Embrace Your Passion
Welcome to QUANTUM SERENDIPITY
For so many of us, we feel trapped- lost in an abyss of circumstances that control the way we approach our lives each day. Like programmed robots, we go through our daily obligations very similar to the previous day, the prior month, and as in past years. Our thought processes are much the same. We unconsciously think the same thoughts and hold on to the same beliefs that were instilled in us in our childhood. If we were to ask ourselves if we are truly happy with this seemingly mundane existence, most of us would admit that we were not happy, and that we are victims of circumstance, because of the choices we made, or the obligations to what others told us that we must obey to stay in line with the expectations that others decided for us to follow.
Fortunately, we are on the cusp of a new paradigm. Thanks to all that we have discovered through our understanding of quantum physics, there is no doubt that once we truly understand its basic principles, where we are going in the near future holds great possibilities to break free of old paradigms and to enter a new realm where our old beliefs are challenged. With this understanding, we can begin to entertain a novel approach to our daily existence, creating endless promise for happiness and peace that will affect each and every one of us, when we are ready to make it all a reality.
So, I invite you to become a participant in an adventure that will change the very fabric of all that we now know...
Discover who you truly are
If someone were to ask you who you are, how would you respond?
Would you say that you are an accountant, a nurse, a store clerk or some other job that you do? Or, would you say that you are a mother, a grandfather or some relation to someone else? Most will answer this question by talking about their career, or how they make a living. Some will define themselves as victims. This includes such answers as: I am a person with cancer, or, I am unlucky or poor.
The truth is, very few people feel satisfied with the answer they come up with. Why do you think that is?
This is a question that has baffled scholars and all sorts of people for many centuries. While this may be difficult for any of us to answer if some guy in the street asked us this question, there is growing consensus that there is a way for all of us to truly know this answer. The answer is not somewhere "out there". No one else can correctly answer this deep question on your behalf.
Rather, the answer to this seemingly baffling question resides WITHIN each of us. But just how do we go about accessing this information?
A similar question some of come to a point in our lives that we ask of ourselves is: what is my life’s purpose? What am I doing here? What is my destiny?
Live Life in Song
Music offers us a clear path to entering and realizing a higher consciousness that is both mind-clearing and beneficial to our senses.
Remember when you heard a song that you heard for the first time, and that song resonated with you? It is as if you had wrote those lyrics yourself. Someone else out there poured their heart in that song that revealed a side of their soul that you could relate to on a very deep level. Could it be that the songwriters possess some connection to a higher consciousness that revealed a shining light that gave us hope- hope in a deeply-held secret that remained hidden away for so long?
Or is it the melody or beat that resonated with a frequency that brought revealed a coherence that lifted us to a higher level of consciousness, if not for just a few minutes?
If someone else can open their heart in song and certain aspects of that music can draw us closer to our inner child, then, at the very least, there are others who may be connected to us at a deep unrecognized level.
Our knowledge of quantum consciousness has only recently that there may be more to what we feel when we resonate with a beautiful tune.
Click below to learn more about sound and how it benefits us.
BE INSPIRED BY EVERYTHING
If you look around, truly look in to the wonder of everything that you see, particularly in nature, the music that you love, the people that you spend time with and the amazing creations that others have created, one can find inspiration to such a degree that you can connect at a deep level, allowing for new ideas to flourish, bringing clarity to what before seemed far away or unattainable.
SERENDIPITY
Open the door to that which has always been. That which many of us call coincidences may in fact be a sign- an invitation to explore further in to the mysterious unknown.
QUANTUM ENTANGLEMENT
Perhaps the most fascinating and far-reaching concept of Quantum Theory that applies to a wide variety of phenomenal events that occur in our universe also applies to how we relate to each other.
MEDITATION
Meditation is the cornerstone of realizing your true self and allowing for benefits that are truly astounding and life-changing, offering us the portal to that which makes all possibilities attainable...
THE DEFAULT MODE NETWORK
Find out about the Default Mode Network and how meditation can change this engrained pattern of neural networks and introduce us to a new paradigm...
the chakras
A basic understanding of the chakras is valuable in the process of aligning your body and spiritual self for optimal health and vitality.
solitude
It has been said that a life of solitude is one that is well-lived. Just what do we mean when it is said that the gifts the universe offers us can be discovered when we are alone?
serendipity
So What About Serendipity?
