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BOOK 3:

I N N E R W O R K I N G S

S e c t i o n 5Inner Space , the F ina l F ron t i e r :

T h e M e c h a n i c s of N o n p h y s i c a l Re al i t y - A M o d e l

S e c t i o n 6T h e En d is A l w a y s t h e B e g i n n i n g

Tod ay is th e F i rs t Day o f th e Rest of Your Ex is ten c e



S y n o p s i s o f B o o k 1 a n d B o o k 2

Book 1: Awakening - Section 1 provides a par t i a l b iography of the

au th or tha t i s pe r t in en t to the subse que nt c rea t ion of th is tr ilogy. Th i s br i e f

look a t the author ' s unique exper ience and credent i a l s sheds some l ight

upon the or ig ins of th i s ex t raordinary work . The unusual as socia t ions , c i r -

cumstances , t raining, and research that eventual ly led to the creat ion of the

My Big Picture Theory Of Everything (My Big TOE) t r i logy are descr ibed to

provide a more accura te per spect ive of the whole .

Book 1: Awakening - Section 2 lays out, logically justif ies, a n d d e f i n e s

t he bas i c concep t ua l bu i l d i ng b l ocks needed t o cons t r uc t My Dig TOE's

conceptual foundat ion . I t d i scusses the cul tura l be l i e f s tha t t r ap our th ink-

ing in to a nar row and l imi ted conceptua l i za t ion of r ea l i ty , def ines the

bas ics of Big Pic ture epi s t emology and onto logy, as wel l as examines the

na t u r e and p r ac t i ce o f med i t a t i on . Mos t i mpor t an t l y , Sec t i on 2 de f i nes

and deve l ops t he t wo f undamen t a l a s s umpt i ons upon whi ch t h i s t r i l ogy i s

bas ed - a h i gh en t r op y p r i mo r d i a l cons c i ous n es s ene r g y- f o r m ca l led AU O

( A b s o l u t e U n b o u n d e d O n e n e s s ) a n d t h e F u n d a m e n t a l P r o c e s s o f e v o l u -

t ion . AUO eventual ly evolves to become a much lower -ent ropv consc ious -

nes s ene r g y- f o r m ca ll ed AUM ( Abs o l u t e U nb ou nd ed M ani f o l d ) t ho ug h

ne i t he r is abs o l u t e o r un bo un de d . U s i ng on l y t hes e two as s u mp t i ons ,

Sect ion 2 logica l ly infer s the na ture of t ime, space , and consc iousness as

wel l as descr ibes the bas ic proper t i es , purpose , and mechanics of our r ea l -

ity . Addi t ionally , Sec t ion 2 dev elops the con ce pt s of T h e Big C om p ut er

( TBC) an d t he Even B i gge r C om pu t e r ( EBC) a s op e r a t i o na l m ode l s o f

aware d ig i t a l consc iousness . Our Sys tem (OS) i s def ined to be PMR

(Physical Mat ter Real i ty - our phys ical universe) pl us the subse t of

N P M R n [A speci f i c par t of Nonphys ica l Mat ter Real i ty (NPMR)] tha t i s

in terac t ive wi th PMR. Many of the concept s in i t i a t ed in Sect ion 2 are

m or e fu lly exp la ine d in la t e r Se c t ions .

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Book 2: Discovery - Section 3 develops the in ter face an d in terac t ion

between we the people and our d ig i t a l consc iousness r ea l i ty . It der ives and

expla ins the charac ter i s t i cs , or ig ins , dynamics , and funct ion of ego , love ,

f r e e will, an d o ur l a rger pu rp os e . Th i s sec t ion in t ro du ces us to th e con -

sciousness-evolut ion f ractal ecosys tem of which we are a par t and explainshow we can opt imize our in terac t ion wi th in tha t sys tem to ac tua l i ze our

ful l po tent ia l as an ind ivid uate d con sciou snes s . Addi t ional ly, Sect ion 3

bui lds a br id ge be twee n your prese nt as sum pt ion s ab ou t the physica l and

spir i tual reali ty you think you l ive in (a reali ty l imited by your cultural and

per sonal be l i e f s ) and My Big Pic ture Theory Of Everyth ing (My Big TOE).

The nature of a larger real i ty that exis ts beyond your phys ical percept ion

is descr ibed in detai l . Spir i tual i ty and Love are technical ly def ined as func-

t ions of en t ropy content wi th in consc iousness . Paranormal ac t iv i ty i s g ivena theoret ic al bas is as a no rm al p ar t of a larg er science. Finally, Sec t ion 3

develops the ps i uncer tainty pr inciple as i t explains and inter relates ps i

p h e n o m en a , f re e wi ll, love, co nsc iou sne ss evolu t ion, phys ics , real ity,

human pur pos e , d i g i t a l comput a t i on , and en t r opy .

Book 2: Discovery - Section 4 descr ibes an opera t ional and funct ional

model of consciousness that fur ther develops the resul ts of Sect ion 3 and

suppor ts the conclus ions of Sect ion 5. The or igins and nature of digi tal con-

sciousness are described along with how art if icial intel l igence (AI) , asembodied in AI Guy, leads to art if icial consciousness, which leads to actual

consciousness and to us . The des ign cr i ter ia , features , and l imi tat ions of our

personal consciousness are explained and related to the larger digi tal real i ty.

The part we play within the whole is derived as the physical universe is

shown to be a local reali ty within a larger mult idimensional system of digital

synergy. The concepts of phys ical and nonphysical are shown to be relat ive

to the observer and to car ry no int r ins ic s ignif icance of thei r own. Sect ion 4

der ives our phys ical universe, our science, and our percept ion of a phys icalreali ty. T he m ind -m at te r dich otom y is solved as bo th o u r phys ical reali ty a nd

the larger reali ty are directly derived from a large but f ini te system of digi-

tal energy that evolves an organized content cal led consciousness .






S e c N o n S

I n n e r S p a c e , t h e F i n a l F r o n t i e r :

T h e M e c h a n i c s o fN o n p h y s i c a l R e a l i t y - A M o d e l



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I n t r o d u c t i o n t o S e c t i o n 5

I n Sect ions 2, 3 , an d 4 , I have deve lop ed t he bas ic con cep t s ne ed ed to

ga i n a f undamen t a l unde r s t and i ng o f t he l a r ge r r ea l i t y . I n t h i s s ec t i on

t hos e concep t s s e r ve a s t he neces s a r y backgr ound r equ i r ed t o p r oduce a

top- level under s tanding of PMR-NPMR in ter face dynamics . You wi l l have

to make mos t of the connect ions be tween the ear l i e r sec t ions and th i s sec-

t ion on yo ur own . If I were to po int o ut all the places w he re co nc ep ts of

previo us sec t ions are be in g app l i ed , i t wou ld add so ma ny refe ren ces to

Sect ion 5 you wo uld have d i f f i cu l ty s t ay ing focu sed .

In Sect ion 5 we wi l l regress to a more PMR-centr ic view that should be

more f ami l i a r and l es s abs t r ac t , develop a descr ip t ion of OS rea l i ty

mechan i cs , and a f t e r war d exp l o r e s ome o f i t s mor e i n t e r e s t i ng r ami f i ca -

t ions . This sect ion wi l l begin by reviewing f rom a more analyt ic perspec-

t ive so m e of wh at we have prev ious ly le arn ed . This co nc ep tua l review will

s e t t he s t age f o r a cha l l eng i ng expos i t i on o f t he f undamen t a l p r oces s es o f

the larger real i ty.

Sect ion 5 wi l l be a l i t t le more but toned down and logical ly formal , a l i t -

t le m or e techn ical and precise, but do n' t le t tha t put you off ; af te r the

heavy b r a i n wor k is do ne f o r mu l a t i ng t he f un da m en t a l s o f NPM R mech an-

ics , we wi l l have some fun explor ing some of the cooler r ami f ica t ions .

The fo l lowing twelve chapter s , which de l iver the content of Sec t ion 5 ,

are a subse t of my observat ions r e levant to descr ib ing the mechanics of

the l a rg er r ea li ty in which we all ex i st . Th ey a re carefu l ly co ns t ru c te d f ro m

my ex pe r ien ce in phy s ica l -ma t ter r ea li ty (PMR) an d no nph ys ica l -ma t ter

real i ty (NPMR). This i s a broad brush across the top of this subject , a f i r s t

pass so that you can tel l i f you want to dig deeper on your own. Many

i n t e r e s t i ng and i mpor t an t concep t s a r e pu r pos e l y neg l ec t ed becaus e t hey






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fa ll be yo nd the scop e of th i s e f fo r t to pres ent a co m pre he ns iv e m od el of

how the l a rger r ea l i ty works . Wi th a subjec t as broad as th i s one ( the

m ech anic s of r ea li ty) , 1 have no ch oice bu t to r em ain focu sed so th a t you

are not overwhelmed wi th endless d igress ions nor a work tha t i s too pon-

d e r o u s t o p o n d e r .P lease kee p in min d th a t the po in t of dev elop ing a con s i s t ent Big

Pic ture model of r ea l i ty i s not to convince or per suade you of the cor -

r ec t nes s o f my i n t e r p r e t a t i on o f my expe r i ence , and t he r eby o f f e r you

s omet h i ng be t t e r o r mor e accur a t e t o be l i eve conce r n i ng t he na t u r e o f

rea l ity . A f te r ma ny year s of care fu l exp lora t ion , I have m ere ly orga nize d

my obs e r v a t i ons i n t o a coh e r e n t and cons i s t en t pa t t e r n - t h e r e s u l ti ng

s t ru c tu re is the B ig T O E rea l ity m od el pr ese nte d in th i s sec t ion .

My intent i s that the overal l model of real i ty descr ibed by the MY BigTOE t r ilogy should be a m od el th a t you can apply ; it sho uld be prac t i ca l

as wel l as theoret ical . I t s pr imary usefulness l ies in i t s abi l i ty to help you

mee t and s o l ve s ome o f your mos t daun t i ng p r o f es s i ona l and pe r s ona l

cha l lenges . Seco nd , i t p r ov i des a l og ica l un i f i ed t heo r e t i ca l un de r s t a nd i ng

of th e real ity of which you are a pa r t . I f you a re a scient is t o r ph i lo so ph er ,

i t i s this secondary usefulness that wi l l seem most impor tant - i t i s not .

You will , most l ikely, depart the MY Big TOE e x p e r i e n c e w i th s o m e t h i n g

t ha t was no t t h e r e be f o r e , s om et h i ng t ha t r e f l ec t s you r pe r s ona l expe r i -ence , und er s tan din g , a nd qual i ty . Take f ro m it wh ateve r you can . Leave

behind whatever does not square wi th your sense of what i s r ight . Have

no fear ; you will not en d u p whe re you do no t be lo ng .

The f i r s t four relat ively shor t chapters of this book wi l l provide a quick

review and wrap-up of the concept s developed in the f i r s t two books of

this t r i logy, as wel l as provide the proper perspect ive that you wi l l need to

op t i mi ze your unde r s t and i ng o f t he r ea l i t y mode l p r es en t ed i n Chap t e r s

5 thro ug h 10. Th i s review is pr im ar i ly in t en de d for tho se tha t have not ye tr ea d B ook 1 or B ook 2 . If you have recen t ly r ead the f i r s t two bo ok s you

may wish to sk im the next three chapter s spending t ime only on those

concept s tha t a re of par t i cu lar in teres t to you.

Ch ap ter s 5 th ro ug h 10 are m or e con cep tua l ly cha l l enging : If you ge t

s tuck s imply cont inue to sk ip paragraphs unt i l i t ge t s eas ier (or more

in teres t ing) again .

Book 3 not only presents the Mechanics of Real i ty, but also explores and

descr ibes some of i t s consequences . In the process of doing so , i t t oucheson fun subjects including t ime t ravel , te lepor tat ion and telepathy; the s imul-

tanei ty of pas t , presen t , and futu re; how the pas t co nt in ue s to live; chang-

ing the pas t ; warp dr ives ( fas ter than l ight t ravel or communicat ions) ; the






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concept of an Even Bigger Computer (EBC); the nature of NPMR and i t s

beings ; pro ba ble reali ties, prec ogn i t ion, an d futu re expe ctat ions ; ch an gin g

the probabi l i ty of occurrence of future events ; mul t iple project ions of you;

leaving the PMR body behind; creat ing mul t iple bodies ; unders tanding real -

ity as a Consciousness-Evolut ion f ractal ; an d ma ny ot he r interes t ing subjects .






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S c i e n c e , T r u t h , K n o w l e d g e ,R e a l i t y , a n d Y o u

M, Big TOE desc r ibes a m od el - a r e la t ional logica l s t ru c tu re - tha t

de f i ne s t he f o r m s , f unc t i ons , and p r oces s es t ha t con s t i t u t e you r l a r ge r

reali ty. T h e a pp ro ac h is scien t i f ic (I use th e word "scien ce" in it s or igin al

and mos t gene r a l sens e : T he obs e r v a t i on , i den t i f i ca t i on , des c r i p t i on ,

expe r i men t a l i nves t i ga t i on , and t heor e t i ca l exp l ana t i on o f phenomena) .

Th e obs e r va t i ons have bee n accum ul a t ed a nd t he inves t iga t ions un de r -

t aken by the au th o r du r in g th e pas t th i r ty year s . I t is ex pe r ien ce , not f a i th ,wh i ch is r equ i r ed t o t r an s f o r m t he i n f o r m a t i on f o un d he r e i n t o knowl -

edge , and to evalua te i t s s igni f i cance to you. You mus t f ind your own

meaning in i t .

If wh at you f ind her e do es not r eso na te wi th you r inne r knowled ge , or

i f i t only resonates wi th anger or other negat ive feel ings , le t i t go. Toss the

book out and forget about i t . I t i s not our t ime to connect . Learning can-

not and should not be forced . Each indiv idual mus t grow in h i s own way,

on his own path, under his own power and ini t iat ive. The wor ld i s big

en ou gh for eve ryon e if m utu al r espe ct is g iven to per so nal d i f f eren ces .

In as much as be ing carefu l , v ig i l an t , and prac t i c ing good sc ience can

m ake i t poss ib le, this ef fo r t is ba sed ent i rely on my di rec t f i r s th an d expe-

r i ence - i t is not ba sed on my bel iefs or on wh at I may have su rm ise d

f r om o t he r s . The i n f l uence o f ph i l os oph i ca l b i a s , p r econce i ved no t i ons ,

or bel iefs has been, to the bes t of my abi l i ty , e l iminated or at leas t mini-

mize d . T h e da ta up o n which th i s m od el is base d rep rese nt m y best objec-

tive evalua t ion of my subjective e x p e r i e n c e .

If you t h i nk t he p r ev i ous s en t enc e con t a i ns an oxym or on ( t ha t an

objec t ive evalua t ion of subjec t ive ex pe r ien ce is impo ss ib le) , you prob ably






6 3 8 | My Big TOE I Sc ience, T ru th , Knowledge, Rea l i t y , and You

have too nar row a def in i t ion of the word "objec t ive" and may be mud-

d l i ng t h r oug h t he m os t i mp or t an t pa r t s o f you r l if e i gno r i ng ob j ec t ive

feedback tha t i s the result of subjec t ive in terpre ta t ion of apparent ly objec-

t ive per cep t ion s . R esul t s can b e objec t ive ly m ea su red even i f th e mot iva-

t i ons , unde r s t and i ng , and i n t en t ( t he unde r l y i ng dynami cs ) t ha t c r ea t edthose r esul t s a re ent i r e ly subjec t ive . Unique , s t ab le , r epeatable , r ecogniz-

able subject ive s tates of ten dr ive speci f ic object ive resul ts : This i s the nor-

ma l mo de o f op e r a t i on f o r mos t i nd i v idua l s .

Cons i de r s ome o f t he co r r ec t , ob j ec t i ve conc l us i ons o r knowl edge

( t ru th) you have come to , or ga ined , f rom your subjec t ive ly dr iven and

i n t e r p r e t ed i n t e r ac t i ons w i t h f r i end s , f ami ly m em be r s , love rs , s pous es ,

chi ldren , bosses , or parent s and f rom the subjec t ive evalua t ion of the

di rec t ion , su bs tan ce , an d qual i ty of yo ur li fe . C on s ide r tha t use fu l logica lconclus ions may f low f rom induct ive as wel l as deduct ive r easoning . I f you

are s t i l l in a logical di lemma about the poss ibi l i ty of der iving t ruth (objec-

t ive kno wled ge) f ro m subjec t ive ex pe r ien ce , r e re ad C ha pte r 13, Boo k 2

be f o r e go i n g on . Fu r t he r exp l ana t i on o f how sub j ec ti ve ex pe r i e nc e can

pr od uc e objec t ive r esul ts is pre sen ted in the next ch apter .

This t r i logy, as wi th al l s incere science, has universal t ruth as i t s goal -

a goal that i s , unfor tunately, always di f f icul t , i f not imposs ible, to guaran-

tee . The cor rec tness of th i s model , as wi th a l l s c ient i f i c model s ( the she l lm od el of the a to m , for exa mp le) , m us t be ju d g ed by its ab i li ty to expla in

the exi s t ing da ta wi th in a se l f - cons i s t ent and coherent sys tem. I f you are

not sure how tha t might be accompl i shed (evalua t ing the cor rec tness of

th i s model ) , i t might be a good idea to r e read Chapter 14 , Book 2 .

T h e na tu re of the exis t ing da ta th at desc r ibe s the facts of real ity is

un i qu e eno ug h t o requ i r e s om e f u r t h e r d i s cus si on . It is a co m m on mi s-

take to confuse the larger real i ty i t sel f wi th the objects that appear to l ie

wi thin i t . We shal l see that this er ror produces a l imi t ing view that extendsonly as far as our senses . I t a lso denies the real i ty and s ignif icance of what

i s mos t impor tant to us . The super - se t of f ac t s , U u t hs , o r da t a des c r i b i ng

our l a rger r ea l i ty mus t inc lude who and what we are (our subjec t ive be ing ,

ou r mi n d , ou r cons c i ous nes s ) , wha t we pe r ce i ve t h r oug h o ur physi ca l

senses (our objec t ive measurements ) , and the r esul t of in terpre t ing , in te-

g r a t i ng , and s yn t hes i z i ng t h i s da t a i n t o t he un i que i n t e l l ec t ua l , emot i ona l ,

phys ical , and spi r i tual being we cal l us .

Unl ike tr ad i t ional works in e i the r phi losoph y or sc ience , I ma ke n oef for t to convince the r eader of the goodness -of - f i t o f th i s model to the

exis t ing data; that i s no t the p oin t . I know this is di f f ic ul t to un de rs t an d






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be cau se it is co nt rar y to how th ing s are norm al ly d on e: You will ne ed to

th ink o ut of the box here . A l tho ug h 1 am formal ly pre sen t ing a sc ient if i c

Theory of Everything wi th this t r i logy, convincing you t ha t my concep t s

ar e co rrec t or credib le, o r that th e m od el is ac cu rat e or valuable, is not at

a l l wha t t hes e books a r e abou t . Under s t and i ng t he con t en t , knowi ng i t st ru th ( and the l imi ta t ions and boundar ies of i t s t ru th) a t a deep and per -

sonal l eve l , mus t be per sonal ly earned , not book- learned; i t mus t come

t h r ough your f i r s t hand expe r i ence , no t t h r ough r ead i ng ( and be i ng con-

vinced) abo ut r esult s an d conclus io ns based on som eo ne e l se 's exp er ien ce .

W hat is the poin t? In addi t ion to of fe r ing you a coh eren t un de r s ta nd ing

of real i ty and t ime, explaining the purpose and s ignif icance of your exis -

t ence , and descr ib ing how your wor ld works , th i s model , in conjunct ion

with your ef for t , may help you interpret both your object ive and subject ivereal i ty data (exper ience) . Perhaps i t wi l l nudge you to create some interes t -

ing theor ies of your own; or , by providing some miss ing pieces of under-

s t anding or informat ion , i t may he lp you f ind explanat ions to a per sonal

puzzle wi thin your exper ience. Addi t ional ly, i t might be a catalys t to your

learning by expanding the set of poss ibi l i t ies of which you are aware. I t may

lead , nudge or goad you to th ink new thoughts , to evalua te impor tant per -

spect ives , concept s and ideas tha t you o therwise wouldn ' t have cons idered .

My Big TOE in general or this "mechanics of real i ty" sect ion in par t ic-ular is n o t likely to create s i gn i fi can t know l edge a t a de ep o r f un da m en -

ta l l eve l where none exi s t ed before . Contempla t ing th i s book (or any

bo ok ) is unl ike ly to chan ge w ho you are or the qu al ity of you r be ing an d

yet a t the same t ime, and mos t impor tant ly , there i s an out s ide chance i t

could be the catalys t for you to do exact ly that .

T he p er so na l na tur e of a t l eas t a po r t io n of the d a ta ( the f ac t s of r eal -

ity ) mak es t he s t an da r d a r gum en t a t i ve ( m e conv i nc i ng you) ap pr o ac h t o

i m p a r t i n g k n o w l e d g e c o u n t e r p r o d u c d v e - t h is a p p r o a c h w o u l d g u a r a n t e ea f a i l ed ef for t . I t would succeed only in s t a r t ing a non-solvable a rgument

over what cons t i tutes the set of val id exis t ing data. A useless and endless

ar gu m en t for sure . Why? Bec ause wha t qua l i f i es as th e exi st ing da ta is

bo th objec t ive an d subjec t ive an d the subjec t ive po r t io n i s un iqu e an d

per s ona l t o each i nd i v i dua l ' s expe r i ence and knowl edge ( r eca l l Chap t e r s

14, 32, and 33 of Book 2) . Your consciousness i s personal to you, i t rep-

resents your being - we wi l l cal l i t , i t s at t r ibutes and evolut ionary

processes "be ing objec t s . " In cont ras t , cons ider your body or o ther phys -ica l objec t s tha t can be probed, measured , and t abula ted by the in te l l ec t

and tools of others ; we wi l l cal l these objects shared "intel lectual objects ."







A set of the data relevant to the larger real i ty must take into account

your consc iousness as wel l as your body. In te l l ec tua l objec t s a re phys ica l

objec t s , shared publ i c objec t s , objec t s tha t mus t obey the objec t ive causa l -

i ty ( space- t ime ru le- se t ) of PMR. Being objec t s a re nonphys ica l and pr i -

mar i ly r epresented by uni t s of indiv iduated consc iousness in var iouss tates of awareness and qual i ty.

A s yst em capab l e o f s up po r t i n g cons c i ous n es s s pon t aneo us l y gen e r a t e s

enough s e l f - o r gan i z i ng po t en t i a l s o t ha t t he Fundament a l P r oces s o f evo-

lu t ion can , in the pur sui t of prof i t ab i l i ty , genera te suf f i c ient synergy

( through a process of r ecur s ive r eorganiza t ion ca l l ed l earn ing) to form an

i nd i v i dua t ed cons c i ous n es s t ha t is i nd ep en de n t o f t he mech an i s m s t ha t

suppor t i t . Cons ider a d ig i t a l sys tem's potent i a l to prof i t ab ly organize

i t se l f as cons t i tu t ing a nonphys ica l form of energy such tha t the sys temi t s e l f becomes an ene r ge t i c med i a t ha t t he Fundament a l P r oces s can

or gan i ze and r eo r gan i ze i n t o s ucces s i ve l y l ower en t r opy conf i gu r a t i ons .

Being objec t s a re the indiv idual r esul t of the consc iousness c rea t ion

proc ess . (C ha pte r s 7 an d 23 of Boo k 2 r eview these con cep t s . )

Real ity m us t be ex pe r ien ce d by con sc iousn ess . Unl ike the in te l lec tua l

objec t s (ma ter i a l f ac t s , an d ideas ) of t r ad i t iona l W es ter n sc ience tha t can

be shared , be ing objec t s or unique s t a tes of be ing arc pr imar i ly exper i -

enced t h r ough s ub j ec t i ve pe r s ona l awar enes s . To under s t and t he knowl -edge , da ta , and fac t s of be ing ( the be ing objec t s ) , you mus t be them - you

mus t r e f l ec t , express , or in tegra te them in your be ing .

So, what i s the point of My Big TOE intel lectual ly discuss ing being

objec t s? Because knowing about i t , t hough not to be confused wi th be ing

i t , can be va luable in and of i t s e l f . Cons ider the d i f f erence be tween wis -

do m a nd kn ow ledge . Know ledge is genera l ly good to have an d it is

r equ i r ed i n o r d e r t o app l y w i s dom, bu t w i s do m i s m uch m or e t han mer e l y

bet t e r , or more comple te , knowledge . Have you ever heard of a l i t t l e wis -do m be i ng a da ng er o us t h i ng? I n add i t i on t o know l edge , w i sdom r equ i r e s

B ig P i c t u r e un de r s t a nd i ng and c a r i ng a t a de ep l evel - b o t h a r e a t t r i bu t e s

o f expe r i ence and be i ng r a t he r t han a t t r i bu t e s o f i n f o r ma t i on . W i t h t he

r ight informat ion you might occas ional ly act wisely, but that i s not at a l l

the same as be ing wise .

