The Mystery

The Holographic Principle - originating from studies of black hole thermodynamics. This principle suggests that all the information held within a given volume of space can be entirely described by data residing on that volume's boundary. Think of it simply, it's like a hologram where a three-dimensional image is encoded onto a two-dimensional surface. Applied cosmologically, the Holographic Principle suggests that our 3D universe might literally be a hologram, a projection of information recorded on some 2D surface at the very edge of our cosmos. This concept sounds utterly insane, yet it's grounded in serious mathematics and helps resolve some profound paradoxes in theoretical physics. But if it's true, how do we define Dark Energy within a holographic universe? To you, Dark Energy might not be an inherent property of the 3D volume we inhabit, but rather a characteristic of that 2D surface where all the information about our reality is stored. The accelerated expansion...

There are a few standard explanations for this fine-tuning. One is the Multiverse Theory. Perhaps there exists an infinite ensemble of universes, each with randomly determined fundamental constants. We by definition can only exist in one of the few universes where the conditions happen to be suitable for our existence. But there is also an alternative, more teleological explanation. What if these constants aren't random at all? What if they were deliberately selected? If Dark Energy is indeed a form of intelligence, then it could have self-adjusted its properties specifically to guarantee the emergence of life and consciousness.  In this scenario, we are not merely an accidental byproduct of impersonal physical laws, but potentially one of the underlying goals of the universe's existence. This intelligence could have set its density at the minimum positive value required, just enough to prevent cosmic collapse, yet small enough not to interfere with the necessary formation of g...

What exactly is consciousness and what constitutes a mind? We are accustomed to associating these concepts with biological structures with a brain made of neurons. But does it have to be that way? Can a mind exist in other forms? The philosophical concept of Panpsychism suggests that consciousness or some protoelement of it is a fundamental property of the universe inherent in matter at the most basic level. Just as an electron has mass and charge, it might also possess an elemental form of awareness. In this view, complex forms of consciousness like ours don't arise from dead matter, but rather through the combination and complexity of these elemental quanta of consciousness. This helps us circumvent the so-called hard problem of consciousness, the question of how subjective experience can emerge from purely physical processes within the brain. If Panpsychism holds true, the entire universe is in a sense alive. Stars, planets, nebulae, they all might possess primitive forms of awa...

Quantum theory tells us that light behaves both as a particle and a wave existing in superposition until observed. The famous double slit experiment revealed that observation collapses probability into reality. But what exactly is observation? If your cells are continuously emitting photons, if your DNA is radiating and absorbing light, then observation might not be something you do, but something you are. You are a living field of awareness interacting with the quantum field through light. Every photon your body releases could be a tiny act of observation, a micro collapse of probability into form. From this perspective, your physical existence is a dynamic conversation between matter and consciousness, a dialogue written in light. Meditation experiments have revealed intriguing hints. When people enter deep meditative states, the coherence of their biophoton emission increases. The light becomes more ordered, the body more synchronized. Under stress, that coherence fragments. It'...

'The Illustrated Guide to the DMT Entities' is a book written by the researcher David Jay Brown and the artist Sarah Phinn. Their objective is to map the entities with which DMT users have encountered with the help of illustrations created with the generative artificial intelligence application 'Midjourney'. It is no wonder why DMT has been called the 'spiritual molecule' and that it is also found in religions such as Santo Daime — after all, ayahuasca (the root used to brew the tea drank during their rituals) has DMT and harmine in its composition. The curious part is that almost half of the users have experienced encounters with entities and that they repeat over the reports, to the point that it’s possible to create a 'bestiary' of them and find intersections with existing cosmologies. In the case of the DMT users, these encounters happen after they are for at least 5 to 10 minutes under the effect of the drug, a feat hard to be achieved only through ...

In the classic mythical or archetypal journey, Christopher Vogler explains, “The hero naturally encounters new Challenges and Tests, makes Allies and Enemies, and begins to learn the rules of the Special World.” So it is with lucid dreaming; dream figures, whether they take animal, human, or non-human form, often seem keen to initiate the lucid dreamer into the deeper possibilities of lucid dreaming. The feeling we have on waking up from a dream is often a big clue as to the importance of the dream. Dreams can leave us feeling depleted or energised, depressed or buoyant, sad or happy, and the stronger the emotion is, the more the dream calls to be worked on, thought about, honoured in some way, and integrated into our waking life. In initiation lucid dreams, if we feel we’ve been shown something of value, it’s good to write down the dream and spend time reliv­ing it. What is it really showing us? If we open our hearts to our lucid dream figures, we may find they have a great deal to te...