A book titled “Biocentrism: How Life and Consciousness Are the Keys to Understanding the Nature of the Universe“, published in the USA, has stirred up the Internet because of the notion that life does not end when the body dies and can last forever. The author of this publication, scientist Robert Lanza, has no doubts that this may be possible.
Beyond time and space
Lanza is an expert in regenerative medicine and a scientific director at Advanced Cell Technology Company. While he is known for his extensive research on stem cells, he was also famous for several successful experiments on cloning endangered animal species.
But not so long ago, the scientist turned his attention to physics, quantum mechanics and astrophysics. This explosive mixture has given birth to the new theory of biocentrism, which the professor has been preaching ever since.
The theory implies that death simply does not exist. It is an illusion that arises in the minds of people. It exists because people identify themselves with their bodies in the first place. They believe that the body is going to perish, sooner or later, thinking that their consciousness will disappear too.
According to Lanza, consciousness exists outside of the constraints of time and space. It is able to be anywhere: in the human body and outside of it. That fits well with the basic postulates of quantum mechanics, according to which a certain particle can be present anywhere and an event can happen in several, sometimes countless, ways.
Lanza believes that multiple universes can exist simultaneously. These universes contain multiple ways for possible scenarios to occur. In one universe, the body can be dead. And in another, it continues to exist, absorbing consciousness that migrated to this universe.
This means that while traveling through the ‘tunnel’, a dead person ends up in a similar world and thus stays alive. And so on, infinitely, according to biocentrism.
Multiple Worlds
This hope-instilling but extremely controversial theory by Lanza has many unwitting supporters – not just ‘mere mortals’ who want to live forever, but also some well-known scientists. These are physicists and astrophysicists who tend to agree with the existence of parallel worlds and who suggest the possibility of multiple universes, known as the Multiverse theory.
Science fiction writer H.G. Wells was the first to come up with this concept, which was proposed in his story “The Door in the Wall” in 1895. 62 years after it was published, the idea was developed by Hugh Everett in his graduate thesis at Princeton University. It basically states that at any given moment, the universe divides into countless similar instances.
And the next moment, these “newborn” universes split in a similar way. You may be present in some of these worlds – you may be reading this article in one universe or watching TV in another.
The triggering factor for these multiplying worlds is our actions, explained Everett. When we make certain choices, one universe instantly splits into two different versions of outcomes, according to this theory.
In the 1980s, Andrei Linde, a scientist from the Lebedev Physical Institute in Russia, developed the theory of multiple universes. He is now a professor at Stanford University.
Linde explained: “Space consists of many inflating spheres, which give rise to similar spheres, and those, in turn, produce spheres in even greater numbers, and so on to infinity. In the universe, they are spaced apart. They are not aware of each other’s existence. But they represent parts of the same physical universe.“
The notion that our universe is not alone is supported by data received from the Planck space telescope. Using the data, scientists created the most accurate map of the microwave background, the so-called cosmic microwave background radiation, which has remained since the inception of our universe. They also found that the universe has a lot of anomalies represented by black holes and extensive gaps.
Theoretical physicist Laura Mersini-Houghton from North Carolina University argues that the anomalies of the microwave background could exist because our universe is influenced by other universes existing nearby. And holes and gaps are a direct result of attacks from neighboring universes.
Soul quanta
So, there is an abundance of places or other universes where our soul could migrate after death, according to the theory of neo-biocentrism. But does the soul exist?
Professor Stuart Hameroff from the University of Arizona has no doubts about the existence of an eternal soul. He believes that consciousness does not perish after death.
According to Hameroff, the human brain is the perfect quantum computer, and the soul, or consciousness, is simply information stored at the quantum level. It can be transferred, following the death of the body; quantum information carried by consciousness merges with our universe and exists infinitely. In his turn, Lanza claims that the soul migrates to another universe. That is the main difference his theory has from similar ones.
Sir Roger Penrose, a well-known British physicist and expert in mathematics from Oxford, supports the multiverse theory as well. Together, scientists are developing quantum theory to explain the phenomenon of consciousness. They believe that they have found carriers of consciousness, the elements that accumulate information during life, and “drain” consciousness somewhere else after death.
These elements are located inside protein-based microtubules (neuronal microtubules), which previously have been attributed to a simple role of reinforcement and transport channeling inside a living cell. Based on their structure, microtubules are best suited to function as carriers of quantum properties inside the brain. That is mainly because they are able to retain quantum states for a long time, meaning they can function as elements of a quantum computer.
What do you think about biocentrism? Does this theory seem feasible to you?
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I have thought this for a long time. When you die your consciousness move to a judgment universe where God casts judgment on you. You then move to either the Heaven universe or the Hell universe for all of eternity.
The literal Greek translation means “for an age.” So hopefully, just until we get it right. I have a ways to go.