Exp er i ence , no t ve r ba l co m m un i ca t i on , is t he door wa y t h r ou gh whi ch

per sonal subjec t ive knowing mus t pass . One who i s success fu l a t acqui r -

ing, ass imi lat ing, and manipulat ing intel lectual objects i s said to be knowl-edg eab le and is cap able of d o i n g g r e a t th ings (has good qual i ty ideas) . In

cont ras t , one who has success fu l ly evolved low ent ropy be ing objec t s i s

said to be wise and capable of b e i n g a grea t p e r s o n (has good sp i r i tua l






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qual i ty) . Each of us should develop both of these mutual ly r e inforc ing

capac i t i e s and s eek an op t i ma l ba l ance be t ween t hem.

Know l edge wi t hou t w i s dom i s co m m on ; w i sdom w i t hou t know l edge is

imposs ib le . Know ledge is abo ut f ac ts ; wisdo m u nd ers tan ds how tho se fac t s

relate and interact wi thin the Big Picture. Intel lectual objects are separableand can be ar ranged l ike beads on a thread . Being objec t s a re indiv idual -

i zed subse t s of one whole in tegra ted th ing - more l ike the thread i t s e l f .

Unfor tunate ly , l earn ing to manipula te in te l l ec tua l or mater i a l objec t s i s

seen as real , rat io nal , an d scien t i f ic ( the scient i f ic me th o d is us ed to sep-

ara te f ac t f rom f i c t ion among in te l l ec tua l objec t s ) whi le l earn ing to

m an ipu la te be ing objec t s is s een as no n- re a l (de lus ional ) , i r r a t ional , an d

unscient i f i c . Jus t as c l as s ica l mechanics makes hopeles s ly wrong inferences

in the realms of the very smal l and very fas t , the scient i f ic method has l i t -t le val idi ty outs ide i t s realm of intel lectual objects .

T he sc ient i f i c m et ho d we l earn ed to ve ne ra te fo r i ts prov en abi li ty to

de li ver t he t r u t h is an exce l l en t m e t ho do l ogy f o r exp l o r i ng New t on ' s

mechanis t ic universe as wel l as Eins tein 's relat ive universe. However , a dig-

i tal (quant ized) s tat i s t ical real i ty (somewhat l ike the one descr ibed by

qu an t um mech an i cs ) , bas ed up on t h e cons t r a i n t s o f ou r know i ng , nee ds

a broader sc ient i f i c methodology tha t a l lows for the necess i ty of uncer -

t a in ty . Such a genera l i zed sc ient i f i c method wi l l a l low a l a rger morepor ous t r u t h t o be de r i ved f r om unce r t a i n s t a t i s t i ca l da t a man i pu l a t ed by

induct ive as wel l as deduct ive r easoning .

L i v ing wi t h unce r t a i n t y i s f un da m en t a l t o your p r o gr es s an d g r ow t h . It

i s the way of the future, scient i f ical ly and personal ly, and you might as

wel l get used to i t . A mechanis t ic real i ty over which we eventual ly learn

( through sc ience) to exer t cont ro l r epresent s a l imi ted loca l r ea l i ty .

U nce r ta in ty i s not a pro ble m for sc ience as lon g as th e unc er t a in r esul t s

are r epresented in our phys ica l r ea l i ty by something (a phys ica l compo-ne nt or man i fes ta t io n) tha t is c l ear ly m ea sura ble , con s i s t ent , and unique ly

related to i t s source.

To app l y t he r equ i r emen t s o f t he cu r r en t s c i ence o f i n t e l l ec t ua l and

mat e r i a l objects to the sc ience of be ing i s to deny the exi s t ence of the l a t -

t e r . Turning the sc ient i f i c method in to a univer sa l dogma ( sc ience as r e l i -

g i on ) en f o r ces an i nap pr o pr i a t e p r oces s and m eas ur e o f va l ue up on t he

sc ience of be in g . By th e s t a nd ard s of t r ad i t ion al sc ience , the sc ience o f

being wi l l (by def in i t ion) a lways seem delus ional , non-provable and unus -able - the r ea lm of cha r la tans , kooks , an d o th er silly o r devious pe op le .

People in general (Western science and phi losophy in par t icular ) are i l l -

equipped and i l l -prepared to c rack the nut of mind, be ing , ps i (paranormal







phenomena) , love, or of spi r i tual i ty. Nor are they l ikely to unders tand how

these things interconnect wi th each other , the phys ical wor ld, and us (col -

lect ively and individually) . Not unti l individuals , part icularly scientis ts , learn

to t r anscend ( th ink out s ide the box) the phi losophica l corner they have

dogmat ical ly painted themselves into wi l l the science of consciousnessbecome avai lable for our use.

For thes e reaso ns , I wi ll leave th e analys is of the m od el ' s go o dn es s of

f i t to ex i s ting da ta an d previous ly acq ui re d kno wled ge up to tho se w ho

have en ou gh hon es t ( no t ge ne r a t ed f r o m fea r, do gm a , o r be l i e f ) expe r i -

ent i a l da ta po in t s to ma ke the exerc ise mea nin gfu l . T he m od el ' s va lue for

tho se wi t ho ut f i r s th an d ex pe r ie nc e of th e larger real ity l ies in i ts abi l i ty to

p r ov i de a com pr eh ens i v e t heo r e t i ca l mo de l o f ex i s tence , and in p r ov i d i ng

a tool tha t can be used to logica l ly extend one ' s exper ience beyond pres -en t knowl edge .

T h e exp lora t ion of inn er space is grea dy fac i l i ta t ed by the en co ura ge -

men t and a s s u r ances o f t hos e who have gone be f o r e , and by hav i ng a

good map and des c r i p t i on o f t he t e r r i t o r y .

The va l ue o f My Big TOE is en t i r e ly d ep en d en t on th e essent i a l cor-

rec tness of i t s r epresenta t ion . You should ga ther up your objec t ive (pub-

l i c ) exper ience and in tegra te i t wi th your objec t ive ly evalua ted subjec t ive

(pr iva te) ex pe r ien ce to as sess th i s T O F 's va lue for yourse l f . You cou ldevalua te only the publ i c par t , but tha t would be l ike invent ing an auto-

mobi le and only us ing i t to c rack walnut s by dr iv ing back and for th over

them one at a t ime. Surely, you can use a car as a nutcracker , but why

would you want to do tha t? Wouldn ' t you ra ther use your car to go some-

wh er e i n t e r e s t ing - t o exp l o r e t he B i g P i c t u r e pe r haps ? C r ack i ng t hos e

wa l nu t s is s impl y no t t ha t i m po r t an t . L i f t up your hea d an d look a r o un d

- th er e is an e nt i re real ity o ut th er e - le t th e nuts go for a whi le .

For each indiv idual sent i en t be ing , l if e 's m os t im po r ta nt an d me aning -ful ex pe r ie nc es are typical ly subject ive. Sig nif ica nce , relat ive to th e be in g

ob jects , or relat ive to th e qual i ty of an individu al ' s bein g, is de r iv ed pr i -

mar i ly f r om s ub j ec ti ve exp e r i enc e . Co ns eque n t l y , it is i m po r t a n t t o keep

the fo l lowing two th ings in mi nd - b oth ap ply to you, as wel l as to m e:

1) T he ign ora nt a re nev er aware of the i r ig no ranc e; an d 2) It is h ighly

l i ke l y t he r e a r e i nd i v i dua l s who pos s es s mor e expe r i ence , unde r s t and i ng ,

wisdom and t ru th than you do . How can you d i scover which indiv idual s

know mor e , and a r e mor e , t han wha t you know and wha t you a r e ( r ep r e -sent a h igher qual i ty of be ing , conta in l es s en t ropy, or a re more sp i r i tu-

al ly evolved)? Likewise, how can you discover which ones know less , and

are less , than what you know and what you are?







Given that you do not believe yourself to be omniscient (a typically ego

or fear dr iven know-i t -al l ) , you can only at tempt to sor t out the resul tant

co nfu s ion ( separa t ing th e wise f rom the fool ish) by ga in ing direct, careful ly

sor ted , t es t ed , and va l ida ted f i r s thand exper ience . Exper ience i s the key

because of the per sonal na ture of the subjec t - you mus t per sonal ly expe-r ience the larger real i ty - there i s no other way to interact or to absorb i t .

Never theless , i f you are not careful how you evaluate and interpret your

subjective experience, you could st i l l end up in the self-delusional fool cat-

egory. I f ins tead, you separate the wise f rom the fool ish by applying your

beliefs , you logically r isk being merely a self-consistent fool - or one fool

a m o n g m any (an invis ible fool) if yo ur bel iefs are sh ared by oth ers .

Separat ing the wise f rom the fool ish i s no easy task, but i t i s one at

which you can succeed i f you t ry. Recal l that in Chapter 14, Book 2 weof fer ed a de ta i l ed so lu t ion to th i s ep i s t em ologica l d i l em m a.

In the sc ience of be ing , unl ike the sc ience of objec t s , consensus does

no t de f i n e t he accep t ed t r u t h , mu ch le ss t he ac t ua l t r u t h . Expe r i ence is

per sonal and can never be shared exact ly - an event or happening can be

sh are d ( s imu l taneou s ly v iewed) by ma ny indiv idual s , bu t the ex pe r ien ce

of i t i s unique to each indiv idual . Consequent ly , there a re many ways an

indiv idual can v iew (and in terac t wi th) the same t ru th . What you do wi th

the t ruth you discover i s the point ; how wil l you use i t to enhance thequal i ty of your being? Funct ional i ty (what can be done wi th i t ) and resul ts

(how i t actual ly helps you grow or evolve your consciousness qual i ty) are

t he meas ur es o f t he va l ue o f your knowl edge , no t how many peop l e ag r ee

wi th you. Big T ru th d oe s not r ea r ra ng e it se lf to f i t the whim s o r de m an ds

of t he f a s h i onab l e ma j o r i t y .

M y e x p e r i e n c e , k n o w l e d g e , a n d u n d e r s t a n d i n g a r e i m p o r t a n t t o y o u

only i f they he lp you f ind knowledge , and exper ience t ru th in your own

way. Your and m y un de rs t an di ng of the r ight way, an d of how th ingswork , may or may not be he lpfu l to o ther s . I f we th ink tha t our exper i -

en ce and t h e know l edge de r i ved t h e r e f r o m mi gh t be he l p f u l , we s hou l d

share i t , but never impose i t , require i t , or think i t i s the cr i t ical informa-

t i on t ha t o t he r s need . Nor s hou l d we make i t ou r goa l t o ens u r e t ha t o t h -

ers reco gn ize i ts unive rsal i ty - that is eva ng el ism , not science .

T h e sc ience of be ing is an indiv idual sc ience tha t ca nn ot be ad va nc ed

th ro u gh a g ro u p ef fo r t . I ts s ign i f ica nc e l ies in it s resul ts - in th e ef fe ct it

has on the qual i ty of the individual and on that individual ' s abi l i ty andwil l ingness to prof i tably evolve his or her personal consciousness . As you

r ead t h i s s ec t ion , f ocus on t h e co m m on un der s t an d i n g , n o t t he d i f f e r-

ences , be tween th i s model and o ther concept s of r ea l i ty . Reach for the







bigges t p ic ture your per sonal da ta can logica l ly suppor t , but be carefu l to

avo id i mi t a t i ng t he p r ove r b i a l b l ind m en w ho j u m p t o conc l us i ons abo u t

the charac ter i s t i cs of an e lephant f rom the one par t of the whole tha t they

e x p e r i e n c e .

Kee p in m ind tha t ou r (yours an d m ine) ex pe r ien ce is probab ly incom -ple te . Conclus ions should r emain f l ex ib le , t en ta t ive , be g iven varying

deg ree s of c redib i l ity based up on o u r exp er ien ce , an d rema in always op en

to the poss ib i l i ty of ga in ing more da ta (under s tanding) in the fu ture .

Ei ther be l i ev ing or d i sbe l i ev ing what you read here would be a fu t i l e

ac t , a co m pu ls ion tha t can no t ind uc e per son al grow th . My a im is to

expand the poss ib i l i t i es tha t inhabi t your mind, to provide you wi th a

model tha t he lps you p lace your exper ience in to a l a rger context , and tha t

encour ages you , by exp l a i n i ng t he s cope , s t r uc t u r e , and con t en t o f alarg er real ity, to ex plo re an d f in d t ru th . I h o p e tha t you will f ind f re ed o m

and empowerment in the idea tha t you crea te ( as wel l as l imi t ) your own

rea l i ty and f ind comfor t in the vas tness of the poss ib i l i t i es and potent i a l

t ha t you have to s a ti sf y t he f un da m en t a l pu r po s e o f your be i ng .

Let me be c lear tha t My Big TOE in genera l , o r the mechanics of r ea l -

ity pr ese nte d in th i s sec t ion in par t i cu lar , do not p hi losophica l ly cen ter

about Wes tern sc ience , Eas tern r e l ig ion , sp i r i tua l i sm, new age phi losophy,

thcosophy, the occul t , o r any o ther body of thought or " i sm." I t i s s implymy exp er i en ce p u t in t he con t ex t of f o r m , f un c t i o n and p r oces s . Th ou gh

My Big TOE may logical ly connect , and occas ional ly over lap, wi th many

phi losop hica l , s c ient if i c , an d theolog ica l t r ad i t ion s , it r ep rese nt s an d h as

bee n de r i ved f r o m a un i qu e s yn thes i s o f my pe r s on a l and p r o f es s i ona l

ex pe r ie nc e. Big T ru th is, an d ha s always be en , the sa m e as i t is now, so

s imi lar i t i es should be expected .

Any as s oc i a t i ons you mi gh t d r aw connec t i ng t he concep t s p r es en t ed i n

th i s t r i logy to some other body of thought or to another se t of concept sare a synthes i s of yo ur own brew ing, not th e spec i f i c in t en t io n of th e

au tho r . Make co nn ec t ion s - tha t is go od . In te l lec tua l synthes i s is neces -

s a r y , he l p f u l and i mpor t an t , bu t your connec t i ons a r e much mor e s i gn i f -

i cant th an any tha t I m igh t po in t ou t to you.

O p en m i n de d s kep t i c i s m i s t he co r r ec t f r a m e o f m i nd wi th wh i ch to

proceed through th i s sec t ion - anyth ing e l se may l ead you as t r ay . Do not

be predi sposed to conf i rm or deny what you read , or you wi l l l ike ly miss

s ome i mpor t an t po i n t s and have a l e s s t han op t i ma l l ea r n i ng oppor t un i t y .






7 5

P r e l i m i n a r i e s

T hough we have p r ev i ous l y us ed t he t e r ms PMR and NPMR i n a gene r a l

way i n p r ev i ous s ec t i ons , now we need t o become mor e p r ec i s e .

PMR (Physical-Matter Reality) - The reali ty that your body l ives in, and

its propert ies , and laws (physics) . PMR includes the material universe, galax-

ies , solar sys tems, planets , and everything known and unknown that mater i -

ally exis ts wi thin t he m . PMR can be ef fect ively and pu rpo sefu l ly m an ipu lated

(is op eratio nally viable) an d is inh ab ited by be ing s that are se ntien t in it .

NPMR (Nonphysical -matter Real i ty) - Eve r y t h i ng o t he r t han PMR.

T he no n- m at e r i a l ( f r o m t he view o f PMR) s upe r s e t o f PMR t ha t co n t a i ns

i ts ow n un iqu e pro pe r t i es , mater i a l s , an d l aws . Like PM R, NPM R can a l so

be ef fec t ive ly an d pu rpo sef ul ly m an ipu la te d ( is ope ra t iona l ly v iable) an d

is inhabi ted by beings that are sent ient in i t .

NPMR con t a i ns un i que d i mens i ons , ma t e r i a l , and t i me t ha t cons i s -

tent ly and necessar i ly fol lows i t s own rules (phys ics) . I t exis ts independ-

ent ly of PMR and may conta in numerous unique loca l r ea l i t i es as subse t s .

Th ese d ef ini t io ns of phys ical an d nonphy sical were cho sen to serve the

larges t group of people wi th a minimum of confus ion . Both PMR and

NPMR are real phys ical places f rom the point of view of the consciousness

beings that inhabi t the m . Th ey each con tain objects an d sent ient beings tha t

app ear to have subs tance , form , s t ruc ture , and en ergy tha t a re m easurab le

and perceivable and follow the rules, causali ty, and science (physics) peculiar

to thei r respect ive realms. T he ap pa ren t di f fer enc e betw een non physical an d

physical is relative to the observer. From within a given local reality (a spe-

ci f ic dimension of AUM or TBC), everything wi thin that real i ty appears

physical whi le everything outs ide of that real i ty appears nonphysical .






6 4 6 | My Big TOE I Pr e l im ina r ies

D ef in ing NPM R as nonp hys ica l is a paroc hia l P M R-ce nt r i c v iew tha t

impl ies our phys ica l PMR sc ience i s fundamenta l ly incapable of expand-

ing i ts vis ion to inc lud e N PM R as a pa r t o f o u r phys ical real ity. Simply

moving beyond the l imi ted idea tha t PMR def ines a l l poss ib le r ea l i ty wi l l

op en u p new wo r lds of po ten t i a l ex i s t ence to ex plo ra t io n an d s tudy.Br eak t h r oughs mus t a l ways beg i n w i t h t he un t h i nkab l e .

Mos t peo p l e a r e com f or t a b l e w i th t he f uzzy no t i o n t ha t wha t we can

direct ly measure (wi th ou r five senses and the i r ex te ns ion s by ou r mar -

ve lous machines of sc ience) in PMR is by de f in i t io n physical and every-

th ing e l se i s nonphys ica l . Thi s i s somet imes ca l l ed the opera t ional def in i -

t ion of phys ical real i ty. This places two famil iar groups of things into the

nonphys ica l camp: those tha t a re infer red but not ye t directly m e a s u r a b l e

(neut r inos for example) , and those tha t a re conceptua l ( such as wavepackets , dark mat ter , s t r ings as in phys ics theory, as wel l as ego, love,

e th ics , an d jus t i ce) . In fer red e nt i t i es can on ly be indirectly m e a s u r e d b y

actua lly m ea su r in g som eth ing e l se tha t is as su m ed to be causa lly r e la ted .

C on ce ptu al thin gs (such as just ic e or wave packe ts) are inf err ed . Init ial ly,

conceptual ent i t ies are def ined into exis tence (as were neutr inos or quarks)

by our need for them to suppor t and mainta in the cons i s t ency of our cur -

rent wor ldview. Their operat ional funct ional i ty and thei r abi l i ty to help us

m ainta in logical cons is tency is acc epte d as pro of of thei r potential physicalreal i ty. We take them ser ious ly because they help us def ine, unders tand, and

control our local reali ty; they arc operationally signif icant . That they arc ini-

t ial ly operat ional ly nonphysical (cannot be di rect ly measured) only relegates

thei r exis tence to the theoret ical , not to the absurd. They arc in the wings

wai t ing for scient i fic ex pe r ien ce to give them full m em be rsh ip in to the w or ld

of the physically measurable - or at least into the world of things with phys-

ically me asu rab le ef fects . T hu s i t is wi th m ind , consciousness , a nd intui t ion

- al l operationally signif icant , al l with indirectly measurable effects .Nonphy s i ca l does no t me an no n- us e f u l , non - r ea l , o r non- ex i s t en t .

Nonphys i ca l t h i ngs a r e o f t en de f i ned by ( a r e r ea l and mean i ngf u l becaus e

of ) the i r e f f ec t ive use , the i r appl i ca t ion , the i r in ter ac t io n wi th m ea sura ble

th ings , an d the i r ab i l ity to sa ti s fy ( f i t, o r be con s i s t ent w i th) th e cu r re nt

overarching model f rom which the i r r ea l i ty , ex i s t ence , and mcaningful -

ness is de r ived . Th ey are d i r ec t ly infe r red f ro m bas ic as su m pt io ns ab ou t

the na ture of r ea l i ty .

The be ings , objec t s , and energy in NPMR are d i r ec t ly infer red in thesam e way. A nyo ne can eas ily l earn to see un iqu e an d speci f i c energy for m s

wi t h t he mi nd ' s eye , man i pu l a t e t he ene r gy o f c r ea t i on , and communi ca t e

te lepath ica l ly wi th be ings in NPMR or PMR. However , whether or not







these ac t iv i t i es can be cons idered r ea l and meaningful depends upon the i r

ef fec t ive use , the i r appl i ca t ion , the i r in terac t io n wi th me asu rab le th ings ,

an d th ei r abil ity to sat is fy ( f i t , or be con s is ten t wi th) an ove rarc hin g m od el .

Over a r ch i ng mode l s o f be i ng a r e i n s hor t s upp l y . Cur r en t e f f o r t s a r e

typica l ly incomple te or nar rowly dogmat ic . Ontology ( the branch of meta-physics that dea ls wi th the n at u re of bein g) is no t take n ser ious ly by m an y

ph i loso ph ers o r sc ienti s ts bec aus e it is co ns id ere d to be bey on d ob jec t ive

di scourse . They are ha l f r ight : A comprehens ive model of be ing l ike the

one p r es en t ed i n t he My Big TOE t r ilogy is be yo nd th e causal logic of t he

l i t t l e p ic ture , but r a ther than decree tha t no logica l objec t ive so lu t ion can

poss ib ly exi s t , s c ience and phi losophy would be be t t e r served by open

mi nd ed l y s ea r ch i ng f o r a m or e g ene r a l v iew t ha t wou l d b r o ad en its und e r -

s t anding . Perhaps , wi th an open minded approach, sc ient i s t s and phi loso-pher s could f ind a b igger p ic ture tha t conta ins a logica l so lu t ion tha t

answers to a h igher l eve l (more genera l super se t ) of objec t ive causa l i ty .

Un f o r t una t e l y , it is ea s i e r an d m or e i mme di a t e l y r ewa r d i ng t o de c r ee t he

imposs ib i l i ty of d i f f i cu l t to under s tand so lu t ions , or pos i t be l i e f -based

pseu do-so lu t ions , th an to live wi th the nag gin g unce r ta in ty tha t is

r equ i r ed t o f i nd r ea l s o l u t i ons t h r ough be t t e r s c i ence .

We have be en s t rugg l ing to un de r s t an d the Big Pic ture in W es te rn cul-

ture for at leas t 2,700 years wi th only spot ty success because our mater i -a l i s t i ca l ly-based be l i e f sys tem blocks genuine progress . Big Pic ture model s

canno t be t aken s e r i ous l y i n ou r W es t e r n i zed t cchno- cu l t u r e becaus e o f a

pervas ive l i t t le picture object ivi ty ilber alles delus ion . The wor ld , and par -

t icu lar ly the W es tern w or ld , desp era te ly ne ed s a Big T O E to provid e ba l-

ance and s tabi l i ty .

A l iving theory is one that embraces change and the poss ibi l i ty of new

and cont radic tory knowledge , as opposed to be ing an imposs ib le to change ,

know-i t -al l dead dogma. Big Picture models of being, real i ty, or exis tencem ust cont inual ly be in th e proces s of evolving Big T ru th . In the sam e sense ,

most phys ical models (modern physics theor ies) are also l iving. Dead mod-

els , i f correct , must be smal l in scope. A model that i s broad in appl icat ion

an d far r ang ing in its co nseq uen ces ( l a rge scope ) m us t r ema in op en to th e

idea of redef ining i t sel f per iodical ly or r i sk degenerat ing into a bel ief -based

old dog m a th at is inca pa ble of learn ing new t r icks . T h e re i s always m or e to

learn . How can we claim co m plet io n w he n AUM is s till lea rnin g a nd

growing? Bel ieving tha t you r uncer ta in igno ranc e is small co m pa red to yourcer ta in knowledge i s the s ignature as sumpt ion of fool s .

In the s imples t sense, and at the most bas ic level of unders tanding, the

nonphys ica l be ing objec t s in NPMR are impor tant because they are s ig-







nif icant and valuable to individuals . They cons is tent ly, powerful ly, clear ly,

a n d measurably can, and do , cont r ibu te to you r consc iousne ss quali ty an d

the evolvement of your be ing . These nonphys ica l be ing objec t s and

processes inf luence ( in terac t wi th) your be ing whether you are aware of i t

or not . The advantage of be ing aware of the in ter face and in terac t ion youhave wi th N PM R i s tha t th i s awareness can dram at ica l ly r a ise the ef f i c i ency

of t he expe r i ence - knowl edge- g r owt h t r ans f e r f unc t i on .

T he b ot to m l ine is tha t N PM R, jus t l ike ne ut r ino s , is infe r red f ro m

repeatable cons i s t ent r esul t s tha t a re indi rec t ly measurable in PMR by

i n d e p e n d e n t r e s e a r c h e r s . My Big TOE deve l ops t he no t i on o f NPMR as

par t of an overarching cons i s t ent sc ient i f i c theory of r ea l i ty tha t inc ludes

PMR and i ts physics as a subset .