Serendipity, as defined by Merriam-Webster, is “the faculty or phenomenon of finding valuable or agreeable things not sought for, or an aptitude for making desirable discoveries by ACCIDENT”.
In our universe teeming with endless possibilities orchestrated by the energy and vibration we send out to ultimately create our reality, perhaps there is something more than coincidences and chance circumstances that we encounter throughout our lives. If we take what we have learned only recently from the myriad of discoveries of quantum physics, we are active participants in this universe, not merely bystanders who are victims of circumstance beyond our control. Astonishing as it may seem, we are connected to others in ways that may seem absurd from that what we previously came to accept from classical mechanistic physics.
When we feel heart-based emotions founded in gratitude and love, we begin to allow a high frequency vibration that finds its way to others that are similarly connected and are able to subconsciously resonate with this vibrational energy. With the release of this intention, the universal forces find a way to bring our wishes to form. So, those odd unexplainable occurrences that we can recount from earlier days may not actually be a coincidence at all. They may in fact be occurrences that derives its source from within us. Perhaps by no accident, events occur that we have chosen by connecting to an incredible energy field that all of us are an integral part of...
serendipity
The Universe does this thing... where it aligns you with people and situations that matches the energy you give. The more you improve yourself and raise your vibration, the more you will see things that are beneficial to your well-being...
Quantum entanglement
In the world of quantum physics, there's a phenomenon called quantum entanglement.
Entanglement is when two seemingly separate particles bond so strongly that what happens to one affects the other, even if they become separated by thousands of miles. We are all are made up of tiny sub-atomic particles, leading quantum scientists to believe our own particles get "entangled" with other people's atoms, particularly with those with which we share an identical or very similar resonance or frequency. While this apparent connection between such individuals have been known for centuries, we now have this understanding of a fundamental property of quantum mechanics that explains this very special bond.
Albert Einstein dubbed this "spooky action at a distance," and it could be why we have inexplicable "knowing" or stay emotionally connected to people, even after years of physical distance.
Dean Radin, author of Entangled Minds and Chief Scientist at the Institute of Noetic Sciences, says early discoveries about entanglement offer legitimacy to psychic experiences.
"No longer are psychic experiences regarded as rare human talents, divine gifts, or 'powers' that magically transcend ordinary physical boundaries," says Radin. "Instead, psychic ability becomes an unavoidable consequence of living in an interconnected, entangled physical reality."
In other words, this paranormal activity is a natural phenomenon of physics.
Rupert Sheldrake, biologist, and author, agreed with Radin during a 2008 Google Tech Talk, stating entanglement between humans is undeniably possible.
There have also been significant studies about the power of thought. Select researchers insist the that the thoughts of one person can effect the thoughts of the other if both people share a strong bond (i.e., entanglement).
Peter Baksa, author, and investigative journalist, puts it this way: because the human body has an electric field and thoughts are energy formed in that electric field, our minds are essentially transceivers. They can send and receive signals to others by way of the electronic frequencies of our thoughts.
Based on the properties of entanglement, our brainwaves literally affect physical reality. This may be why we can feel someone thinking of us or "know" they're about to contact us. We're simply picking up on the thought energy they're transmitting our way.
As researchers continue to unlock the mysteries of entanglement, many are already connecting the dots between this strange phenomenon and everyday coincidences. It's fascinating to think psychic experiences might be byproducts of connections between sub-atomic particles, or that the brain is picking up on thought energy like radio waves.
If you're wondering if you're entangled with someone else, below are five signs research now suggests are plausible through cause and effect.
1. You get overwhelmed by strong emotions with no apparent source
One minute everything is going right, the next minute you feel sad, depressed, elated, or anxious. The feeling persists, growing stronger, and we eventually receive confirmation of these feelings after talking with this person through which we share a bond.
If quantum entanglement between people is possible, you may be tapping into a loved one's energy field.
2. You can't stop thinking about someone
Out of nowhere, someone you know is inundating your thoughts. They pop up when you're trying to fall asleep or watching a movie, and you have no idea why.
It's so strong, you can almost feel a tugging in your chest. You wonder what to do. Call them? Send a message? A possible explanation is this person is focusing intense thought energy on you, and you're receiving the signal loud and clear.
3. You experience foretelling dreams
If your dreams have become more vivid or they involve deep emotions regarding someone you know, it's worth your time to examine why this is the case. It could be that your brain is using dreams to play out energy it's detecting or the emotions of someone you're unknowingly entangled with.
