In a sense we can become one with the experience in the temporary fashion, because all experience has a beginning and an end, so therefore it is temporary. It is also temporary because it changes; it is this and then it is that. Here, the sense is the same as the ‘estar’ version of the verb ‘to be’. If it is changeable in form, then it cannot truly be permanent. If it is not permanent, can it be real?

The answer is actually no. For it to be real it must be permanent. All we have discovered about the universe leads us to believe that it is not permanent as it is ever-changing. If it is ever- changing it cannot be everlasting, having therefore, a beginning and an end.

So as a matter of course only the sense of the ‘estar’ version of the verb ‘to be’ can be used to describe anything that has form, since we know it oscillates between form and non-form. The only sense of permanence associated with the verb ‘to be’ is legitimately is the state of potential from which all temporary oscillatory being arises. That is to say, I am nothing, yet have the potential for everything, is the only way to use the permanent sense of the verb ‘to be’. This represents the only unchanging state which exists and, therefore, the only state that is real.

What does this mean to us? It means that we have to acknowledge and claim this sense of the permanent state of potential which then enables us to create any additional state that we may deem necessary or may desire to have experience of.

So Leonard Susskind’s twenty year journey to find a hole in Stephen Hawking’s argument was important in order to hold on to the belief that reality is real. He conjured the idea, what if we considered the universe to be a hologram in three dimensions? Then, the information to represent the universe could be encoded to a two dimensional surface existing outside the universe. This surface would exist outside the universe in the form of a film with the universe contained inside. This would make the universe finite, however. This would allow for information to be conserved as the black hole consumes the universe, leaving information at the surface of the vortex, representing the hole consuming the entire universe. This does create the problem of, if so then what is outside the universe? And, where is the information to be stored? What is then the difference in starting from the point of defining everything as arising from nothing?

This is in essence the concept of the singularity of the big bang. If we start with nothing, and are only looking at probabilities of finding certain effects, then the sixteen fundamental particles do not exist as particles but only as unique probabilities of certain effects. When these effects are placed together and aggregated they seem to have the effects of becoming three dimensional holograms that can be observed. It stands to reason though, that as three dimensional holograms, arising out of nothing, they can only be observable illusions and the information regarding the holograms themselves and their behavioral changes can be recorded only by observation and therefore have to be in consciousness. It is clear there is no way out of the mathematical and logical implications that lead back to the realization that all of this takes place only in consciousness and awareness. It goes back to the conversation between Einstein and Bohr when Einstein states that he would like to believe the moon is still there when he is not observing it. Bohr’s answer was that it may not be possible to prove the opposite either. The essence of this is that the reality is based on observation and then dependent on consciousness.

What does this mean to us in the average everyday world? It would mean that our world is holographic and created by our consciousness, which would allow us to modify it at will and to enable any outcome we desire to be within reach. Simply we need to put ourselves in the position where we are enabled to make changes in our consciousness. This implies we need to practice exercises of consciousness. This speaks to activities such as meditation and visualization. These would in this model augment our ability to observe so we interact holographically with the subatomic particles.

The process of choosing a quality and oscillating about it, allows one to know the quality. At the lower oscillation frequency it may be perceived as soft versus hard and as the frequency of oscillation rises, it may become known more as the quality of texture. In that state it is neither, but has the potential to be experienced as those contrasting qualities. It is easy to get so lost in becoming acquainted with the experience itself that one thinks of one being the experience instead of being one with the experience. This is what enables us to think that we are something and then accept this illusion, failing to remember who we actually are, being the potential for experience.

In this state of being we are everything and yet we are nothing. This is the ultimate paradox and seems to be a paradox only because we are wedded to the material state. For even the material state is an experience and, therefore, an illusion also, having no reality beyond experience. The zero state is neither form nor is it formless, as form can exist only in the presence of formless and vice versa.

Consequently form as well as formless are illusions and abstract, no more and no less than good or evil. They can exist only in consciousness and be generated in experience. I realize that this is also a difficult thing to wrap yourself around, as in a material experience, and being one with the experience will inevitably create the tendency to believe you are the material experience.

Such concepts and beliefs create the idea of ghosts which have no more reality than your actual material self, both manufactured from the oscillatory state that produces all experience. This also gives birth to the idea of spirit (non-material) and material. Yet, truly as we have discussed these are oscillatory states that you experience. Can you then stretch yourself to remember who you really are? Can you remember that you are neither form nor are you formless, but only potential?

