Hello! Although I have heard a couple of those names I have only read Chopra’s Metahuman. I will do some research on the others. My current focus is on a couple of the interpretations of quantum mechanics/physics and the simulation hypothesis. I have had experiences that seem best explained from those perspectives.
My short context: I was a pastor and did my degree work in theology and youth work. Via working in and around a small cross section of organised Christian communities, continued personal study and encounters with phenomena that are not explained satisfactorily via biblical perspectives, left that work to focus on a different approach to my investigation of what is probably best referred to as the mystical experience.
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Is your focus on physics directed at answering whether there is an eternal someone (God) or an eternal something (Universe)? Or is it about understanding the nature of God (defined as the most powerful being that we can conceive of) since physics is constrained to time and space and can’t exactly explain phenomena outside of it like some type of creator?
I hope that you find what you are looking for. Jesus wandered. I’d say your mind deserves to.
Funny thing: faith; I could provide you all the things that convince me, but that would do neither of us any good.
I hope you find glory when you get way down there to the very bottom of everything. May we all.
Simulation hypothesis is deeply flawed and arguably satanic in its logic. A simulation has no cost, no anchor, no commitment. It treats reality as something that can be copied, rewound, or double-spent.
Bitcoin shows us the opposite. The “longest chain” hypothesis commits to a singular chain of events, rooted in proof-of-work, and most importantly a verifiable Genesis. Every joule spent is conserved as memory. Every block seals entropy into irreversible structure. There is no rewind, no parallel track, no hidden fork of convenience.
The distinction between simulation and computation is critical. Computation commits and simulation pretends.
Modern mathematics and physics often fall into the same trap. By appending infinity as a placeholder, they open the door to unbounded speculation. Infinity has never been observed. It is intellectually lazy, a way to avoid the hard truth of scarcity. Worse, it is incoherent, because it allows for infinite theories without grounding in the finite reality we actually experience. It’s the infinite double spend.
Bitcoin reveals the principle: all real systems MUST be bound by absolute scarcity. Without commitment, there is no truth. Without scarcity, there is no meaning. Simulation is a double spend. Computation is the chain.
1/∞=0 is the mathematical representation of meaninglessness.
When you start pulling in the threads of QT/QM there are jarring holes in the theory, specifically regarding Superpostion and measurement. Bitcoin stands in direct defiance to the modern interpretation of QT/QM and corrects it in subtle ways. Without going too deep, you can logically land on both a creator and thermodynamically sound theology in line with Christian literature.
Science and religion are tools of understanding, not separate belief structures. Without absolute scarcity, you have no proof for theology, only faith and internal experience. Absolute scarcity provides said proof physically.
IMO the answer is clear, but the work of understanding has yet to be completed.
I discover right now the formulation of the simulation hypothesis. I met it before in movies, books and philosophy but never went further.
It relates to the general idea that our reality is an illusion, or at least a very narrow perception of a bigger reality...
I think you would like the Conversations with God books as they give another perspective on this idea: life as a simulation by God for God, to have the experiences of God (very simplified summary).