these   phenomena   are real,   and we  must    try to  understand  their   nature  if
we  want    to  comprehend  the reality of  our existence.
We  have    been    seduced into    thinking    that    the scientific  world   view    is
fast    approaching a   Theory  of  Everything  (or TOE),   which   would   not seem
to  leave   much    room    for our soul,   or  spirit, or  for Heaven, and God.    My
journey deep    into    coma,   outside of  this    lowly   physical    realm   and into    the
loftiest    dwelling    place   of  the almighty    Creator,    revealed    the indescribably
immense chasm   between our human   knowledge   and the awe-inspiring
realm   of  God.
Each    one of  us  is  more    familiar    with    consciousness   than    we  are with
anything     else,   and     yet     we  understand  far     more    about   the     rest    of  the
universe    than    we  do  about   the mechanism   of  consciousness.  It  is  so  close
to  home    that    it  is  almost  forever beyond  our grasp.  There   is  nothing about
the physics of  the material    world   (quarks,    electrons,  photons,    atoms,  etc.),
and specifically    the intricate   structure   of  the brain,  that    gives   the slightest
clue    as  to  the mechanism   of  consciousness.
In  fact,   the greatest    clue    to  the reality of  the spiritual   realm   is  this
profound     mystery     of  our     conscious   existence.  This    is  a   far     more
mysterious   revelation  than    physicists  or  neuroscientists     have    shown
themselves  capable of  dealing with,   and their   failure to  do  so  has left    the
intimate    relationship    between consciousness   and quantum mechanics—
and thus    physical    reality—obscured.
To  truly   study   the universe    on  a   deep    level,  we  must    acknowledge the
fundamental  role    of  consciousness   in  painting    reality.    Experiments     in
quantum mechanics   shocked those   brilliant   fathers of  the field,  many    of
whom     (Werner     Heisenberg,     Wolfgang    Pauli,  Niels   Bohr,   Erwin
Schrödinger,     Sir     James   Jeans,  to  name    a   few)    turned  to  the     mystical
worldview   seeking answers.    They    realized    it  was impossible  to  separate
the  experimenter    from    the     experiment,     and     to  explain     reality     without
consciousness.   What    I   discovered  out     beyond  is  the     indescribable
immensity   and complexity  of  the universe,   and that    consciousness   is  the
basis   of  all that    exists. I   was so  totally connected   to  it  that    there   was often
no   real    differentiation     between     “me”    and     the     world   I  was  moving
through.    If  I   had to  summarize   all this,   I   would   say first,  that    the universe
                    
                      john hannent
                      (John Hannent)
                      
                    
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