4. You "know" without knowing
This is best described as having this strong feeling about a situation or circumstance, particularly with someone you share a close bond with. For instance, you have a realization of a particular situation involving that person. This includes an unquestioned realization of what circumstances will occur in that person’s future, as well as a myriad of occurrences between the two of you. This “knowing” occurs before truly understanding why this is so. Rest assured, it does eventually play out to be the case. Love, in its pure form, does not mislead or inform us of nothing more than the truth.
If this has been occurring to you, pay attention to the person or people these occurrences involve most often. This intuition may indicate sensitivity from a particular source or be the result of entanglement. Start looking for patterns; you may be surprised by what you find.
5. You think it, they say it
Time and time again, that person echoes the very feelings and reflections you keep private as if you're different sides of the same coin. It could be a case of kindred spirits, but some would suggest the incessant mirroring could be evidence of a deep entanglement you didn’t know you had. Chances are that this person is someone you've been extremely close with either in the past or present.
No doubt the field of quantum physics will continue to unveil more truths that are stranger than fiction as time goes on. Meanwhile, the rest of us will live out these fascinating truths for ourselves and perhaps be more mindful of the signals we're sending out.
Music and Consciousness
The secret of music
So, the question to be asked is: Why do we listen to music?
From mood enhancement and relaxation to a feeling of connectedness with the cosmos, music has the ability to shift our state of mind. It lowers the stress hormone cortisol, it helps us to get e better night sleep, and rewires the brain in a host of positive ways. When you’re fully lost in music, you’re getting a taste of nirvana without any formal training.
We come to the realization that there is someone out there- someone who relates to how we feel at a given moment. At a slightly deeper level, we can appreciate how magically the lyrist conveys the thoughts of their inner consciousness to us the listener. On occasion, it may seem that the singer was sharing our feelings that reside within us, or as if we wrote those words ourselves. As if our private destiny was present in the unified field, and a person who shared a common resonance opened the door to our true inner being.
Like meditation, the goal of music is to create a positive shift in our mental state. Music is a reliable source of transformational experience for many, and we are attracted to music for the same reasons that meditators meditate. Music and meditation both allow a fuller and richer experience of our emotions: They stop our incessant and often negative mental chatter and offer us an opportunity to inhabit the present moment more fully and meaningfully. These are all important for good health and happiness.
The importance of rhythm, melody, and harmony is far from being a recent phenomenon. The aboriginal people of Australia believe in “songlines,” which manifest reality and everything in it, and native Americans believe that life was brought about and sustained by the “song of the creator.”
Music is part of all authentic spiritual traditions: It has been utilized as an important element of spiritual rites and rituals to unify groups with each other to focus the mind, explore deeper truths, and to transcend the bounds of ordinary existence. The chanted mantras and ragas of the Hindu traditions, yoga’s seed syllable “om,” and the hymns of modern religions are all examples of tools that are used to bring spiritual practitioners to higher states of consciousness.
What is it about music that imparts these shifts in mental state almost instantly? It’s not one thing, but a combination of many different effects that work on different parts of the body/mind complex.
Music helps us to take a present-centered perspective on reality in order to engage with it. This sense of being present feels good.
One of the reasons we love music so much is that we can forget our troubles and just be. Immersed in sound and devoid of the usual angst of life, we perceive our world from a hyper-present flow state.
One of the markers of such flow is “transient hypofrontality,” which is a state where our sense of self temporarily deactivates and the parts of the brain that generate feelings like anxiety and self-doubt are subdued. In this state, the activity becomes entirely rewarding in and of itself without regard for outcome.
Many meditation traditions work with flow as a tool by utilizing meditative states called “jhana,” which fulfill the criteria for the flow states that music listening and playing can generate. As the great sages of southeast Asia have been telling us since the Axial Age, the gateway to happiness is opened when we can let go of our sense of self and the neurosis that comes with it.
Much of the time, we are stuck worrying about the past and the future, rather than the present. This happens when a subsystem of the brain called the default mode network is active. Although it normally results in anxious and stressful thoughts, evolutionarily it offers great benefits. We spend much of our time ruminating on past events to learn from what went wrong, and we think about future events in order to prepare for them.