Though this sect ion is purposely developed f rom a PMR-centr ic viewr

-poin t to enhance comprehens ion a t a more f ami l i a r l eve l , hang onto your

larger perspect ive and integrate what you f ind here wi th whatever cons t i -

tutes your bigges t picture. As we pointed out toward the end of Book 2,

PMR and NPMR are d imens ions or subse t s of one r ea l i ty as seen f rom di f -

fer in g po ints of view. T h e term s physical an d n onp hysical have no int r ins ic

meaning beyond descr ib ing a loca l be l i e f -based de lus ional percept ion of

other reali t ies relat ive to one's owrn. T he re is n o pr im ary physical reali ty, ju s t

as there i s n o pr imary iner t ial f rame in relat ivi ty theory. There i s but onereal ity that can be viewed f ro m man y di f fe ren t perspe ct ives . Sa m e old s tory

(relat ivi ty of percept ion) repeated at a higher level of general i ty.

From Newton to Einstein, physicists believed that space and time were

absolute. Einstein's vision was the first to transcend the universally accepted

parad igm of an absolute (or fund am enta l ) inert ial f ram e. Consequent ly, he was

able to see the relativity of, or the relationship between, multiple inertial frames

within what looked l ike an al l encompassing space-t ime. The concept of space-

t ime was born of a bigger picture unders tanding that could appreciate theinterconnected relat ionships of mult iple equivalent inert ial frames instead of

seeing reality as one monolithic absolute inertial frame. Physicists following the

trai l that Einstein blazed (beyond the conceptual restr ict ions of absolute space

and t ime) committed the same error at the next level of generali ty by develop-

ing an implici t assumption that space-t ime was the new absolute.

When we reach the outer l imi t of our vis ion, we think we see the absolute.

What we imagine as the absolute, the f inal source, the ul t imate fundamental ,

is only an art ifact of our l imited understanding. As Einstein vividly demon-strated, one can never see the new

rrelativity until one's vision has grown

beyond the old absolute. Nei ther Eins tein nor others could conceptual ize any-

thing beyo nd space- time. That l imi tat ion of vision prev ented the m f rom see-






Boo k 3 , Sec t ion 5 , Cha p te r 73 | 6 4 9

ing the next higher level of relat ivi ty where one can appreciate the intercon-

nected relat ionships of mul t iple equivalent space- t imes ins tead of one mono-

li thic absolute space-t ime (mult iple PMRs). The next s tep beyond that ( the

next higher level of relat ivi ty) requires a larger vision where one can appreci-

ate the interconnected relat ionships of mul t iple equivalent real i t ies wi thinAUM (mul t iple PMRs and NPMRs - f rom our perspect ive) wi thin a con-

sciousness system like NPMR n instead of one monoli thic absolute set of vir-

tual space-t imes. Extending one's vision to the next higher level of relat ivi ty

on e can app reciate th e interco nne cted relat ionships of the m ul t iple levels and

scales of a consciousness-evolution process-fractal that defines the evolving

consciousness system of which we are a part instead of one monoli thic set of

hierarchical vir tual reali t ies based upon an absolute AUM.

U nd oub tedly , desc r ib ing f ive h iera rcha l leve ls of re lat iv i ty the ory span-nin g f ro m New ton ' s absolu te spac e an d t im e to the f in i t e AUM sys tem of

evolv ing d ig i t a l con sc iousn ess f r ac ta l s do es con s t i tu te a r a th er b ig con-

cep t ua l b i t e f o r one pa r ag r aph . Leap i ng f ou r ma j o r r ea l i t y pa r ad i gms i n

a s ingle bound where each success ive l eve l of cosmologica l under s tanding

must discover i t s own theory of relat ivi ty to enable the next higher level

of organiza t ion to come in to v iew i s the in te l l ec tua l equiva lent of ea t ing

a l a rge box of c ream f i l l ed doughnuts in one s i t t ing .

I he ar so m e of you asking, d o we eve r get to the bo t to m , to the abso lute,fundamenta l core wi th in? When do we reach the end of the ser i es where

we can feel sat isf ied that we know it al l so we can kick back and relax? The

shor t answer i s : We (you and me as we play together l ike fun- loving bacte-

r ia in the PMR Petr i dish) don' t . I t appears that we only get to chase that

whi te rabbi t , not catch i t .

Abs o l u t e s a r e en t i c i ng and comf or t ab l e becaus e t he i r s weep i ng ce r -

t a i n t y p r oduces t he i l l u s i on o f an i mmens e l y b r oad and deep knowi ng -

whe r eas re la tiv ity , de pe nd en t u po n a spec i f ic pe r s pec t i ve o r f r am ew or k ,rem ind s us of the l imi ta t ions of o u r know ledge a nd ex pe r ien ce . I t is d i f-

f icul t for many to see themselves as a l i t t le guy in a local real i ty. Absolutes

give us a way to skate over the ni t ty-gr i t ty detai l s of a more complex

exi s tence and a t the same t ime fee l good (as wel l as smug) tha t we have a

c lear view a ll the way to inf in i ty . W he ne ve r on e ' s co nce ptua l i za t ion of

rea l i ty (or of anyth ing rea l ) r es t s upon the absolu te , the inf in i t e , or the

pe r f ec t , on e s hou l d qu es t i on t h e unde r l y i ng a s s um pt i ons ve ry c lose ly a nd

expect to f ind a bel ief at the core. So, our miss ion, i f we choose to accepti t , i s to i terat ively smash each old absolute wi th a less cons t rained vis ion

of a new relat ivi ty, a new set of relat ionships that def ine a bigger picture

t ha t be t t e r exp l a i ns t he who l e o f ou r d i r ec t pe r s ona l expe r i ence .






650 | My Big TOE I Prel iminaries

Are we caugh t in an end less i t e r a t ive loop o f ever inc reas ing b igger p ic -

t u r e s? N a h ! " E n d l e s s " so u n d s l i k e a n o t h e r o n e o f t h o se b o g u s i n f i n i t y

scam s. You are no t in an end les s loo p; you are ju st s tuck w i th your l imi ta-

t i o n s . O u r c o n sc i o u sn e s s a n d o u r v i r t u a l P MR a r e b o t h d e f i n e d i n t o e x i s -

t e n c e b y t h e c o n s t r a i n t s p l a c e d u p o n u s . L i m i t a t i o n s a r e a n a t u r a l ,u n a v o i d a b l e p a r t o f t h e f u n d a m e n t a l e x i s t e n c e a n d e x p e r i e n c e w e c all re a l-

ity . If o n e th in ks be ing sm al l l ike a bac te r ium sucks , it is p ro bab ly bec au se

o n e h a s d e l u s i o n s of g r a n d e u r a n d is i n d e n i a l a b o u t o n e ' s d e s i g n e d - i n

inab i l i ty to be omnisc ien t . Evo lu t ion genera l ly runs a ve ry e f f i c i en t o rgan-

iza tion and be ing om nis c ie n t s imply i sn 't r equ i r ed fo r you to fu l ly ach ieve

y o u r p r e se n t p u r p o se . D o n ' t su l k ; i n s t e a d a p p r e c i a t e t h e b e a u t y o f t h e i d e a

t h a t P MR a n d N P M R a r e s im p l y d i f f e r e n t p e r sp e c t i v e s o f a c o n c e p t u a l l y

ele ga nt u ni f ie d view of real i ty as an e volving f ract a l system of d igi ta l co n-sc iousness tha t mode l s be ings , ob jec t s , and energy in o rder to pu l l i t se l f up

b y i ts b o o t s t r a p s i n t o a m o r e p r o f i t a b l e s t a t e o f o r g a n i z a t i o n .

• The defini t ion of beings, objects and energy are the same in PMR and NPMR.

In PMR, physical objects and energy form the set of al l non-sentient things. Let 's

revisi t the defini t ion of sentient. The dictionary defines sentient as: "Having sense

percep tion; consciou s; exp eriencing sen sation or feel ing." I wi l l again general ize this

of f ic ia l PMR def in i t ion by saying that sent ient ent i t ies are sel f -aware and aware ofthei r envi ronment. Addi t ional ly, sent ient ent i t ies make del iberate choices that have

signi f icant consequences to themselves and perhaps to others. (Recal l that the ori -

gins and evolut ion of sel f -awareness are discussed in detai l in Chapter 25, Book 1.)

The upper echelons of sentient things are often cal led beings, though technical ly

everything sentient is a being. In NPMR. objects and energy are defined in exactly the

same way. Objects and energy within NPMR represent al l the things in NPMR that are

not sentient in NPMR. Thus, the phrase: "beings, objects, and energy" includes every-

thing when appl ied to either PMR or NPMR. The beings are the choice makers, theobjects includes al l other things, and the energy state relative to a set of objects is nei-

ther a being nor an object but has the abi l i ty to effect changes in both.

Most of the signif icant (within the Big Picture) changes that occur between time

increments within a given real i ty are driven by the interactive free wil l choices of the

beings who inhabit that real i ty. Objects (such as rocks, mountains, clouds, thermal gey-

sers, or rivers) and interactive forms of energy (storms, volcanic eruptions, or earth

quakes, for example) are very predictable when one has al l the data.

Beings, objects, and energy do, however, sometimes have random componentsassociated with their choices. Some degree of randomness (usual ly relatively small)

may inf luence what happens next. 4







Our prac t i ca l ( f rom a PMR viewpoint ) def in i t ion of phys ica l and non-

phys ica l r e f l ec t s the common separa t ion (par t i cu lar ly in the Wes t )

be tw een m en ta l an d phys ica l - m ind a nd bo dy - even tho ug h it is obvi-

ous to a lmos t everyone tha t these two oppos i t es a re hopeles s ly entangled

and i n t eg r a t ed . PMR and N PM R a r e li kewis e en t a ng l ed . T he directly im -measurable (wi th in PMR) mind, consc iousness , thought , and soul c l ear ly

fa ll in to the no nph ys ica l ( f rom a PMR viewp oint ) ca m p rega rdles s of

w he the r or not there i s a pre su m ed phys ica l bas i s.

I n s ummar y , ou r ope r a t i ona l de f i n i t i on o f PMR caus es s ome o f t he

common th ings t aken ser ious ly (be l i eved in and re l i ed on) in phys ics -

such as ne ut r ino s , qua rks , an d s t r ing the or y - to be lon g in the non phys i -

ca l camp (only inferable , not d i r ec t ly measurable) ye t , we accept them

be cau se they he lp us r em ain logica lly con s i s t ent and repre sen t the c ur re n tbes t f i t wi th in ( are somet imes r equi red by) our model of phys ica l r ea l i ty .

W e can bui ld use ful an d valuable ma ter ial , con cep tual , theo ret ical , and

spi r i tua l r esul t s based on the knowledge and under s tanding of infer red non-

physical objects . Succe ssful op era t ion al exp er im en tat io n w i th no nphy sical

phenomena tha t a re not acceptable to t r ad i t ional sc ience ( such as energy

an d inform at ion t r ans fer s wi th in NPM R or PMR tha t app ear to the PMR

observer to be acausal ) of ten employs the methodologies that phys icis ts use

to work wi th infer red objects such as neutr inos , as wel l as the processes thatscientis ts use to dev elop m or e purely co nce ptua l ob jects l ike wave packets or

str ings. Science is science; many of the same logical approaches to discovery

work as wel l in NPMR as they do in PMR. The major di f ference is that

NPMR objects arc not accepted by t radi t ional scient is ts because they do not

f i t the l it t le pic tur e PMR reali ty mo de l. For th e mo st part , this is be ca us e th e

type of da ta ga thered f rom NPMR and the process for obta in ing and va l i -

da t ing th em is , by i ts na tu re an d de s ign, mosdy inc om pat ib le wi th PM R's t ra-

di t ional nar rowly focused scient i f ic methodology which is based upon a mys-tical belief in th e universality of PMR causality. (See C ha pt er s 13 an d 14 of

Book 2, and Chapter 2 of this book for suppor t ing detai l . )

Co nf l i c t i n g w i th t he n i n e t ee n t h an d t wen t i e t h cen t u r y ' s mo s t p r ec i ous

intel lectual jewel , the scient i f ic method, i s not necessar i ly the kiss of death

to an op en m ind . T h e sc ient i f i c m et h od is a t e r r i f i c tool wi th in th e r ea lm

to which i t appl ies .

O u r m os t s uccess f u l s c i en ti f ic mo de l s and p r o ces s es have t u r n ed ou t t o

have a l imi ted val idi ty, including class ical mechanics ( large s low objects ) ,special relat ivi ty ( fas t objects , but no gravi ty) , the f lat ear th (shor t dis -

tances) , or a s table phys ical universe (shor t t imes) . Likewise, the scient i f ic







method has a l imi ted va l id i ty . Our r efusa l to apprec ia te those l imi ta t ions

has t r ap pe d o ur aw areness in PMR . T h e t ime is r ipe , once again , to r a i se

our th inking up to the next l eve l of genera l i ty , thus grea t ly expanding our

vis ion of what i s poss ible.An ex pa nd ed v iew o f a s c i en ti f ic m e t h od t ha t con t a i ns t he t r ad i t iona l

s c i en t i f i c me t hod a s a s ubs e t wou l d a l s o be t t e r encompas s and s uppor t

some present ly accepted f i e lds inc luding medic ine , psychology, soc io logy,

and ethics , as wel l as the nontradi t ional , but equal ly ser ious , f ields of cos-

mology, ep i s t emologv, and onto logy. For example , when was the l as t t ime

t he Cen t e r s f o r D i s eas e Con t r o l and P r even t i on ( CDC) pe r f o r med an

objec t ive sc ient i f i c publ i c hea l th e x p e r i m e n t with a h ighly contagious

deadly infec t ious d i sease? Obvious ly , the CDC cannot apply a t r ad i t ionalsc ient i f i c methodology to the s tudy of f a ta l infec t ious d i seases . Ins tead i t

mu s t re ly o n ind i rec t s t at is t ica l infere nc e - th e same m eth od olo gy tha t is

o f t e n us ed t o p r o du ce an ob j ec ti ve eva l ua t i on o f s ub j ec t ive exp e r i enc e .

A gen era l i ze d sc ient i f i c m et ho d m us t be r igor ou s and t es table , as well

a s p r oduce cons i s t en t and mean i ngf u l r e s u l t s ; t he r equ i r emen t f o r

t es table r igor and meaningfulness in no way e l iminates the va lue and use-

fu lness of subjec t ive input .

Formal ly def in ing a prac t i ca l genera l i zed sc ient i f i c method i s notwi th in the scope or in tent of th i s t r i logy, but an informal descr ip t ion of

what needs to be inc luded i s d i scussed in the previous chapter and in

C ha pte r 13 , Book 2 .

Your a t t i tu de i s im po r ta nt . Avoid ge t t in g twis ted aro un d th e p rcc i se-

nes s , accu r acy o r t he appr opr i a t enes s o f how t he de f i n i t i ons and obs e r -

va t ions wi th in th i s chapter and the next apply to your par t i cu lar v iew of ,

an d be l i e f s ab ou t , the wor ld . Ke ep in min d th a t we are t ry ing to e f fec t a

communi ca t i on o f b i g i deas . Some f uzz i nes s among t he de t a i l s i s accep t -able ; prec i s ion and c lar i ty comes only wi th per sonal exper ience in the

large r reali ty. Je t t i s on in g bel ief and t ryin g to sol idly g ra sp w hat l ies

bey on d your expe r ient i a l r each i s wh at pul l s you up by your bo ot s t r a ps ,

but over re ach ing cou ple d wi th h igh exp ecta t ions typica lly l eads to m o re

f r us t r a t i on t ha n p r ogr es s .

Aga i n , do not f ee l required to bel ieve or disbel ieve or to pass f inal

j udgment on wha t you r ead . On t he o t he r hand , you are required to be

scient i f ical ly (not d r iven by bel ief or fea r ) cr i t ical an d ske pt ical of wh atyou f i nd he r e , o r your Big TOE wil l not grow.



7 G

S o m e O b s e r v a t i o n s

T hes e t h i r t ee n obs e r va t i on s r e f l ec t my exp e r i en ce exp l o r i ng NPMR an d

pr ov i de a s hor t s ummar y o f t he da t a neces s a r y t o s uppor t t he concep-

tua l de ve lop m en t of the Me chan ics of Real ity . Th ey are wr i t t en h er e as

uns uppor t ed b l un t s ummar y s t a t emen t s . Sec t i ons 2 , 3 , and 4 o f My Big

TOE t ho r ough l y deve l op t he l og i ca l f ounda t i on upon whi ch t hes e t h i r -

t een observat ions r es t .

If you r per so nal expe r ien ce does not c learly enc om pa ss an d su pp or t

these s t a temen ts , co ns id er them to be s t a ted as su m pt ion s tha t may o r may

not be cr i t ical to what fol lows in the next nine chapters . Keep in mind that

bel ief or disbel ief in the correctness of these observat ions i s at bes t i r rele-

vant , wh i le a skept ical op en -m in d is abso lutely necessary. If , o n th e o th er

hand, your per sonal exper ience va l ida tes these not ions , they wi l l appear to

be s imple f ac t s tha t s t and on the i r own requi r ing ne i ther be l i e f nor con-

jec ture for suppor t . Regardles s of the l eve l of exper ience you br ing to th i s

d i scussion , my advice is to t ru dg e on th rou gh th i s ch apte r wi thout be ing

too fussy. T he su pp or t ing de ta i l s a re co nta in ed in the f i r s t two bo ok s of

this t r i logy and wi l l not be repeated here; this i s s imply a terse summary

and review of what has been es tabl i shed e l sewhere wi th in MY Big TOE.

1. PMR is no t the only, an d n ot necessar i ly the p r im ary , n o r the m os t

impor tant real i ty. Each real i ty exis ts wi thin i t s own calculat ion-space or

d i mens i on . A l l r ea l i t i e s a r e no t neces s a r i l y i ndependen t . The r e can be

connec t i ons and dependenc i es be t ween r ea l i t i e s a l ong wi t h r u l e s gove r n -

ing the i r in tera c t ions .

2 . As shown in F igure 5-1 , there a re mul t ip le , loose ly r e la ted , weakly

i n t e r ac t i ng r ea l i t y s ys t ems wi t h i n NPMR ( each NPMR n w h e r e n = 1,2, 3. . .

r epresent s a spec i f i c r ea l i ty sys tem) . Each of the NPMR n s eems t o be






6 5 4 | My Big TOE I S o m e O b s e r v a t i o n s

F i g u r e 5 .1 : R e a l i t y S y s t e m s : T h e B i g P i c t u r e

or ga n i zed a s s ep a r a t e on go i ng expe r i m en t s in cons c i ou s nes s . Each

exper i men t has i t s own ob j ec t i ves , p r o t oco l s , cond i t i ons , t i me l i ne , andp u r p o s e .

3 . One of these r ea l i ty sys tems wi th in NPMR, say NPMR n ( wher e t he

index n t akes th e spec i f i c va lue N) , con ta ins o u r PMR as a subse t . N PM R N

is a sp i r i tua l (quali ty of con sc iousn ess ) sys tem ex pe r im en t in g wi th th e evo-

lu t ionary potent ia l of cons c i ous nes s . NPMR n con t a i ns many o t he r r ea l i t y

subse t s bes ides PMR. Some of these o ther subse t s cons t i tu te phys ica l uni -

ver ses s imi lar ( space- t ime-mat ter based) to our PMR (we are nonphys ica l

to the be ings of these r ea l i t i es ) whi le o ther s a re very d i f f erent f rom ourPMR (not based on space- t ime-mat ter ) . Wi th in each of these r ea l i ty sub-

sets , there are types and classes of beings l iving wi thin the rules of thei r

own physics , psychology, and sociology. Our Sys tem (OS) of real i ty con-

ta ins PMR an d a po r t io n o f NPMR N. Figure 5-1 shows only o ne smal l po r -

t ion of the l a rger consc iousness ecosys tem.

4 . I n NPMR n , the goal for each sent ient being is to learn, grow, and

evolve through in terac t ion (making choices ) wi th o ther s : The in tent dr iv ing

ou r choices can ran ge f r o m goo d to evi l. We m ake f r ee will choices in th eprocess of interact ing wi th other sent ient beings , and the qual i ty of these

choices a l t e rs the ent ropy of our con sc iousness th rou gh a se l f -modi fy ing






Boo k 3 , Sec t ion 5 , Chapter 73 | 65 5

f eedback sys tem. Per sonal grow th i s r eq ui red to e f fec t ou r en t ro py reduc-

ing cont r ibut ion to the l a rger consc iousness cycle .

To op t i mi ze en t r o py loss , on e mus t un de r s t a nd how cons c i ous nes s

evolves under vary ing condi t ions . Does a l l consc iousness eventua l ly end

up love- l ike ( the opt imal resul t ) or exact ly the opposi te; or does a con-sc iousness sys tem eventual ly become chaot i c or perhaps f ind some s table

equi l ibr ium s tate in between these ext remes? Is i t poss ible to i solate and

s tabi l i ze the opt imal condi t ions for growing or evolv ing h igh qual i ty con-

sc iousness , thus opt im iz ing th e ef f i c i ency of the co nsc iou sness cycle?

5 . Al l consc iousness in NPMR N i s "net ted." I t i s as though each ent i ty

i n NPMRN has a un i que URL ( Uni f o r m Res our ce Loca t o r o r web addr es s )

in a gigant ic , but f ini te , Real i ty Wide Web (RWW). Thus , as a subset , a l l

be ings in our par t i cu lar PMR are a l so ne t t ed together - on a Local AreaNetw ork (LAN ) so to speak - as well as co nn ec ted ( co nn ect io ns be tw een

LANs) wi th the r es t of OS and a l l o ther NPMR N r e s i d e n t s . C o n n e c t i o n s

to the NPMR,, and beyond are l ikewise avai lable, but not par t icular ly

impor tant to th i s d i scuss ion .

6 . An indiv idual in PMR can be aware of NPMR through h i s or her

m ind - t he nonphy s ica l par t of on e ' s be in g . T h e min d is the do orw ay

t h r ough whi ch you mus t pas s t o expe r i ence NPMR. NPMR i s , i f any t h i ng ,

more r ea l than PMR ( semant ics in the serv ice of an impish smi le) becausei t conta ins a more fundamenta l ( l es s cons t r a ined) r ea l i ty of which PMR i s

only one of many subse t s .

7 . An ind iv idual in PM R, on ce fu l ly aw are in NP M R N , can access and

f i l te r the RW W n et de scr ib ed above wi th h i s o r her in ten t . An indiv idual

can access any web-page-ent i ty on this RWW net by us ing his or her intent

( whi ch r equ i r e s un i que knowl edge and i den t i f i ca t i on o f t he URL be i ng

soug ht ) . On e naviga tes wi th on e ' s in te nt . A pe r so n ' s in ten t is a l so h is or

he r f i l te r ; w i tho ut th i s f i l t e r o ne wo uld have d i f f i cu l ty dea l ing wi th a ll thei n f o r m a t i o n a t o n c e .

Explorer s mus t l earn th e i r way ar ou nd by exp lor ing the RW W - for the

sam e genera l r easons tha t force you to per sonal ly explore th e WW W ( read-

ing about i t and being an interact ive par t of i t are two ent i rely di f ferent

exper iences) . Exper ience, careful ly f i l tered by a scient i f ic method ( repeat -

able evident ial data col lect ion) that sor ts external s ignal f rom internal

noise, leads to the knowledge that forms the bas is for a larger set of pro-

duct ive and meaningful poss ible intents . Those who wish to access infor-mat ion , objec t s , or en t i t i es on the RWW consciousness ne twork need to

educate themselves wi th in and about NPMR N . Careful ly val idated f i r s th an d

exper ience mus t be acqui red through a s t ep by s t ep explora tory process .






6 5 6 | My Big TOE I S o m e O b s e r v a t i o n s

8 . I nd i v idua l com m un i ca t i o ns be t we en s en t i en t en t i t ie s a r e t e l epa t h i c .

Add i t i ona l l y , w i t h i n a g i ven PMR, communi ca t i on us i ng s ens o r y da t a

(such as s ight , sound, touch, smel l , and tas te) typical ly funct ions in paral -

le l wi th t e l epathy to som e de gre e .

9 . People in PMR who are unaware (or mos t ly unawr

are) wi th in NPM R,can us e an d ex pe r i e nce t h is ne t if t hey a r e conn ec t e d s t r ong l y en ou gh

( large enough s ignal - to-noi se) and wi th enough c lear in tent ( in teres t ) to

pr od uc e a c ross ta lk or b l ee dt hr ou gh in to the i r con sc iou sness ( typica lly

pe r ce i ved a s i n t u i t i on o r p r ecog n i t ive d r eam s ) . S i gna ls com e f r o m NPM R

wi th vary ing ampl i tudes whi le an indiv idual produces mos t of h i s own

i n t e r f e r i ng no i s e .

