A book titled “Biocentrism: How Life and Consciousness Are the Keys to Understanding the Nature of the Universe” has stirred up the Internet, because it contained a notion that life does not end when the body dies, and it can last forever. The author of this publication, scientist Dr. Robert Lanza who was voted the 3rd most important scientist alive by the NY Times, has no doubts that this is possible.
Beyond time and space
Lanza is an expert in regenerative medicine and scientific director of Advanced Cell Technology Company. Before he has been known for his extensive research which dealt with stem cells, he was also famous for several successful experiments on cloning endangered animal species. But not so long ago, the scientist became involved with physics, quantum mechanics and astrophysics. This explosive mixture has given birth to the new theory of biocentrism, which the professor has been preaching ever since. Biocentrism teaches that life and consciousness are fundamental to the universe. It is consciousness that creates the material universe, not the other way around.
Lanza points to the structure of the universe itself, and that the laws, forces, and constants of the universe appear to be fine-tuned for life, implying intelligence existed prior to matter. He also claims that space and time are not objects or things, but rather tools of our animal understanding. Lanza says that we carry space and time around with us “like turtles with shells.” meaning that when the shell comes off (space and time), we still exist.
The theory implies that death of consciousness simply does not exist. It only exists as a thought because people identify themselves with their body. They believe that the body is going to perish, sooner or later, thinking their consciousness will disappear too. If the body generates consciousness, then consciousness dies when the body dies. But if the body receives consciousness in the same way that a cable box receives satellite signals, then of course consciousness does not end at the death of the physical vehicle. In fact, consciousness exists outside of constraints of time and space. It is able to be anywhere: in the human body and outside of it. In other words, it is non-local in the same sense that quantum objects are non-local.
Lanza also believes that multiple universes can exist simultaneously. In one universe, the body can be dead. And in another it continues to exist, absorbing consciousness which migrated into this universe. This means that a dead person while traveling through the same tunnel ends up not in hell or in heaven, but in a similar world he or she once inhabited, but this time alive. And so on, infinitely. It’s almost like a cosmic Russian doll afterlife effect.
Multiple worlds
This hope-instilling, but extremely controversial theory by Lanza has many unwitting supporters, not just mere mortals who want to live forever, but also some well-known scientists. These are the physicists and astrophysicists who tend to agree with existence of parallel worlds and who suggest the possibility of multiple universes. Multiverse (multi-universe) is a so-called scientific concept, which they defend. They believe that no physical laws exist which would prohibit the existence of parallel worlds.
The first one was a science fiction writer H.G. Wells who proclaimed in 1895 in his story “The Door in the Wall”. And after 62 years, this idea was developed by Dr. Hugh Everett in his graduate thesis at the Princeton University. It basically posits that at any given moment the universe divides into countless similar instances. And the next moment, these “newborn” universes split in a similar fashion. In some of these worlds you may be present: reading this article in one universe, or watching TV in another.
The triggering factor for these multiplyingworlds is our actions, explained Everett. If we make some choices, instantly one universe splits into two with different versions of outcomes.
In the 1980s, Andrei Linde, scientist from the Lebedev’s Institute of physics, developed the theory of multiple universes. He is now a professor at Stanford University. Linde explained: Space consists of many inflating spheres, which give rise to similar spheres, and those, in turn, produce spheres in even greater numbers, and so on to infinity. In the universe, they are spaced apart. They are not aware of each other’s existence. But they represent parts of the same physical universe.
The fact that our universe is not alone is supported by data received from the Planck space telescope. Using the data, scientists have created the most accurate map of the microwave background, the so-called cosmic relic background radiation, which has remained since the inception of our universe. They also found that the universe has a lot of dark recesses represented by some holes and extensive gaps.
Theoretical physicist Laura Mersini-Houghton from the North Carolina University with her colleagues argue: the anomalies of the microwave background exist due to the fact that our universe is influenced by other universes existing nearby. And holes and gaps are a direct result of attacks on us by neighboring universes.
Soul
So, there is abundance of places or other universes where our soul could migrate after death, according to the theory of neo-biocentrism. But does the soul exist? Is there any scientific theory of consciousness that could accommodate such a claim? According to Dr. Stuart Hameroff, a near-death experience happens when the quantum information that inhabits the nervous system leaves the body and dissipates into the universe. Contrary to materialistic accounts of consciousness, Dr. Hameroff offers an alternative explanation of consciousness that can perhaps appeal to both the rational scientific mind and personal intuitions.
