"No problem can be solved by the same consciousness that created it." Albert Einstein
I am reading a short book titled a Hunger for Wholeness by Sister Ilia Delio. She currently holds the Josephine C. Connelly Endowed Chair in Theology at Villanova University and has earned doctorates in both theology and science. She is an expert in the theories of Pierre De Chardin Teilhard, a paleontologist and theologian, and she has expanded on his thoughts based on discoveries in science subsequent to his death in 1955.
Sister Delio explains there is an inner universe and an outer universe. Science can explain the outer universe through observation and by math, but the inner universe is experiential. Science can describe the construction of an atom, but cannot describe an what an atom can experience.
There are also two forms of energy in the universe – axial energy which is increasing and irreversible and the other which is peripheral or tangent, constant and reversible. Axial energy is the force that expands the galaxies through attraction, connection, complexity and consciousness. We can see axial energy at work in the Big Bang and the combining of the simplest of elements which ultimately formed humankind. Peripheral energy results in entropy, the deterioration of our bodies.
Axial energy and quantum mechanics behave differently than the peripheral energy and behaviors in Newtonian physics. In quantum mechanics, the presence of an observer changes the action of light waves or particles. This leads us to the question, is anything is really material and concrete irrespective of what we observe? The answer is not at the quantum level. In addition, in quantum mechanics, particles are interrelated often in unexpected ways. The turning of a particle in one part of the universe can affect another light years away instantly. For instance, the flapping of a butterfly wings can change a star across the galaxy.
Sister Ilia Delio postulates the universe could not exist without an observer or consciousness existing first – and that God is intimately intertwined in his creation. "Some scientists speculate that without consciousness, the universe would exist indeterminately as a sea of quantum potentiality." Without consciousness there is no matter. She further writes that creation is an expression of God's love and he is moving us forward to a greater consciousness to be shared by humans.
Pierre De Chardin Teilhard wrote of spiritual singularity or reaching the Omega Point. In my mind (my theory), spiritual singularity is similar to sharing the inner energy and joy of a musical concert through telepathy. You don’t just feel the noise and physical movement of the concert participants, you share an elevated inner joy and connection collectively, increasing the power of consciousness and love within each person. When there is a sufficient concentration of consciousness and joy we will reach the Omega Point, the complete body of Christ.
I also theorize, when spiritual singularity or the Omega Point is reached collectively (transcendence of the mind), all that is not of God (love) or is sin will be wiped from consciousness shared by the body of Christ. This will result in the ability to transform matter into energy and back again escaping the reality of our mortal existence in this temporal plain.