10. T e l e p a th i c c o m m u n i c a t i o n s a n d o t h e r c o m m u n i c a t i o n s t h r o u g h t h e

N P M R n ne t a re no t a f f ec t ed by t he ap pa r e n t d i s tance o r vo l um e be t wee nthe sender and the r ece iver , nor l imi ted by l ight speed . Communica t ion

co nte nt f lows across d im en s iona l ba r r i e r s wi thou t d i f f icu l ty .

11. Beings in al l PMRs wi thin NPMR n have por t ions or ex tens ions of

themselves that also (s imul taneously) exis t in NPMR n . The body in PMR is

essent ia l ly sus ta ined th ro ug h i ts co nn ec t ion to N PM R n . By man i pu l a t i ng

energy ( the abi l i ty to r eorganize b i t s ) in NPMR n , one can af fec t the body

in PMR . T h us follow' m an y ef fe cts f ro m m en tal o r psychic he al in g to

v o o d o o . T h e e n e r g y b o d y i n N P M R n can be v iewed f rom var ious " f r e-quencies" ( l ike looking a t something wi th X- ray , inf rared , or u l t r av io le t

l ight) to reveal different aspects of i tself . ( I apologize to al l the scientis ts

an d en gin eer s for us ing the f r eq ue ncy m etap ho r , but i t is the bes t ana logy

I can come up wi th . ) The energy body i s eas i ly manipula ted by in tent ion .

12 . In tent seems to have the qual i t i es of magni tude ( in tens i ty) , f r e -

quency ( is tunable) , and clar i ty (s ignal to noise rat io) .

13. T h e ene r gy body in NP M R n does not d ie when the phys ica l body

dies ; i t can mani fes t another body in PMR (or some other su i t ab le r ea l i ty)if i t needs or w

rants one.






7 7

A M o d e l o f R e a l i t y a n d T i m eI n c r e m e n t i n g T i m e i n S i m u l a t i o n s

T o und er s t an d r ea li ty on e mus t un de r s t an d t i me . Dur i ng t he nex t six

chapters , we wi l l use the notat ions "del ta- t" and "DELTA-t" extens ively.

Bec ause th i s no ta t io n i s bo r ro w ed f ro m the f ie ld of m athe m at ics , i t may

see m s t r a ng e to som e, bu t do no t be pu t of f by tha t . Thi s chap ter p ro-

v i des an exp l ana t i on o f i nc r emen t i ng t i me i n s i mul a t i ons t o t he ma t he -

mat ica l ly chal l enged and in t roduces a unique per spect ive on the na ture

of t ime to the Big Pic ture r ea l i ty chal l enged. The words "de l t a" and

"DELTA" r ep r es en t t he uppe r and l ower cas e Gr eek l e t t e r o f t he s ame

name. They are spe l l ed out to avoid us ing abs t r ac t symbols tha t might

i nadver t en t l y t r i gge r ma t hephob i a o r o t he r r e l a t ed men t a l t echno- b l ocks .

T hi s is easy - yo u' l l see.

Tr ad i t i ona l ma t hemat i ca l no t a t i on p l aces t he Gr eek l e t t e r de l t a nex t t o

a va r i ab l e ( s ome quan t i t y t ha t changes ) t o r ep r es en t an i nc r emen t ( s ma l l

ch an ge ) in tha t var i able . I use it he re bec au se m any pe op le are f ami l i a r

wi th th i s no ta t io n . I f you are no t , don ' t wor ry , the co nc ep t is s imp le an d

explained in detai l below. "DELTA-t" and "del ta- t" are s imply names for

two d i f f erent increments ( smal l chunks ) of t ime.

In an i terat ive dynamic s imulat ion, such as the calculat ion of the pos i -

t ion of a f i red ar t i l lery round (or a thrown bal l ) as a funct ion of t ime, one

s tar t s wi th the equat ions of mot ion (equat ions g iv ing pos i t ion as a funct ion

of t ime) an d th e ini ti al co nd i t ions a t tim e t=0. T h e f i r s t t ime th rou gh the

co m pu ta t io na l p roce ss loop, on e l e ts t = (de lt a -t ) an d the n ca lcula tes pos i-

t ion - ne xt t ime th ro ug h t = 2 • (del ta-t ) , next t ime th ro ug h t = 3 • (del ta-t ) ,

nex t t im e th ro ug h t = 4 • (del ta- t ), and so on . You calculate a new po s i t ion

of the ob ject (ar t il lery rou n d o r ball ) for eac h t im e t , which is o n e del ta- t






6 5 8 | My Big TOE I I nc r emen t ing T ime in S imu la t i ons

l a rger than the previous va lue of t . Consequent ly , t ime, in your ca lcula t ion

of pos i t i on , p r ogr es s es f o r w ar d by i nc r em en t s ( s ma ll d i s con t i nuou s j um ps )

of delta- t .

Your s i mul a t i on can appr ox i ma t e con t i nuous t i me , and t hus con t i nu -

ous mot ion , by making the s i ze of de l t a - t very smal l . The cumula t ive sumover the d e l ta - t i s ca l l ed "s imula t ion t ime" bec au se i t d r ives the dy nam ic

s imu la t ion , ( as op p os ed to " rea l -t ime" which is wh at is m ea su red by the

c lock on the computer room wal l ) .

If th e eq ua t ion s were com plex en ou gh a nd de l t a -t were small e no ug h

and the computer s low enough, i t could t ake severa l hours of r ea l - t ime to

progress the ar t i l l e ry rounds t r a jec tory through only a f ew seconds of s im-

ula t ion t im e (pe rha ps only a f ew h u n d re d fee t of a m uc h lon ge r tr a jec-

tory) wi th in the computer s imula t ion . On the o ther hand, r e la t ive ly s im-ple equat ions in a very f as t computer us ing a l a rger de l t a - t might s imula te

a one minute long t r a jec tory ( such as the t r a jec tory of a l a rge ar t i l l e ry

round) in only a f ew tenths of a second of r ea l - t ime.

The s i mul a t i on can be paus ed any amoun t o f r ea l - t i me be t ween con-

secut ive t ime increments and subsequent ly s t a r t ed up again wi thout d i s -

turb ing the r esul t s of the s imula t ion . These concept s involv ing not ions of

dyn am ic s imula t ion an d t im e will be im po r ta nt l a t e r on . It is go od to

under s t and t hem now whi l e t he con t ex t i s s i mpl e .Cons ider a l a rge s imula t ion tha t conta ins smal ler s imula t ions wi th in i t .

For example , l e t ' s imagine a s imula ted war conta in ing severa l s imul tane-

ous interact ive bat t les . Such a sys tem s imulat ion may contain a subset of

co de ( su bro ut in e) tha t s imula te s a spec i f i c ba t t l e , which ha s wi th in it

another i t e ra t ive subse t of code ( lower l eve l subrout ine) tha t s imula tes a

speci f ic armor bat tal ion 's act ivi ty wi thin that bat t le , which has wi thin i t a

ye t another i t e ra t ive subse t of code ( even lower l eve l subrout ine) tha t s im-

ulates an ar t i l lery shel l Fi red by that armor bat tal ion. We now have fournes t ed ( one i ns i de t he o t h e r ) l eve ls o f i n t e r d ep en de n t s ub r ou t i n es ( 1-

overal l war , 2-speci f ic bat t les , 3-speci f ic bat tal ions , 4- individual ar t i l lery

t r a jec tor i es ) i t e ra t ing the i r way sequent i a l ly to produce the s imula ted war .

T he col lec t ion of a lgor i thm s tha t descr ibe the in terde pen den cies be tween

levels (specify the assumptions, ini t ial condit ions, tact ics , rules of engage-

men t , and des c r i be t he pe r f o r m an ce o f each subs ys tem and com pon en t ) a r e

said to model or s imulate the war . A proper ly integrated col lect ion of such

model s , a long wi th the s t ruc ture of the code tha t order s and propagatesinteractive logical events , passes da ta, collects results, an d in cre m en ts t ime,

def ines the overal l war game or s imulat ion. This i s how computers are used

to simulate a set of interactive activi t ies or a dynamic process.







All the in terdependent loops are i t e ra ted sequent i a l ly . Loops tha t have

no in terdependence may be incremented in para l l e l ( s imul taneous ly) . Each

level and each process wi thin each level progresses i t s own dynamic act iv-

i ty by one del ta- t a t a t ime. As act ivi t ies are completed (decis ions made, t ra-

j ec t o r i e s fl own , dam age a s s ess ed , t r oops and eq u i p m en t m oved , an dam m un i t i on de p l e t ed ) in f o r m a t i on is pas s ed back and f o r t h am on g t h e

four levels . The resul ts and impl icat ions of this informat ion are used to

make choices , cont inue or modi fy processes , and keep score . Thus , as the

s imu lat ion t im e pro gre sses del ta- t by del ta- t, th e s imu lated w ar gr in ds on .

The prac t i ca l s i ze of de l t a - t depends on the r equi red accuracy and the

speed of the fas tes t elements in our model . A typical del ta- t might be

0.00001 seconds i f the precise locat ions ( to wi thin a cent imeter ) of things

such as ar t i l lery rounds and miss i les were impor tant . In this s imulat ion,de l t a - t de f i nes t he f undamen t a l quan t um of s i mul a t i on - t i me . I f t he f a s t e s t

th ing in our war s imula t ion ( an ancient war perhaps , or a modern one

wher e a l l t he gadge t s don ' t wor k ) was a man r unn i ng t h r ough t he bus hes

with a spear , a del ta- t of 0.1 second would probably be smal l enough.

Would s imula t ing an ancient ( spear throwing) or s low moving war

( req ui r in g a t im e ba se of n o m or e th an de l ta - t = 0 .1 secon d) wi th o u r

m o de rn w ar s imu la tor ( tha t ti cks of f t ime in 0 .00001 seco nd incre m ents )

be a problem? No: There i s no problem as long as we arc s imula t ing some-t h i ng t ha t can be adequa t e l y mode l ed w i t h t i me i nc r emen t s t ha t a r e equa l

to or l a rger than 0 .00001 seconds . I t would make no sense to s imula te the

pos i t ion of a running man every 0 .00001 seconds . I t might a l low for a

mor e de t a i l ed and compl ex mode l o f t he man ( i nc l ud i ng b l i nks , bu r ps ,

ha i r mot ion , progress ive ce l l damage, and twi tches ) , however , a man ' s

movement wi th in tha t smal l of a t ime increment (0 .00001 sec) i s com-

ple te ly inconsequent ia l to the war .

W ha t we wo uld m os t likely d o is use ou r prev iou s coa rse or low f idelitym a n - m o v e m e n t - m o d e l a n d i n c r e m e n t it by a s in g le 0 .1 s e c o n d i n c r e m e n t

every 10000 (10 ' ) t icks of our s imulat ion t ime clock. Our war game's fun-

da m en ta l qu an tu m of s imu la t ion- t ime i s still equ al to 0 .00001 secon ds or

10* sec . W e are now inc rem en t ing o u r m an -m od el in 0 .1 sec on d incre-

m en ts as a su br ou t in e wi th in a l a rger mo de l (ou ter loop) tha t i t e ra tes

every 0.00001 seconds . This wi l l turn out to be a crucial concept later .

Th i s m or e ef f i c i ent ly inc rem en ted , low- f ide l ity m an -m od el (it r ema ins

de t a i l ed eno ugh t o de f i ne t r oo p m ove m ent a s a f un c t i on o f t e r r a i n ) is pu r -pose ly des igned to be only as accura te , and incremented only as of t en , as

i t needs to be to serve the purpose that i s intended by the overal l s imula-

t ion . Likewise , the loops and subrout ines tha t r epresent var ious p layer s in







the s imula t ion are provided the dynamic granular i ty ( increment s i ze) tha t

t he i r f unc t i on r equ i r e s . The one w i t h t he s ma l l e s t r equ i r ed i nc r emen t

s e r ves a s t he me t r onome ( t he f undamen t a l quan t um of t i me wi t h i n ou r

s imula t ion) fo r a ll the o th er s .

Let ' s put this al l together into one big war s imulat ion. We wi l l havem a n - m o d e l s u b r o u t i n e s t h a t a r e i n c r e m e n t e d by o n e t e n t h o f a s e c o n d

every 10 ' increments of our fundamenta l s imula t ion t ime. We wi l l a l so

h a v e t a n k - m o d e l s u b r o u t i n e s th a t a re i n c r e m e n t e d b y a h u n d r e d t h o f a

second every 10s t i cks of the fundamenta l c lock . We might have a i r craf t -

mo de l s ubr o u t i ne s tha t a r e i nc r em en t e d by a t ho us an d t h o f a s econ d

every 102

t i cks of the fundamenta l c lock and miss i l e subrout ines tha t a re

i nc r emen t ed eve r y t h i r d t i ck o f t he f undamen t a l c l ock , and pe r haps a

nuc l ea r dam age p r op aga t i on s u br o u t i n e t ha t w ill be i nc r em en t e d ( eva lu -a ted) every t i ck of the fundamenta l c lock .

In th i s s imu la t ion , th e mas te r loop or s imu la t ion dr iv er is the on e

r equ i r i ng t he s ma l l e s t t i me i nc r emen t . The guy i n cha r ge ( ou t e r mos t

loop) i s the one wi th the smal les t t ime increment . The loca l t ime ins ide

t he man- m ode l - l oop j u m p s ah ead o ne t en t h - s eco nd a t a t i me . T he l ow

fidelity s im ula ted m en w ho l ive in tha t local real ity m ea su re a q u a n tu m of

t he i r t i m e as on e - t en t h s eco nd . F r om t he i r pe r s pec t i ve , r ea l- ti me accu-

mul a t e s i n i nc r emen t s o f one - t en t h s econd . One- t en t h s econd i s t he i rlocal ti me qu an t a . If t hey cou l d be co m e s en t ien t an d l ea r n t o p r o gr a m ,

they could dec ide to s imula te the growth of the i r ha i r and toenai l s

beca us e t hes e f un c t i on s ch ang e s lowly co m pa r ed t o t he i r t i me qu an t um .

Let 's sum m ar iz e the mos t usefu l ideas th a t have be en g en era ted by th is

d i s cus s i on o f dynami c s i mul a t i ons . Some o f t he t i me l oops , s ub r ou t i nes ,

or d imens ions of our b ig p ic ture ( ent i r e war ) s imula t ion are i t e ra ted a t

f as ter r a tes than o ther s . Apparent r ea l - t ime i s r e la t ive to each loop ' s per -

spective or local reali ty.Wi th in a g iven loca l r ea l i ty , we can only perce ive event s which produce

ef fec t s tha t a re s igni f i cant over on e loca l t ime qua nt a or mo re , th us r en-

der ing the ac t iv i t i es of f as ter loops ( smal ler t ime quanta) invi s ib le and

incomprehens ib le . Wi th in the h ierarchy of causa l i ty ( s imula t ions wi th in

s i mul a t i ons o r d i mens i ons w i t h i n d i mens i ons ) , t he mas t e r o r ou t e r mos t

loop tha t dr ives everyth ing e l se i s def ined as the one wi th the h ighes t fun-

da m en ta l f r e qu en cy (h ighes t sam pl ing ra te or r a te of i t e ra t ion) , which i s

the same as saying i t has the smal les t quantum of t ime.Bel ls should be going off in your head relat ing this discuss ion of com-

pu t e r s i mul a t i on t o t he d i s cus s i on o f AUM' s f undamen t a l f r equency and

t i me qu an t um , and t h e d i f f e r i n g s ized qu an t a o f t i me in NPMR a nd PMR







(Chapter 31, Book 1) . Each higher level of s imulat ion, wi th i t s smal ler

t ime quanta , r epresent s a l a rger per spect ive , a base of au thor i ty and con-

t rol , and col lects , processes and synthes izes the act ivi t ies and resul ts cre-

a ted by its lower l eve l ( inn er ) subo rd ina te s imu la t ions . Dy nam ic t imin g

l oops w i t h i n l oops w i t h i n l oops , a l l i n t e r connec t ed and bu i l d i ng one uponthe other at var ious levels of scale. Do you not ice the f ractal - l ike charac-

ter is t ics of t ime loops wi thin your dynamic real i ty? Do you get a gl immer

of how eve r y t h i ng i s i n t e r r e l a t ed and i n t e r co nne c t ed w i t h i n a gene r a l i zed

dynamic consc iousness -evolu t ion f r ac ta l ecosys tem?

You will see later that what 1 de f i n e a s de lt a- t r ep r es en t s t he ou t e r ( con-

t rol l ing) lo op of ou r im m e d ia te real ity w i thin O S. del ta- t is use d to cal -

culate probable real i t ies and is refer red to as s imulat ion t ime; i t i s related

t o t i me i n NPMR. On t he o t he r hand , DELTA- t , a l a r ge r t i me i nc r emen t ,is de f i ne d a s t he i nc r e m en t t h a t accu mu l a t e s ou r PMR ti me , o u r appa r -

ent real - t ime. From a larger perspect ive, DELTA-t dr ives a lower level s im-

ula t ion (wi th i t s l a rger t ime increment ) incremented only once every so

many t i cks of the overa l l s imula t ion t ime c lock wi th in The Big Computer .

Did I infer tha t you, me, and our ent i r e univer se , a re s imula ted be ings and

objects? Yes: you wi l l see that i t i s i l luminat ing, cons is tent , and useful to

mo de l o u r r ea li ty t ha t way. T hr o ug ho u t My Big TOE , I have dan gle d this

idea of a s imulated reali ty in front of you; as s trange as i t may seem, i t wil lmake mor e s ens e l a t e r on .

Recall tha t in C ha pt er 31, Boo k 1, I ex pla ine d th at t ime is qu an t ize d,

m ean i ng t ha t ti me p r og r es s es by d i s c r e t e i nc r e m en t s r a t h e r t ha n co n t i n -

uous ly , an d th a t ou r t im e is an ar t i f ic i a l co ns t ru c t c re a ted by AUM to

def ine the space- t ime par t of i t sel f . In this sect ion, you wi l l see how quan-

t ized t ime loops al low us to create our real i ty, maintain a l iving his tory,

and make choices tha t enable us to l earn and to grow the qual i ty of our

consc iousness ( evolve our sp i r i tua l qual i ty toward sa t i s fy ing the goal s ofou r exi s tence) . A d ig i ta l r ea li ty of fer s up ma ny in te res t ing a t t r ibu tes .

You wi l l soon see tha t t ime i s not a fundamenta l proper ty of the thread

that i s woven to p ro d u ce th e fab r ic of real ity, bu t ins te ad is m erely a meas-

u r emen t cons t r uc t , a t oo l f o r i mpl emen t i ng o r gan i za t i on and de f i n i ng

pat t e rns , more r e la ted to the ac t ion of the machine tha t does the weaving

tha n to the thre ad i t se l f. Each cycle of the loo m rep rese nt s an o th er t ime

i nc r em en t as t h r e ad a f t e r t h r ea d is ad de d t o p r od uc e t he s eemi ng l y con-

t i nuous f ab r i c o f ou r PMR 3D s pace - t i me expe r i ence .The ac t i on o f t he mach i ne , t he p r oces s o f weav i ng , s hou l d no t be

c o n f u s e d w i t h t h e t h r e e - d i m e n s i o n a l e x p e r i e n c e o f t h e s p a c e - t i m e f a b -

r i c i t c rea tes . Nor should the f abr ic be seen to weave i t s e l f through some







s p on t an eo us mys ti ca l o r mag i ca l p r o ces s wher e i n t i me is c r ea t ed i n t h e

p r e s e n t m o m e n t w i t h o u t t he nee d o f f ac t o r y o r l oom o r t he ene r g y t ha t

m a k e s t h e m r u n , m u c h l es s t h e d e s i g n a n d p u r p o s e o f t h e p r o c e s s . T h a t

s pace - t i me i s s po n t a ne ou s l y s e l f - c r ea t ed f r o m no t h i n g - a s e lf -woven , 4D

fab r ic co n ta in in g a ll pas t , p r ese nt , an d fu tu re eve nt s - is bas ica l ly wh atmos t s c i en t i s t s be l i eve t hes e days becaus e t hey canno t pe r ce i ve t he

h i g h e r d i m e n s i o n s w h e r e t h e l o o m , m i l l , a n d t h e e n e r g y t h a t r u n s t h e m

r es i des . I n f ac t , ou r p r es e n t s c i ence is bas e d on t h e f un da m en t a l i mpl i c i t

as sumpt ion tha t the loom and mi l l cannot poss ib ly exi s t , o r be r e levant ,

becaus e t hey l i e beyond our d i r ec t ob j ec t i ve 3D pe r cep t i on o f a 4D

s p a c e - t i m e .

Thus , today ' s sc ient i s t s have pa in ted themselves in to a corner depend-

en t up o n real i ty myster ious ly cre at in g itself - a m yst ic al be l ief -b ase d con-cept they are greadv dissat is f ied wi th and do not l ike to talk about - a fun-

da m en t a l f a i l u r e o f s c i en ti fi c un de r s t a nd i ng l on g swep t un de r t he r ug o f

object ive respectabi l i ty .

On the o ther hand, the the i s t s a re content , as they have been for

10,000 years , to of fer up thei r one pat answer for al l s i tuat ions and occa-

s ions : God does i t . Meanwhi le , the f abr ic of space- t ime cont inues to

apparent ly weave i t sel f out of nothing as we s tumble in ci rcles in pursui t

of a Big Picture that we can somehow' miraculous ly ext ract f rom our l i t t lep ic ture . An d th a t is w he re we arc today, l ad ies an d ge nt l e m en , an d wh ere

we have bee n for the l as t for ty year s s ince gen era l r e la t iv i ty an d qu an tu m

me chan i cs d r op pe d t he f ir s t s hoe (t o ld us in no un ce r t a i n t e r m s t ha t ou r

physical real i ty was delus ional ) . Eins tein t r ied to lead us out of that wi lder-

ness wi th Uni f i ed Fie ld Theory but could not f ind h i s way through the

i mp en e t r ab l e cu l t u r a l be li e f f og t ha t obs cu r ed eve r y avenue o f e s cape .

Bel ief bl indness i s as absolute as any bl indness .

That a h igher d imens ional s t ruc ture may not l eave phys ica l footpr in t sis not tha t d i f f i cu l t to un de r s ta nd . E ins te in was cor rec t ly looking for n on-

phys ica l footpr in t s in h i s Uni f i ed Fie ld Theory where mass was noth ing

more than h igher in tens i ty f i e ld s t r ength . His e r ror was looking for con-

t inuo us f i e lds wi th in th e space- t ime con s t ruc t . H e d id no t gra sp th e d ig i-

tal nature of real i ty - that space and t ime are quant ized - and that space-

t ime i t sel f was only a local phenomenon, a vi r tual l i t t le picture real i ty

de pe nd en t up on a m or e f und am en t a l d i g it a l ene r gy f i e ld ca ll ed con-

sc iousness . He d id not under s tand the pr imacy of consc iousness as thef undamen t a l s ubs t ance , ene r gy , o r o r gan i za t i on under l y i ng ex i s t ence .

Ins tead of seeing space- t ime as pr imordial phys ics , a set of relat ionships

an d de f in i t ions , a ru le-se t , a con s t ruc t of consc iousness , he tho ug ht tha t







space- t ime i t se l f was the fundamenta l f i e ld . Consciousness i s fundamenta l .

Space - t ime is der ived f ro m a consc iou s in tent to con s t ra in indiv idua ted

subse t s of consc iousness to a spec i f i c exper ience-base which we ca l l PMR.

Even i f Eins tein had f igured that out in the 1950s , his peers would have

wri t ten him off as having los t i t . He would have most l ikely ended hiscareer in r id icule . Today we are much more f ami l i a r wi th the potent i a l of

the digi tal sciences . Perhaps now, in the twenty-f i rs t century, scient is ts wi l l

have the r equi s i t e v i s ion to see and under s tand the paradigm shi f t s tha t

are r equ i red to su pp or t a un i f i e d the ory of r ea li ty . Perha ps non-sc ient i st s

wi l l recognize the Big Picture f i r s t and eventual ly br ing the scient is ts along.

Tr ack i ng t he nonphys i ca l f oo t p r i n t s o f a m or e f u nd am en t a l r ea li ty

t h r o ug h t he cons c i ous nes s w i l de r nes s is wh a t My Big TOE is al l about -

an d you do n ot need to be a phys ic is t or ma the m at ic ian to ge t it beca usethe detai l s and explanat ions are not l i t t le picture logic puzzles that exis t

only wi th in PMR. In the Big Pic ture , a deep under s tanding of r ea l i ty i s

not the exclus ive preserve of the sc ient i s t and mathemat ic ian: That s t a t e

of af fai rs , w he re scien t is ts are th e high pr ies ts of real ity, is a li t tle pi ctu re

p h e n o m e n o n o nly . W h e n it c o m e s to u n d e r s t a n d i n g t h e B ig P ic t u re ,

there a re no academic prerequi s i t es . You do not need to wai t for the sc i -

ence guys and ma t hemat i c i ans t o l ead t h i s pa r ade - mar ch on t o t he bea t

of your own exper ience and inner knowing and they wi l l eventua l ly fo l lowyour l ead .