Consciousness resides, according to Stuart and British physicist Sir Roger Penrose, in the microtubules of the brain cells, which are the primary sites of quantum processing. Upon death, this information is released from your body, meaning that your consciousness goes with it. They have argued that our experience of consciousness is the result of quantum gravity effects in these microtubules, a theory which they dubbed orchestrated objective reduction (Orch-OR).
Consciousness, or at least proto-consciousness is theorized by them to be a fundamental property of the universe, present even at the first moment of the universe during the Big Bang. “In one such scheme proto-conscious experience is a basic property of physical reality accessible to a quantum process associated with brain activity.”
Our souls are in fact constructed from the very fabric of the universe – and may have existed since the beginning of time. Our brains are just receivers and amplifiers for the proto-consciousness that is intrinsic to the fabric of space-time. So is there really a part of your consciousness that is non-material and will live on after the death of your physical body?
Dr Hameroff told the Science Channel’s Through the Wormhole documentary: “Let’s say the heart stops beating, the blood stops flowing, the microtubules lose their quantum state. The quantum information within the microtubules is not destroyed, it can’t be destroyed, it just distributes and dissipates to the universe at large”. Robert Lanza would add here that not only does it exist in the universe, it exists perhaps in another universe.
If the patient is resuscitated, revived, this quantum information can go back into the microtubules and the patient says “I had a near death experience”
He adds: “If they’re not revived, and the patient dies, it’s possible that this quantum information can exist outside the body, perhaps indefinitely, as a soul.”
This account of quantum consciousness explains things like near-death experiences, astral projection, out of body experiences, and even reincarnation without needing to appeal to religious ideology. The energy of your consciousness potentially gets recycled back into a different body at some point, and in the mean time it exists outside of the physical body on some other level of reality, and possibly in another universe.
Robert Lanza on Biocentrism:
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42 comments
Perhaps this essay can shed more light.
https://jcer.com/index.php/jcj/article/download/269/301
Thanks!!!
Thank you!
Almost 21K people have viewed this, and it’s showing only 2 people have commented (before me)?…. on a topic like this? (Or any topic for that matter). I find that hard to believe, with #’s like that having read this. *shrugs*
String theory is a possibility and all life is completely resonate through sound of thought. Sound creates mathematical expressions
Fascinating! The subatomic particle. I’d like to see how scientists know that it chooses both over one hole to move through.
The whole point of life is to be able to get up and walk around in the physical world. It must , therefore, be more amusing to the Universe to be able to do that instead of mentally projecting through multiple “universes.”
You think the universe can be ‘amused’ and therefore that is what all of reality is based on? And the whole point of life is to interact with the physical world- are your very THOUGHTS entirely physical?
I think you are shortsighted and don’t want to think about what isn’t directly in front of you, yet you are improperly applying a mystical way of thinking to say it’s this way because it is “amusing” to the universe…
Anyways it would be vastly more ‘amusing’ to project through multiple “universe”- not sure why you put that in quotes, there are indeed many planes of existence (we exist in 4 dimensions, for instance) and it only takes one sufficient cascade of quantum fluctuation to create a new universe. It takes zero energy and happens at smaller scales everywhere, all of the time- so why are you so arrogant to KNOW we are the only one?
Thanks! I find that the article about Lanza’s work is what resonates! Our conscious selves are not schooled to pick this up easily. This realm of study has been prominent in my life for 30 years now. It all began with an incident and pivotal observation in my childhood! There is far more to the Universes.. than we can ever imagine. Humans just want the world to be solid, reality to be linear and after death which is accurately a huge change.. it’s obvious that it’s not.
I believe you are absolutely right. I’ve had several profound spiritual experiences while very much alive using Holosync Audio Meditation, and through profound dreams whereby I saw my life and death unfold in France. (never visited France) I’ve been to Heaven twice which i believe is a vibrational frequency. I dreamt I was in Siberia standing in front of this huge rock wall of caves with tears in my eyes saying, “you’re going to get the burials you deserve,” because the people who lived in the caves were murdered. I didn’t know anything about Siberia, or if the caves were real until I did a Google search and discovered the Denisovan people inhabited the caves. I’m not exactly sure why, but from 2007-2017, I had so many profound experiences of multi-dimensional travel, I had to journal them. It’s been suggested that I write a book to share the knowledge that when we die, there is nothing to fear; we simply shed our physical body only, our consciousness moves on.
You are right
Ray Doc Choquenot I am Shure I am living in other places at the same time as this one, because I click in on some of these dreams accessing the memories, then when I wake up in this one I sort of go wait a second, none of that is related to this reality, but I seem to have residual memory of the other on’s yes plural, soo I believe there is a lot of truth in this.
