Thursday, October 24, 2013

News (QP: Sciences) -Time Emerges From Quantum Entanglement

"Time is an emergent phenomenon that is a side effect of quantum entanglement, say physicists. And they have the first experimental results to prove it

When the new ideas of quantum mechanics spread through science like wildfire in the first half of the 20th century, one of the first things physicists did was to apply them to gravity and general relativity. The result were not pretty.
It immediately became clear that these two foundations of modern physics were entirely incompatible. When physicists attempted to meld the approaches, the resulting equations were bedeviled with infinities making it impossible to make sense of the results.
Then in the mid-1960s, there was a breakthrough. The physicists John Wheeler and Bryce DeWitt successfully combined the previously incompatible ideas in a key result that has since become known as the Wheeler-DeWitt equation. This is important because it avoids the troublesome infinites—a huge advance.
But it didn’t take physicists long to realise that while the Wheeler-DeWitt equation solved one significant problem, it introduced another. The new problem was that time played no role in this equation. In effect, it says that nothing ever happens in the universe, a prediction that is clearly at odds with the observational evidence.
This conundrum, which physicists call ‘the problem of time’, has proved to be thorn in flesh of modern physicists, who have tried to ignore it but with little success."

Read More here:
https://medium.com/the-physics-arxiv-blog/d5d3dc850933

Quantum Entanglement Explained:

http://physics.about.com/od/quantumphysics/f/QuantumEntanglement.htm

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Thursday, October 17, 2013

News (QP: Sciences) - Quantum Particles Find Safety in Numbers

"Ludwig-Maximilians-Universitaet (LMU) in Munich researchers have uncovered a novel effect that, in principle, offers a means of stabilizing quantum systems against decoherence. The discovery could represent a major step forward for quantum information processing."

Link to the full article:
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/10/131016100118.htm

Article sources and citation:
Ludwig-Maximilians-Universitaet Muenchen (LMU). "Quantum particles find safety in numbers." ScienceDaily, 16 Oct. 2013. Web. 17 Oct. 2013.

What This Blog Will Contain

The Omnist Standard is not just a simple reflection of my personal insight on Omnism or Omnitheism. It is a resource for news and information, which will pertain to the knowledge of sciences, religion, culture, and history, among other topics, as well.

When I have an article posting updates on this information, it will be titled in the following, depending on its subject matter, citations, expositions, or news relevance;

News (Specific field : General relevance) - Topic Title

example

News (QP: Sciences) - Topic Title

Legend:

QP - Quantum Physics: Sciences
BU - Buddhism: Beliefs/ Philosophy
OM - Omnism: Beliefs/ Philosophy
CT - Christianity: Beliefs/ Philosophy
JD - Judaism: Beliefs/ Philosophy
ES - Evolutionary Sciences: Sciences
CM - Chemistry: Sciences
IS - Islam: Beliefs/ Philosophy
AP - Astrophysics: Sciences
MD - Medicine: Sciences

I'm sure there will be others, but this is a basic breakdown of what you might see.

Wednesday, October 16, 2013

The Omnist Standard

Now that I have expressed the concept of Omnism and my personal perspective that is influenced and apart of it's meaning, I can move on to more direct pursuit of giving it my own measure of understanding.

What follows is The Omnist Standard. A set of principles by which can guide the Omnist on whatever path they choose to take. It is by no means a source of rules or commandments to live by, rather tenets set to help define what Omnism is. If the tenets are not apart of your perspective, then you might not be an Omnist. Of course even if you do follow this standard of your own accord, it doesn't mean you have to consider yourself an Omnist.


The Omnist Standard:

* To have an open mind, and seek the answers in every perspective and belief. 

* All concepts developed by humankind, are connected in some way. No idea or belief exists independently of all other beliefs. Every element of the pursuit of knowledge, from science, to religion, is connected.

* Every belief and religion contain truth in some form or another.

* Never stop questioning.

* The Golden Rule exists in one form or another, in every belief and religion, as the most basic of approaches to the development of the self.

* One can hold a single belief above all others linked by a personal connection, yet still acknowledge that all other beliefs are as important, born from the same sources, and entwined by the past, present, and future of human kinds potential.

The Omnists Core Conviction

* This is the belief you specifically might follow more so than any other. It is not necessary for any Omnist to have a Core Conviction, nor is it necessary to define "Core Conviction" as a full belief or religion in and of itself. The "Core Conviction" for some, might simply be a code they live by, such as the Golden Rule, or a mantra, or quote. It is simply the conviction that one has which takes precedence in how one views the universe.