I t is as th ou gh th e obje cts in th e s imu lat io n ( local AI Gu y's wi th in each

s ubr o u t i ne ) have be co m e s en t i en t bu t can ' t pe r ce i ve ou t s i de t he i r t i me

loop l evel and consequent ly , a rc obl iv ious to (or vehement ly deny) the b ig-

ger p ic ture . They l ive in the i r l imi ted univer se paying homage to the Loop

Gods who occas i ona l l y p r ov i de f r e s h i npu t da t a and t o whom t hey o f f e r

up the r esul t s of the i r e f for t s .








7 8

A M o d e l o f R e a l i t y a n d T i m eT h e B i g C o m p u t e r ( T B C )

We have previous ly discussed the l ikely or igins of an immense digi tal

computa t ional capaci ty based upon b inary r ea l i ty ce l l s tha t a re the fun-

damen t a l cons t i t uen t o f awar e cons c i ous nes s o r mi nd . I n Sec t i on 2

(C hap ter s 26 , 27, an d 28 of Book 1) you l e arn ed how an d why AU O would

natura l ly evolve b inary (d i s tor t ed vs . non-di s tor t ed) r ea l i ty ce l l s in suppor t

of organiz ing and explor ing ( in the evolu t ionary sense) increas ing com-

plexi ty and developing awareness . You a l so l earned how AUM would fur -

t he r r e f i n e its com pu t a t i on a l and m em or y p a r t t o deve l op i n t en t i on ,

move f r om d i m awar enes s t o b r i gh t awar enes s , and t o i mpl emen t and

track i ts gedanken exper i men t s i n cons c i ous nes s .

Awareness cannot grow, progress , l earn , or evolve pas t a very rudi -

m en t a r y l eve l w i t hou t t he o r gan i z i ng i n f l ue nc e o f t ime . The wor ds

" learn" and "grow" imply the passage , or increment ing of t ime - there

mus t ex i s t a before s t a te and an af t e r s t a t e i f awareness , or any sys tem for

tha t m at ter , has the po tent i a l to l earn o r grow. T h e no t ion of the possi -

b i li ty of ch ang e is de pe nd en t u po n th e exi s t ence of a t l east a ru di m en ta ry

t ime. As you wi l l soon see, our discrete (quant ized) t ime-based real i ty has

evolved (has be en d es ig ned ) to prov ide us wi th an opp or tu ni t y to l earn ,

and to provide AUM wi th opt imized resul t s f rom i t s gedanken e x p e r i m e n t s

conce r n i ng t he op t i mi za t i on o f evo l u t i ona r y p r oces s .

The compl ex conf i gu r a t i on o f d i g i t a l ene r gy ( o r gan i za t i on ) and s e l f -

o r gan i z i ng p r oces s we ca l l cons c i ous nes s f o r ms t he f ounda t i on o f r ea l i t y

in the form of an in terac t ive consc iousness -evolu t ion f r ac ta l ecosys tem

s imu la t ion wh ere what is ac tua l an d wh at is s imu la ted are on e in the sam e.






666 | My Big TOE I The Big Computer

Y o u c a n c o n c e p t u a l i z e T B C a s a t in y p i e c e o f t h e c o m p u t a t i o n a l a n d

m e m o r y p a r t o f A U M t h a t is u se d , a m o n g o t h e r t h i n g s , t o a c t u a l i z e a n d

m a i n t a i n t h e r ea l it y o f O S a n d i ts o f f sp r i n g . F o r t h e p u r p o se o f e x p l a i n -

i n g c o n s c i o u sn e s s , q u a n t i z e d t i m e ( p a s t , p r e se n t , a n d f u t u r e ) , t i m e t r a v e l,

f r e e w il l, r u l e -s e t s , sp a c e - t i m e , p r e c o g n i t i o n , t e l e p a t h i c c o m m u n i c a t i o n ,r emote v iewing , ego , love and much more in th i s mode l o f r ea l i ty , I evoke

o n l y t h o se a t t r i b u t e s o f t h i s c e l e s t i a l c o m p u t e r t h a t o u r P MR c o m p u t e r s

h a v e . I n o t h e r w o r d s , t h i s s u p e r c o m p u t e r i n N P M R n t h a t I h a v e a s su m e d

i n t o e x i s t e n c e p r i m a r i l y d i f f e r s f r o m t h e f u n c t i o n a l c o m p u t e r o n o u r

d e s k t o p s b y s iz e ( m e m o r y ) , c o m p u t a t i o n a l s p e e d , re l ia b il it y , a n d r e a so n -

ab ly go od so f tw are - th a t ' s a ll .

• This aside is for al l the computer geeks in the reading audience who are wavingtheir hands in the air and have troubled expressions on their faces. Others can skip to

the end or take a short break unti l the computer wizards catch up.

I t may make more sense to the computer l i terate i f they imagine that TBC is com-

posed of fu l ly netted, massively paral le l arrays of c lustered processors wi th inte-

grated, shared, and stand alone super fast memory running wi thin a highly ef f ic ient

sel f -evolving AUM-operat ing-system that is beyond al l imaginat ion. In other words, i f

you can imagine that the AUM-digi ta l -consciousness-thing is completely beyond your

imaginat ion, you have taken the f i rst step toward understanding the depth of whatyou don't know.

In an operational sense, one might say that AUM is the operating system as well as

the computer and the appl ication software. This AUM-thing is an almost inf ini te (from

our perspective) l iving, evolving, conscious, sentient computer and operating system

that develops i ts own software. At a minimum, i t inhabits as well as defines and cre-

ates al l the digital mind-space (real i ty) that we have the potential to even vaguely com-

prehend; other than that, i t is an inconsequential piss-ant.

When I say that TBC is l ike the computer on your desktop, I am referring to the fun-damental functional bui lding blocks of binary cel ls, memory, instruction-sets, proces-

sors, data f low mechanics, and operating system control, not the specif ic design of

these things or the system architecture. Think of a computer in the most generic terms

possible and take care not to l imit your imagination by what you presently know about

computers . 4

T BC sh o u l d n o t b e t h o u g h t o f a s t h e b i g m a i n f r a m e i n t h e sk y , o r a s

t h e O S D e p a r t m e n t s e r v e r w i t h i n N D i v i si o n , b u t a s a m e t a p h o r d e sc r i b -i n g t h e f u n d a m e n t a l n a t u r e o f t h e p r o c e s s a n d f u n c t i o n a l i t y ( c o m p u t a -

t i o n , m e m o r y , a n d r u l e s ) r e q u i r e d t o i m p l e m e n t o u r re a li ty .






Boo k 3 , Sec t ion 5 , Chap ter 73 | 6 6 7

TBC is a real thing; we relate to i t more by i t s process and funct ional -

ity (discu ssed in this sec t ion) th an by i ts co ns t ru ct i on an d des ign (dis -

cussed in Sect ions 2 and 4) - the same way mos t of us in terac t wi th our

desktop computer s . We don ' t r e l a te to chips and bas ic ch ip- level ins t ruc-

t ion- se t s , but ins tead see our computer s in t e rms of the i r funct ional i ty andthe processe s they imp lem en t . We are pr imar i ly in teres ted in the

processe s we ne ed to fol low to op t im ize our in te rac t io n wi th th em .

T he mo s t su rp r i s in g th ing is tha t TB C, the im ple m en ter of a ll r ea l ity

w i t h i n N P M R n , r epr ese nt s n ot h i ng mys ti ca l, no magic , jus t a hu ge (but

f i n it e ) , f a st , m u n da n e nu m be r c r un ch e r r un n i ng exce ll en t, bu t no t nec-

essari ly per fe c t , sof tw are . T h e m un da ne ne ss of TBC is, by i ts e lf , r em ark-

able a nd in teres t ing . D igit a l pro ces s ing i s d ig i ta l proce ss ing ho we ver c lev-

er ly or e f f i c i ent ly i t i s implemented .T he s o f t war e an d ope r a t i n g s ys tem mi gh t r eas onab l y be co ns t r ue d t o

represent the in tent of AUM, or one may under s tand i t as the r esul t of

evo l u t i ona r y p r es s u r e wor k i ng up on a g r owi ng , exp e r i m en t i n g , evo l v ing

AU M -consciousn ess - sys tem-being - th ing ex plo r ing a ll i ts poss ib le s t a tes .

T B C , d e d i c a t e d t o N P M R n , r epresent s only one smal l par t of AUM's com-

pu ta t ion al par t - o th er rea l ity sys tems have the i r own com pu ta t io na l an d

memor y r e s our ces . A l l a r e i n t e r connec t ed becaus e t hey a r e o f one con-

sc iousness . We use the t e rms AUM, EBC, and TBC to express d i f f er inglevels of digi tal funct ional i ty, however , a t the root , they are not separate

par t s . Imagine a s ingle evolv ing d ig i t a l sys tem serv ing mul t ip le funct ions

s imul taneous ly .

Tr y i ng t o d i f f e r en t i a t e be t w een t h e l a r ge r cons c i o us nes s s yst em an d

your s e l f can be mi s l ead i ng - t he boundar i e s a r e on l y f unc t i ona l . AUM,

TBC, PMR, and you are a l l mani fes ta t ions of a s ingle consc iousness . Each

d i f f e r s by f unc t i on and pu r p os e and is c i r cum s cr i bed by its s pec i f i c con-

s t r a in t s , ye t a l l a rc of one cont inuous consc iousness - l ike the lumps ina shee t .

Th ou gh t he g r ea t e r cons c i ous nes s ecos ys tem is vast an d r an ges f a r

be yo nd ou r v iew, the re is m uch tha t li es wi th in th e r each of ou r d i r ec t

expe r i ence and under s t and i ng . Humans have ba r e l y t aken t he f i r s t baby

s tep tow ard k now ing wha t is wi th in ou r abil ity to know. As we co nt i nu e to

play our par t in the l a rger consc iousness cycle of en t ropy reduct ion , i t i s

our r ight as wel l as our duty , to explore everyth ing be tween where we are

today an d th e f ar ed ge of o u r poten t i a l - to b ec om e aw are and ac t ive par -t i c ipant s in th e Big Pic ture and fu l l pa r tn er s in the ev olu t ion of our se lves

a n d A U M .








7 9

A M o d e l o f R e a l i t y a n d T i m eP r o b a b l e R e a l i t y S u r f a c e s

T h e S i m u l a t e d P r o b a b l e F u t u r eR e a l - t i m e , O u r S y s t e m ,

S t a t e V e c t o r s , a n d H i s t o r y

1. P r o b a b l e R e a l i t y

Let us begin this discuss ion of t ime and the mechanics of OS (our col -

lect ive Big Picture local real i ty) in the PMR present and s lowly work

t owar d a mo r e gene r a l i zed co nce p t o f pas t and f u t u r e . J o i n m e he r e i n

t he p r es en t m om en t an d le t u s s ee wh a t is ha pp en i ng i n N P M R n to sup-

po r t ou r s ens e o f r ea l it y - p res en t . T h e B i g C om pu t e r ( TBC ) has ca p t u r e d

in i t s da tabase the s t a te of be ing of OS a t th i s moment . Thi s inc ludes a l l

the objects and energy in the universe as wel l as al l the s ignif icant choices

tha t a l l the r e levant sent i en t be ings wi th in OS have a t th i s moment . Later

in this ch ap ter we wi ll m o re speci f ically, an d in m o re detai l , d ef in e the set

of informat ion tha t spec i f i es th i s s t a t e of be ing or "s t a te vec tor" of Our

Sys tem (OS) .

TB C can now co m pu te eve rything that could possibly ha pp en next (we will

explore this thought more thoroughly later ) . Addi t ional ly, i t has accumulated

a history f i le of past behaviors relat ive to s imilar choices and can thus com-

pute the l ikelihood of occurrence (probabil i t ies) of each of the possible things

tha t could happen next . Many of the cur rent choices a re dependent on a

l ikely interaction with the choices that al l relevant and signif icant others

( inc luding themselves ) m ad e the m om en t (or many mo m ents ) before . All pos -

sible interactions are defined and evaluated with respect to al l possible






6 7 0 | My Big TOE I P r o b a b l e Fu tu r e s , R e a l T i m e , O u r S ys te m , S ta te V e c to r s , a n d H i s t o r y

choices and a r ra ng em en ts of objects an d energy, as well as against a c om plete

set of history based l ikelihoods (expectat ion values) .

Dur ing the t ime be tween success ive increments of PMRs quantum of

t ime (DELTA- t ) , TBC has computed OS ' s probable fu ture - what OS wi l l

probably be l ike dur ing the next M (m = 1, 2, 3, ...M, w h e r e M is an inte-ger ) i t e ra t ions of DELTA- t . Thus wi th in TBC, the dynamic OS has been

s imu la ted a nd i ts fu tu re s t a te , the o ne th a t will m os t likely ap pe ar du r in g

the next DELTA-t (m = 1), has be en pre dic ted b ased on th e resul ts of th e

present s tate of OS af ter the las t DELTA-t . This OS s imulat ion is run again

(m = 2) wi th th e resul ts f ro m th e previo us predict ive s im ulat ion (m = 1)

us ed a s i npu t , and t he p r obab l e ou t comes and expec t a t i on va l ues f o r t he

fo l lowing DELTA- t a re predic ted as output .

Each success ive output (predic t ing the s t a te of OS out in to the fu tureone mor e DELTA- t ) becomes t he i npu t f o r t he nex t p r ed i c t i ve ca l cu l a t i on .

Th i s p r oces s i s con t i nued M t i mes un t i l TBC has p r ogr es s ed t he mode l o f

O S ou t as f a r in t ime as it f in ds use fu l . T he pro ba ble O S s ta te vec tor ge n-

era ted af t e r each i t e ra t ion ( for each va lue of m ) dur i ng t he dynami c s i m-

ulat ion of what i s most l ikely to happen in OS dur ing the next DELTA-t

i s saved in TBC. Remember tha t we are doing a l l M i t e r a t i ons be t ween

actua l increments of DELTA- t .

As displayed in Text Box 5-1 below- , the i terat ive process would operatein the fol low ing m an ne r . Fi rst , a new DELTA-t inc re m en t is ini t iated resul t-

ing in the ini t iat ion of a new OS s tate vector . Then, al l f ree wi l l choices and

mater i a l and energet i c changes tha t def ine the ac t iv i ty tha t c rea tes th i s

new OS a r e made . The cho i ces and changes , once made , de f i ne a new and

un iqu e s tate vec tor (or m or e s imply, "s tate") of OS tha t is associated wi th

1. DELTA-t is in cre m en ted .2. Free-w

ri l l choices , mater ial changes , and energy changes are made,

def ining a new OS s tate vector associated wi th the current DELTA-t .

3. The newr

OS s t a te vec t o r is co m pa r ed t o t he p r ev i ous on e an d t o

t h e p r e d i c t e d o n e .

4 . Al l ac tua l i zed changes be tween the new and previous OS s ta tes a re

r eco r de d . P r ed i c ti ve a l go r i t hm s an d da t a bas es a r e up da t ed a nd

i m p r o v e d .

5 . TBC ca lcula tes M sequent i a l probable fu ture s t a tes of the new OSby running a de l t a - t sub- loop.

T e x t B ox 5 .1 : T h e O S / D E L T A - t L o o p







th i s par t i cu lar DELTA- t . TBC now compares the new OS s ta te vec tor to the

previo us on e and reco rds the ac tua l i zed cha nges . It a l so co m pa res the

newly ac tua l i zed s t a te to the predic ted s t a te and makes the necessary

ad j us t men t s r equ i r ed t o i mpr ove t he accur acy o f f u t u r e p r ed i c t i ons .

Next , TBC ca lcula tes M potent i a l fu ture s t a tes (of the new OS s ta te) .T h e s e M calcula t ions (made sequent i a l ly one va lue of m at a t ime) proj -

ec t ( s imula te) what i s m os t likely to ha pp en du r in g th e next M i n c r e m e n t s

of DELTA-t . The f i r s t (m = 1) potent i a l fu ture s t a te (probable r ea l i ty) of

OS is co m pu ted in TB C based on th e la t est ac tua l i zed ( ac tua l ly ha pp en ed )

i npu t da t a gene r a t ed by t he cho i ces made dur i ng t he cu r r en t s t a t e o f OS .

This predict ive s imulat ion of the s tate of OS, which progresses by i ter -

a t ing m f r o m 1 to M, creates a set of sequent ial probable real i t ies descr ib-

ing the pro ba ble fu tu re of OS. T h e sub rou t ine o r i te ra tive loo p we areus ing to genera te fu ture probable r ea l i t i es of OS mus t , because i t i s a

dynamic s imula t ion t r acking changes , opera te on i t s own t ime base , and

tha t t ime base mus t u ti li ze a muc h smal ler t ime incre m en t than DELTA- t.

This smal ler t ime increment , which we wi l l cal l del ta- t , i s associated wi th a

quan t um of t i me i n NPMR n . Ut i l izing a t ime increment (del ta- t ) that i s

very much smal ler than the PMR quantum of t ime (DELTA-t) , a l lows us to

m od el th e dynam ics of OS (which is a subse t of N P M R n ) in en ou gh de ta i l

so that we can predict the most l ikely s tate of OS for each value of m. Thus ,de l t a - t i s t he f undamen t a l quan t um of OS s i mul a t i on t i me .

The OS s ta te vec tor s imula t ion runs through i t s in terna l ca lcula t ions

u s i n g t h e s m a l l e r N P M R n time q u an ta (del ta- t) un t i l it even tual ly co n-

verges to a predic ted fu ture s t a te of OS for every va lue of m . I t should be

c lear tha t the t ime incre m en t DELTA- t is co m po se d of or conta ins s om e

l a r g e i n t e g e r n u m b e r o f N P M R n t ime quanta de l t a - t , and tha t the com-

pu t a t i on o f t he p r obab l e f u t u r e o f OS t h r ough M success ive genera t ions

occ urs be tw een success ive incre m en ts (DELTA- t) of o u r PMR rea l -t ime.Now that a set of M success ive genera t ions of probable fu ture r ea l i t i es

has been de t e r mi ned , TBC nex t r eco r ds t he en t i r e OS s t a t e vec t o r r ep r e -

sent ing a l l s igni f i cant poss ib i l i t i es and probabi l i t i es ex i s t ing wi th in OS.

Th is s tep is discu ssed in fu r t h e r detai l in To pic 9 of this ch ap ter . T h e f inal

s t ep of the OS DELTA- t loop i t e ra tes the process by r e turn ing the loop

back to the f ir s t s t ep . DELTA-t is inc rem en ted aga in , an d th e en t i r e

process i s r epeated for the new DELTA- t .

Let ' s back our perspect ive out one more level for a peek at an even big-ger p ic ture . Th ou gh it lies som ew hat beyond o ur im me dia te perce pt ion , con-

tem plate the con cept that delta-t is inc rem en ted only af t er so man y t icks of

a smal ler, m or e fun da m en tal t ime inc rem en t . We know that delta- t is a smal l







t i m e - i n c r e m e n t ( N P M R n t ime base) used to s imulate what is most l ikely to

happen in OS dur ing future DELTA-t t ime increments . I t i s used to s imulate

probable future s tates of OS and to increment a larger DELTA-t ( the OS

DELTA-t loop) . Fur thermore, cons ider that del ta- t i s incremented only af ter

so many t icks of a smal ler t ime increment that i s used to s imulate probablefu ture s t a tes of NPMR n ( t h e N P M R n delta-t loop).

Becaus e NPMR is an ou t e r l oop t o N P M R n (where OS l ives) , i t makes

s ens e t ha t NPMR r uns on a s ma l l e r t i me quan t um t han NPMR n . T h u s ,

jus t as the OS DELTA-t loop must have the smal ler del ta- t as i t s funda-

men t a l quan t um of s i mul a t i on t i me , t he NPMR X del ta- t loop must l ike-

wise have a smal ler t ime increment than de l t a - t as i t s fundamenta l quan-

tum of s imu la t ion t im e. Keep in m ind tha t N PM R i s a sup er se t of

N P M R n ; a l s o t ha t NPMR n is a sup erse t of O S an d th at O S is a su pe rse to f ou r PMR ( O S is com pr i s e d o f ou r PMR p l us a po r t i on o f N PM R N ) .

T he f un da m en t a l i nc r e m en t o f a b i gge r -p i c t u re s imu l a t ion - t i me r ep r e -

sent s an out s ide loop tha t provides a l a rger per spect ive than NPMR n . T h e

increment of t ime of such an out s ide or h igher - l evel loop mus t be smal ler

t h a n t h e f u n d a m e n t a l u n i t o f t i m e i n N P M R n . Expanding this idea, i t i s

c l ea r t ha t t he f undamen t a l i nc r emen t o f NPMR s i mul a t i on - t i me may l i ke -

wise be smal ler than t he fu n da m en ta l un i t of t ime in NPM R i tse lf .

Is al l this clear or is your head spinning a l i t t le? If you are a tad con-fused , i t might be he lpfu l to go back to Chapter 5 of th i s book and ref resh

your memor y on t he s ub j ec t o f i nc r emen t i ng t i me wi t h i n s i mul a t i ons .

Addi t ional ly , a g lance a t F igure 5-1 ( a t the beginning of Chapter 4 in th i s

book) and a peek ahead a t t he d i s cus s i on o f t he Even B i gge r Comput e r

(EBC) at the en d of C ha p te r 11 m ight he lp clar i fy this big ger pic ture .

Otherwise, i f you feel that you most ly get i t , absolutely do get i t , or don' t

want to get i t any bet ter than you've got ten i t , s imply go on. In this s i tua-

t ion , co nt in uin g on ( t ho ug h you f ind yourse l f in a l ight fog) is m uc h be t -t e r than becoming t e rminal ly f rus t r a ted . Hang in there , the t ex t ge t s l es s

technical later .

T he p r ed i c t i on s p r od uc ed by ca l cu l a ti ng t he p r ob ab l e st a t e o f O ur

Sys tem m* ( DELTA-t) i n t o t he p r o bab l e f u t u r e be co m e l e ss accu r a t e t he

f u r t h e r ou t in ti me t hey go . However, becau s e ou r co m pu t e r ( TBC ) and

i t s sof tware are so good, i t can progress PMR t ime out for many year s (M

can be arb i t r a r i ly l a rge) in l es s than a nano-nanosecond.

The result is a PMR space-t ime event surface in TBC] calculat ion-space.TBC is only a subset of a greater digi tal mind-space. For we 3D creatures

const rained to visual ize our mental concepts wi thin an exper ient ial 3D s t ruc-

ture, i t i s eas ier to think about a planar ( two dimensional) event sur face






B ook 3 , S e

r fa ce show n in Figure 5 -2 . The ho r izo nta l p lane ,

, co n tai n values of t im e, f r o m t = 0 at th e o r igin to

e m •(DE LTA -t) , th e far ed g e of th e event s ur fac

sp o n d in g to M • (DELTA -t).

Even t s nea r the p resen t moment typ ica l ly have

ge ts ; pe ak s t e n d to b ro a d e n and lose he igh t

th e r d i f f u se , p ro ba b i l i ty va lues o r l ike l ihoods . N

In summary , TBC gene ra t e s a comple t e s e t o f p

es g o in g ou t M • (DE LTA -t) in o u r PM R real -t im e

over th e ap p a re n t ine f f i c i ency o f such a p roc es




and, as you wi l l f ind out later , comput ing and saving al l potent ial s tates

genera tes a da tabase of poss ib i l i ty tha t suppor t s a p le thora of except ion-

a l ly usefu l ana lys i s tha t needs no addi t ional computa t ion .

I hav e used th e ter m real ity s tate vec tor ("real i ty s tate ," or s imply

"s ta te" for shor t ) to mean the to ta l descr ip t ion or spec i f i ca t ion of thes ta te of ex i s t ing choices , th ings , and energy tha t def ines OS a t the end of

a DELTA-t . Late r I will d ef in e m o re precisely wha t a real i ty s tate vec tor is

( Top ic 9 be l ow) and d es c r i be t he p r oces s tha t gene r a t e s t hem ( Ch ap t e r s

8 thr ou gh 10 of th i s boo k) , but f i r s t the re a re a f ew m or e bas ic co nc ept s

t o be i n t r od uce d .

2 . I n t r o d u c i n g R e a l - T i m e - W h a t O u r C l o c k s M e a s u r e in P M R

W ha t ap pe ar s to b e real - time is d ep en d e n t o n th e relat ive real ity levelor loop locat ion of your local perspect ive wi thin the Big Picture. PMR real -

t ime appear s to be cont inuous but ac tua l ly progresses incrementa l ly by

i t e ra t ing the smal l t ime increment DELTA- t . Dur ing DELTA- t , be ings ,

objects , and energy move and change, f ree wi l l i s exercised, and s ignif icant

choices a re ma de in PM R. Mos t cha ng es were as pre dic te d by the m = 1

ca lcula t ion of expecta t ion va lues , but some were not . Adjus tments a re

made. Again , TBC runs the de l t a - t based OS s imula t ion . Again i t r e -com-

putes al l the probable real i t ies - OS s tate vector expectat ion valuest h r ou gh M gene r a t i on s - c r ea ti ng , upda t i ng , and s t o r i ng t he even t s u r f ace

as sub seq ue nt ca lcula t ions prog ress .