When we listen to music, this default mode network is activated, but with a very different emotional outcome. When the default mode network is engaged by music we love, it appears that even though we are in a waking rest state (which is the typical setting for the negative ramblings of the default mode network), the mind focuses on the music. Instead of worrying about that project due at work, the unpaid credit-card bill, or the trials and tribulations of our life, we get drawn into the music. For the length of that song or concert, we’re much less likely to comb our memories or future for negative or unresolved trauma or events.
For thousands of years, Buddhist meditators have known the effects of an activated default mode network as “mind wandering,” and the tools to transcend it are built into the meditation system. By using gently repeated intentions, noting of thoughts as they arise, and a general increase in mental power, Buddhist meditation allows us to transcend the random and negative imaginings about past and future.
Studies at Harvard show that meditation inhibits the functioning of the default mode network that is associated with anxious mind-wandering. The resulting “here and now” mind-state generates a deep sense of focused calm, well-being, and a strong connection to others. In fact, meditation’s default-mode-inhibiting qualities may be one of the key driving factors of its well-documented ability to reduce anxiety and stress-related disorders. Using meditation skills to focus on where we are and who we are with “living in the present”—greatly reduces the types of thinking that cause unhappiness.
Listening to music activates the default mode network, but it also primes the brain for empathy. As a coping mechanism to prepare us for the emotional trauma described in the music, the brain creates a potent cocktail of feel-good neurochemicals. When the song finishes, our brain is left awash with the remaining neurochemicals.
Meditation is also a way of experiencing our emotions more fully. But rather than outsourcing our emotional expression to music in meditation, we’re taught to quieten the mind and let the latent and repressed emotions arise. In a state of relaxed mindfulness, we allow emotions to arise without suppressing them or getting caught up in them, and in this way the feelings, memories, and trauma can fully express in a safe space. This generates greater emotional literacy, releases stored negative emotions that can cause illness, and increases our focus and mindfulness—all of which are associated with happiness.
It’s been demonstrated that listening to music also releases a powerful compound called dopamine, which is one of the happiness neurochemicals. It’s well known for being the brain’s “reward” drug of choice for encouraging health and vitality.
In the meditation world, this experience is explained as a loss of self in the group. The rush of unity and oneness that arises is due to the loss of ego, instead replaced by something that the enlightened ones have written about for millennia: that we are all connected in far deeper ways than appear on the surface.
Buddhist “loving kindness meditations” do a very similar thing. By training for emotional entrainment, meditators experience pronounced prosocial effects in everyday life. This study shows that “the practice of loving kindness meditations led to shifts in people’s daily experiences of a wide range of positive emotions, including love, joy, gratitude, contentment, hope, pride, interest, amusement, and awe…They enabled people to become more satisfied with their lives and to experience fewer symptoms of depression.” It even increases the brain's volume of gray matter in regions related to empathic response, anxiety, and mood regulation.
The study of how music affects the mind/body complex is a relatively new field, but you don’t need to be a neuroscientist to tell you how your mental state shifts while listening to your favorite music—you can feel it yourself. It brings us closer to being able to understand life and our place in it. It helps us transcend the ego by connecting with those around us in a more positive, holistic, and healthy way.
IS OUR LIFE AN ILLUSION?
It has become a common theme throughout history, and now more so as we understand the concepts of quantum mechanics. That is, what is real? Is our life an illusion, as many respected scientists are now suggesting?
Well, it all depends upon our level of awareness. When you woke up this morning, you may have remembered that dream you experienced in the middle of the night. That dream may have been wonderful or confusing, romantic, or frightening. As soon as you awoke, you realized they were just dreams; they were something the mind created and wasn’t real, so you eventually let them go and moved on with your day.
The enlightened masters tell us that this life, which we call our waking reality, is also just another form of dreaming—something conjured up by the mind, a mistake of the intellect—and one day we’ll also awaken from this dream to the reality of our true self.
Understanding the Illusion
Ultimately, anything you can experience with your senses or imagine isn’t real in the true sense. You identify with what you are not. The goal is to step out beyond the conceived walls of our known existence and experience the unlimited freedom of that which is unknown.
Our journey to go from the known, which is what we experience with our senses, to the unknown, is not that difficult. We don’t have to learn anything new because this ability already resides within us. Our journey is simply remembering and recognizing who we really are.
There are certain illusions that many of us hold on to as we deal with the day-to-day processes of what we call our life.
