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'Those afraid of the universe as it really is, those who pretend to nonexistent knowledge and envision a Cosmos centered on human beings will prefer the fleeting comforts of superstition. They avoid rather than confront the world. But those with the courage to explore the weave and structure of the Cosmos, even where it differs profoundly from their wishes and prejudices, will penetrate its deepest mysteries.' - Carl Sagan
Almost two years ago I published my last post on Paradigms Bend. Over the course of the two years prior to that post, I knew I had said everything I needed to say about the things I had researched, so penned my final post on the subjects of climate change and anthropocentric ego-based paradigms and bid my readers farewell. I still had other things to say that would not fit into the remit of Paradigms Bend, so I followed on with a new blog called Breaking Every Paradigm, a blog about consciousness, quantum physics, multiple realities, and the potential humanity held for changing its paradigms for the betterment of all sentient beings. In Breaking Every Paradigm are fictional stories, allegories, and thought-provoking questions are explored. I would be delighted if you were to look at the blog, but for brevity, let me just preface this post with clarification of the subject of source, which I wrote about to some extent in Breaking Every Paradigm.
Source is not a religious metaphor, it is not a god nor is it meant to be interpreted in such a manner. Source is far above and beyond the limitations of any human-centered religious bias. To my understanding, and hopefully expressed best in my post , source exists where all matter ceases to be particles and becomes waves. It is within this miniscule space that consciousness itself exists as an entity outside of the dimensions of time and space. Perhaps that sounds rather inaccessible, since we are stuck in the gigantic physical world, far removed from such a fantastical micro reality. But the truth is each sentient being - all life, in fact, right down to the building blocks which create matter - is connected to that physically unobtainable place via consciousness.
Consciousness is the foundation upon which we experience true sentience. In time I hope discoveries in the science of particle physics will open the door to this new frontier of understanding ourselves and the reality in which we live. Arrogantly perhaps, I have named the foundation of all consciousness source, for want of another word - it was the best I could do, I needed to call it something so I could write about it, and considering what it is, a descriptive word seemed appropriate. We humans do like to label things to help us navigate our lives and place order to our thoughts. However there is a catch-22 in the labelling of things, especially those which are not tangible, humans have a tendency to place too much power in the unknown, even falling into states of worship over those things which they cannot understand - the ancient Egyptians worshipped the sun, what we now know to be merely a star, and not a particularly special star compared to the billions of others that exist in our galaxy alone. This is something science helps us to overcome, to find out what is true and discard what is not.
Will source one day be discovered, and not just remain a theory? Based on the doors the experiments at CERN have opened thus far there is good reason to prevail - we just need to continue in our search, follow the evidence, and see where it leads. I am quite sure all paths regarding matter will eventually lead to source, if not, I was wrong and the truth will present itself so long as we continue to ask questions. But at the rate the science of particle physics is progressing in its discoveries, I don't think we shall have to wait long, perhaps even within my lifetime scientists will have found the connection to the root of consciousness. Once that door opens, the knowledge available for us to discover will be far beyond anything any futurist could predict. But we are not there yet, nor do we deserve to be. We still need to grow up a little.
