On the Nature of Physical and Non-Physical Reality (Part II)

Abstract

Reality is characterized by four aspects of reality: (1) forms of information, (2) the flow of energy, (3) perceiving consciousness, and (4) the Source of information, energy and perceiving consciousness. The scientific framework for this characterization is discussed in terms of the holographic principle, non-commutative geometry, an observer-dependent cosmic horizon arising in de Sitter space with a positive cosmological constant, and the one-world-per-observer paradigm. In this scenario, the observer is present at the central focal point of a cosmic horizon that arises in the observer's frame of reference and that acts as a holographic screen that projects the observer's space-time geometry. A consensual reality shared by many observers is possible if their respective horizons overlap. This scientific framework only explains the nature of physical reality in terms of forms of information and the flow of energy. Even the space-time geometry of the observer's world is derivative of information and energy. This leaves us with the quandary of how to explain perceiving consciousness and its Source, which can only be understood as the non-physical nature of reality. A scientific argument is made that perceiving consciousness can only be understood as a focal point of consciousness that is differentiated from the Source and that arises in relation to a holographic screen, in which case the Source can only be understood in the non-dual sense of an empty space of potentiality or a void of undifferentiated consciousness.

This is Part II of the two-part article with references at the end of the article.