Well, for all intents and purposes, a frequency is an oscillation. An oscillation is a motion that occurs between two positions on either side of a central position. Thus a pendulum, as a part of a grandfather clock oscillates about a central position. In this sense sound is also an oscillation. Light itself is also an oscillation. Both light and sound move about a central neutral position. Sound involves an oscillation that creates positive and negative pressures about a zero point which is neutral, such as a drum vibrating when struck or a guitar string vibrating when plucked. Light is much more interesting as it oscillates between bright and dark. Bright is the presence and dark is the absence. The neutral or average is actually light. Most people would think that light is positive and dark is negative. Consequently light is the neutral or zero-point state, the average of the peak and the trough. It is the point around which bright and dark oscillate.

So we can characterize a vibration by saying, that it is an oscillation between that which is and that which is not and arises from a neutral state of potential which is that which is neither. We can pick any attribute to see that which is in contrast to that which is not. Vibration, therefore, allows the discrimination between what is and what is not. The lower the frequency is, the more apparent the distinction between that which is and that which is not. The higher the frequency, the more blended that which is with that which is not, allowing an approximation of the primary state of origin, that which is neither. The state of origin supports the discrimination of any attribute. This is the state we call love, for it supports all without discrimination.

Yet it is clear from this analysis, that what we are, is the neutral zero state, that which neither is nor is not. This state of who we are allows us to experience any attribute.

So we can oscillate between good and bad in experience, but actually cannot be good or bad, for we are neither. It is not actually possible for us to be anything other than the zero state in actuality, but it is possible for us to experience any state. So in essence we are one thing. Now this idea may offend some of the religious, but remember this is analysis about what really is, not about religious perception.

So it is possible to experience the state of the adversary, by resonating with that vibrational state, but it is not possible to be the adversary or even for the adversary to exist, since there would be a requirement for it to actually be something and that is not “vibrationally” possible.

So, in everyday language, it is possible to choose to experience evil or to share the experience of evil, but it is not possible to be evil as that would have to be the neutral state of origin. In this way it is possible to know the experience of good and evil. We are always the thing that is neither and it is out of this neither state that experience arises. It is a difficult concept to wrap yourself around because you have always thought that you are something, rather than the eternal possibility of everything.

Most modern cultures have changed that relationship into the nature of metastatic malignant disease. Most have embarked on a linear consumptive process that belies a symbiotic relationship with the planet. Western culture has been the most powerful of these both in its effect on the planet and the speed with which it has spread.

Energetically this has the quality and flow of a black hole. In terms of the physics, as soon as material approaches the event horizon, it is drawn in and then consumed. In much the same way modern developed culture pulls in persons from less developed cultures as well as resources and then reproduces itself in the undeveloped culture down to the linear consumption.

This follows the pattern of the metastatic spread of a malignancy throughout the body, where each malignant cell is able to set up a colony in a new as yet unaffected area. Here an established colony quickly grows consuming local resources much beyond the capacity and rate at which they can be provided or replaced. The result is consumption and destruction of abnormal as well as normal tissue. It creates the same black hole energy flow or pattern as soon as resources enter the “event horizon” and they are consumed leading to an entity that attracts even more resources and so on.

This is a typically revealing recognition that energy patterns repeat themselves in the universe on small as well as large scales. It is only with the recognition of such patterns and when they shift from the typically sustainable cyclic pattern, as with the cyclic pattern of a solar system where there is balance between the forces pulling planetary bodies toward the sun and those moving them away, that there is an ability to maintain sustainability. In other words sustainability requires recognition of the underlying energy pattern that produces it and its subsequent creation.

In order for modern cultures to move through this transition, this has to be acknowledged on the individual level as these same energy patterns are present in our individual lives. This indeed is our task ahead. If we are able to recognize these in our lives and make the shift, this will follow on a larger scale.

Some thirty years ago Stephen Hawking released an equation that described the behavior of a black hole. This equation shown above.

It relates such things as the speed of light and the gravitational constant to quantum mechanics. It relates entropy of the black hole to relativity and the quantum world. Entropy is a measure of the state of disorder in a system, so if you mix salt with water to create a solution the entropy increases. The second law of thermodynamics essentially states that the disorder in an isolated system such as the universe is always increasing (until it maximizes at the heat death of the universe). This was described classically, then, it was extended in a statistical fashion to the quantum world. This implies that, as the isolated system becomes more homogenous and completely mixed up, the entropy is increasing. This has created some paradoxes through the years. The problem is that on the surface this equation, when looked at, does not seem to provide a problem. This really is because of unfamiliarity with physics, as it does have some serious implications.

Conceptually, however, a black hole seems to be a spiraling vortex where objects enter an event horizon (a point of no return), when close enough. The equation seems to suggest that at the event horizon the particles were destroyed. The information carried by the particles seemed to be lost at the outer edge of the vortex. The black hole gobbles up all the matter in the universe until the universe itself has disappeared into a single infinitesimal invisible dot. In mathematics this is known as a singularity. If one goes with the big bang concept, the universe arose from just such a singularity. It would seem that it would make complete symmetrical sense that the universe arose from its original state in the same way that the black hole returns it to the same.