TBC ' s comput i ng r equ i r emen t s a r e no t a s ho r r endous a s one mi gh t f i r s t

th ink: Clever sof tw are f ind s up da t ing the co mp le te se t (m = 1 to m = M) of

probable r ea l i t i es to be much eas ier (mere ly dea l ing wi th changes and

e r r o r s and t he i r downs t r eam i mpac t s ) t han r e - comput i ng eve r y t h i ng f r om

scratch every t ime. I t should be clear that what we sense and measure as

t ime (our real - t ime) moves forward in PMR by success ive increments ofDELTA- t , whi le probable r ea l i t i es ( fu ture expecta t ions ) a re computed

wi th in TBC to pro jec t the probable fu ture s l a tes of OS through M succes -

s ive s imulated increments of DELTA-t .

Recall f r o m Sect ion 2 (C ha pte r 31 , Book 1) tha t the qu an tu m of t ime

i n N P M R n is m uc h smal ler tha n th e qu an tu m of t im e (DE ITA - t ) in OS

an d PMR . Th us , du r in g a s ingle DELTA-t of PMR rea l- t ime, N P M R n h as

many t ime increments (quanta) t i ck ing away in which ca lcula t ions can be

made , p r obab i l i t i e s comput ed , and p r obab l e r ea l i t y s u r f aces gene r a t ed .Also, recal l that in Chapter 5 of this book we descr ibed how the f low of

t ime in a subse t or subrout ine of the s imula t ion was dependent on i t s

ou t e r con t r o l l i ng l oop and t ha t t he s i mul a t i on cou l d be paus ed , s t opped ,







and t hen r e s t a r t ed ( r e l a t i ve t o t he c l ock i n t he comput e r r oom) wi t hou t

cau s ing any ef fec t s wi th in th e s imu la t ion .

AUM ' s f u nd am en t a l c lock is t he c lock on t h e co m pu t e r r oo m wa ll and

we are a subse t of NPMR n within a subse t of NP M R. In o t he r w ords ,

N P M R n con t r o l s PMR' s ou t e r con t r o l l i ng l oop , wh i l e NPMR con t r o l sN P M R N ' S ou t e r l oop . T he p r oce s s j u s t de s c r i bed ( t he gen e r a t i o n o f OS ,

resul t ing f rom increment ing our r ea l - t ime quantum DELTA- t and the ca l -

cula t ion of ou r pro ba ble f u tu res ) r a i sed to the next level of genera l i ty ,

a l lows for f r eewi l l choices among sent i ent r es ident s of NPMR n . In a sim-

i la r pro ces s to tha t which g en era tes O S, the f r ee will cho ices of N PM R N

r e s i den t s i n t e r ac t w i t h t he be i ngs , ob j ec t s , and ene r gy o f NPMR n to cre-

a te and ac tua l i ze success ive NPMR n s ta tes of be in g , wh ich in turn enab les

t he gene r a t i on o f NPMR N ' S present and probable fu ture s t a tes . As f ar asI can tel l, th e digi tal -s tate- f l ipping-A UM -consc iousne ss-br ight-aw

rareness -

t h i ng d i r ec t l y con t r o l s NPMR' s ou t e r l oop .

3 . H o w t h e P r o b a b l e R e a li ty S u r f a c e C h a n g e s

As previous ly discussed, PMR real - t ime moves on as DELTA-t i s suc-

cess ive ly i t e ra ted . Not only can the expecta t ion va lues of a fu ture proba-

b l e s t a t e be comput ed , bu t t he r a t e o f change o f t hes e p r o j ec t ed p r oba -

bi l i t i es everywhere on tha t sur face can a l so be computed as a funct ion ofDELTA- t . Because these ca lcula t ions have been made for a l a rge number

of DELTA-t , the his tory of how the probable real i ty surface has actual ly

ch an ge d wi th r espe ct to r ea l -t ime is now kn ow n. Th i s inf orm at io n ( sens i-

t iv i ty of our probabi l i ty funct ions to per turba t ions ) can be used to he lp

ca lcula te be t t e r , more accura te probable r ea l i t i es . In f ac t th i s i s exacdy

what has been going on a l l a long. The probable r ea l i ty sur face r epresent s

the most l ikely future poss ibi l i t ies .

As t h e p r es e n t c on s u m es t h e s u r f a ce a t t he o r i g i n ( t = 0 ) , t he s u r f a ceis e x t e n d e d f u r t h e r i n t o t h e f u t u r e a t t h e o u t e r p e r i m e t e r o f t h e d i s k

[t = M • (DELTA - t )] . It m igh t be p ro f i t a b l e , th ou gh s impl i s t i c , to imag-

ine the p ro b ab le r ea l i ty su r fa ce as a c i r c ula r p la ne w i th t = 0 a t the cen-

t e r an d wi t h t s p r e ad i n g ou t ( i nc r eas i n g va l ue ) r ad i a ll y in a ll d i r ec t i o ns

a t once ( s ee F i gur e 5 - 2 ) . As r ea l - t i me mar ches on , t he p l ane d i s appea r s

(moves ) , one DELTA- t a t a t ime, in to the p inhole a t the or ig in whi le a

new r i ng , DELTA- t w i de is ad de d t o its o u t e r edg e t o m a i n t a i n a co n-

s t an t r ad i us o f M * ( DELTA- t ) . The d i s k i s t hus made up o f M c o n c e n -t r i c f l a t r i ngs , w i t h each r i ng be i ng one DELTA- t w i de .

T h e p i nho l e , ( m or e co r r ec tl y , t h e ma t h em at i ca l po i n t a t t = 0 ) in t o

whi ch t h e f u t u r e p r o ba b l e r ea li ty s u r f ac e is be i ng s ucked , r ep r es e n t s t he






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pr es en t moment . Af t e r t he p r es en t moment , a l l s t a t e vec t o r s a r e s aved .

I n o t he r wor ds , the p r e s en t s ta t e is de f i n ed an d s ub s eque n t l y s aved to a

hi s tory f i l e , which c on ta in s every previou s pr es en t s t a t e . We will s ee l a t e r

how th ese pas t (previous ly ac tua l i zed) s ta tes , ca pt ur ed by saving th e i r

p r es en t s t a t e vec t o r s , r ema i n v i t a l and capab l e o f b r anch i ng t o newpo ten t i a l v i r tua l rea l ity sys tem wi th in TB C's ca lcu la t ion space w he ne ve r

add i t i ona l s i gn i f i can t i npu t i s i n t r oduced .

4 . P r e d i c t i n g t h e F u t u r e

There wi l l be some peaks on the sur face tha t wi l l have r e la t ive ly l a rge ,

s t ab l e and g r owi ng va l ues . Some o f t hes e may occas i ona l l y occur f a r ou t

in t i me ( t he f u t u r e ) . T he s e peak s an d t h e even t s they r ep r es e n t o r r e l a t e

t o wou l d be goo d be t s if you wer e a p r o gno s t i ca t o r . Th e na r r ow er an dt a l l e r t he peak , t he mor e p r ec i s e t he p r ed i c t i on and t he mor e l i ke l y t he

even t r ep r es en t ed is t o occur . Thu s , we have f u t u r e even t s tha t can be

pr ed i c t ed w i t h good r e l i ab i l i t y coex i s t i ng compa t i b l y w i t h i nd i v i dua l

f r e e wil l. Fr om the PM R po in t of v iew, in ten t iona l ly or un in te nt io na l ly

t app i ng i n t o t h i s da t abas e o f t he mos t p r obab l e pos s i b l e f u t u r e even t s

s eems t o , bu t does no t ac t ua l l y , s uppor t t he concep t o f p r edes t i na t i on .

Free wi ll is r eq ui r ed to co nv er t pr o ba bl e eve nt s in to ac tua l event s w i th in

t h e p r e s e n t m o m e n t . A ll i n f o r m a t i o n o n p r o b a b l e f u t u r e s is f u ll y a c ce s -s ible f rom a larger perspect ive ( i f your int r ins ic noise level i s low

e n o u g h ) a t: R W W . N P M R N . O S . P M R / p r o b a b lc - r c a li ty - d a t a b a se / s p e c if i c -

e v e n t / s p c c i f i c - i n t e n t .

5 . G r o u p F u t u r e s

Fu ture p ro ba ble r ea l ity sur fa ces for a pa r t i cu la r gr ou p, ac tivi ty , or hap-

pe n i n g can be co m pu t ed . Spec i f ic s um m at i on s can be taken ove r a ll t he

choices m ad e by sen t i en t be ings and a l l the cha nge s of obje c t s an d ene rgytha t have , or a re pro jec ted to have , an impact or inf luence on a par t i cu-

l ar g r ou p ( fami ly , t r i be , o r gan i za t i on , co r po r a t i o n , n a t i on , cu l t u r e , p l ane t ,

f au l t l ine s l ip , endangered species , r a in fores t , footba l l t eam, or human

r ace ) . T he s pec i f ic g r o up ' s p r o ba b l e r ea l it y s u r f a ce s hows on ly t hos e p r ob-

able fu tu re event s tha t a re s igni f i cant or r e la ted to tha t gro up . An indi -

v idual in teres ted in a spec i f i c group ' s probable fu ture can eas i ly f i l t e r a l l

i n t e r ac t i ons f o r on l y t hos e t ha t pe r t a i n t o t ha t pa r t i cu l a r g r oup t h r ough

a p r oces s t ha t is ana l ogou s t o s ubm i t t i ng a da t a bas e que r y f unc t i on wh er eyour in tent des igns and executes the query . A v iew of the col l ec ted event s

t ha t a r e de f i ned and l i m i t ed by t he p r ope r t i e s o f your que r y - i n t en t , a l ong







with the i r as socia ted prob abi l i ty va lues , a re avai lab le to you th ro ug h the

R W W n e t .

6 . T h e P r o b a b l e F u t u r e c a n C h a n g e

The r a t e o f change ( f l uc t ua t i ons on t he s u r f ace ) o f t he p r obab i l i t yf un c t i o ns f o r exp ec t e d even t s f o r i nd i v i dua l s is m uc h f a s t e r t ha n t he

f l uc t ua t i ons f o r a l a r ge g r oup o f i nd i v i dua l s . Thus , a na t i on ' s f u t u r e i s

eas ier to predic t than an indiv idual ' s ( i s a more s lowly varying and s t a -

b l e s u r f ac e ) . T he p r oba b i l i t i e s on t he p r oba b l e - r e a l i t y s u r f a ce r ep r e -

s en t i n g ou r en t i r e p l ane t cha ng e even m or e s lowly , a l l owi ng f o r m or e

a c c u r a t e p r o g n o s t i c a t i o n . T h i n k o f t h e p r o b a b l e f u t u r e o f a g r o u p o r

o r gan i za t i on a s t he vec t o r s ummat i on o f a l l t he p r obab l e f u t u r e com-

ponen t s o f t he i nd i v i dua l s t ha t a f f ec t t ha t g r oup we i gh t ed by t he i r l i ke l ys i g n i fi c a n c e ( i m p a c t ) o n t h e g r o u p .

In general , the larger the sys tem, the more " iner t ia" i t has ( the less i t

can be af fec ted by an indiv idual ' s f r ee wi l l choices or by smal l r andom

components wi th in objec t s and energy) , and the more s t ab le and re l i ab ly-

p r ed i c t ab l e its p r obab l e - r ea l i ty s u r f ace bec om es . On t he RW W ne t , i n f o r-

ma t i on abou t t hes e mor e c l ea r ( l a r ge r and mor e s t ab l e s i gna l ) f u t u r e

event s exhib i t s a h igher s ignal to noi se r a t io to everyone and therefore the

info rm at io n ( like l ihood of som e par t i c u lar even t ) is m o re access ib le tomor e peop l e . ( Know anybody who c l a i ms knowl edge o f f u t u r e ea r t h

changes ? By t he hu ndr e ds ! )

7. C o n s t r a i n i n g t h e N u m b e r o f R e q u i r e d C a l c u l a t i o n s

Th e com pu t a t i o na l bu r de n is no t a s ho r r e nd ou s as it m i gh t s eem. M os t

o f t he pos s i b l e cho i ces p r oduce degene r a t e ( t he s ame) r e s u l t s and can be

quickly d i spensed wi th . Indiv idual s only have inf luence or impact on a

smal l subset ( that may or may not be s ignif icant) of the complete set ofin terac t ions and choices . Objec t s , energy, and people wi th f r ee wi l l a re

genera l ly m or e pred ic tab le tha n you m ight guess - par t i cu lar ly if you have

al l the his tor ical data.

Only a relat ive few individuals at any one t ime (even in any one year or

dec ade ) have the potent i a l to inf lue nc e or p rod uc e m ajor e f fec t s as a r esul t

of thei r choices (what they do s ignif icant ly impacts the choices of many oth-

ers) . Addi t ional ly, large subsets of beings , energy, and objects may be func-

t ional ly independent of each o ther . For example , ear th r e levant ca lcula t ionscould pro cee d as an ind ep en de nt se t unt il interaction with speci f ic ext ra-

ter res t r ials (ETs) f rom elsewhere in our universe occurs . Same for the ETs.







Fu r th erm ore , the re a re cer t a in ru le- se t cons t r a in t s , such as ou r PMR laws

of phys ics ( things never fal l up) , which fur ther l imi t the poss ibi l i t ies .

Des p i t e t he mi t i ga t i ng f ac t o r s o f degen e r acy , i nd ep en de n t s et s, an d

o t he r cons t r a i n t s , comput i ng eve r y t h i ng t ha t can happen i n t he un i ve r s e

an d al l as socia ted in te rd ep en de nt e xp ecta t ion va lues (probab i l i ti es ) is ab i g j ob , bu t it is f i n i t e . Fo r tuna t e l y , TB C has no p r ob l em pe r f o r m i n g t h i s

task us ing only a smal l f ract ion of i t s overal l capaci ty.

8 . D e f i n i n g O u r S y s t e m ( O S ) t o I n c l u d e A l l t h e P l a y e r s

An in teres t ing s ide i s sue i s tha t of manipula ted choice . The manipula-

t ion , l eading , predi spos ing , or nudging of PMR awareness by those aware

i n N P M R n is an o t h e r mech an i s m t h r o ug h whi ch ce r t a i n p r obab l e ou t -

comes are made more l ike ly than o ther s . In o ther words , another se t ofin terac t ions tha t mus t be t aken in to account ( as par t of the OS ca lcula-

t ion space input da ta) , a re the ac t ions and f r ee wi l l choices made by those

ex t an t i n NPMR n , bu t not in PMR, tha t d i r ec t ly inf luence or impact the

bein gs in PMR. Th is in te rac t ion a f fec t s th e s t a te of OS , an d is ther ef or e

(by def in i t ion) a par t of OS.

Some of those l a rge , s t ab le , and growing probabi l i ty peaks exi s t

b e c a u s e t h e y a r c b e i n g e n c o u r a g e d o r m a n i p u l a t e d b y N P M R n r e s i den t s

who may have much l a r ge r pe r s pec t i ves , much be t t e r i n f o r ma t i on , a muchclearer sense of the fu ture ( a be t t e r , b igger p ic ture) , and a more access i -

b l e knowl edge bas e t han PMR r es i den t s . Cons equen t l y , wh i l e s ome peaks

( l ike ly event s ) s imply happen of and by themselves , o ther s a rc guided .

Mos t a re a mixture of both .

TBC calculat ions relevant to our local real i ty sys tem (OS) must include

al l be ings , objec t s , and energy in the NPMR n super se t tha t have an inf lu-

enc e up on , or in terac t ion wi th , ou r PMR prob able- rea l i ty sur fac e (not only

those be ings , objec t s and energy tha t ex i s t wi th in our PMR subse t ) . TBCand i t s sof tware (which can be clever , and does not have to execute a s im-

ple b ru te force ap pro ac h) a re by des ign th oro ug h an d prec i se in ca lcula t-

ing an d t rac king th e facts , poss ibi l it ies , an d pro bab i l i t ies of O u r Sys tem

(OS) . OS creates or actual izes i t s larger real i ty through the choices of al l

i t s in terac t ive be ings ( embodied or not ) and the r andomness of a l l i t s in ter -

ac t ive objec t s and energy (phys ica l or nonphys ica l ) . Changes mus t ab ide by

the PMR space- t ime ru le- se t , the NPMR n rule-set , the rules of interact ion

b e t w e e n P M R a n d N P M R n , and the ps i uncer ta in ty pr inc ip le . Our h i s tory( the his tory of PM R), f ro m a large r persp ect ive , is a subse t of the overal l

his tory of O S - as Eu ro pe an his tory is a subset of wor ld his tory.







9 . R e a l i t y S y s t e m S t a t e V e c t o r s a n d O u r H i s t o r y

D ur i ng a g iven rea l - time inc rem en t DELTA- t, be ing s , objec t s , an d

energy may move (or change in some other way) and choices a re made to

ac tua l i ze th e new pre sen t wh ich is co nta ine d wi th in th e s ta te vec tor r ep-

resen t ing tha t DELTA-t . All pote nt i a l choices not m ad e rem ain unactua l -ized potent ial s tates (poss ible real i t ies ) and have associated expectat ion

values . The comple te s t a te vec tor of OS conta in ing a l l ac tua l i zed and

una ctua l i ze d ch oices is s aved in TB C.

The s t a te vec tor tha t def ines or r epresent s OS a t a g iven increment of

t ime (DELTA- t ) i s the to ta l co l l ec t ion of informat ion and da ta tha t com-

ple te ly spec i f i es everyth ing tha t ac tua l ly d id happen and poss ib ly could

happen (every s ignif icant poss ibi l i ty wi thin that DELTA-t) , a long wi th thei r

associated probable- real i ty surfaces . You wi l l hear more about this later .Thus , the progress ion of PMR f rom one DELTA- t to the next DELTA-

t produces or t r aces a h i s tory which i s the sum to ta l of a l l the changes and

choices tha t a re ac tua lly ma de or ac tua l i zed tha t a f f ec t or in tera c t wi th

PMR. Th i s t r ace bec om es an O S h i s to r y t h r e ad r ep r es en t i ng eve r y t h i ng

tha t d id happen, or in o ther words , a sequence of a l l the s t a tes of OS tha t

were ac tua l i zed dur ing each DELTA- t .

T h e sys tem is not closed . T h e system is op en ; bein gs , obje cts and

ene r gy can co m e and g o in and o u t o f e f f ec t ive i n t e r ac t i on du r i n g anyDELTA- t . TBC keeps t r ack of , and up wi th , everyth ing tha t i s s igni f i cant

to ( interacts wi th) OS.

This process and i t s r esul t s def ine our par t i cu lar wor ld , our par t i cu lar

h i s tory , our par t i cu lar univer se , our par t i cu lar v i r tua l r ea l i ty - we who are

in terac t ing are a l l in th i s together , so to speak . Our choices def ine , in our

v i ew , a co l l ec t i ve t h r ead o f con t i nuous happen i ng and unf o l d i ng gene r -

a ted by be ings in terac t ing wi th each o ther and wi th objec t s and energy.

The OS s tate vector containing the poss ibi l i t ies and probable real i ty sur-faces not actua lized, as well as th os e tha t were actu alized, is saved at the en d

of each DELTA-t . For this reason, you can, f rom an awareness in NPMR N ,

vis it the pa st , view i t, ex trac t inf or m ati on f ro m it ( it is on th e R W W), an d

even make changes to i t that ini t iate new calculated ar rays of un-actual ized

past probable reali t ies . We will discuss this in more detai l later .

1 0 . H i s t o r y , S t i l l V i t a l A f t e r A l l T h e s e Y e a r s

You can interact with the actualized as well as the potential non-actual-ized pas t . When you interact wi th any par t of i t in such a w ray as to modify

i t ( in t roduce a new being , new th ings , new energy, or a new conf igura t ion






6 8 0 | My Big TOE I Probab le Fu tures , Rea l T ime, Our Sys tem, Sta te Vec tors , and H is to ry

of old things , or change a s ignif icant choice or act ion) , a new set of proba-

ble fu t ure s is co m pu ted tha t inco rpo ra te s the ch ange s as new in it ia l condi -

t ions . A new set of probable real i ty calculat ions can now be progressed, cre-

a t ing a new branc h, wi th in the non-ac tua li zed pas t da taba se . The na ture of

this proc ess i s l ike mak ing a copy of a f i le o r s imulat ion p ro g ra m so t ha tyou can play wh at- i fs wi th it wi th out d is turb ing th e or iginal .

Any poin t a lo ng the O S t imel ine , ac tua l ized o r not , is a po tent i a l

b r anch po i n t , bu t b r anches do no t s pon t aneous l y s p r ou t f r om eve r y po i n t

- they occur only when a s ignif icant change in the real i ty s tate vector i s

produced by def in ing a new and unique se t of potent i a l i t i es . I f the change

creat ing newr

ini t ial condi t ions i s t r ivial as evidenced by no s ignif icant

change in the fu ture probable r ea l i ty sur faces for a l l r easonable poss ib i l i -

t i es (not only the mos t l ike ly ones ) , then tha t branch degenera tes back tothe in i t i a l poin t of depar ture . Adding a new e lec t ron to the sys tem or

changing an i r r e levant choice , therefore , does not s t a r t a new para l l e l

r ea l i ty in the what - i f ca lcula t ion space of TBC. More of our choices than

you wrould probably guess are i r relevant in the interact ive Big Picture.

I n s um ma r y , I have des c r i bed w ha t ha pp en s whe n a cha nge i s m ad e t o

any par t or de ta i l of the comple te se t of everyth ing tha t could poss ib ly

ha pp en , which is co m pu ted a t th e en d of each rea l- t ime (PMR - t imc)

DEITA- t based on the h i s tory of a l l the be ings , objec t s and energy andon al l poss ible conf igurat ions or choices . Because of the smal l s ize of

DEI TA- t , ou r PMR h i s t o r y appea r s t o be a con t i nuous t h r ead t r aced by

the col l ec t ive r esul t of the in terac t ions and choices t aken , exper ienced, or

ac tua l i zed . What has not been ac tua l i zed up to th i s poin t has s imply been

saved. However , both non-ac tua l i zed pas t and probable fu ture s t a tes

remain opera t ional ly v iable a l lowing the s t a te vec tor da tabase to be

quer ied and what - i f s imula t ions to be executed by in tent .






8 0

A M o d e l o f R e a l i t y a n d T i m eU s i n g t h e D e l t a - t L o o p t o P r o j e c t

( S i m u l a t e ) E v e r y t h i n g S i g n i f i c a n t T h a tC o u l d P o s s i b l y H a p p e n i n O S

L et ' s genera l i ze and broaden our model by looking a t the poss ib i l i ty tha t

everyth ing s igni f i cant tha t can happen does happen. Thi s i s a key con-

cep t t o unde r s t and i ng t he b r ead t h o f ou r mul t i - d i mens i ona l r ea l i t y , and

to ap pre c ia t in g how AUM opt im izes the out pu t of it s con sc iou snes s exp er -

iments by col l ec t ing da ta and amass ing s t a t i s t i cs tha t descr ibe all possi-

bi l i t ies s i mul t aneous l y .

In the prev ious chap ter , I de scr ib ed the co m ple te se t of s t a t e vec tor s

represent ing everyth ing tha t wi l l most l ikely happen i n OS . Th i s was com-

pu t ed by i nc r em en t i ng de l ta - t ( s i mul a t ion t i me) t h r ou gh M cons ecu t i ve

i t e ra t ions in be tween each increment of DELTA- t (PMR t ime) . Recal l tha t

as m pr ogr es s es f r om m = 1 to m = M, the de l t a - t loop converges upon

t he mos t p r obab l e f u t u r e s t a t e . Th i s was accompl i s hed by eva l ua t i ng all

t he pos s ib l e f u t u r e s ta t e s i n o r d e r t o de t e r m i ne t h e mos t p r oba b l e on e .

Th e m os t p r o ba b l e f u t u r e s t a t e f o r t ha t i te r a t i on o f m t h e n b e c o m e s p a r t

of the set of s tored OS probable real i ty s tate vectors . Now TBC is going

to t r ack and s tore every s igni f i can t poss ib le fu tu re s ta te ( and i ts as socia ted

exp ecta t ion va lue) tha t is eva lua ted fo r each i t e ra t ion of m , no t only the

m o s t p r o b a b l e o n e .

