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Quantum Physics:New Context for Medicine

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Dualism




Position withhighest probability

Prob

abilit

y

Position in space

A Quantum Probability Distribution













Behavioral Determinism




Consciousness

B i

The upward causation model.

UpwardCausation

Brain

Cells (including neurons)

Molecules

Elementary particles make atoms, atoms make molecules, molecules make cells (neurons), neurons make the brain,

and the brain makes consciousness. Causation rises from the base level of the elementary particles upward. Only

elementary particles, nothing else have causal efficacy.

Atoms

Elementary Particlesand Their Interactions




Collapse of the Waveform

When we look, we collapse the electron’s wave to localize at When we look, we collapse the electron’s wave to localize at one place. But between our observations, an electron spreads one place. But between our observations, an electron spreads

out as a wave of possibility in transcendent out as a wave of possibility in transcendent potentiapotentia..

Electron

A quantum leap as envisioned by A quantum leap as envisioned by NielsNiels Bohr. According to Bohr, Bohr. According to Bohr, A quantum leap as envisioned by A quantum leap as envisioned by NielsNiels Bohr. According to Bohr, Bohr. According to Bohr,

Orbits

Nucleus

A Quantum Leap

when electrons jump from one atomic orbit to another,when electrons jump from one atomic orbit to another,they they never go thru the intervening space.never go thru the intervening space.

when electrons jump from one atomic orbit to another,when electrons jump from one atomic orbit to another,they they never go thru the intervening space.never go thru the intervening space.







The scientist says “I open my eyes” The Master says “I close my eyes”

When we ask the scientist how do you know so much?

When we ask the Zen Master how do you know so much?

A Living Cell




Darwinian Evolutioni s a t w o s t e p p r o c e s s

Chance variations inthe genetic material.

Natural selection basedon survival necessity1 2

Hardware vs. Software




Mind gives it Meaning

The Chakras

Neocortex(crown)

Midbrain(third eye)

Satisfaction /Despair

Clarity/Confusion

Organ Feeling

Lung, speech organs(throat)

Heart, thymus gland(h t)

Exultation/Frustration

Romance/Jealousy(heart)

Elimination organs(root)

Reproductive organs(sex)

Stomach, liver,gallbladder(navel)

Pride/Unworthiness

Sexuality/Lust

Rootedness/Fear




Mind and meaning

Mind and meaning




Plato’s CaveThe shadow show on the wall is due to the archetypes behind us that we do not see because we are prisoners. Ultimately light is the only reality.

Plato’s Cave

Planck’s Constant

On the ramp, the classical motion of the ball is

On the staircase, quantum motion acts i di ti tcontinuous in discontinuous steps (quantum jumps).




Electron Diffraction

The Double Slit Experiment

The wave-particle duality is the central mystery of quantum mechanics – the one to which all others can ultimately be reduced.

Particles Waveform




Waveform Interference

ConstructiveInterference

Reinforcement

Destructive Interference Cancellation

Interference Pattern DisappearsWhen we try to identify which slit the electron passes through by focusing a flashlight on the slits, the electron shows its particle nature. There are only two fringes ‐ exactly what we would expect if the electrons were miniature baseballs.




Intermediate Pattern of InterferenceWith a dimmer flashlight, some of the interference pattern returns.




Schrödingers Cat

Mechanics of Seeing




If electrons go through a slit mounted on springs, as shown, before going through the double‐slittedscreen (not shown) is it ( )possible to tell which slit an electron goes through without destroying the interference pattern?

Einstein’s Spring Mounted SlitFor the double‐slit experiment.

Flux

Will the line of flux be shared between the two holes, revealing quantum interference at the macro level?




A representation of the split that occurs based on the possible outcomes for each action, according to Everett's Many‐Worlds interpretation

Many Worlds Interpretation

Schrödingers Cat




Dead Alive

Dead Alive

Von Neumann Chain

Following von Neumann's argument, even our brain‐mind catches the dichotomy of the cat, so how does the chain terminate?

The “I” behind the “i”.

The diverse “i’s” of sentient beings ultimately are the one “I” of consciousness




My wife, my mother

Particle A

Particles interact &correlate

Particles stillcorrelated

Particle Correlation

Particle B




The Miracle of Nonlocal Correlations

Origin of Correlation

Ouch!Ouch!

