I believe that quantum entanglement is the driving force behind Godding and Humaning being involved in co-creative processing. Entanglement is involved in correlating multiple brain integration. For example, the mBraining concept that pelvic brain and the head brain work together in a creative process could be an example of connection (or relationship) via quantum entanglement. The theory of quantum entanglement, which is part of the quantum physics perspective, tells us that two related particles no matter how distant they might be from each other will continue to react together. That is particle “A,” which is in a relationship with particle “B,” will be impacted by what affects particle “B” because what impacts one particle will affect the other one. The theory indicates that the distance between these particles is irrelevant. Einstein had some difficulties with this theory because it implies that communication between such particles moves faster than the speed of light and Einstein’s theory suggests that nothing can move faster than the speed of light. I believe it was Einstein who suggested that quantum physics was “spooky.” There have been some experimental demonstrations of this reality at the microscopic level; some recent research indicates that the theory applies to larger bodies or objects. In one research effort the two “objects” entangled were 7 miles apart and one still responded when the other was stimulated.
Particles and cells may be entangled in the human body in the very beginning and continue to connect via the entanglement process after they migrate to various places in the body. In human reproduction, the meeting of egg and sperm creates a zygote, which is a one cell embryo. During the first 9 weeks of development, the zygote divides multiple times and thus the embryo becomes multi-celled. Only after 9 weeks is this described as a fetus. The quantum concept of entanglement tells us that these intricately connected cells will remain linked even after the embryo becomes a fetus and then becomes a baby born into the larger world and even after she becomes a 24 year old, six foot tall woman. This would create instantaneous communication between various parts of the body that can move more quickly than any other process (which takes time). We have learned to speak easily about psychosomatic interactions, which describe how the mental processes of the head-brain create a variety of physical symptoms/expressions. However, the concept of quantum entanglement applied to our physical realities would suggest that somato-psychic dynamics take precedent. This points out that there is an instanteous communication process outside conscious awareness that links a variety of physiological processes. We might respond physiologically to threats by running and as we run, we would notice that we are running, and thus to ask ourselves why we are running. Our ancestors would have been devoured by wild animals if they had delayed their reactions to the threat long enough to contemplate the situation. There is a difference between apprehension and comprehension, which seem to be processed in different venues in the body. Apprehension and non-conscious awareness would seem to be manifestations of interactions of quantum entangled particles/cells. Comprehension involves getting more elaborate cortical functions involved as we work to make meaning of the situations in which we find ourselves somato-psychically involved. There is an old saying which suggests that “it is easier to act your way to a new way of thinking then to think your way to a new way of acting.” The truth in this concept could be based on the somato-psychic reality of quantum entanglement. The idea of somato-psychic dynamics would also complete the loop between psychosomatic influences on the body and the effect of somatic events on the “mind.”
The idea of communication via quantum entanglement could also help us understand intuition. People who experience intuitive apprehension of situations often cannot explain how that happened. Our penchant for prioritizing rational explanations and interpretations of reality may indeed make us insensitive to intuitive knowledge. That insensitivity often takes the form of discounting the value of intuitive awareness and learning. It seems to make no sense when one person has an intuitive awareness of something happening to someone else who is not in their present environment until we consider quantum entanglement as a means of communication. Some people who report intuitive awareness can sometimes work backwards from the revelation and discover various clues that they had ignored which point toward that revelation.
There is also some research suggesting that life is an effect of the quantum state which is maintained in microtubules in human cells. While it appears that the manifestation of energy in microtubules is something that happens on an exceedingly small scale, it may approach the particle scale where quantum entanglement has been observed. This suggests there could be the entanglement at the cellular level in Humanings. These microtubules contain information which is shared with the universe via dissipation when the individual’s body dies. This would fit with the theory advanced in the biocentrism literature that the principle of conservation of energy makes it impossible to destroy life. The apparent destruction of life is a change in the form that expresses eternal energy. Here is a quotation from an article about life (or soul) in those microtubules: “It turns out that the human brain could be similar to a ‘biological computer,’ and that human consciousness may be like a program which is run by a quantum computer within the brain. What is even more astonishing is that after someone dies, their soul comes back to the universe, and it does not die.”