In order to assess al l the s ignif icant possibi l i t ies , o u r u n d e r s t a n d i n g

of the de l t a - t loop mus t be expanded. A more genera l i zed de l t a - t loop

proc ess mus t now no t only co m pu te th e mos t like ly fu tu re s t a tes, bu t a l so

t r ack all ( r egardles s of the i r l ike l ihood) poss ib le s i gn i f i cant f u t u r e s t a t e s

for each i t e ra t ion m = 1 , 2 , 3 , . . . M. Fur thermore , each of these poss ib le






6 8 2 | My Big TOE I Simu la t i ng Ev e r y th ing T ha t C ou ld Pos s ib l y H appen

fu tu re s tates is ass ign ed an e xp ec tat io n v alue tha t is a me asu re of i ts l ike-

l ihood of be ing ac tua l i zed . The mechanics and impl ica t ions of th i s broad-

ened de l t a - t loop funct ional i ty a re d i scussed in de ta i l in the r emainder of

this chapter , and are i l lus t rated in Figure 5-3.

Before cont inuing wi th the descr ip t ion of th i s new appl i ca t ion of thedel ta- t loo p, I w ant to de f i n e the c on ce pt of s ign if ica nt s tates . A signif i-

can t s t a te is on e t ha t r e p r es en t s s o m e un i qu e , v iab le , m ean i ng f u l conf ig -

urat ion of OS, even i f i t i s perhaps somewhat unl ikely. Essent ial ly, TBC

gen er a t e s s i gn i fi can t s t a te s by co m pu t i ng a ll t he pe r m ut a t i on s and com-

binat ions of al l the f ree wi l l choices , al l the potent ial changes in objects ,

a l l t he ene r gy s t a t e changes , and t hen e l i mi na t e s t he r edundan t o r

ins ignif icant s tates . Al l s igni f icant s tates wi th a probabi l i ty of actual izat ion

above s ome s ma l l a r b i t r a r y va l ue a r e enumer a t ed .For a g iven va lue of the i t e ra t ion index m, the to ta l number of s igni f i -

cant poss ib le fu tu re s t a tes is no t know n un t i l a f t e r they have be en gen er -

a ted . Thus , as the de l t a - t loop i s i t e ra ted , there may be a d i f f erent to ta l

nu m be r o f s i gn i fi can t pos s i b l e ( t hou gh no t neces sa r il y p r ob ab l e ) f u t u r e

s ta tes for each speci f i c i t e ra t ion m. Recal l however tha t for each speci f i c

i t e ra t ion of m, only on e of th e s igni f i can t poss ib le f u tu re s t a tes will even-

tua l ly be ac tua l i zed and t ake i t s p lace on our seemingly cont inuous OS-

PMR hi s tory thread . The s t a te tha t eventua l ly becomes ac tua l i zed wi l lprobably be the one tha t was previous ly g iven the h ighes t probabi l i ty of

be in g actua l ized - b ut no t necessar ily. T he col lect ive f r e e wi ll is f r ee to

choo s e wha t eve r it w ill; up da t e s and ad j u s t m en t s a r c mad e a s ne ede d t o

accommoda t e t he vaga r i e s o f f r ee w i l l .

Perhaps the s imples t way to th ink of th i s genera l i zed process i s to imag-

i ne t ha t a d i mens i on o f w i d t h has been added t o t he i n f o r ma t i on

recorded dur ing each i t e ra t ion m of the de l t a - t loop. Look ahead to

F i gure 5 - 3 : T he ex am pl e g iven shows pa r en t - ch i l d s t a t e g en e r a t i onexhib i t ing geomet r i c growth . Dur ing the f i r s t i t e ra t ion of m (m = 1) there

are thre e s igni f i cant poss ib le fu tu re s s t a tes ge ne ra ted (O Sj , OS 2 , O S 3 ) ,

i n c l u d in g t h e o n e d e t e r m i n e d t o b e m o s t p r o b a b l e ( d o u b l e b o r d e r e d

OS3) . TBC t racks and s tores a l l three s t a tes as socia ted wi th the i t e ra t ion

m = 1 . H er e we have cho sen th e small nu m b er th ree (M = 3) to mak e ou r

visual izat ion eas ier to grasp and present graphical ly. In actual i ty, there are

a very l a rge vary ing number of s igni f i cant poss ib le fu ture s t a tes . Every c i r -

c le in F igure 5-3 r epresent s a unique s t a te vec tor of OS.This newly expanded funct ion of the de l t a - t loop ( t r acking a l l poss ib le

s ta tes ins tead of jus t the m os t like ly on es ) r e pre sen t s a gen era l i ze d l a rge r

view of ou r previou s und er s tan din g . As such , i t is m or e com pl ica ted to







OS J

• OS spaw ns 3 states: OSi, OS2, OS3• Each subsequen t s t a t e gene rat es 3 chi ldren.• The next DELTA-T. OS ac tu alizes OSa

- OSi, OS2 a n d a ll o f t he ir d e s c e n d an t s b e c o m euna c tu al ized past possibil it ies

- On ly t he descendan t s o f OS3 b e c o m e f ut u repossibilities

-OS3 updates O Sl \ OS2 , and OS3 ' an d a l l t heirdesce ndants , as necessary .

• The next DELTA-t, OS3 actual izes OSi ' . Now only thedesce ndants o f OSi ' ca n bec om e our fu tu re possib ilit ies.The descendan t s o f OS2' and OS3 ' beco m e pa r t o f t heunac tua l i zed past ; e tc . , e tc .

F i g u r e 5 . 3 : G e n e r a t i n g t h e P o s s i b l e S t a t e s o f O S

desc r ibe an d to fol low. Re fer r i ng to the s imp le exa m ple given in Figure 5 -3

may he lp pro vide a be t t e r u nd er s tan din g . T h e nex t s t ep (m = 2) of th i sgeneral ized NPMRN del ta- t loop is to project ( s imulate) a set of poss ible

( th ou gh no t necessar i ly prob ab le) fu t ur e s t a tes for each of the a l t e rna t ive

s tates ge ne ra te d fo r m = 1. Th at i s to say tha t each s ig nif ica nt po ss ib le

f u t u r e s ta t e t ha t is gen e r a t e d d u r i n g i te r a t i on m spawns an o t he r c om pl e t e

se t of s igni f i cant poss ib le fu tu re s t a tes du r in g th e nex t va lue of m (and so

o n as m i s sequent i a l ly s t ep pe d to M) . For exa m ple , in F igure 5 -3 eac h

near ly so lid b lack s t a te (m = 2) ge ne ra te s th ree m ed iu m gray (m = 3)

s ta tes , which ea ch ge ne ra te th ree l ight gray s t a tes (m = 4) .The resul t i s a geomet r i ca l ly expanding ar ray of s igni f i cant poss ib le

f u t u r e s t a te s o r i g i na t i ng w i t h t he cu r r e n t OS and i t e r a t i ng M ge ne r a t i ons

i n t o t he s i mul a t ed ( p r o j ec t ed ) f u t u r e - r e p r es en t i n g a t o ta l e l aps ed t i me

of M • (DELTA -t) .

I n s umm ar y , du r i ng i t e r a t i on m = 2 , each o f t he p r ev ious l y ge ne r a t e d

( f i r s t genera t ion) a l t e rna t ive s t a tes wi l l genera te some number of s igni f i -

ca nt poss ib le ( seco nd g en era t ion ) fu t ur e s t a tes of it s own . T h e g ene ra l i zed

del t a -t loo p is the n recur sive ly app l i ed to each sec on d-g en era t ion a l t e rna-t ive s t a te . Thi s process cont inues unt i l the de l t a - t loop has pro jec ted a l l

s ign if ica nt poss ible fu tu re s tates of O S fo r m = 1, 2, 3 , .. .M i te rat ion s by

s i mul a t i ng ( p r o j ec t i ng ) eve r y t h i ng s i gn i f i can t t ha t cou l d pos s i b l y happen






684 | My Big TOE I Simu la t i ng Ev e r y th ing T ha t C ou ld Pos s ib l y H appen

( above a cer t a in l eve l of expecta t ion) dur ing M consecut ive increments of

DELTA-t .

We are no longer working exclus ively wi th what i s most l ikely to

become ac tua l i zed and what has previous ly been ac tua l i zed (our PMR-OS

his tory) . We have now formed a super-set that includes al l that , as wel l assome s igni f i cant (wor th fo l lowing) s t a tes tha t wi l l not and d id not happen.

In o ther words , a l a rger , broader se t of s t a t es def in ing a l l s igni f i cant pos -

s ib i l i t i es of OS has been formed. Mechanica l ly , th i s was accompl i shed by

expanding the scope of the de l t a - t loop to r ecur s ive ly enumera te and

determine a l l the s igni f i cant poss ib i l i t i es of OS.

Th i s enumer a t i on and de t e r mi na t i on o f po t en t i a l l y s i gn i f i can t s t a t e

vec t o r s doe s no t nee d t o be accom pl i s hed by com pu t a t i on a l b r u t e f o r ce .

G i ven t ha t t he Fundament a l P r oces s wou l d unques t i onab l y need t o c r ea t eext remely c lever evalua t ive opera t ing sys tems and sof tware for TBC as i t

funct ional ly evolved wi th in AUM's consc iousness , we can as sume a cer t a in

ef f i c ienc y of process is achieve d. Af ter a ll , evolu t ion is the un para l l e l ed

m as ter of de velo pin g ef f i c i en t an d ef fec t ive proc esses wi th in each spec i f ic

op e r a t i ng env i r on m en t . Fo r exam pl e , s uch s o f t w ar e cou l d be us ed t o

remove a l l the ext remely unl ike ly , ins igni f i cant , unin teres t ing , unproduc-

t ive , degenera te , dupl i ca t ive , r epet i t ive , meaningless , and use les s s t a t es to

form a comple te se t of usefu l a l t e rna te r ea l i ty s t a te vec tor s spec i fy ingeve r y t h i ng s i gn i f i can t t ha t pos s i b l y cou l d happen i n OS dur i ng t he nex t

actual DELTA-t . Recal l Topic 4 in Chapter 4 of this book for a shor t l i s t

of overa l l goal s tha t sugges t s some of the evalua t ion cr i t e r i a th i s exper t

sys tem sof tw are m igh t use to ma ke dec i s ions . Re m em be r , the evalua t ive

processes do not have to be per fec t - the f ina l r esul t s need only be func-

t ional ly adequate and s t a t i s t i ca l ly meaningful - per fec t ca lcula t ions and

pr oces s es a r e neve r r equ i r ed .

TBC calculates the probabi l i ty that each projected poss ible OS s tate vec-tor m ight b e actual ized by the f re e will choice s an d c han ges in objec ts an d

energy that wi l l be made dur ing the next actual increment of DELTA-t . The

one that i s most l ikely to be actual ized represents the f i r s t point (m = 1) on

the fu tur e pro bab le r ea li ty sur face of OS tha t we d i scussed in the previous

chapter . In the example shown in Figure 5-3, the s tates that wi l l eventual ly

be ac tua l i zed are double bordered . OS * most l ikely, but not necessari ly, rep-

resents the f i r s t (m = 1) f lat r ing on OS's most probable future real i ty sur-

face . (Refe rence Figure 5-2 loca ted in C hap ter 7 a t the en d of Topic 3 inthis book.) OS 2 an d O Si are also m = 1 s tates bu t rem ain una ctual ized - th e

choices they rep rese nt were no t chos en by the col lected f r ee will act ion s of

the sent ient beings in OS dur ing that actual DELTA-t .







The next pass (m = 2: solid black circles) th ro ug h this gen eraliz ed O S

DELTA-t simulator will allow each of the possible m = 1 state s (b ot h likely

and unlikely) to likewise generate all the possible significant states that

could be generated from the ini t ial condit ions that this part icular s tate vec-

tor represents . Again, the probabil i t ies of actual izat ion are computed forevery state vector generated. For example, only one state generated by OS3

can be most probable and take i ts place on the most probable future real-

ity surface of OS 3 . A lso only one s ta te (depic ted by double bordered OS r

in Figure 5-3) generated by OS3 will be actualized by the free will of the sen-

t ient beings within OS3. This process, repeated M t imes (once for each

value of m ) gets to be a mind full . 1 am afraid that we wil l need to resort to

a general ized subscript notat ion to keep this mental picture focused.

Let 's take i t f rom the top ut i l izing subscripts to form a general izeddescript ion of this process. Each al ternate real i ty s tate vector , different i-

ated by the index i, repr esen ts the s ta te vec tor def in ing OSj. T h e subscr ip t

i keeps t rack of as many unique state vectors (i = 1, 2, 3, . . .) as there are

unique ar rangements of sent ient choices and other var iables (objec ts ,

posi t ion, or energy)- These O S j state vectors const i tute paral lel , possible,

or potent ial future real i t ies of OS or from a PMR-centr ic view, paral lel ,

possible, or potential fu ture universes . Somet imes t ravelers in NPMR X get

into these paral lel real i t ies (such as the never- to-be-actual ized sol id dark(m = 2) or m ed iu m gray (m =3) circles at tac he d to OS j o r OS2 - o r th e

could-be -ac tua l ized l ight gray (m = 4) ou term os t c i rc les a t tache d to OS3"),

and fai l to real ize they represent real i ty s tates that were or are merely pos-

s ib le and not necessar i ly probable . A measure of each s ta te ' s probabi l i ty

of being actual ized is avai lable, but needs to be accessed with a separate

in tent . In o ther words , the probabi l i ty of ac tua l iza t ion does not automat-

ical ly come integrated with the experience of the real i ty - you have to ask

a separate quest ion and be precise with your ini t ial intent .Each of the a l te rna te rea l i ty s ta te vec tors descr ibed above becomes the

s tar t in g point for an oth er . Everything s igni f icant tha t could poss ib ly hap-

pen is com pu ted based on the un ique pe rm uta t ion s and com bina t ion s of

al l the possible s tates of objects , energy, and the free wil l choices of beings

or ig ina t ing f rom the par t icular in i t ia l condi t ions of each par t icular a l te r -

nate reality state vector.

Thus, parent OSj (f i rs t generat ion) s tate vector possibi l i t ies spawn new-

child O Sj . state vectors (secon d g en era t ion ) , which in turn spaw ns yet a new-genera t ion of chi ld OSj.. s ta te vec tors ( th i rd genera t ion) . This progress ion

continues so on and so forth, unt i l one has progressed this family t ree of

possible s tates (al l offspring of the original O S and all com pu ted du r ing







the s ingle t ime increment DELTA- t ) through M g e n e r a t i o n s . R e m e m b e r ,

M i s an arbi t rar i ly large but f ini te integer .

Every a l t e rna te s t a te vec tor ( every c i r c le in F igure 5-3) can genera te i t s

own probable r ea l i ty sur face of expecta t ion va lues by t r ac ing the s t a tes

t ha t a r e mos t p r obab l e f r om gene r a t i on t o gene r a t i on o f i t s des cendan t s .( No t e : M i s f ini te because this i s a real process genera t ing the r ea l r ea l i ty

tha t we presendy l ive in . Thi s does not r epresent an imaginary or theo-

ret ical process - i t is a practical m o d e l of how the l a rger r ea l i ty opera tes . )

In th i s way, th e nu m b e r of un iq ue an d u sefu l a l t e rna te r ea l ity sys tem

s ta te vec tor s grows ( r emoving a l l use les s and redundant s t a t es ) unt i l we

arr ive at a complete set of al ternate real i ty sys tem s tate vectors represent-

ing eve ryth in g tha t co uld u niquely an d usefu l ly ( s igni f i cantly) ha pp en . All

the s t a te vec tor s tha t r esul t f rom th i s progress ion have been der ived (or ig-ina ted) f rom the OS s ta te vec tor dur ing th i s present DELTA- t (our pres -

e n t m o m e n t ) .

Dur ing the next DELTA- t , one ( and only one) of these poss ib le s t a tes

(Firs t ge ne ra t io n OS; ) be co m es ac tua l i zed ( th rou gh o u r f r ee will choices

an d t he cha ng i n g ob j ec t s an d ene r gy) a s ou r nex t p r es e n t mo m en t . T he

de sc en da nt s of tha t st a t e ( the OS j tha t was ac tua l i zed) bec om e unac tua l -

izcd fu ture poss ib i l i t i es , whi le the descendant s of a l l the o ther non-ac tu-

a li zed OSj (a mu ch l a r ge r g r o up ) be co m e unac t ua l i zed pas t poss ibi l i t ies .TBC saves and s tores everyth ing .

The unactua l i zed fu ture poss ib i l i t i es have a f in i t e chance of be ing ac tu-

a l ized a t som e t im e in the f u t ur e , whi le the un actua l i zed pas t poss ib il i ti es

can now nev er be ac tua l ized by f r e e will choice s wi th in O S. Now in teg ra te

th i s p ic ture wi th the o ne d escr ib ed in the previou s cha pter . I f, f ro m the

se t of s imu la ted una ctua l i zed fu tu re poss ib i li ti es you t r ace th e single m os t

l ikely s tate to be actual ize d w i thin each of the M ge ne ra t io ns , you wo uld

have de f i ned t he p r obab l e r ea l i t y s u r f ace f o r OS t ha t was de f i ned i nC ha p t e r 7 o f t h i s book .

The word "actual ized," as i t i s used here, refers to what actual ly hap-

pened or ac tua l ly took p lace f rom our per spect ive - the per spect ive of

OS . S ta tes a re ac tua l i zed and rea li ty is c rea ted in th e pre sen t m o m e n t . Fo r

us , i t i s c rea ted DELTA- t by DELTA- t - one increment ( fundamenta l t ime

qu an tu m of PMR) a t a t ime . Th e h i s tory of O S is the sequ ent i a l r eco rd of

t he ac t ua l i zed p r es en t moment s o f OS .

Becaus e t i me is quan t i zed , and TB C has a go od me m or y , bo t h t h e ac tu -al ized and unactual ized s tates (s tate vectors) can be saved. Every saved

s ta te vec tor is as com ple te , v it al , an d c apa ble of ge ne ra t ing new s ta tes as

any other saved s tate vector wi thin TBC. The set of s tate vectors wi thin






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t he g roup ca l l ed unac tua l i zed pas t poss ib i l i t i e s a r e no t dead s t a t es ; they

are s imply dormant s t a t es . They a re as a l ive and v i t a l a s any - they have

s i m p l y n o t b e e n a c t u a l i z e d o r c h o se n b y t h e f r e e w ill c h o i c e s a n d c h a n g e s

o f o b j e c t s a n d e n e r g y th a t d e f i n e t h e d y n a m i c h is t o r y t h r e a d o f O u r

System of real i ty .

• A short aside is in order here. I can hear you w ond ering :

"Granted, every state vector is theoretical ly capable of generating new states, but

why would an unactual ized state do this?"

You are absolutely correct: I t wouldn't change spontaneously. I t would simply si t

there with all its possibil ities laid out for M generat ions, unless something changed in

its def ining choice-set. For example, a sentient being could travel back through history

to that particular state vector and alter something signif icant, thus modifying that statevector and al l i ts descendants. I f the change represented one of the possible choices

previously considered (highly l ikely), no new calculations are necessary, otherwise a

new branch is generated and a new larger set of possibi l i t ies would be created.

However, even i f a new array were gene rated, once al l its possibi l it ies were f i l led ou t

i t would simply si t there unti l additional unique signif icant changes were introduced.

There is no need to continue making calculations on unactual ized states of a particular

OS. Unactual ized states do not require m uch upd ating - unless somebo dy with free wil l

is introducing new signif icant ini t ial conditions and creating new branches within theold set of possibi l i t ies. They simply si t there as a mostly static complete array (data-

base) of the possibil ities and retain the potent ia l to branch (calculate new possibi l i t ies)

i f new init ial conditions are introduced.

This arrangement (al lowing for unique input while maintaining an exhaustive data-

base of possibi l i t ies) enables the running of what-i f analysis to ascertain the impact of

having made specif ic choices. This type of analysis is often used as an aid to help cer-

tain sentient beings that are between physical manifestations in PMR to understand the

implications of previous choices and overcome personal bel ief systems. Such analysisis a typical part of the planning process for more aware beings trying to learn as much

as possible from their past experiences before ini t iating another PMR experience.

For those who do not understand the larger real i ty wel l enough or do not have the

necessary control, others typical ly guide this process for them. This analysis capabil i ty

is generally available to any NPMR n or PMR being who is suff iciently aware and in con-

trol of their mental faculties and intent within NPMR N. i

N o w t h a t D E L T A - t h a s i n c r e m e n t e d a n d a n O S j s t a t e has been ac tua l -i z e d a s t h e c u r r e n t O S s t a t e , t h e s e c o n d g e n e r a t i o n O S j - , t h a t a r e c h i l d r e n

of the actua l i zed O S j s t a t e , b e c o m e f i rs t g e n e r a t i o n p o s s i b i li t ie s t o t h e

p r e s e n t a c t u a li z e d m o m e n t . A g a i n , M g e n e r a t i o n s b e y o n d t h e p r e s e n t






6 8 8 | My Big TOE I S i m u l a t i n g E ve r y th i n g Th a t C o u l d P o ss i b l y H a p p e n

s ta te a re computed for a l l s t a t es ( ac tua l i zed and unactua l i zed) tha t con-

ta in s igni f i cant poss ib i l i t i es . And so on , and so for th , th i s process marches

on, genera t ing and comput ing potent i a l r ea l i ty- sys tem s ta te vec tor s

descr ib ing everyth ing s igni f i cant tha t might happen, a long wi th every-

t h i ng s i gn i f i can t t ha t m i gh t have happened ( bu t d i dn ' t , f r om our po i n t o fview) . TBC saves every s tate vector , i t s genealogy, and i t s l ikel ihood or

probabi l i ty ( relat ive to i t s s ibl ings) of being actual ized by i t s parent .

T he pas t of O S is r ep rese nte d by a pa r t i cu la r so l id threa d co nn ec t ing

al l our pas t ac tua l i zed s t a tes as i t meanders through the mat r ix of a l l pas t

poss ibi l i ties . O u r perc eive d pas t or his to ry can also be de sc r ib ed as a spe-

ci f ic se qu en ce d su bset (previou s ly actual ized s tates) of th e al l -pas t-s tates

da t aba s e . L ikewis e, ou r p r ob ab l e f u t u r e is r ep r e s en t ed by a das h ed t h r ea d

snaking through a vas t ly smal ler da tabase of fu ture poss ib le s t a tes , p ick-ing out only the s tates wi th the highes t l ikel ihood of actual izat ion, as i t

moves s equen t ia l ly f r om gen e r a t i o n t o gen e r a t i o n . Th i s f u t u r e t h r e ad r ep -

r e s en t s t he mos t p r obab l e r ea l i t y o r p r obab l e f u t u r e s u r f ace o f OS ( s ee

Topics 1 an d 8 in C ha pt er 7 of th is bo ok) .

W e have des c r i bed and gene r a t ed a s e t o f s t a t e vec t o r s r ep r es en t i ng

eve r y t h i ng s i gn i f i can t t ha t can happen ( i nc l ud i ng eve r y t h i ng s i gn i f i can t

t ha t mi gh t have happened and eve r y t h i ng s i gn i f i can t t ha t m i gh t happen

ye t ) t h r ough M gene r a t i ons beyond t he o r i g i na l common ances t o r OS . A l lth i s is ca lcula ted be tw een each DELTA- t. Bec ause th i s co nc ep t is com plex ,

l e t u s s ummar i ze qu i ck l y be f o r e con t i nu i ng .

Previous ly , we developed probable r ea l i ty sur faces for M sequent i a l

s imu la ted inc rem en ts of DELTA- t. Th es e prob ab le rea l ity sur fa ces only

des c r i be d eve r y t h i n g m os t l ike ly t o ha pp en . Now, we have b r oa de ne d

t h a t c o n c e p t b y d e s c r i b i n g e v e r y t h i n g s i g n i f i c a n t t h a t c o u l d h a p p e n . T h e

process s t a r t s wi th OS a t a par t i cu lar DELTA- t and pro jec t s ( s imula tes ) M

genera t ions of poss ib le fu ture s igni f i cant s t a t es of OS. Thi s i s accom-pl i shed be tween success ive ac tua l DELTA- t increments ( r ea l - t ime i s s t and-

ing s till i n OS) . It is acc om pl i she d by incre m en t ing the N P M R n delta-t

loop, which , a t each i t e ra t ion m, genera tes a l l the s igni f i cant poss ib i l i t i es

( th e OS;) for ea ch of the O S a l t e rna t ive s t a tes previous ly def in ed . Thi s

de lt a -t p r oce s s co n t i n ues t h r o ug h M it e r a t ions , p r og r es s i ng and expand -

i ng t o p r o j ec t o r s i mul a t e eve r y t h i ng s i gn i f i can t t ha t cou l d pos s i b l y hap-

pen dur ing the next M i t e ra t ions of DELTA- t .

The next actual DELTA-t ( real - t ime in O S moves f o r war d one i nc r e -men t ) , one and on l y one o f t he O S j s ta tes , i s ac tua l i zed to be co m e o u r

present moment . The ac tua l i za t ion of only one s t a te l eaves a l a rge se t of

unactua l i zed pas t poss ib i l i t i es . Every s t a te not connected ups t r eam to our







newly actual ized present s tate becomes an unactual ized pas t poss ibi l i ty . In

ot he r words , only tho se re la tive ly few s ta tes th a t a re de sc en de d f ro m the

jus t ac tua l i zed (our new present ) s t a t e now make up our fu ture poss ib i l i -

t ies . TB C a lways m ainta ins a ca lcula t ion spa ce of M ge ne ra t io ns bey ond

the present . (We wi l l general ize the concept of M later but i t wi l l serve uswel l in the meant ime to think of i t as a f ixed integer . ) As this process con-

t inues , r edundant s t a t es among the unactua l i zed pas t poss ib i l i t i es a re col -

l apsed . Ent i r e branches of th i s f ami ly t r ee may cease to expand for l ack

of fur ther s igni f i cant unique poss ib i l i t i es .