This provides a major problem for physicists, however. If information is not retained then order is lost. The pattern of subatomic particles which create form has a certain order. As more forms are manifest there is a decrease in entropy or an increase in negative entropy. It also means that when information is lost there can be no cause and effect. The effect that this has on thermodynamics in the black hole allows for immediate extreme temperatures within the black hole. The really serious issue for physicists is that they believe the subatomic particles have to be real and carry real information so that our reality and its accompanying measurements are real.

Recognition of these problems was immediate from physicists such as Leonard Susskind at Stanford University. For twenty years he searched for a solution to this problem looking for a flaw in Stephen Hawking’s logic. Eventually there was a paper that the mathematics could be applied in two ways, one with the destruction of the particles at the edge of the vortex and the second that seemed to suggest that the information could pass through the center of the black hole without destruction. The solution is based on Susskind’s consideration of seeing the universe as being really a three dimensional hologram, contained within a two dimensional surface which is able to record the information associated with holographic universe. This makes an infinite universe finite. Though it appears that the information is both lost and retained, it is not significantly different from the situation with the problem of Schrodinger’s cat.
Hawking himself later recanted suggesting a solution was possible by having multiple universes including one in which the black hole does not eat up the universe, which could ultimately retain the information.

Actually none of these conserve our universe, nor does it conserve the information of the universe within itself. So for all intents and purposes our universe will disappear, the same way it appeared out of a singularity into which it will return, according to that particular mathematical treatment. The information generated will be returned to awareness, if the quantum model used is a consciousness based reality. None of these solutions have a way to address where the information is stored. If it moves through the black hole to the other side and the information is conserved then the universe recreated will be identical to this one. If the information is shuffled then the information is lost though the informational system (subatomic particles) is retained.

The ultimate consequence of this is that without retention of information the reality that you observe only appears to have rules and there is not a reason why the chair sitting in front of you cannot pop in and out of sight. Without retention of information, it is not guaranteed to be there. Without these rules being hard and fast, the reality becomes much more malleable. You can, therefore, be the author of your reality if you wish or you can go by the rules that appear to be there which will allow your reality to be less manageable.

P.S. Recommended is to watch “What is reality?” on the science channel

This applies to everything that appears to be permanent or long lasting. If this is not maintained the object, a collection of energy, eventually erodes away following what we perceive as the second law of thermodynamics. This is the law that tells us the entropy or state of disorder in a system is always increasing. This cycling is the only way to mitigate this second law. Primitive peoples do this, for this is one of the first things they learn socially, as they endeavor to establish a long-lasting presence. It is this recognition that enables them to have a relationship of gratitude to everything around them, that which leads western culture to believe that they are worshipping nature, when they actually recognize the basic laws of nature in their lives.

Western culture has seen things in terms of consumption. For them when you eat you consume and it is not that eating is a part of a cyclic process that returns what you eat to the earth so it may become a natural part of the cycle of rebirth. There is a problem with looking at attempts in terms of consumption, as what you consume you do not replace and this inevitably leads to exhaustion of supply as without replacement this is the only possibility.

This is what happens when you inoculate or streak an agar bacterial plate with a sample of bacteria. They grow into colonies and these colonies increase until the supply of nutrients is exhausted in the agar plates and thus the colonies all die. The act of closing the system by placing the top cover to the agar plate allows no bacteria to survive. In essence we also have a closed system on the planet but what allows it to perpetuate itself is cycling. This allows for a return to the beginning. Our society has forgotten that and is now close to the point of the bacteria on the agar plate, where the resources that enable us to create our living experience are now in the unsustainable phase which occurs prior to exhaustion. If exhaustion is reached then our society will cease to exist, much as the bacterial colony on the agar plate. This is the lesson that is in front of us as a society. The society must shift into a sustainable mode. This can only be done by cycling. The first rule of cycling is that what is utilized must be generated and what is generated must be returned to supply. With the things that we do within the society we must recognize that input and output have to be equal and whereas growth can occur, in a closed system growth of one thing is always at the expense of another and proper balance has to be maintained in order to have an enduring presence of the living cycle.

This applies to any individual community as well as the entire eco-system. It is, therefore, important to realize that each decision you make to drive a gasoline vehicle whose power source is not recyclable versus an electric vehicle whose power source is you are contributing to a problem. Each time you fail to use a recyclable piece of equipment you are moving toward a point of exhaustion of supply. Without attention to sustainability we will grind to a halt. It is a decision we are making each time we consume rather than particpate in the cycle of living.