“The Trinity of Life’s (mystical essence, metaphysical sense, and physical expression) domains are that which form the matrix of the bodies, minds, and, souls of existence by which the Universe of Being Experiences Itself; for the only eternal energy is that of life’s endless essence from which the infinite soul-source materializes the existence of the mind-body-matrix. ~ loua
I have wondered many times what happens to the souls and consciousness of Alzheimer sufferers. If the brain is injured or diseased and someone’s very being and consciousness reside in microtubules of the brain then what? It actually terrifies me contemplating this. And please no attacks. I’m just trying to understand this.
I share your view
The problem is, you’re trying to understand it from a position of superstition. Go to a hospital and talk with someone who knows what’s going on in the brain. The answers you need are there, not on the internet.
Seems myself and the writer had the same thoughts. I published almost the same exact article in January, but nice to see their take on it.
This is interesting, but completely wrong. This professor forgot to read the Bible ( he won’t believe it of course). It plainly rebukes his theory. Wonder what planet he thinks he will reside in?
Why would he read a novel when he’s trying to convey scientific fact.
Bosco Rollins – Why call a book, which is actually a collection of books, a novel? I suspect you have never read the Bible. Watch this with an open mind
https://youtu.be/EvOWr83qYk0
It was not well known that blood was liquid of life before the Bible? I can at least say I tried with your video, but that was flat out lie. Good luck on your biblical scientific journey, and just move on
It’s all speculation, no evidence to back it up. The only evidence we have is that consciousness is not a “thing” existing independent of the body. To use Stephen Hawking’s colourful analogy: consciousness doesn’t continue at death, any more than a broken-down computer’s memory outlives it.
Lol. This dude thinks turtles can pop out of their shells like in a cartoon or Super Mario Bros. Lanza says that we carry space and time around with us “like turtles with shells.” meaning that when the shell comes off (space and time), we still exist. A turtles spine is part of its shell and will die when you pull it apart. Then the remaining existing scraps will decay and recycle its energy. Should have compared it to something that can change shells and keep going like a hermit crab.
I totally believe this, the whole universe is a conscious entity, and we are part of it. Our bodies are just a vessel to interact with the physical universe. It’s all an intelligent design, too deny that and be so arrogant as to believe we just got lucky is ludicrous.
Many thanks for this. Going to get the book.
The mind can’t experience the reality of the inner planes- this only the soul can do.
Thanks for this article. It is defintely uplifting to hear a credible case for the mind to exist after the physical body is spent. I still have difficulty accepting multiverse theories but am relieved to hear that consciesness passes on to another phase or such. I have very real dreams when I sleep and often feel that my mind transcends time and space when it is tidying up my mental hard drive in my sleep. A much more acceptable outlook than the one I sometimes have, that the only reason we thinl there must be something after deat only because our minds cannot comprehend having no existance and no thoughts…..ceasing to exist.
Am I the only one having a hard time with the title. A theory that proves anything is no longer a theory by definition, no?
Quantum Theory proves consciousness lives on after death. That if Quantum Theory the entire subject was proven then both subjects be true. They are saying using this Theory we can prove this.
We carry time and space on our backs because we exist in time and space. The universe is like a cell it divides and multiplies. As we all know from our sciences classes in school material moves from one to the other. Remove the stigma of superiority from your thoughts. Then break your body down and everything around to the smallest that you can. Now places these results to the universe.
I found this extremely interesting. I have always believed that the human soul is made up of energy and energy never dies it just relocates!
Consciousness does not ‘move’. Consciousness is the absolute, it is everywhere and the no-thing. We/Souls are all connected by Consciousness, it is ‘we’ who seemingly move through Consciousness.
Well, I hope this is true because I will need to find the love of my life”Tricia Roberts” in the next life ad hope we can find each other forever, I will be searching for you my dear.
I believe this is all true and something very interesting to contemplate.this really proves that there is life after death and also proves a point that Ancestors are alive and kicking and that its okay to invoke them for their divine power of spirits in an African way like we Africans do at this moment.
Quantum theory can tell you a lot of thing, and it is no small surprise that people have found out this crazy stuff about the afterlife man.
One of the questions I keep coming back to – and it is the one where you are the most likely to be asked the most questions! – is, “do you know what it means to be human?” To quote the great John Keats, “All the rest of us have gone to sleep.” I think that is an important question. I think, particularly if you are a teenager or young adult, or even a pre-teen or pre-teenager, or if you have been on the road, or have had a long and tiresome day, or something, and you’ve just had a bit more sleep. If you are like me, and you have not had a sleep break, and you have an evening of waking, it is no small thing for things to not seem so strange, or in the future seem so much more plausible.
It is no small thing to get a dream that seems less than perfect, less than
Nobody better be interrupting my Long nap when I die. NOBODY!
