Most of us have heard of Quantum Physics and even though I have read books and articles about this topic I don’t want summarize a specific book. If you want to find out more about it there are excellent resources on the Internet, for example at http://physics.about.com/od/quantumphysics/p/quantumphysics.htm. This video does a great job explaining the quantum principles http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=45KGS1Ro-sc.
On this website you can also find a good explanation about Quantum Physics: http://www.abundance-and-happiness.com/quantum-physics.html
Below are the main ideas that are relevant for this website and that I have gotten from my readings directing us again to the fact that we have to work on ourselves to improve the world.
Quantum Physics is a branch of science that deals with discrete, indivisible units of energy called quanta as described by the Quantum Theory. Fundamental to contemporary Quantum Theory is the notion that there is no phenomenon until it is observed. This effect is known as the ‘Observer Effect’ (see http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/1998/02/980227055013.htm).
According to Alex Paterson (see http://www.vision.net.au/~apaterson/science/observer_effect.htm) the implications of the ‘Observer Effect’ are profound because, if true, it means that before anything can manifest in the physical universe it must first be observed. Presumably observation cannot occur without the pre-existence of some sort of consciousness to the observing and therefore the Observer Effect implies that the physical Universe is the direct result of ‘consciousness‘.
This interpretation is supported by Jim Tucker, the medical director of the Child and Family Psychiatry Clinic, and Associate Professor of Psychiatry and Neurobehavioral Sciences at the University of Virginia School of Medicine. He explains, that because Quantum Physics shows that events involving its smallest particles only occur once they are observed, the material world is derived from consciousness, not the other way around. He also points out, that this belief has been shared by a number of quantum physicists, including Max Planck, the father of quantum mechanics and Nobel Prize winner in Physics in 1918.
That means, the substance of the universe is not matter but consciousness (see also Quantum Enigma). This is extremely important to understand because of most people’s belief today that the substance of the universe is matter and therefore they attempt to accumulate as many material possessions as possible. And if consciousness creates the material world, then it may not be dependent upon that world to exist, meaning that consciousness does not depend on a living brain to exist. So if consciousness does not require a brain, it continues after the brain stops working. Tucker goes even further and bases his hypothesis of how [tooltip title=”” content=”You can find more about this concept in The Gnostic Gospels and the Bhagavad Gita under Religion and Theosophy under Philosophy” type=”classic” ]reincarnation[/tooltip] could exist on these discoveries.
In addition, Quantum Physics is beginning to realize that the Universe appears to be a dynamic web of interconnected and if we understand that there is a common spiritual bond between all things in the universe and that we are all part of one Divine Intelligence, no phenomena such as telepathy and clairvoyance is unexplainable.
But what does this mean for us? It is further evidence that we are all part of the One, the Whole, the Divine Intelligence – whatever you want to call it – and that it is with our deeds and actions that we can change the world (see also http://www.thespiritedway.com/lifepurpose-quantum-physics.html).