Metaphorically, when either of two correlated beings touch a cactus,the other feels the prick.

EEG Readings for electrical activityfor control group

EvokedPotential

N=100

TransferredPotentialN=100

TransferredPotential

N=100

Absence of Transferred PotentialN=100

Superpositionof evoked

potential andtransferred

potentialN=100

SuperpositionN=100




Dependent Co-Arising

Tangled hierarchical quantum measurement of an object/stimulus in the brain produces not only the experience of the object, but also the

experience of the subject in our consciousness

Escher Hands




Opto, ergo sum.

I choose, therefore I am.( tangled hierarchically as signified snake biting it’s own tail )




Ego Self / Quantum SelfEgo Self Quantum Self

ReasoningContinuousDetermined

LinearLocal

PersonalSimple Hierarchy

CreativeDiscontinuousSyncronisticHolistic

Non‐LocalTranspersonal

Tangled Hierarchy







Representation Created from CollapseConsciousness and its vital and

physical possibilitiesConsciousness and its possibilities of mental

meaning and those of material brain

Quantum Collapse Quantum Collapsea b

f f f

(a) With the simultaneous correlated collapse of the mind and brain, the brain makes a representation of the mental meaning that it experienced.

(b) With the correlated collapse of the vital blueprint of an organ and the physical body, the latter makes a representation (the organ) of the former at a chakra.

Manifest mentalmeaning

Manifest brain representation of mental meaning

Physical organat a Chakra

Vital blueprint forThe organ and our

feeling of it.

From Heaven To Earth

Supramental (body of laws)including purposive laws of the vital body

involving biological functions,e.g. maintenance, reproduction, etc.

Vital body blueprintsfor making form forbiological functions

Physical body for making representations ofPhysical body for making representations of the vital blueprints and programs to carry out

biological functions.

How biological functions come down from Heaven (the supramental domain) to Earth (the material domain).




Paradox of Perception

Do we have two heads?




Self ReferenceUndivided Consciousnessand its possibilities

Quantum Measurement in the BrainDiscontinuity

Subject Object

Collapse of the quantum possibility wave in the observer’s brain leads to self-reference - a split of consciousness into subject & object

M.C. ESCHER




Stages of theCreative Process

1. Preparation2. Incubation3. Sudden Insight4 M if t ti

1. Preparation2. Incubation3. Sudden Insight4 M if t ti4. Manifestation4. Manifestation

Creation




Minator

Self ReferenceUndivided Consciousnessand its possibilities

Quantum Measurement in the BrainDiscontinuity

Subject Object

Collapse of the quantum possibility wave in the observer’s brain leads to self-reference - a split of consciousness into subject & object




Kundalini

Contrast of scientific materialismand the quantum worldview

Aspect?Validity in

Scientific MaterialismValidity according to Quantum Physics

Causual determinism? Valid Valid

Continuity? Valid ValidContinuity? Valid Valid

Nature of movement? Continuous Continuous & Discontinuous

Nature of communication? Local Local & Non‐Local

What is the world made of? MatterConsciousness

including matter & subtle(mental, vital & supramental)




Jungs Typology

Human Experience Worlds of Organizationp(from Jungs typology)

g

Sensing PhysicalFeeling Vital

Thinking Mentalintuiting Supramental

Contrasts of scientific materialism and the quantum worldview

Nature ofexperience

How doesmatter process?

How does consciousness process?

Feeling Feeling is not computableRecognizes feeling as

movement of the non-physical Vital Body

Thinking

Can process content, but cannot process meaning of

thoughts due to Goedel's Theorem

Consciousness recognizesboth content & meaning as

movements of thenon-physical mind

IntuitingBecause intuitive thought

is discontinuousQuantum leap to the

supramental




First limitation:Intellect World(world of contexts and laws of movement)

Supramental Intellect:Map of Intellect

LimitlessBliss

Involution & Evolution of Consciousness

Second limitation:Mental World(world of meaning)

Third limitation:Vital World(world of subtle energy)

Mind:Map of Mental

Life:Map of Vital

LimitationsMaterial World(freedom lost)

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