The astrological sign of Aquarius rules invention, innovation, and ideas that blow our traditional ways of thinking out of the water, and as we move into the Age of Aquarius our very conception of reality will continue to morph and evolve as our understanding of the multilayered patterns of the Universe becomes more complex.
Now comes biocentrism, a belief that life creates the Universe. Robert Lanza is one of the leading proponents of this theory and has come out with a new book which is abridged on the MSNBC site. (A quick look at Lanza's chart (born 2/11/1956, time unknown) reveals that he was born under the New Moon in Aquarius, with the Sun and Moon conjunction opposed by Jupiter (expanding one's point of view) and Mercury (thought process) in Aquarius as well.)
Lanza's theory of biocentrism includes these seven principles:
- A First Principle of Biocentrism: What we perceive as reality is a process that involves our consciousness. An "external" reality, if it existed, would by definition have to exist in space. But this is meaningless, because space and time are not absolute realities but rather tools of the human and animal mind.
- A Second Principle of Biocentrism: Our external and internal perceptions are inextricably intertwined. They are different sides of the same coin and cannot be divorced from one another.
- Third Principle of Biocentrism: The behavior of subatomic particles, indeed all particles and objects, is inextricably linked to the presence of an observer. Without the presence of a conscious observer, they at best exist in an undetermined state of probability waves.
- Fourth Principle of Biocentrism: Without consciousness, "matter" dwells in an undetermined state of probability. Any universe that could have preceded consciousness only existed in a probability state.
- Fifth Principle of Biocentrism: The structure of the universe is explainable only through biocentrism. The universe is fine-tuned for life, which makes perfect sense as life creates the universe, not the other way around. The "universe" is simply the complete spatio-temporal logic of the self.
- Sixth Principle of Biocentrism: Time does not have a real existence outside of animal-sense perception. It is the process by which we perceive changes in the universe.
- Seventh Principle of Biocentrism: Space, like time, is not an object or a thing. Space is another form of our animal understanding and does not have an independent reality. We carry space and time around with us like turtles with shells. Thus, there is no absolute self-existing matrix in which physical events occur independent of life.
You may recall the old question, "If a tree falls and there is no one to hear it, does it make a sound?" Evidently the answer is no!
Quantum mechanics describes the tiny world of the atom and its constituents, and their behavior, with stunning if probabilistic accuracy. But quantum mechanics in many ways threatens our absolute notions of space and time. When studying subatomic particles, the observer appears to alter and determine what is perceived. The presence and methodology of the experimenter is hopelessly entangled with whatever he is attempting to observe, and what results he gets.
In 1964, Irish physicist John Bell proposed an experiment that could show if separate particles can influence each other instantaneously over great distances. First it is necessary to create two bits of matter or light that share the same "wave function" using a special kind of crystal (so-called "entangled particles"). Now, since quantum theory tells us that everything in nature has a particle nature and a wave nature, and that the object's behavior exists only as probabilities, no small object actually assumes a particular place or motion until its "wave function" collapses. What accomplishes this collapse? Messing with it in any way. Hitting it with a bit of light in order to "take its picture" would instantly do the job. But it became increasingly clear that any possible way the experimenter could "take a look" at the object would collapse the wave function. As more sophisticated experiments were devised it became obvious that mere knowledge in the experimenter's mind is sufficient to cause the wave function to collapse.
That was freaky, but it got worse. If the wave function of an entangled particle collapses, so will the other's -- even if they are separated by the width of the universe. This means that if one particle is observed to have an "up spin" the act of observation causes the other to instantly go from being a mere probability wave to an actual particle with the opposite spin. They are intimately linked, and in a way that acts as if there's no space between them, and no time influencing their behavior. Experiments from 1997 to 2007 have shown that this is indeed the case, as if tiny objects created together are endowed with a kind of ESP. They truly seem to prove that Einstein's insistence on "locality" -- meaning that nothing can influence anything else at superluminal speeds -- is wrong. Rather, the entities we observe are floating in a field -- a field of mind, biocentrism maintains -- that is not limited by the external spacetime Einstein theorized a century ago.
No one should imagine that when biocentrism points to quantum theory as one major area of support, it is just a single aspect of quantum phenomena. Bell's Theorem of 1964, shown experimentally to be true over and over in the intervening years, does more than merely demolish all vestiges of Einstein's hopes that locality can be maintained.
Before Bell, it was still considered possible (though increasingly iffy) that local realism -- an objective independent universe - could be the truth. Before Bell, many still clung to the millennia-old assumption that physical states exist before they are measured. Before Bell, it was still widely believed that particles have definite attributes and values independent of the act of measuring. And, finally, thanks to Einstein's demonstrations that no "information" can travel faster than light, it was assumed that if observers are sufficiently far apart, a measurement by one has no effect on the measurement by the other.
All of the above are now finished for keeps.
The research of Bruce Lipton has already revealed that human consciousness influences which DNA switches are turned on and off, proving what many of us already know: that we can create not only our reality but our physical health with the intention of the conscious mind.
Our understanding of the very concept of consciousness is transforming at a spectacular speed. The triple conjunction of Jupiter, Chiron and Neptune, all in Aquarius, can act as a portal for us individually to gain a deeper understanding of the reality that underlies our experience of the Universe. But first our minds must open wide.
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Chiron, wishing things (and people) away isn't going to work anymore, as you and the rest of the world will see very soon.
Drastic changes that will make everyione face REAlITY. And stop dreaming.
And thank God it's happening. It's been a long time, but it is finally happening.
This is the new age.
(Lynn, facing reality is the only way a new age can come about. I disagree with you.)
Really informative post! Really informative discussion! Thanks for sharing!
Be careful what you wish for, you just may find that your wish is granted. Indeed we are entering an epoch where much turmoil will unfold. Whether any particular philosophy helps or hurts is rather academic. As Lynn points out, organized religion has done more damage, killed more human beings, caused more wars, reined more destruction, stifled more free thought than any theory of Einstein or postulation on quantum mechanics ever has. Talk about mumbo jumbo. The hardships to come will peel off the whole like layers of an onion peeled back to the core. Each layer bringing changes in perspective and with them the disassembling of structures, belief systems, and social communities. By the conclusion of the cycle, we will all, those who remain, wish for a state of blissful dreams.
BTW lynn, enjoy the book, it is fascinating to say the least.
I'm not at all worried about the "hardships to come". I'm not invested in the system at all. As long as I can eat I will be happy. So much for debt and western material angst... I've left that prison for good. And anyway I'm confident we can create a new future and I can be part of it. This is a comfortable time for people like me or having similar outlook.
Hi Luca, I don't see any particular signatures for autistic-spectrum disorders in the chart of your relative who died back in 2008 but there were definitely signatures for depression. The Uranus/Pluto conjunction opposed Saturn, and both ends of that opposition formed a square to his Sun and Moon (he was born under a New Moon so he was rather fresh at these kinds of experiences). Sun and Moon both in Sagittarius, where there is difficulty dealing with the kind of darkness you have to walk through when you have this heavy Saturn/Pluto influence, and the presence of Uranus would have made it difficult to concentrate.
The younger child does have a chart that looks more like asperger's-type issues, with lots of Aquarius. Intuitively I feel that the mother doesn't want to deal with the possibility that there could be problems, she has not really recovered from her husband's death. If her son starts to exhibit problems that need professional help I am certain that she will come around, but until then it's her choice and the rest of you just have to live with it. His chart is VERY different than the father, and there's no need to fear that the same thing will happen.
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