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Quantum Physics meets the Hindu idea of Consciousness Consciousness 25 th July 2009 Sachin Nandha Sachin Nandha Institute for Global Change Institute for Global Change

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A short presentation on how Hindu Philosophy meets Quantum Mechanics

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Page 1: Quantum Mechanics and Hinduism

Quantum Physics meets the Hindu idea of ConsciousnessConsciousness

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Page 2: Quantum Mechanics and Hinduism

What is Hinduism?“I dare not answer.”A philosophy.

What is Quantum?World of sub-atomic particles.

What is Mechanics?Physical laws that describe time & motion.

What is Physics?Study of the physical universe.

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There is no separation, there is fundamental Unity at the core of all existence.

Consciousness

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Who am I to say such things!

MEng Aerospace EngineeringMajor in Thermodynamics

MPhil in Philosophy of Mind

PgDip Christian & Islamic Theology

DPhil thesis titled “Critique of Liberalism”

Founded the Institute for Global Change in 2004/5

Lectured at several universities

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A NEW OLD paradigm shift

A scientific explanation for Spirituality

Alter the perception of how we experience Reality

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Superimposition

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Waves of Potential Collapsed when observed

Superimposition

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Questions which arise?

What is matter?

If it’s waves, then waves of what?

What does an observer have to do with this?

Schrodinger Equation

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Entanglement

Time is an illusionSpace is an illusion

Our intention has the ability to influence objects through

space and time

Bose–Einstein condensate

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The BIG Empty

What is in this empty space?

Planck Scale

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Practically what does this mean?

This universe is wonderfully complex and mysterious

God is not a thing; it is energy, furthermore a non-localised consciousness

A new way to experience the world