A speculation about how we “create” our world
Introduction
The Implicit Cosmology is a cosmological model that has helped me understand our spiritual nature, the world we live in and the phenomena we think of as paranormal. It is the model of reality I turn to when I see something that needs to be explained.
As do some other systems of thought, the Implicit Cosmology predicts that we create the world we experience. While that is a widely held view by people who accept the Survival Hypothesis, the actual nature of that creative process is less explained.
Question
If the physical is an expression of our mind, how is it that a physical object, say a rock alongside a road, can be experienced in much the same way by many people and at different times? Are we all creating the same rock? Or are we sharing a worldview?
Considerations
- Reality is modeled here as:
- The Greater Reality – It is useful to think of reality in terms of a Source or First Cause. In that view, reality is the first expression of Source. All else is the expression of aspects of Source. The “substance” of the greater reality is referred to here as the etheric.
The terms “Source” or “First Cause” are not used here in a religious sense. They are used in much the same sense as the rapidly expanding singularity of “Big Bang” theory in physical science. - Personal Reality – Each of us has a sense of what is real. Our personal reality is modeled here as our worldview.
- Physical – The physical universe is modeled here as an aspect of the greater reality formed and continuously maintained by a collective expression of life fields.
- Psi Field – In parapsychology, thought (the influence of thought) is referred to as Psi. The Psi Field is a way of describing the medium of propagation for Psi. While parapsychologists usually describe the Psi Field as an emergent quality of the physical, I model it in the Implicit Cosmology as a parapsychological name for the etheric.
- The Greater Reality – It is useful to think of reality in terms of a Source or First Cause. In that view, reality is the first expression of Source. All else is the expression of aspects of Source. The “substance” of the greater reality is referred to here as the etheric.
- Mind – Mind is nonphysical and native to the greater reality. This implies the greater reality is primary and the physical is an aspect of the greater reality.
- Worldview – Each of us maintains a mental map or worldview of what we think is real about reality. Our worldview acts as a filter so that sensed information (from our body, local reality or other life fields) is changed to better agree with our sense of what is real. In effect, we only become consciously aware of an aspect (version) of actual reality.
- Aspect – “Aspect” is used here to mean something that is derived from something else. An aspect is based on its source (parent life field) but always has a subset of its source’s characteristics. If we imagine ourselves driving a new car, for instance, our ability to imagine the car is limited by what we think is real about the car. In effect, we can only imagine an aspect of ourselves and of the actual car.
- Thoughtform – In a fundamental sense, reality can be modeled as life fields and their expressions. The expressions can be modeled as thoughtforms. Think of a thoughtform as an etheric field composed of characteristics related to an idea. The “automobile” thoughtform, for instance, would include characteristics such as color, propulsion and number of wheels. Thoughtforms are not physical objects. They are conceptual (informational) and may represent what is perceived as a physical thing.
- Collective – Life fields are considered sentient, but their expression is limited by their worldview. All life fields are modeled here as existing in a nested hierarchy of aspectation beginning with First Cause. This is in the same sense that a skin cell life field is part of a nested hierarchy of life fields that compose a biological organism. Each of us are part of a collective but we may not be in the same collective.
- Etheric-physical interface – We have learned from our study of ITC that the etheric-to-physical interface functions as a psychokinetic influence on physical energy to produce an intended order. The influence does not appear to be directly on the physical energy. The evidence seems to indicate that the influence is directly on the etheric thoughtform that represents the physical energy.
The actual interface is in how the experiencer’s Attention Complex (especially worldview) understands sensed information about something physical. We do not see a car. We experience other life field’s thoughts about a car.
- Rapport – Rapport is a term used to indicate the potential to interact with other life fields and thoughtforms. Think of rapport as the strength of a life field’s mental bond with another life field or a thoughtform. It is an important concept to understand because rapport can be managed to enhance our sensing by learning to manage our attention.
- Creative Process – The Creative Process is defined as “Changes in reality are expressed via personality’s attention on an imagined outcome with the intention to make it so.” In other terms, we create an aspect of our reality by visualizing what we imagine to be true.
- Perception – Our mind has a process that responds to environmental (Psi) signals from our biological senses and other life fields to produce our conscious perception. Creation of our perception is moderated by our worldview.
In effect, our mental expression forming process asks an “Agree?” question of incoming information. The result follows the decision tree:
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- Agree – If sensed information agrees with our sense of what is real, we will become consciously aware of that information.
- Agree but with conditions – Information that is familiar will likely be modified to better agree with our expectations and we will only become aware of that new version.
- Disagree – Information that is not consistent with our expectations will likely be ignored and we will not become aware of it.
