PERCEPTION: WHAT IS EXISTENCE?

PERCEPTION: WHAT IS EXISTENCE? ©subhankar_karmakar

PERCEPTION: WHAT IS EXISTENCE?

Oriental philosophy is heavily influenced by consciousness, soul and the supreme force. But in the field of the scientific explanation of human consciousness, there exists hardly any strong opinion combining these two apparently incoherent objects.

Perception is a very critical concept, we define reality on the basis of perception. So, what is reality at the first place? It is very hard to describe reality, especially the physical reality. There are scientists who are proponents of "Universe is a giant hologram" theory and in that case everything that we perceive as a physical reality is nothing but a finely tuned simulated reality. So, are we living in a simulated reality?


       It has been already established that the observer plays a great role both in Quantum Mechanics and our consciousness. Are these two is related, in fact it is probable that our brain processes informations send by sensory organs by using Quantum Computing, but the role of quantum mechanics in defining our conscious is not clear till now. Consciousness is a very complex phenomenon, we still don't know much about its origin.

       There is a hypothesis where it is argued that our brain stores information in our memory as a Hologram which is a 3D image which can store information about phase difference in the form of optical interference. But in that case who would decode the interference patterns to generate information about 3D surroundings, hence there must be an observer to judge the content of that memory!

       Many eminent scientists are working on this topic, although the opinions are diverse but most of them promise to reveal a greater role of Consciousness in describing our universe, which is the basic aim of science too. What is the real architecture of the universe? What we see in the sky above is a depiction of the visible universe, so is it the real structure of the universe?

       We are living sentient organism, we have our own perception about our surroundings, and act accordingly. We can perceive our surroundings, but the real challenge is to define Perception coherently. So what is perception? Is there any way to define perception as a result of execution of any physical or chemical process that starts as soon as it gets information as input from our sensory organs, like eyes, ears, skin, nose and tongue.

       Recalling quantum mechanics is about connectivity on the subatomic level it is important to remember that what applies at that level applies at this level as well. It has to or there would have to be discontinuity between the micro level and the macro level. Connectivity means all things are attached and part of one larger system. The inescapable fact is that if all things are attached then it is impossible for one thing to change and not to affect everything else. This inescapable fact explains mathematical chaos theory. This is where the concept that the movement of a butterfly wings can affect the formation of a cyclone on the other side of the world. It is important to realize that this is not cause and effect. That is to say though the butterfly movement affects the cyclone it does not cause the cyclone. The outcome is the summation of all of an infinite number of affects and therefore not predictable. It may be approximated but never predicted.

       Quantum mechanical results are outcome directed. This means there are a number of QM possibilities that are refined by perspective about choices into QM probabilities. It is important to realize the meltdown is the summation of all the activities and expectations according to our beliefs about the system. Outcomes are created on a QM level by choice of the reality the observer observes. Collective outcomes are determined by collective choices about the reality to be observed. Our connection to all others in the world whether societies, economies, forests, animals is undeniable and all things we do or conceive affects every thing else. The economic situation is simply the latest event that brings this to our attention.


       * Level zero understanding total separation creates fears about how others behavior affect us leads to behavior that creates chaos i.e. meltdown

       * Level one understanding us vs them, partial connectivity leads us to less fear but still meltdown to some extent depending on how much we see ourselves attached to each other, i.e. this was caused by some of us, but not me

       * Level two understanding total connectivity, we are all responsible for these events and can only change outcome when we share responsibility equally and thus are able to see a different out come, outcome of sharing equally results in all experiencing sharing without sensation of loss Our experience meltdown or non-meltdown will then be determined by the level of our collective understanding about the reality of our choices and perspective. This reflects the also the fact that this also applies to any other possible experience.