(My Omnist Core Conviction is Quantum Buddhism)

New Design for Omnism Symbol

Omnism



Religion - A Different Approach to an Archaic Ideal

Merriam-webster.com defines Religion as:

* The belief in a god or in a group of gods
* An organized system of beliefs, ceremonies, and rules used to worship a god or a group of gods
* An interest, a belief, or an activity that is very important to a person or a group
- Service and worship of God or the supernatural/ Commetment or devotion to religious faith or observance
- A personal set or institutionalized system of religious attitudes, beliefs, and practices
- Scrupulous conformity
- A cause, principle, or system of beliefs held to with ardor and faith

Wikipedia states Religion as such:
"Religion is an organized collection of beliefs, cultural systems, and world views that relate humanity to an order of existence.[note 1] Many religions have narratives, symbols, and sacred histories that are intended to explain the meaning of life and/or to explain the origin of life or theUniverse. From their beliefs about the cosmos and human nature, people derive morality, ethics,religious laws or a preferred lifestyle. According to some estimates, there are roughly 4,200 religions in the world.[1]
Many religions may have organized behaviorsclergy, a definition of what constitutes adherence or membership, holy places, and scriptures. The practice of a religion may also include rituals,sermons, commemoration or veneration of a deitygods or goddessessacrificesfestivals,feaststranceinitiationsfunerary servicesmatrimonial servicesmeditationprayermusicart,dancepublic service or other aspects of human culture. Religions may also containmythology.[2]
The word religion is sometimes used interchangeably with faithbelief system or sometimes set of duties;[3] however, in the words of Émile Durkheim, religion differs from private belief in that it is "something eminently social".[4] A global 2012 poll reports that 59% of the world's population is religious, and 36% are not religious, including 13% who are atheists, with a 9 percent decrease in religious belief from 2005.[5] On average, women are more religious than men.[6] Some people follow multiple religions or multiple religious principles at the same time, regardless of whether or not the religious principles they follow traditionally allow for syncretism."


So overall we get this concept that religion is an idea and attitude towards ones personal set of beliefs and practices. The word itself has the distinct feature of being applied to, and along with, other elements that rely on a general or broad view of the term.  

Religion could be football or Christianity. It depends on how seriously some takes that attitude and idea. Organized religion would be a religious faith, specifically Christianity, Catholicism, LDS, Judaism, Islam, and others. 
Someone could however, recognize that living life is a religion. It contains its own set of practices, such as waking up and cleansing themselves, cleaning their teeth, putting on proper attire, seeking out resources to make ones life better. This is a religion, as one must believe that life is important enough to follow these practices, ideas, and beliefs, to warrant it's existence. 

If you believe yourself to be real and true, you then rely on faith that your senses do not generally trick you into thinking otherwise. If you believe in yourself, then it follows that you must practice certain traditions in order to fulfill your obligations, which enhance and continue the existence you experience. 
Your art could be your religion, in that you find a source of inspiration in it. Creation is to you an act of serving yourself and a higher form of something, possibly the potential of reality, You practice certain traditions such as taking care of your utensils and tools, cleaning up after yourself, painting or drawing a certain way, expressing yourself through that creation, providing your creation whether free, or for a price in order to share it with others. 

Religion is not an ugly word, and far too often people associate it with organized religion in the sense that it is a narrow opiate, designed to manipulate our actions, or keep us in line, or cause us to stop questioning the world around us. Even that concept is a generalization of an organized religion. No two Christians or Muslims will necessarily see the world in the same regard. They may both have minute difference of opinion with reference to something specific in their belief. Those tiny details can mean a lot however. 

Far too often the term puts a bad taste in peoples mouths. It leaves them feeling tainted somehow...other times it fills people with a whole knowing of things. It can wash over someone like love and caring. To know you are connected with others under the same banner of faith, can be a very comforting thing. 
Omnism in and of itself is a multifaceted religion. Its surface standard is a religion, while the personal template one follows as an Omnist, is yet another aspect of religion both independent, and apart of Omnism. As a Christian Omnist you can basically have two religions. Your direct religion, Christianity, provides you with specific tenants and practices you follow, as well as perspectives you adhere to, while as an Omnist, you follow the idea set by Omnism that your direct religion, is connected to other religions, and that while you practice your traditions and serve your direct faith, you pay tribute and homage to other religions and belief systems in doing so. 

Religion is all around us, and more often than not, has no name. No label to attach to it. These are the natural religions of reality and existence. 