If this is true then I hope whatever universe my conscience (spirit) goes to that I’m doing WAAAAY better than I’m doing in this one!
What a fascinating article. So basically the consciousness lives on after death, moves to another “realm”, and the universe was fine tuned for life to exist and was pre-dated by an intelligence above ours?
Yea I’ve heard of this “theory” before which Quantum Theory now validates.
The intelligence which you speak of that existed prior to matter, His name is Yahweh.
The other universe we go to you speak of is called Heaven (or Hell).
The eternal “consciousness” is indeed as such because it is breathed by God, who is eternal by His very nature.
You may think the idea of God to be a silly thing, but the fact is that more and more frequently, science is beginning to point to an intelligent creator of our universe. The universe with all its physical laws, came into being from somewhere. Without a cause there cannot be an effect.
Our complex brains which are likely to be Quantum Computers themselves, are able to possess and process quantum information. We as human beings, with all our intelligence and creative capabilities, are unable to replicate the human brain. That’s just how amazing the brain is.
It then stands to reason that the intelligence that created our brains is unfathomably more intelligent than we are. All of this just gives more glory to God for how incredible He really is.
There actually is a theory about the Mandela effect and how we are noticing different things from those around us because we died in a universe where that thing existed and are now living on in a universe where it does not. To put it into perspective, I grew up getting Jiffy peanut butter. Not Skippy, not Jif. Jiffy. It has the same exact logo as Jif, though. I bought Jiffy peanut butter frequently. When I was 18 years old, one day, I went to Wal Mart like I always do and saw that they changed their name from Jiffy to Jif. I was like: “Huh, they changed their name. That’s weird.”
Similarly, I went to the Chic-fil-A growing up in middle school and high school and was always OCD about why it did not have a K in the name, to make it spell “Chick-fil-A” instead. My friend would bring over some bags from the restaurant and I remember looking right at them and saying “Why is it spelled like chic instead of chick?” and my friends and I (multiple people involved here) had some joke that the chicken there was “chic” (high fashioned and trendy) which is why the K was missing.
One day, around the same exact time that Jiffy changed to Jif, Chic-fil-A turned into Chick-fil-A when I was 18 years old or so. I remember going there like I often did and being like: “OH, THEY FINALLY ADDED A K TO THE NAME” – keep in mind that 18 year old me looooooved chicken (and I still do) so I saw that logo and was there a lot. Just like with Jiffy becoming Jif, it seemed to have been a change that happened overnight.
Well, turns out that Jiffy never existed and it was always called Jif peanut butter. And, similarly, it always was spelled Chick-fil-A. Yet, I’ve somehow had entire conversations about these things that have seemed to change, indicating that they once were what I remember them being. So, obviously, some weird thing happened to me when I was 18 years old when certain brands of food and restaurants had subtle differences in name and spelling. When I first heard of Mandela effects, oddly enough, one of the first two common Mandela effects were of people remembering that Jiffy peanut butter once existed with the same logo as Jif and that Chick-fil-A used to not have a K in the name, just like I remembered. There were hundreds of people remembering the same thing I was. I often wonder what happened to me when I was 18 years old for these changes to suddenly happen overnight. But this article’s theory of multiple dimensions and universes would be a rather interesting explanation for phenomenon such as that one.
Perhaps many should read the Bible, because much of what I have just read is contained it, just in different words. “Intelligence existed prior to matter” -God and the rest, well, is self explanatory regarding the soul or spirit. The Bible tells us that every spirit is returned to the One who gave it. This would align with the soul leaving the body and entering outside of the universe. Isn’t it funny how a book that is over 2000 years old tells us the same thing that these scientists are just learning about? To me it seems that people try to disprove the Bible and in the process wind up proving it instead. They just leave out the word “God”.
Agreed
Everything we can conceive of here (the Bible, God, Quantum theory, soul, multiverses, ad infinitum) is simply because we are alive with a functioning brain. I have experienced many seemingly strange phenomena, as well as, just day-to-day life stuff, and I believe anything is possible. But the fact remains, that we are only able to do any of this and these things we are talking about here, because we have a brain that is alive and capable of doing so. So, enjoy whatever you can experience now as you find yourself, and leave the rest for not or for another time or existence. I think we miss the value of what is happening to ourselves right here and right now pondering the what if’s and what does this or that mean, besides exactly what it is in your here and now. Who knows anything except what you experience yourself here and now, and this is again simply because you are alive. Enjoy your life and your experiences while you can and be grateful that this is more than enough! I tend to over-analyze my experiences or try too hard to make sense of what they mean, and I have found, that all they really mean is what they were to me at the time and that is because I have the gift of life.