The major debate of our time + a new resource

What is the major “debate” for our time? Is it whether or not to recycle? Is it global warming? Is it stem cell research? No. The real debate is about something that seems very simple and incredibly basic.

Is there a non-physical Reality? Another way to ask the question is: Do things exist that are not perceived by our five senses or the mechanical extensions we have created to augment them?

Since the ascendancy of science around Newton’s time, and the success of the Industrial Revolution, the notion of anything non-physical being real has been relegated to the world of dreamers, religious fanatics, and charlatans.

While the triumphs of science have been earthshaking, it seems to me this narrow view is a replay of the arrogance that once proclaimed, “We are the center of the Universe.” The only difference is now we are saying: “There is no reality beyond what we humans glimpse through the windows of our sense perceptions.” We have limited the entire Universe within the confines of what we can see, hear, taste, touch and smell.

Having created the What the BLEEP movies and gotten a very adverse reaction from the mainstream media, as well as the societal and scientific realms, it seems that putting forward the hypothesis that there is more to the Universe than meets the eye is like bringing up religion or politics at a dinner party – a very bad idea. Certainly it is a very revolutionary idea. There is not one field of human endeavor that would not be influenced by such a different view of Reality.

Strangely, this is the view 21 st century humanity finds itself facing. Quantum mechanics has been telling us for over seventy-five years that everything we see is actually part of one vast ocean of infinitesimally small particles that also take the form of invisible waves. Not only is this “reality” beyond the perception of our five senses, intrinsic to quantum mechanics is the fact that everything physical is connected within this vast sea. This is revolutionary indeed. Once we embrace this in everyday thought, everything changes.

The scientific community is, by and large, antithetical to extending the quantum viewpoint to ordinary life. Yet the scientific method - the very backbone of science – is beginning to be applied to do just that, bring light to this subject and expose cracks in the edifice of scientific materialism. Applying the scientific method, studies now show that: praying for someone can statistically increase the chance of healing; focused human intention can affect quantum events in a way that is considered impossible; and information embedded at the Planck Scale may be the background carrier of reality that transcends time, space, and the physical senses.

The mainstream scientific world does its best to ignore the ramifications of these discoveries. And yet the true glory of science is that it does move itself forward. Early discoveries and theories of quantum mechanics were so preposterously wild few scientists could accept them as true. But despite the “impossibility” of their discoveries, the evidence eventually was overwhelming, and a radical new way of addressing the physical Universe came into being.

The new reality is already here. To help speed up the process of getting this information out to the world, we have just added a New Science Media Resource Directory to our website http://www.whatthebleep.com/newscience/. This section is designed to be used by individuals and media professionals interested in finding good sources and background material about some extraordinary and world renowned scientists involved in groundbreaking experiments and discoveries. In it you will find both old faces and new.

Our physical world is just the tip of the iceberg, and the Universe is vaster than currently imagined. The scientists presented in this section, using the tried and true methods of rigorous experimental inquiry, are pointing out the limitations of a strictly materialistic worldview, and ultimately re-introducing consciousness into the Universe.

In the past, science struggled to keep the scientist out of experiments in some idealized state of separation. Now quantum physics and the Observer Effect keep shoving the experimenter – the human being - back into the picture. For centuries, the inner experience of “ourselves” has been segregated from what is considered “reality.” Even our most ever-present perception – that fact that we exist – has been relegated to the world of fancy, or, as some neurologists will have it, to the realm of epiphenomena. The scientists showcased here are moving science beyond the belief that human consciousness is just an unexpected by-product of brain cell function. It seems to me that these scientists, seeking to bridge the inner and the outer, are the true explorers of the 21 st century.