People do not need to fear the word religion, and they most certainly do not need to fear or feel disdain for those who proudly serve a direct faith of some sort. The point of Omnism is to learn, see through everyones eyes. Understand every view point and know that it is all part of the same system. We all share the same universe, and view it in different realities, through different lenses. 

It may have originated as a term denoting the reverence for the bond between man and god/s, but we are human beings, and despite arguments against, evolution is part of this changing universe. It doesn't negate the creation through god or gods, it enhances and adds to it. But as human beings, our words, our meanings, our art, our religions, change. They evolve. As we do, in so many different ways. 
Spirituality is an internal search for what is sacred. Religion is an external expression of that search. 

Omnism - My Tailored Religion: QuanbuddhOm

As was explained in the previous blog, Omnism is customizable. It is made to fit each individuals layered perspectives. There is no right or wrong way to determine the way Omnism fits into your belief system.

I am now going to explain my personal use of the term Omnism in regards to my own perspectives, and how I refer to myself with respect to the Omnist approach.

I am a QuanbuddhOm (Kwan - Bood - Ahm).
The term is short for Quantum Physics and Buddhism Omnist. I coined the phrase myself, because it is just what I like to do. My enjoyment of labeling things, is part of my Omnist perspective, so I have fun doing so.

The basic idea with my Omnist focus through Quantum Physics and Buddhism is the correlation between the two. This is not a new idea or concept, in fact it was years ago when I heard about the parallels between the two that I realized there was a reason both concepts had always interested me.

Here is a good link to a blog that explains the connection between the two elements of philosophy and science.

http://rational-buddhism.blogspot.com/2012/01/buddhism-quantum-physics-and-mind.html

At it's most fundamental core, the connection between the two relies on the philosophy of process and consciousness. Overall Buddhism also projects a more consistent basis of views through the Scientific Method, insisting on the proper assessment of evidence, rather than faith.

The perspective in Buddhism is often one of penetrating the ultimate nature of reality, and tracing the details of consciousness by reading the designs of the soul. Often the understanding of emptiness through the core being in which nothing exists as an independent entity.

The Dalai Lama wrote a book called, The Universe in a Single Atom: The Convergence of Science and Spirituality
In it Tenzin Gyato, the 14th incarnation of the Dalai Lama, writes about the connections between science and spirituality. Some of the transcendent parallels find interconnections between our perceived universe and the way it functions. By relating the philosophy of Buddhism and Quantum Mechanics and its physics, The Dalai Lama, and many other people including David Bohm, a physicist, make observations which seem to enhance the world views by extrapolating similar if not, the same conclusions.
Bohm for instances makes the observation, "...if we examine the various ideologies that tend to divide humanity such as racism, extreme nationalism, and the Marxist class struggle, one of the key factors of their origin is the tendency to perceive things as inherently divided and disconnected.  From this misconception springs the belief that each of these divisions is essentially independent and self-existent."

Ultimately my love for both spirituality and science were already dancing with one another before the materials publishing these concepts were made public. It had always made sense to me, it always will.

Growing up, I was raised by parents who were not religious. Each had their own different backgrounds regarding spirituality, and decided that they wanted my brother and myself to make our own decisions since it is not up to them how we viewed the universe we live in.
This is my inherent belief that parents should not be conditioning their children to believe what they believe, but rather sharing their beliefs, knowledge, and ideas, and make their own conclusions based on that background.

I had gone through many incarnations of beliefs as I grew up. Most of my life I held no other concepts of specific beliefs, other than existential thought. My first real existential moment came when I was 8 years old. I remember my family was heading home one night after we had gone to Chucky Cheese. We were quiet, expending most of our energy at the restaurant. I sat there, looking out over the city of Denvers lights, and I could see my reflection in the window staring back at me.

I thought to myself, "I will look different, but the same, when I am older. When I am older, I will look back on this exact moment and realize I am no longer the age I am now. My present, is also my past, and my future, is my present. I will one day die, but in this moment I am alive, and will remember living this moment."

For an 8 year old I always considered that to be a pretty complex train of existential thought to be having. It's not like I was different from other children, I simply remember thinking these kinds of things after that night from then on.
It was that night specifically that led into the array of possibilities the universe held for life in general.