I’ve been very “Mandela-effected” which is what led me here. That said, I wonder if Jesus taught that the true meaning of being “born again” is reincarnation. In the story, He said flesh is born of water and spirit of spirit. Nicodemus was amazed at these words. Why is that if He only meant that one’s sprit must embrace peace and love? Jesus goes on to say that no one knows which way the wind blows, just like it is with everyone born of the spirit. He could have easily said, “No, dude. I don’t mean you’re born back into your mother’s womb. Just believe in me, follow my teachings and you’ll be a spiritually changed man.” Christians have been programmed to accept being “born again” as allegorical, but Hell as being literal. Could a lake of fire (in the book of Revelation) mean doing this existence over and over again until we get it right? If reincarnation is valid (regardless of one’s spiritual beliefs), and we must learn lessons, the only way I can see that being equitable is if we live in the exact same body and with the exact same circumstances, having free will, as with the parallel worlds theory. Otherwise, there would be too many variables affecting our choices, e.g. gender, race, appearance, country of origin, etc. Of course, life isn’t fair so who’s to say that the afterlife is either? But what I wanted to really stress is that the quantum computers (or whatever is responsible for the Mandela Effect) are changing Bible passages and turning the entire book info gibberish. These changes are clearly meant to make a mockery of the Bible. I have no idea if this is happening with other religious texts, but for me, the Bible changes mean that this reality is being manipulated, and we didn’t change dimensions. This place feels very dark and dense – not at all like my previous “reality” pre-2012. The other possibility is that they stuck our consciousness in a simulation (a form of “Hell” now for me). This place is becoming surreal! Watch the official CERN video in which the scientist holds up a Bond1 sign while wearing a Mandela t-shirt. The first James Bond was Barry NELSON. So Nelson Mandela is the message. He’s laughing as he does this. All I know is that reality is no longer what I thought it to be. This does not mean I rule out the “many worlds” theory. Sorry, I know I skipped around, but it’s difficult to edit on a phone.
When I read all of these comments (I want to mention that I enjoy seeing people who are interested in this subject, as they should be) I notice that many people seem confused, yet eager. Many of these comments along with the article itself seems to have theories or ideas that has the idea’s logic go unchecked. That is understandable since this subject is so daunting and complex that it is very likely that no one will find out these answers by means of deep thinking, but rather by experiencing first hand. I also notice that many of the ideas about consciousness have the same underlying required property which is that consciousness must be bound or in relation to a living being or thing, whether it be a human or any other animal. However, one idea that I have put some thought to may allow for a simpler understanding of what every one of us is having trouble explaining: the idea of how consciousness functions and what the nature and it’s properties concretely are. To understand this I think we need to start by knowing our terms concretely, such as “consciousness” which is, to quote the source I found from an online dictionary, ” the state of being awake and aware of one’s surroundings” or “the awareness or perception of something by a person” or “the fact of awareness by the mind of itself and the world”. Now, all of these definitions have in common the notion that perception is absolutely needed in order to participate in what we refer to as “being conscious”. To know that we are awake we need to be perceiving the world around us to determine that. We perceive the world around us. We need to perceive ourselves as a physical manifestation in order to have a sense of self. Now it’s time to define “perception” or “perceiving”. To quote a dictionary: “the ability to see, hear, or become aware of something through the senses.” We understand that a component of consciousness is perception, and now we understand that perception is determined based on sensory data collected by our sensory organs. Our brains react to the stimuli that our sensory organs bring to it, which makes up what is being perceived. An example is your hand touching a ball. The sensory facilities on your hand brings information to your brain and your brain reacts to that information and determines that you are touching a ball. Now, a question arises from this information that perception is based on a reaction by the brain to stimulus and that is: Is the human brain or any other animal brain the only thing able to react to stimuli? Is it possible that lesser constructions of material such as plants or even non organic material can still react to stimuli, perhaps at a less complex level than that of a living brain? Another question: Does a plant perceive sunlight? It certainly is reacting to the stimulus of sunlight by it’s sensory facilities receiving that stimulus and continuing or beginning it’s process of photosynthesis because of the initial stimulus, just as a brain reacts to the stimulus of the sensation of a ball by interpreting the sensation to be a ball. These two situations are examples of a less complex state of consciousness and a more complex state of consciousness. When considering this idea, I am left to believe that it is possible that the idea of consciousness is subject to humanistic bias and is thought of to be exclusively within the abilities of human brains or other brains, when the reality of the nature of perception and thus consciousness is that, even down to an atomic scale, there is reaction to stimuli and that reaction gives a baseline of some form of perception or understanding of that stimuli, which can be complex or simple. That baseline of perception can account for very basic idea’s for “no death” However, with that in mind, a supposed afterlife by means of whatever your brain or parts of your body that are able to perceive at a lesser level of complexity than your or my brain currently would suggest that what we have to look forward to is not enteral oblivion or the cessation of existence, but a state of perception that is very basic, so basic that it is not imaginable to means of our complex perception structure that is our brain. The main idea is that we may currently have a rather complex state of consciousness, but we are made up of materials that will ultimately no longer be in the form of a brain that can have a less complex state of consciousness. Please email me with any ideas, questions or criticisms. Thank you.
We probably have a soul that lives on. But you do not need the most crazy narratives of the craziest sects of physicists to show this is probable.
