than you. Imagine that you will have to be there in this condition forever and ever, forever and ever, forever and ever, because you can never cease to be, because you can never die. So you will be all alone in this universe forever and ever, forever and ever, forever and ever. We know that as human beings we suffer a lot in this earthly life, but at the same time we also know that one day all these sufferings will definitely come to an end with our inevitable death. But what about the loneliness of God? Will that ever come to an end? Can God bring it to an end by committing suicide? If he cannot, then what shall he have to do in order to overcome his utter loneliness?

Please try to find an answer to this question yourself. It is so obvious that I need not have to tell you the answer.

Reference:
1. https://thesuperstitiousnakedape.wordpress.com/2015/12/04/why-a-challeng...

We are here on earth, because God needs us.

The question 'Why are we here on earth?' can be answered in two steps:
1) First of all we will have to know as to whether there is any God or not;
2) If we can somehow come to know that there is a God, then we can further ask the question as to why he created the universe.

When we will have the answer to this question, we will also come to know as to why the universe exists, why we exist, or why we are here.

The above two have already been answered here1 and here2 respectively.

But even if we somehow come to know the reason as to why the universe exists, yet this will not answer all the questions. This is because we can still ask the question: Why does God exist? If there is a God, then what is the reason that there will have to be a God? If we think that there is actually such a reason, then we must also remember that we will have to find this reason within God’s existence itself and not outside of it, as otherwise there will be an infinite regress. That means God must have to be a necessary being, not contingent. But what is the reason due to which God will have to exist at all? I think I have already answered this question here3, where I have shown that the existence of nothing is self-contradictory and that therefore only something can exist, and not nothing. I have also shown that simply by default this something will always be spaceless, timeless, changeless, immortal, all-pervading, one, unborn, uncreated, without any beginning, without an end, everlasting and non-composite.

So I think I have answered all the questions that can possibly be asked: Why does God exist? Why does the universe exist? Why do we exist? God will have to be there because existence of nothing is self-contradictory. Being there he will have to create the universe in order to overcome his utter loneliness.

So we are here on earth, because God needs us.

Reference:
1. http://www.11prompt.com/?q=node/523
2. http://www.11prompt.com/?q=node/524
3. http://scigod.com/index.php/sgj/article/view/438/489