panpsychism This universal mind concept is called “panpsychism.” From Wikipedia: In philosophy, panpsychism is the view that mind or soul is a universal feature of all things, and the primordial feature from which all others are derived. The panpsychist sees him or herself as a mind in a world of minds. Panpsychism is one of the oldest philosophical theories, and can be ascribed to philosophers like Thales, Plato, Spinoza, Leibniz and William James. Panpsychism can also be seen in eastern philosophies such as Vedanta and Mahayana Buddhism. During the 19th century, Panpsychism was the default...

universal mind We have some pride in our personal Mind, which we believe lives in our brain, which we think of as a kind of computer that runs all our systems and keeps things on a relatively even keel, albeit with frequent veering and occasional crashes. Yet there seems to be no evidence that what we think of as mind is a function of the individual person divorced from all other matter and so on. This implies that all the particles and atoms organized into “life” are doing something together, driven by some sort of universal mind. NEXT

we are not alone We think of ourselves as independent, finite individuals with our own consciousness, separate from all others; we believe we are private. There is not a shred of scientific evidence that we are autonomous closed systems entirely in control of our destinies. The continuous connected fabric, the web of life, is beyond dispute. NEXT

we are as gods So the human is a construct of consciousness, woven from energy and information into an assemblage of particles, atoms, molecules, and cells that has - to varying degrees - open access to the streaming fabric of consciousness that creates “realities” from this energy and information. Quantum mechanics instructs that humans possess the power to bring almost nothing into something through observation. Which is why many people throughout history have noted that “We are as gods.” NEXT

amorphousness The seamlessness of consciousness implies a vast sharing that must be occurring among all human brains. Of course the sharing is occurring with all living things and all matter everywhere. In quantum physics, entanglement is the concept that a particle separated by great distance from another particle can remain entangled with it; poke one, the other instantly feels the poke, no matter where the two are in the Universe. Einstein called it “spooky” and refused to believe that nature could be so unreasonable. Yet there it is, still a cornerstone of quantum science. Scientists...

memory Some scientists, some philosophers, think of the brain as a receiver. They argue that memory isn’t stored in any specific location in the brain, that it is inherently stored throughout the nervous system and even within the organs. But we live in the cosmos, where there are no real barriers anywhere. Could that mean that memories are stored everywhere? That consciousness is creating experience and memories everywhere? NEXT

synapse While this is a very descriptive image of neurons and the axons and dendrites that carry energy and information to other places in the system, the vast space we are now calling consciousness is probably black. More like looking at the sky. In the inset, neurotransmitter vesicles, with red balls - neurotransmitters - inside them, flow to the tip of a transmitting axon, where they explode into free red balls that flee to receptors across the void, on the wall of the dendrite. Creation goes on and on. NEXT

scale The brain is a constantly changing filamental structure with 86 billion neurons firing pulses of energy and information from a sea of consciousness that washes over every detail to the deepest of levels. This structure is at the opposite end of the scale of magnitude from the filamental Universe in the background of this website. So consciousness is infinitely small and large, filling the voids at every scale in the Cosmos it is creating. All the black stuff is the sea of consciousness that surrounds events everywhere, always. At all times. NEXT

the human brain Of course, this is not to say that God is not also having experiences through mosquitos and microbes and elephants and so on. But the human brain has got to be the most complex instrument God uses to experience things, other than the Cosmos itself. Followed, perhaps, by water. NEXT

liberation and consensus  It seems to me potentially liberating to imagine God experiencing his creation through me. And others. If you could sell this story to replace some other stories, you might begin to achieve some consensus around what we should work together on to give God a good experience. Of us, so to speak. NEXT