- Characteristics of the etheric – The Psi Field (etheric) appears to be nonlocal in the sense that an effect expressed in one aspect of reality can be simultaneously experienced in all aspects, depending on rapport. A person does not travel from one place to another in the etheric. Instead, personality’s attention and intention acts as a steering mechanism for mental expression and perception. We move in reality by changing our mind.
Comment about the Nested Hierarchy concept.
Talking about the “Nested Hierarchy” concept seems to unnecessarily complicate this explanation. However, it is a central part of the Implicit Cosmology. Here are three examples:
- Morphic Resonance – Rupert Sheldrake’s Hypothesis of Formative Causation. (see the Morphic Fields Essay) argues that cell division in a biological organism is controlled by a morphic field representing “Nature’s Habit.”
“Nature’s Habit” in a morphogenic field compares well with Worldview in an Attention Complex. While a morphogenic field expresses groups of similar cells in a biological organism such as skin, bone and hair cells in a nested hierarchy architecture, the Attention Complex expresses thoughtforms which may or may not be characterized as physical. In both examples, the creative process goes from intention (purpose) > to visualization (habit) > to expression (thoughtform) > to physical form (if applicable).
- Another way the concept has become evident is in the way temperament seems to fit into our worldview. (See Myers Briggs Personality Types) Worldview represents a mental map of what the person thinks is real. It is primarily populated with human instincts, memory and cultural training. It also appears to include a kind of discerning intellect acquired by the immortal aspect of a person during previous life experiences.
There are many versions of temperament. Myers and Briggs identified four:
Analytical – Thinking, thorough, disciplined; always a student of the subject.
Amiable – Supportive, patient, diplomatic, healer and caregiver.
Driver – Independent, decisive, determined; always thinking about the next step.
Expressive – Good communicator, enthusiastic, imaginative; often the opinion setter.
Considering other evidence, it may be that the difference in temperament is at least partially explained by the idea that people with the same temperament share a common local creator personality. That is, members of a collective may share traits inherited from their source life field. This speculation predicts that a person with a Driver temperament, for instance, is a collective sibling with other Drivers.
The idea of “Soulmates” is a popular New Age concept. Perhaps life fields from the same collective are more in agreement with others from the same collective.
To understand how and why we evolve our worldview and the influence it has on our perception, it seems necessary to have a sense of how life fields interact.
Creating a Shared Space
The Forming a Shared Space Diagram above illustrates the information flow between thoughtforms and life fields. It also illustrates the relationship between a thoughtform and its physical manifestation. Note the relationship between life field, sibling life fields and collectives. Also note the relationship between life fields, thoughtforms and physical things. If you follow the signal flow lines, note that thoughtforms are typically a shared expression to which each of us might add an impression but about which each of us have the same perception.
To understand this concept, it might be helpful to remember that the realm of mind is nonlocal. In effect, we are one mind with many personalities.
Rupert Sheldrake’s “Nature’s Habit” is unique to each species but common across all instances of a species. It is also persistent in that it is not easily changed. Sheldrake predicts change to it occurs by way of incorporation of useful “creative solutions to environmental challenges” found by instances of the species. That is consistent with current understanding of evolution.
In the same way, Sheldrake predicted that complex processes would become easier through repetition. That is, a person solving a problem in one part of the world will make it easier for a different person to solve the same problem in a different part of the world. For this to be true, the mechanism enabling this shared experience is modification of the problem’s thoughtform and not the problem or the problem solvers.
As the theory goes, the rocks I saw alongside the road are the expression of thoughtforms. I visualize the thoughtform representing a type or class of rock that is shared throughout the physical. Each rock would have its own history or “local” evolution.
Allowing for such environmental challenges as road building and desertification, when I traveled the road, I was seeing a local reality that had been seen by many people over many years. Each witness saw something reasonably close to what their worldview guided them to experience. Cosmologically speaking, I was not seeing the rocks. I was accessing the rock’s thoughtform.
As an engineer, I am trained to consider how the rock’s shape helped determine the stable angle of the roadside banks and their likely relationship to a nearby volcano. My impressions would contribute to the thoughtforms that organized the scene, thus contributing to the thoughtforms and future witness’s experience.
Observation
This is just a thought exercise but understanding it helps me understand the nature of my reality. Contemplating the various aspects of the metaphysical cosmology I study helps me better understand what of it makes sense and what needs rethinking. It also helps me learn to think as an immortal self and not as a mortal human.
Any model intended to explain the nature of consciousness and reality should be useful for proposing an explanation for such experiences as shared spaces and temperament.