This is really not who we are. In fact, truly, we are very much connected. Even though we may only be aware of our connection of those close to us, indeed we are connected to everyone else. We can easily be reminded when we smile, just to show our enjoyment on the inside, usually there is a return smile awaiting us. This smile can become an epidemic. It is this spread of the smile, like wildfire in a dry forest, that show and indicates our connection with each other.

When we honor our connection and stop dividing our reality we are able to see that the way we are affected depends on how we look at it. Indeed a broken leg becomes a miracle, if it came as we were sliding to the edge of a 500 foot, and it got caught up in the stump of a tree, stopping the slide. The effect of the event is completely dependent on the context.

The event in our life, that seems to be devastating, may be beneficial if it prevents us from having another experience which has the potential to be twice as devastating. When we remember who we really are in the unity of all through our easily recognizable connection, then the devastating event becomes part of a greater event. In so doing it enables us to see that what appeared to be a devastating occurrence indeed had the potential to prevent us from further devastation, and if we are able to accept that possibility we are able to jump up a level in understanding. We are able to learn the lesson that would have been provided by the second devastation, now without having to go through it.

This jump of a level in understanding is really the pearl that emerges from the gravel of the horrid experience. Our rule, therefore, has to be to question ourselves and to ask if there is an unseen benefit to be derived from the experience. How can I uncover the hidden benefits?

A brief moment of dis-association might be a great benefit in allowing for better vision in seeing the positive outcomes from the situation. Once you are able to find one, the second and the third are not far away and thus allows you to change your perspective all together.

Because of the way our brains work we create a model of how we think things behave. Because of our materialistic beliefs we have a materialistic model with which to explain things by cause and effect. Yet the way the brain cells work, when we see a behavior noted to be one that we expected, because we have been able to predict the result we ascribe absolute truth to our model. Thus our model becomes our absolute way of determining our reality. So, even though the model being incomplete will lead to an inappropriate prediction, creating an inaccurate assessment, this we will see as an absolute truth. This enable us to act from a position of judgment where we determine the results are from a cause that we have judged to be actually from something that it is not, attributing the effect to an inappropriate cause that just happens to be an antecedent event.

This is similar to the question of why does the frog jump? If we train a frog to jump at our audible signal, then, later remove the legs, unaware that they are used to jump, when the frog does not jump at our signal, we may actually conclude the frog is deaf to our signal, since we are unaware of how the frog jumps.

In the absence of actually knowing how we create a reality, it is possible to see everything in judgment. Yet we are unaware that at the quantum level, we inform every result, being unaware of how we do it, yet doing it nevertheless. It is when we assume that our reality is created by someone else’s decisions that we step into judgment. This judgment that things are good or bad, or even that someone did something to us is how we deal with outcomes. Further along is the situation when we think our model of religion correct and develop the same notion of absolute truth, which enables us to see all other religions, therefore, as untrue. This enables a further level of judgment, where we are able to demonize others.

Our judgment then becomes the filter through which we inform the quantum world which becomes our altered reality. This is a reality that brings us negative consequences which are simply the result of our choice. This, however, serves to only confirm our model, for we simply ascribe this poor outcome to the behavior of others, affirming that our judgment was correct.

This is the place from which our society operates, as we can easily see this in the way our politicians treat each other and the outcomes generated. Yet in order to change this we need to first have some understanding of it. It is absolutely critical in order not to mismatch what we see as cause and effect.

Now what does it have to do with our politics? We are always in the state of blaming outcomes on each other, never acknowledging that it is really still us. We will say that the politicians have no stomach of compromise and that they really do not represent us when they can find no solutions. Yet the truth is that in finding no solution, they actually truly do represent us. At this stage we may acknowledge that the politicians are motivated by greed. They seem to greedily take from those who are purchasing influence. It seems far removed from us, yet the greed represented there is our own greed. Our desire to have something for nothing is manifested every step of the way as we all say “take it from the other guys!” Who is the other guy? It is me and it is you. Who is taking from the other guy? It is me and it is you. Who is greedy? It is me and it is you. The guys in charge cannot cease to be greedy unless you and I cease to be greedy first. He is only a reflection of us. The problem is not in your neighbor’s house, it is in yours, since you are also your neighbor.

So, truly politicians reflect us whether they are voted upon or not. When they cease to reflect us, we can no longer put up with them. It is, therefore, not useful to demonize them, nor is it to demonize one party or another. It is not useful to demonize as leaders or as dictators who took charge. What is useful to realize is that version with them in that state no longer serves us. You may think that this involves telling them so, yet this is not the most effective way, because what you resist tends to persist. This is Newton’s third law in disguise.

The most effective way is by changing who you are. If you cease to choose greed, then those who are leading you, whether you have elected them or not, will cease to reflect greed.