That concept is very hard to wrap my head around. Why don’t we remember our earlier “impersonations” after death, in new “lives”? Why dont we experience or collect information?
Answer to your last question – deja vu?
Simple, there is nothing to remember because we moved on and the memories are our own. I believe that when we dream it is actually our other selves living in other worlds. When we die it is seamless and we don’t even know it has happened. Research the Mandella effect, that explains it all and you will be shocked by how all this comes together.
Yes, even remembering does not exist.
Yes we do remember but the universes we are shifting from are way to similar.Have you ever had a dream in which you die and than you wake up like nothing happened what do you think where are those vivid dreams coming from.Have you ever had a feeling of total sleep paralysis ringing in your ear seeing a tunnel you go trough in your sleep this familiar shape well if you ever did than it means you died in some other similar universe.
Well i’ll say this; there’s a reason why some of us humans are smarter than others and seem to know so much about something more so than others. I think those people lived some earlier life and those experiences (and knowledge) from those lifetimes are manifesting in them. They learnt a lot from earlier lives and (without knowing) have brought those lessons learned into this life. you could say their souls or consciousness are older than others.
While a cool idea, especially for those with axiety of death that don’t believe in religion, it obviously has some issues. The first and foremost being when did it start? What happens when the universe finally goes cold and the last atomic particles decay? There will nothing left for your consciousness to exist in.
As time passes, it passes in each of these universes as described, you continue living. These universes all have a finite time to be around.
I believe in God and also somewhat believe that this could be fact. Remember God does not tell us everything!
Believing in God is a box wrapped nice and tight and prevents you from knowing the truth… Had religion and God never come around think of how much advancements in Science and Technology we would have by now… We would probably already know the answer to this debate 😒
That’s the interesting thing, though. If you think about it, Time only really exists due to the spinning of our planet. Truly, time can be bent and this idea I think, is suppose for transcend both space AND time.
Probably, this is why we need to evolve in consciousness.
Every form of being moving up or down to a other form of councisenes.
So if, in fact we are One consciousness, the consciousness of this universe, that we call God, maybe at the final time of the life of universe, this consciousness will evolve to another form of manifestation which will transcend the limit of this material universe.
Consciousness is not a product of physical processes. The brain is to consciousness as a TV set is to a television show. Our focus is on the TV set. When we die our focus is removed from the TV set and returns to the TV studio. Consciousness is entirely nonphysical and is eternal.
Thoughts can get sick and have disorders, but consciousness itself never gets sick and has no known disorders. People never have more than one consciousness, it always operates at the same speed which we perceive as time. Consciousness therefore transcends the physical world, is entirely nonphysical and eternal. The physical world is imagined by God’s consciousness, and that includes our brain. The brain is an essentially inanimate object, and has no free will, but is bound by the laws of physics. And for this reason being “alive” is the deadest you will ever be. When your consciousness returns to its source, it is returning to a place that is more real than this reality, like a TV signal returning to the TV studio as opposed to watching the TV show on a TV screen, which is the brain. Don’t get confused that the TV show originates in the TV itself. That’s where many scientists get it wrong.
The Universe is not physical. It is within the One Mind all who are aware, share. As Albert Einstein says and Quantum Mechanics proves, Time & Space are constructs of mind. The Kingdom really is within.
Is it fair to assume that what we call “consciousness” is a manifestation of quantum interactions occurring in our atoms? Is this the soul? Assuming this to be correct, the soul is beyond space and beyond time.
The larger question is: where did it all come from? I cannot believe the “Big Bang” theory that everything came from nothing. There had to be a creator. Things like automobiles just did not pop into existence. They had to be designed, manufactured, and delivered.
That being said, in the Quantum Universe, things DO pop in and out of existence. One particle can be at two places simultaneously. The mere act of observing an experiment, changes the result.
The laws of physics get very murky at the Quantum level hence the inabilty to produce a Unified Theory of Everything
I can’t understand
That could be because All the possibilities of consciousness manifestations exists simultaneously, but only when the there is a consciousness which is aware of itself, starting the separation from the All, and one of the infinite possibilities become alive!
I believe in this concept, but I still find it discomforting. Having recently lost my mother quite suddenly I want to believe that she is still around in as a form of consciousness that I will recognize when my consciousness is released.
I am very much with you on that, Judy. If those who are deceased do retain their consciousness, then why can they not contact those left behind, directly? There are those that say they do, via flashing lights; smells; feathers and other means, but I mean by actually talking to us as they would have done when alive. I have heard some people have had two-way telephone conversations with deceased people – I so wish I could have one with My Mother…
Somehow I feel inferior because I have never experienced my mother’s presence while other friends of mine tell me wonderful stories of their parents’ “visits.” It’s like I am not advanced enough or something. I guess it is different for everyone, but it does seem that deceased persons are not actually gone. Physics teaches us that matter continually changes form, so maybe their consciousnesses are elsewhere, and for whatever reason, we just cannot talk to them on the phone!
If matter cannot be created or destroyed, only changed, than why would this not apply to consciousness?