Our penchant for cause and effect thinking, with cause being prior to effect, conditions what kinds of models we make of the body. To what degree does our decision to perceive the body in particular ways condition the “occurrence” of the body? This could have a bearing on both psychosomatic and soma-psychic reality and would illustrate the quantum concept that perception creates reality. We seem to have a rather mechanical concept of how the body functions. The model leads us to suppose the communication within the body is conditioned or affected by how those mechanical components interrelate. The theory of quantum entanglement offers a different perspective on how communication flows in the body and at least leaves the door open for another kind of intra-body communication. This might be done with a non-verbal style of communication. Self-expression in the form of language, which is a head-brain activity, seems to require time for reflection and/or review of what has happened somatically.
The multiple brain concept does not seem to address questions about the “order of responses.” The theory suggests each “brain” has a primary function –would that also indicate which brain responds first to stimuli? Or does the order of response matter? Quantum entanglement would indicate that there really does not need to be an “order of response,” but that total response is simultaneous. Quantum physics challenges the concept of time as we usually suppose it to be. Contemporary physics understands that the idea of time is a cognitive concept. Sometimes this gets expressed as the idea that “now” is the only time there really is. In this perspective the concepts of past and future are simply cognitive interpretations of experience. The idea that things happen in an order may be a function of the head-brains tendency to classify experiences as it constructs memory and attaches interpretations to those memories and uses the notion of time to organize those interpretations. Perhaps what happens when the total system responds is some variation in the strength of response of the various components of the system depending on the stimulus.
The recent coronavirus pandemic which forced us all to shelter, increasing isolation, invites us to understand the effects of manipulating the body by confining it on our psyche. Steven Porges’ polyvagal theories would suggest that denying the body social connections would affect the psyche and come close to driving us crazy. For this reason, Porges is suggesting that video calls (such as that provided by Zoom or Skype) are healthier for us than phone conversations or a stream of emails. I wonder if he is really attuned to somato-psychic reality which provides the audiovisual component of our communications.
There are several other illustrations of how people seem to deliberately use somato-psychic reality for a variety of purposes. For example, there are people who deliberately inflict pain by cutting their own skin (known to psychotherapists as “cutters”). Socially we would like to stop them from doing that, but we have no idea what this is all about. Many years ago, I worked with a man who frequently did major damage to his body requiring medical attention. I observed one day that his injuries seem to avoid risking permanent or deadly damage and told him I thought he knew exactly what he was doing. I then asked him why he did this, and he said, “for little while I know why and where I hurt.” In retrospect it appears to me that he was relying on the somato-psychic system to work around a cognitive dead-end which made it impossible for him to make sense of his life.
A woman named Danielle Blunt, who has developed something she calls Dasya Yoga, says “a lot of what we are taught in the West is that pain is something to be avoided, but many religions and practices across the world utilize elements of pain, devotion, and suffering as a way to reach the divine and tap into altered states of consciousness.” Her work with clients includes ways of inflicting pain borrowed from the world of BDSM. This also seems to be an example of focusing on somato-psychic reality.
There are plenty of everyday expressions which attest to the value or importance of pain (“no pain no gain”). Probably many a parent or teacher has told a protesting child that this uncomfortable experience is “good for you.” We also make use of the somato-psychic reality to comfort ourselves. This could include everything from massage to warm blankets to comfortable rocking chairs. In all these illustrations, attention to the body is primary.
Quantum entanglement along with the concept of a somato-psychic reality would also help us understand the “instant” nature of remembering trauma.
There is in this blog an article entitled “Reflections on Syntropy.” Many of the things that I said in that piece could be related to the concept of somato-psychic dynamics. There is also a further discussion of the concept of quantum entanglement in that article.
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