I had gone to church now and then, not because it was part of any familial system of beliefs, but because it was required. Whether some school sanctioned necessity, as I had been apart of differing systems throughout growing up, or weddings, or funerals. Church wasn't unfamiliar to me, but I always felt that the people that attended it, were absent of something fundamentally whole. That their spirits were full, but their minds were not. That their heart was loving, but their brain was judging.
I know it isn't the case, not for everyone of course. I felt the awe a place like church provided, but I also felt the elements of life people took for granted because the source of the churches foundation was based in an often hypocritical, if not limited, worldview.

High school was rough, as it normally is. My girlfriend at the time had her own difficult patches, and there was a point where she became Christian. To know she was part of something, loved, forgiven, and able to connect with the universe in some way. She also felt that I needed to know this feeling, and so I attended youth groups with her.
Needless to say at that point in my life, I was in my rebellious phase, so churchy religious things were not going to work out for me. I saw it as a way to infiltrate the sheeple. To instigate expansion of the mind. I didn't like hearing the preaching of sermons, or reading of biblical passages. I hated hearing the names that begat other names, and the chapters of a scripture that were supposed to tell me how to live my life, but instead illuminated in large bold neon letters, "DUH."

Of course I should be good, of course values and morals are important. Personally, I understood those concepts, and always had. I was a good person internally, but externally I wanted to fight. I wanted to explode as most teenagers do.

After a time the relationship wore down and I no longer attended the youth groups, and decided for a time that I was an Atheist. It didn't last long as my existential nature negated the basic viewpoints of an Atheist belief structure. I could not believe in nothing. It was as ridiculous as believing in God. Both views did not work...independently.
Agnosticism would take over for a time, often flowered by buddhist inspiration, and this was a good time for my spiritual growth. I afforded myself the ability to question everything. I resolved to become a buddhist as it's philosophies made the most sense in my heart and mind, but I realized I was still far to entrenched in a chaotic lifestyle to appeal to its ideals. So then Satanism came and went. Then Urantianism. Hinduism, polytheism, and eventually Universalism. Universalism was my first step towards Omnism. It reconciled the equations in which man and divinity resided together through all beliefs. Unitarian Universalism  provided the concept that all things were connected.

Eventually I became interested in certain sciences. Astrophysics and Quantum Mechanics being the more illuminating of sciences to me.

Time would pass and I would jump between perspectives depending on the knowledge I had at the time. The one thing I always knew however, was that no religion was right in and of itself. There was no religion that told me something a different religion didn't or couldn't. Each espoused similar values, ethics, morals, integrity, and more of than not, stories. Even ancient allegory contained similar if not the same transition of individuals into divine concepts and messiahs. Saviors and sanctuary from the evils of mankind, or the darkness of the universes core.

It was a few years ago that I thought I created the concept of Omnism. I normally won't just make assumptions though and it didn't take my long to cite already existing definitions for the term. In fact it had been around for longer than I realized.

In that I knew then that I was an Omnist. Not only that, but a Quantum Buddhism Omnist. A QuanbuddhOm.
I believe that there are so many integral elements that we know and don't know which are not absolute, but defining concepts, entwined with one another, which make up reality and our universe, that I can never be an absolutist. I can never believe there is only one answer. My heart and mind both tell me as such. I believe in the Omniverse. The whole of all things.
Realities beyond universes beyond galaxies within realms of dimensions outside of realities beyond universes, all expanding exponentially and infinitely, within the Omniverse.

I believe in God. I believe God exists. I also believe that God is us...and that God does not exist. I believe that God is every god, and that all gods, are God. I believe that the gods are dead and living, and that the soul, the spirit, the essence, the energy, the core of our being, is not singular, but everywhere, all the time, yet inhabiting this body, right now.

When I am dead, I believe my physical body shall become part of the material earth, and that my energy, my soul, will disperse into the universe, becoming one person, many people, plants, animals. I believe it will inhabit a form of reality where consciousness can remain at some point, cognitive and singular in thought, yet divided amongst all of consciousness.

My beliefs are contradictory. They are a dichotomy. They are a paradox that most people might not be able to entirely understand. It is however, my own belief. My own understanding, and in my heart, in my mind, and in my soul, I know it is right, for me.



Omnism - An Introduction

Wikipedia defines "Omnism" as " the belief in all religions, those who hold this belief are called omnists (or Omnists). The Oxford English Dictionary (OED) quotes as the term's earliest usage the 1839 long poem "Festus" by English poet Philip J. Bailey: "I am an omnist, and believe in all religions". In recent years, the term has been emerging anew, due to the interest of modern day self-described omnists who have rediscovered and begun to redefine the term."