The Illusions
1. The illusion of limitations of space.
This illusion leads to the thinking of, “I am here and not everywhere.” While it may be the case that our individual, limited consciousness is only here, but when we connect to the Unified Field, which permeates the whole universe, we are instantly equally present in any part of this field. There is nowhere we are not. The illusion is that we live in a localized universe, whereas our essential nature is pure, non-local space.
2. The illusion of time.
This gives us the impression that “I was born, grew old, and will die; there is a future and a past.” When you learn to be completely present in this moment, to be in the NOW, time becomes merely a concept and ceases to have any hold on us. We realize that everything is happening at the same time but at different frequencies. The illusion of a linear, time-bound universe gives way to our true, timeless, eternal nature.
3. The illusion of the limitations of attachment.
This creates the thinking that “I need this to be complete in some way, or I am not complete yet.” When we trust that every moment is complete, we step into the freedom of life. The sun rises, the sun sets—it’s impossible to hold onto the day or night. Enjoy what comes and be at peace with what doesn't. If a particular person in your life does not resonate with you or it becomes a difficult endeavor to maintain tranquility, it may be time to recall your energy and move on to others who offer a seamless easy-going relationship.
4. The illusion of limitations of knowledge.
This leads us to believe that “I know this, but I don’t know that.” By tapping into the field of infinite possibilities, we access a state of all-knowing, where everything exists as pure potential waiting to be enlivened merely by giving our attention to it.
5. The illusion of the limitation of creativity.
This tells you, “I can do this but not that.” There is nothing more creative than the universal forces- just look around at nature. We all have the potential for anything. Everything we could ever want is right here—we just need to open ourselves to the field of infinite possibilities and learn to enjoy what has already been created for you.
6. The illusion of fear.
The illusion that there is something to be afraid of is perhaps the most insidious of all. All negative emotions—anger, hatred, judgments, aggression, and racial intolerance—ultimately stem from fear. The illusion of fear is the tool used by immoral leaders to gather the masses behind them. Fear only exists when love is absent. There is nothing that can ever harm us except the shadows you create in your own mind. As John Mayer puts in song: “fear is a friend who is misunderstood”.
When we become trapped in these illusions, we experience suffering. All suffering is a result of not knowing who we really are, leaving us to live a life of doubt, confusion, pain, and frustration. Suffering itself is an illusion!
As Always, there is a choice
Most of us struggle to address these illusions. While we remain trapped in the illusion, we try to make it as comfortable as possible. Apathy is not a solution. When we see others suffering, we must do what we can to help. However, if we become attached to the illusions, we also ride the rollercoaster of pain and pleasure for many lifetimes.
We can step out of the illusion. The great mystic Osho said, “When you are absolutely dissatisfied with things as they are, only then do you go in search, only then do you start rising higher. Only then do you make the effort to pull yourself out of the mud.”
We can choose to live the true qualities of life, expanding our view of reality and effortlessly move beyond the illusion. We can transcend the worldly limitations, stepping into the wisdom of the unlimited unknown.
How to Step Out of the Illusions
1. Meditate. Meditation is a formidable tool we have to reconnect with our inner silence and rediscover who we really are.
2. Make a list of all the limiting beliefs we hold on to, which prevents us from living a full enriching life. These are the excuses and illusions we create for ourselves, which block our spiritual progress. Things like, “I’m too old, I’m too small, I’m not smart enough, or I am much too busy with my life now." Then we ask ourselves, “What are these illusions, these limitations preventing me from doing?” Release them.
3. Become an observer of your actions throughout the day; observe your thoughts, your emotions, and your actions. Then ask yourself, “Who is observing?” This is the real you.
4. Observe your breath. Illusions take us into the past or the future; the real you is in the NOW. Your breath can never be in the future or past, it’s always in the present. During the day, pause and simply be aware of your breath.
5. Neti, Neti is literally saying, “not this, not this.” During the day pause, touch, taste, hear, smell, or look at something and remind yourself, “This is not real.”
6. Find your Light. Find your destiny—your purpose—and live it. The path that is shown by your light is the path that is right for you.
Taking the time to institute these relatively simple exercises is critical to break away from these limiting thoughts. Done on a regular sustained schedule will allow us to move beyond the illusion. Once we have successfully moved into the realm of the new unknown, we can do our part to help others to realize a new amazing paradigm.