The Physics of God, Quantum Physics, and Nonlocality
Summary: This conversation explores how modern physics, post-materialist science, and spiritual experience may be pointing toward the same underlying reality. It also examines the observer effect, nonlocality, fine-tuning, and what it might mean to define God as infinite intelligent consciousness.
Questions This Interview Explores
- How do quantum physics and the observer effect challenge a strictly materialist view of reality?
- What do nonlocality, implicate order, and holographic ideas suggest about the nature of matter?
- Can the fine-tuned universe and the origin of consciousness be explained without invoking intelligence?
- How can spiritual experience and scientific inquiry be held together without forcing either side to compromise?
Selbie makes the complex and obscure simple and clear. He is known for creating bridges of understanding between the modern evidence-based discoveries of science and the ancient experience-based discoveries of the mystics. A dedicated meditator for nearly fifty years, he has taught yoga, meditation, and universal experiential spirituality throughout the US and Europe. He has also been an avid follower of the unfolding new paradigm of post-materialist science—with groaning bookshelves to show for it. Selbie has authored The Physics of God, a unification of science and religion, and The Yugas, a factual look at India’s tradition of cyclical history. Selbie is a founding member of Ananda—a meditation-based community and spiritual movement inspired by Paramhansa Yogananda. He lives with his wife at Ananda Village near Nevada City, California.
Books:
- The Physics of God: How the Deepest Theories of Science Explain Religion and How the Deepest Truths of Religion Explain Science – “The explanations of transcendent phenomena given by saints, sages, and near-death experiencers—miracles, immortality, heaven, God, and transcendent awareness—are fully congruent with scientific discoveries in the fields of relativity, quantum physics, medicine, M-theory, neuroscience, and quantum biology. The Physics of God describes the intersections of science and religion with colorful, easy-to-understand metaphors, making abstruse subjects within both science and religion easily accessible to the layman—no math, no dogma.”
- The Yugas: Keys to Understanding Our Hidden Past, Emerging Energy Age and Enlightened Future
Website: physicsandgod.com
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Transcript, summary, and key takeaways from this interview
Interview with Joseph on “The Yugas”.
Interview recorded February 26, 2022
Video and audio below. Audio also available as a Podcast.
YouTube Video Chapters:
- 00:00:00 – Introduction to Buddha at the Gas Pump
- 00:03:33 – A Shift Towards Philosophy and Spirituality
- 00:07:38 – From Science to Spirituality
- 00:11:11 – Comparing Science and Religion
- 00:14:41 – The Interpretation of Science and Religion
- 00:18:46 – Unity between Science and Religion
- 00:22:07 – The convergence of science and spirituality
- 00:25:30 – Bridging Science and Spirituality
- 00:29:31 – Incorporating Spirituality in Science
- 00:33:09 – The Challenges of Applying Scientific Experimentation to Spirituality
- 00:36:32 – The Nature of Matter and Energy
- 00:40:35 – The Intelligent Organization of Energy
- 00:44:57 – Flatland and Two Dimensional Reality
- 00:48:46 – The Intersection of Science and Spirituality
- 00:52:15 – The Complexity of the Universe
- 00:56:02 – The creation of multiple universes and promissory materialism
- 00:59:35 – The Mathematical Language of Consciousness
- 01:03:20 – The Challenges of Bridging the Gap in scientific research
- 01:06:43 – The Power of Consciousness and Responsibility
- 01:10:24 – Mind-blowing Mystical Experiences
- 01:13:32 – The Origin of Consciousness and the Role of the Observer
- 01:17:37 – Challenging Fundamental Truths
- 01:21:18 – Einstein’s View on Quantum Physics
- 01:24:53 – Nonlocality and the Existence of Multiple Universes
- 01:28:58 – The Intelligent Power of the Universe
- 01:32:33 – Currents of Intelligence and the Manifestation of Gods and Demons
- 01:36:08 – The Role of Freewill in Shaping our Reality
- 01:39:51 – The Future of Science and the Flip
- 01:43:01 – Wrapping up and defining God
- 01:46:40 – The Oneness with God
- 01:49:36 – Life is What Happens
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