It goes on to state, "Contemporary usage has modified "belief in all religions" to refer more to an acceptance of the legitimacy of all religions. The OED elaborates that an omnist believes "in a single transcendent purpose or cause uniting all things or people". That is not necessarily the conclusion of those who describe themselves as omnists. Some omnists interpret this to mean that all religions contain varying elements of a common truth, or place omnism in opposition to dogmatism, in that omnists are open to potential truths from all religions. However, as with modern physics, this does not mean that there is a single transcendent purpose or cause that unites. There may indeed be an infinite number of possibilities, or a deeper form of uncertainty in reality. There may be an influence more akin to existentialism in which consciousness is a power or force that helps determine the reality, yet is not adivine influence.
In this regard, omnism does not appear to be a form of theology, as it neither espouses nor opposes particular beliefs about God. Instead, it affirms the necessity of one arriving at an understanding of reality based on personal experience, engagement, and inquiry, and an acceptance of the validity and legitimacy of the differing understandings of others. In this, there is, however, an implied system of values or ethics.
It is a belief in equality. Not one religion or the other should be superior. Everyone has their own ways of thinking and believing. There are many aspects to religion that not everyone agrees on. Therefore, omnism is just a religion that agrees to never judge against other beliefs. It is possible for one to be a Christian Omnist, or a Jewish Omnist. How omnism is seen can vary from person to person.
The number of omnists is unknown since there is currently no formal organization."
There is a decent website and Facebook Page here:

Wiki has a pretty good definition of Omnism or Omnitheism. Just as it explains, it's the basic belief in all fundamental ideas and perspectives in our history and culture, as being sources of potential truth. 
There is no single branch of Omnism, as Omnism could possibly be the first subjectively personal religion, customized to the individuals outlook and beliefs. 
In other words, it is a template for people to personalize their belief system, using all existing beliefs and perspectives. 

Now, just to clarify, while Omnism itself is the perspective that all beliefs carry potential truths, the term, "Omnitheism" is normally coined alongside it, though it describes the belief in all gods. The aspect however, the term "Omni" is derived from, insists upon all existing forms of thought regarding the subject. 
Meaning, in my own opinion of course, that Omnitheism isn't just the belief in all gods, it is the belief in all gods and no gods. To say it in a more complicated manner, it is the belief in God, a god, all gods, no god, all dead gods, that we are gods and God, and that God is a multifaceted element of knowledge that cannot be known, but understood fundamentally, through existing and experience of life. I could go on, but this could be described as the foundation of the complexity within that perspective. 

I myself am an Omnist and Omnitheist. When I go on in later blogs about my personally catered Omnist perspective, the reasons why I see my belief in the way I do, will become more clear. Or perhaps less clear. 

So Omnism being the belief in all beliefs and perspectives, gives clarity to the idea that everything we've created since our evolution into being, is important. That we have always given voice to the possibilities, and that with each creation, a new truth is born. 

To be clear, just because we have a belief in all beliefs, does not mean that all Omnists believe every story of every culture, civilization, and religion. This is just rationality and logic. So here one has to be careful, relative to their own perspectives, of how they approach the mythos and historical explanations of these beliefs. To be wary, while accepting of the possibilities, is how an Omnist should always perceive their perceptions. 

That isn't to say that one cannot believe in the story of Jesus or Joseph Smith or Muhammad. One can still be an Islamic Omnist. It is possible. You ultimately decide what you believe in your own heart and mind. As an Omnist you are fortunate to have one of the few perspectives that is compatible with every perspective, dependent upon your own ideas and beliefs. 
The degree of Omnism can differ as well. A pure Omnist for instance has no specific belief or perspective they subscribe to, instead having an overarching connection with all of them. A Chriistian Omnist however, could be a devout follower of Christ, but still believe in his heart, that his belief in Christ, or possibly Christ himself, is connected to all human creation and knowledge, thus one cannot separate themselves from the rest of the worlds religions because of that. These are just examples, and not set approaches to either or any Omnist belief. 

As an Omnist, the world and the universe, are literally yours to interpret how  you see fit, using the eyes of all beliefs, to visualize understanding and communication. Love and wisdom. Possibilities and inevitabilities. 
As an Omnist, you are the universe. 




A Change to the Blog

I've been wanting a place to share my thoughts on the perspectives I have in life, and so I've decided to turn this blog, which was previously Baital 11, a blog for my art, into The Omnist Standard. This blog will contain all my perspectives, ideas, thoughts, and beliefs regarding Omnism and Omnitheism.