The in i t i a l mass ive ca lcula t ion ( running the de l t a - t loop to genera te

eve r y s i gn i fi can t pos s i b le f u t u r e s t a t e t h r ou gh M gen e r a t i on s ) m us t b e

d on e on l y onc e (say du r i n g t he f ir s t i nc r em en t - t h e beg i nn i ng o f ti me

for OS) . O th er t ha n a f ew re la t ive ly m ino r adju s tm en ts tha t may nee d tobe appl i ed to the previous ly genera ted s t a tes ( a l lowing for unforeseen

changes in in i t i a l condi t ions and imper fec t ions in TBC's evalua t ive and

predic t ive sof tware) , a l l tha t r emains i s the crea t ion of the newes t gener -

at ion of chi ldren s tates .

Every actual ized real i ty sys tem s tate vector , f lour ishing and evolving

wi t h i n its own d i m ens i o n , r ep r e s en t s a dy na m i c op en ( en t i t ie s an d ob j ec t s

can come and go) real i ty wi th an act ive copy of you and everyone else

( inc luding a l l the objec t s and energy) i t inher i t ed f rom i t s parent ( a longwi th a l l the pending potent i a l choices , in terac t ions , and condi t ions ) .

I t may be he lpfu l here to poin t out tha t d imens ion i s to TBC as a l ine

on a sheet of pa p er i s to us. O r bet te r yet , as th e text - line on a c o m p u te r

screen is to us - s imply press the enter key to get a new one. Those analo-

g ies a re not per fec t . Perhaps a be t t e r one would be tha t d imens ion i s to

TBC as a saved f i le in our computer i s to us . You get the idea. TBC spins

o f f a new com put a t i on a l l y a l ive d i m ens i on wi t h i n O u r Sys t em ' s mul t i-

dimensional real i ty for every uniquely s ignif icant real i ty sys tem s tate vec-tor i t genera tes .

In a b igger p ic ture , each d imens ioned loca l r ea l i ty ( the var ious PMR k

for example) descr ibes a d iverg ing , branching , se t of uniquely d imen-

s ione d p otent i a l wo r lds . Th ink of saved f i l es tha t may conta in sub- f i l es -

fo lder s wi th in fo ld er s - w i th each fo lde r o r sub- f il e co nta in in g an ex ecut -

ing piece of the overal l s imulat ion. Each real i ty exis ts wi thin a unique

dimens ion , fo lder , or memory space wi th in TBC. Al l these r ea l i t i es ex i s t -

i ng w i t h in t he i r va r i ous d i m ens i ons o r dyna mi c f o l de r s a r e com put a t i on -a l ly a l ive ( can be modi f i ed) subse t s of a l a rger s imula t ion , expanding in to

the i r po tent i a l fu tur es by the bea t of the i r own t ime ar ti f ic i a lly con-

s t ruc ted or s imula ted by success ive increments of DELTA- tk . OS is o n e of







those local real i t ies - the one that we sent ient beings in OS have col lec-

t ively chosen to actualize. I wil l discuss this subject again from a sl ightly

di f f e ren t v iew point in Topic 3 , C ha pte r 11 of th i s bo ok w her e we will

aga i n co n t e m pl a t e an Even B i gge r C om pu t e r (EBC) an d mul t i p l e PMR k .

W e have t hus cons t r uc t ed a p r oces s t o s uppor t eve r y t h i ng s i gn i f i can ttha t can happen, in f ac t , does happen - a t l eas t in TBC ca lcula t ion space .

Ne ver the les s , every th ing tha t can ha pp en is no t ac tua l i zed . If , in th e r are

ins tanc e ( a l lowing for im pe r fec t ion in TB C's sof twa re) w here the s t a te

that i s actua l ized is not ( to a s ignif ica nt deg re e) on e of th e previous ly g en-

era ted OSj , th en i t is s imply ad d ed to the set of OSj .

Al though TBC's sof tware can be except ional ly c lever and ef f i c i ent , i t

does not have to be per fec t . Per fec t processes , l ike inf in i t e processes , a re

unneces s a r y t o t he deve l opmen t o f t h i s mode l . W e a r e t a l k i ng abou t r ea lp r oces s es h e r e , p r oces s es t ha t a r e im per f e c t and f i n i t e . Th e r e a r e a f i n i t e

number o f be i ngs , ob j ec t s , and ene r gy s t a t e s among ob j ec t s , and each o f

these have a f in i t e number of choices and ways to change . Al l the s igni f i -

can t pe r mut a t i ons and combi na t i ons o f a l l t he pos s i b i l i t i e s t h r ough a l l M

ge ne r a t i o ns is p r oba b l y an ex t reme l y l a r ge n um b e r ( es pec ia ll y f r o m ou r

PMR per spect ive) , but i t i s f in i t e and consumes only a t iny f r ac t ion of the

capaci ty of an apparent ly inf in i t e (but ac tua l ly f in i t e ) AUM.






81

A M o d e l o f R e a l i t y a n d T i m eV i a b l e A l t e r n a t e R e a l i t i e s

a n d H i s t o r i e s

T he previous ly descr ibed process of progress ing OS through M gener a -

t ions beyond the present ( in order to r epresent everyth ing s igni f i cant

tha t can happen) began to inc lude PMR wi th the in i t i a t ion of the Big

Digital Ba ng, or th e Big Set of Ini t ial C on di t io ns , or th e Big Start of the

Sim ula t ion . O u r scient ists use the w ord "Big" be ca use we are such a t iny

par t of the ent i re universe. However in a bigger picture, our phys ical uni -

verse is neither big nor exclusive. In fact , i t is every bit as small and insignif-

icant f rom the Big Picture view as i t i s grandly immense f rom our l i t t le pic-

ture (PMR) view. Never theless , "Big Bang" is a catchy and l ikable term

even if i t is not that big and even if the bang is only a digital one in calcu-

la t ion- space wi th in the space- t ime s imu la t ion sec t ion of TB C. OS has incre-

mented i t s way forward in t ime wi th in TBC ever s ince the t ime loop dr iv-

ing the Big Bang d ig i t a l -mind s imula t ion s t a r t ed increment ing our PMR

forward by applying the space- t ime rule-set to the given ini t ial condi t ions .

When the s t a te of PMR (wi th in the s imula t ion) was mos t ly r apid ly

changing mat ter and energy, a l t e rna t ive space- t ime rea l i t i es were gener -

a t ed . So m e wer e p r od uc ed by s am pl i ng ove r t he r an do m ne s s ( cho i ces )

wi th in ma ter i a l an d energ et i c processes . As a lways, the Fu nd am en ta l

Process was in the dr iver ' s seat ; a l l poss ible s tates were generated but only

t hos e un i ve r s es s uppor t i ng PMRs t ha t wer e un i que l y us e f u l , p r oduc t i ve ,

o r s i gn i f i can t wer e p r opaga t ed f o r war d . One o f t hem became our un i -

ver se whi le o ther s evolved , in the i r own dimens ions ( sub-se t s of TBC) , to

r ep r es en t s ome o f t he o t he r PMRs men t i oned ea r l i e r ( s ee Chap t e r 4 i n

th i s book) .






6 9 2 | My Big TOE I V iab le A l te rna te Rea l i t i es and H is to r ies

Nothing could be more e legant or e f f i c i ent than to in i t i a t e the v i r tua l

ma t e r i a l pa r t o f AUM ' s co n t i n u i n g ex pe r i m en t in cons c i ous nes s , t ha n

beg i nn i n g wi t h a huge v i r tua l space - t i me ene r gy ( r e m em be r E = mc* o r

equivalent ly, m = E/c2) at a point (or wi thin a smal l volume) and. . . Bang!

O r ra the r , Big Ban g! Wow, look at that s tu f f go (evolve) - o n e DELTA-t ata t ime - a l l according to the space- t ime ru le- se t . Our sc ient i s t s have some

s imu la t ions l ike tha t , bu t 1 am sure the y are not as go od as TB C's . The

pr ev i ous s en t ence s hou l d no t be cons t r ued t o den i g r a t e ou r b r i l l i an t ,

bush y-he ade d sc ient is t s, bu t is s imply a t t r ib uta ble to th e f ac t tha t TB C has

a muc h be t t e r com pu t a t i on a l capac i ty and t h r ou gh pu t a s well a s t he com -

ple te space- t ime ru le- se t .

Recal l ing tha t s imula t ion t ime can run much s lower or f as ter than rea l -

t ime, and tha t any resul t or in te rm ed iary s t a te may be modi f i ed , s aved, o rde le ted , g ives us an apprec ia t ion of the cont ro l AUM has over the even-

tua l development of our loca l PMR rea l i ty and the evolu t ion of the space-

t ime ru le- se t used to def ine a l lowed in terac t ions (wi th in th i s book, see

C ha pt er 5 an d Topic 2 in C ha pte r 7). AUM may have in i t i a t ed , ru n , an d

rerun th i s s imula t ion process many t imes before a l l the in i t i a l condi t ions ,

parameter s , ru le- se t s , and re la t ionships had evolved to the poin t tha t the

resul ts met all th e speci f icat ions of a top -no tch lea rn in g labo rat ory capa -

ble of ef fec tive ly su pp or t in g the con sc iou sness cycle. Th i s is how AUMand TBC generate the PMR vir tual real i ty set that we cal l home - l ikewise,

for a l l the space- t ime rea l i ty se t s tha t o ther sent i en t be ings ca l l home.

When a subse t of sent i en t be ings wi th in NPMR n were able to use

(inhabit) the evolving vir tual physical reali ty we call PMR profi tably, their

f ree wi l l choices dr iving learning, growth, phys ical evolut ion, and spi r i tual

evolut ion became interact ive wi th the vi r tual objects and energy of PMR as

wel l as wi th each o ther . These in terac t ions genera ted the OS probable r ea l -

i t ies and al ternate real i ty s tate vectors that were the predecessors of ourpresent OS. Some of the sent i en t be ings in NPMR n tha t ex i s t ed before our

PMR's digital Big Bang wrere a part of OS by vir tue of their involvement in

planning and execut ing OS ' s or ig ins - the seemingly mys t i ca l beginnings of

our universe - yet myst ical only f rom a PMR perspect ive.

A s t i l l l iving and s t i l l potent his tory of OS (actual ized and unactual ized)

co nt in ue s to exis t in TBC] w he re any saved s tate i s able to calcu late o r s im-

ula te m or e chi ldren i f som eth ing uni qu e and s igni f i cant is ad de d or

changed. This eas i ly animated l iving his tory is avai lable to us f rom NPMR N .For example, any s tate vector that l ies on our his tory thread, regardless of

w he re it is loca ted o n the th re ad , is avai lable no t only fo r insp ect io n bu t

a lso for a what - if tou r of the proba bi l i ti es . T he a ccu m ula te d da ta base of







everyth ing tha t could have poss ib ly happened s ince the PMR vi r tua l r ea l -

i ty was crea ted provides a huge resource for da ta mining .

There are many unactua l i zed s t a tes tha t can be s t rung together in to

con t i nuous t h r eads t ha t r ep r es en t s i gn i f i can t cho i ces t ha t cou l d have

been m ad e d i ff e r en t l y ; s uch t races r ep r es en t an unac t ua l i zed h i s t o ry t ha tis d i f f e r en t f r o m our s . Any n um be r o f unac t ua l i zed h i s to r y t h r ead s m ay

s ha r e a co m m on s t a te w i t h o u r ac t ua li zed OS h i s to r y at s om e pa r t i cu l a r

DELTA- t, b ut subseq uen t ly have go n e the i r s epara te ways. Th es e una ctu-

a l i zed and usual ly l es s probable h i s tory threads r epresent a par t i cu lar

sequence of event s tha t d id not happen. Never the les s , the s tudy of such

what - i f wor ld- l ines or sequent i a l t r aces through the unactua l i zed s t a te vec-

tor da tabase can reveal the long- term impact of dec i s ions , choices , and

in tent s - an excel l en t educat ional and evalua t ive tool .R e c a l l t h a t e a c h s t a t e v e c t o r h a s a n a s s o c i a t e d e x p e c t a t i o n v a l u e

t h a t p r o p e r l y f i x e s its l i k e l ih o o d o f h a p p e n i n g g iv e n t h e i n it i a l c o n d i -

t i o n s o f t h e p a r e n t . O n e c a n s e q u e n c e o r t h r e a d h i s o r h e r w a y

t h r o u g h u n a c t u a l i z e d c o n s e c u t i v e re a l it y s t a t e s ( p a s t o r p r o b a b l e

f u t u r e ) t ha t a r e OS de r i va t i ves i n a huge mul t i t ude o f ways t ha t a r e

i n t e n t i o n a l l y c o n t r o l l a b l e a n d d e f i n a b l e o n ly by a s t e a d y , l o w - n o i se ,

f o c u s e d a w a r e c o n s c i o u s n e s s .

These sequences of related s tates arc ( f rom our view) cal led paral lel ,d ivergent , or a l t e rna te r ea l i t i es . These a l t e rna te r ea l i t i es a re computa t ion-

a l ly v iable in TBC and arc popula ted by mathemat ica l r epresenta t ions ( s t a -

t is tical s imu lat ions) of each sen t ient player as well as mat he m at ic al repre -

sentat ions of the objects and energy. I t i s relat ively easy for a novice

explorer of the RWW network to ge t los t or confused in these para l l e l

wor lds . The explorer comes back wi th informat ion tha t seemed to be cor -

rect and clear at the t ime, however , la ter analys is of ten indicates that para-

normal lv der ived informat ion does not make sense , has l i t t l e PMR value ,or is show n to be f a lse or inco ns i s t ent by sub seq ue nt event s or info rm at io n

wi th in PM R. It is easy to en d u p wa nd er in g un know ingly in the unactua l -

i zed da ta mat r ix of TB C becau se it ( th e in terac t ions an d the exp er ien ce)

appear s as r ea l as any exper ience can be . The exper ience of an unactua l -

ized computat ional real i ty i s l ike seeing a movie where you are s imul tane-

ously an actor (exercising free wil l to drive the story l ine) as well as a mem-

ber o f t he aud i ence . An un i n t en t i ona l expe r i ence o f an unac t ua l i zed

computa t ional r ea l i ty i s indi s t ingui shable f rom the exper ience you are hav-ing now - exce pt that i t disa pp ea rs wh en you shi f t you r focu s back to PM R

( as PMR t ends t o d i s appea r when your awar enes s becomes p r eoccup i ed

wi t h a man t r a , a p r ob l em, en t e r t a i nmen t , o r be f udd l ed by d r ugs ) .






6 9 4 | My Big TOE I Viab le A l te rna te Rea l i t ies and H is to r ies

The set of s tate vectors compris ing the his tory thread of OS, the OS pres-

ent , and the se t of OS probable fu tures a re no more or l es s r ea l or dynamic

than the set of s tate vectors that comprise the unactual ized pas t . Al l are of

equal real i ty and val idi ty. Al l share the same proper t ies and are s imi lar data

types wi th in TBC. The only d i f f erence i s tha t some were ac tua l i zed by ourchoices whi le others were not . The only di f ference is us - what our indi -

vidual quali ty exp ress ed as a fre e will in te n t actually did. T h e set of actual-

ized OS s tate vectors represents the col lect ive qual i ty of our consciousness

within OS, exp resse d as a un iqu e path th rou gh th e poss ibi li t ies .

Previous ly , I have r efe r re d to choices and cha nge s in ob jec t s an d

energy as dr ivers of actual izat ion. The poss ibi l i t ies that may be actual ized

are der ived f rom the poss ib le f r ee wi l l choices of sent i en t be ings , the con-

s t r a in t s of the spa ce- t ime ru le- se t , as well as f ro m th e r a nd om ne ss as soci-a t ed w i t h ob j ec t s and ene r gy ( ma t e r i a l movement , changes , i n t e r ac t i ons ) .

Phys ica l r andomness and the cons t ra in t s of the space- t ime ru le- se t dr ive

t he ac t ua l iza t i on o f na t u r a l even t s s uch a s ea r t h qu ake s o r t hu nd er s t o r m s .

Phys ica l changes may be expressed as the choices tha t inanimate objec t s

a n d e n e r g y m a k e .

In that sense, objects and energy make choices as they evolve toward

minimum energy s t a tes a long the pa th of l eas t r es i s t ance . Objec t s and

energy must make thei r choices in s t r ict obedience to the space- t ime rule-set - the cons is tency of space- t ime physics i s impor tant to the usefulness of

PMR . Th ese ch oices arc not th e m oral cho ices of a f ree will an d d o not

ref lect the qual i ty of consciousness of the chooser . To avoid confus ion, let ' s

cal l the resul ts of phys ical or natural randomness (such as radioact ive decay)

rule-d r iven poss ibi l it ies , as op po se d to the cho ice-d r iven or f ree will dr ive n

poss ibi l i t ies that conscious , aware, sent ient ent i t ies somet imes make.

Sen t i en t be i ngs may con t a i n s ma ll r a nd om co m po ne n t s w i t h i n t he i r

i n t e n t , a n d l a r g e r r a n d o m c o m p o n e n t s w i t h i n t h e i r p e r c e p t i o n , i n t e r p r e -t a t i on , an d reac t i on t o t he i r i n t e r na l and ex t e r na l env i r onm en t s . R an do m

componen t s p l ay a pa r t i n wha t s en t i en t be i ngs expe r i ence , and how t hey

r eac t t o , and i n t e r ac t w i t h , t ha t expe r i ence . Cons i de r t he r andom com-

po ne n t s i n f l u enc i ng exp e r i en ce a s s p ice , no t t he ma i n i ng r ed i en t s .

R an do m ne ss occasionally ' do m ina tes th e f lavor of ex i s t ence for som e ent i -/

t i es some of the t ime (usual ly shor t - t e rm) , however , the qual i ty of your

cho i ces a re a m uch b i gge r d r ive r o f even t ua l l ong- t e r m ou t co m es t han

r a n d o m n e s s .On the up-s ide, randomness helps to del iver an interes t ing and ever-

changing ar ray of exper ient ial oppor tuni t ies to which we interact ively apply

our f ree wi l l intent at whatever level of qual i ty we have thus far generated.







I t i s these exper iences , these oppor tuni t i es wi th the i r somet imes - random

co m po ne nts tha t enab le us to evolve ou r consc iousness . W he n f r ee will

meet s an oppor tuni ty to in terac t wi th our in terna l or ex terna l envi ron-

ments , consc iousness has the oppor tuni ty to grow, s t agnate , or degenera te .

Do you see why a vir tual physical PMR-type learning lab is so useful?St ra ight forward in terac t ive oppor tuni t i es wi th c lear r esul t s and feedback

ab ou nd e veryw here we focus ou r a t t en t ion in PMR. PMR is con s t r a ine d to

be a highly interact ive exper ience at the most bas ic level of relat ionship.

Intera ct ing w i th the o th er PMR p layers (an intera ct ion of f ree wi lls ) is the

main thing we do here in PMR: This interact ion is the bas is of our oppor-

tuni ty to evolve the qual i ty of our consciousness .

The set of poss ibi l i t ies that may be actual ized as a resul t of many indi-

v idual ac t ions t aken by a group such as a c lub or organiza t ion (or perhapsa go ve rnm en t ) a re de f in ed by a su pe rpo s i t io n of all the f r e e will choices

of a l l the sent i en t be ings in OS tha t have some inf luence or impact on the

ac t i ons o f t ha t o r gan i za t i on . Thus , we a l s o des c r i be g r oup cho i ces a s

cho ice-d r iven poss ib il it i es. Recall tha t a m ot iva t ion an d in te nt tha t h as

l a rge r a nd om co m po ne n t s r ep r e s en t a le ss dev e l op ed cons c i ous ne s s w i t h

large ent ropy. Thi s i s t rue of group consc iousness as wel l as indiv idual

cons c i ous nes s .

Poss ible events , wi th any value of probabi l i ty, may be pr imar i ly ruled r i ven , p r i mar i l y cho i ce d r i ven , o r a com bi na t i on o f bo t h . Thu s , f o r

example , some re la t ive ly c lear ( l a rge s ignal to noi se r a t io) fu ture event s

( see Chapter s 3 and 7 in th i s book) , such as potent i a l coming ear th

changes , ga in the i r s t rong s ignal s or l a rge s t ab le and growing probabi l i ty

values (dens i t i es ) f rom an in terac t ive mix of ru le-dr iven and choice-

dr iven probabi l i ty ca lcula t ions .

From Chapter 7 in th i s book, r eca l l tha t the probabi l i t i es of ac tua l i za-

t ion, calculated for each success ive value of m , def i ne t he p r obab l e r ea l -i ty sur faces . Also r eca l l tha t peaks or lumps on the probable r ea l i ty sur -

face r epresent the expecta t ion va lue of a par t i cu lar event . Do you see how

cho i ce - d r i ven and r u l e - d r i ven ac t ua l i za t i on c r ea t e s unce r t a i n t y i n t he

ex pe cta t io n va lues of pro ba ble f u t u re event s? Do you a lso see tha t a

dynamical ly evolv ing f r ee wi l l tha t i s bound to d i r ec t ly express the t rue

qua l it y o f its cons c i ous nes s , a l ong wi th ub i qu i t ous r an do m co m po ne n t s

tha t a re typica l ly smal l and shor t - t e rm, conspi re to mainta in a r i ch mix-

t u r e o f un ce r t a i n ye t pe r s ona l l y f ocus e d op po r t un i t i e s w i t h in PMR?Also recal l that i t i s uncer tainty, according to the ps i uncer tainty pr in-

c i p l e , t ha t a l l ows good p l ann i ng and man i pu l a t i ons f r om NPMR n to inf lu-

ence PMR happen i ngs w i t hou t be i ng obv i ous - w i t hou t s t epp i ng ou t s i de






696 | My Big TOE I Viable Alternate Reali t ies and Histories

t h e sp a c e - t i m e r u l e - s e t a n d P MR c a u sa l i t y . Co n s i d e r t h e n a t u r a l u n c e r -

t a in t y a n d s m a ll r a n d o m c o m p o n e n t s m o d e l e d w i t hi n t h e d i g it a l c o n -

sc iousness sys tem as the lubr i can t tha t he lps make the sys tem work .

• Let us take a break for a minute in the form of a short aside to pol ice-up someideas and concepts that fel l on the f loor while we were explaining the mechanics of

real i ty system state vector generation, propagation, and uncertainty.

I t is worth reiterating at this point that there are similar consciousness and physi-

cal-matter real i ty systems working through similar evolutionary process in other space-

t ime PMRs wi thin NPMR n. These real i t ies can be very dif ferent from our PMR and exist

independe ntly of OS. TBC can be though t of as represen ting a de dicated server (or cal-

culation space al located within a larger AUM mainframe process) for the PMR K within

NPMR n. All PMRK are part of (accessible through) the same NPMR communications net.Al l are avai lable on the RWW for inspection and participation.

Another point worth mentioning is that the clever evaluative software that def ines

"signif icant" by f i l tering out non-productive, insignif icant, redundant, meaningless, or

useless real i ty states does not need to be any more mystical than our arti f icial intel l i -

gence or expert systems software. Like its PMR cousins, it uti l izes evaluative criteria,

pattern recognition, history f i les, statistics, and predictive algori thms. I ts accuracy is

dependent upon an extremely detai led and unusually complete knowledge base.

I have evoked (assumed) nothing fundamental ly new or spooky here - only bigger,faster, better. We humans have a tendency to see ourselves with inf lated signif icance.

There are perhaps many fewer signif icant states than you might assume at f i rst glance,

making the calculation problem somewhat less monstrous in volume.

Please make note of the fact that thus far, I have not evoked, nor will I evoke, either

perfect or inf ini te processes. OS contains f ini te numbers of beings and objects, with

finite sign i f icant choices and f ini te sign i f icant random events that impact, inf luence,

or interact within a f ini te universe of objects and energy capable of moving or chang-

ing in a f ini te number of sign i f icant ways. Thus, though i t may seem overwhelminglylarge, there are a f in i te number of unactual ized past and future OS real i ty-system state

vectors. Recal l from an earl ier discussion that non-interactive subsets of our larger

physical and nonphysical real i t ies can be handled separately. We only have to include

that part of NPMR n and our physical universe that is interactive with our OS's super set

of everything that can happen in order to fi l l out our OS data matrix (see Topic 8 in

Chapter 7 of this book.)

Some may think that the data storage requirements and processing requirements are

too large to be workable. If you believe that, it is because your vision of what is possibleis stuck in the PMR of the twentieth century. To an apparently infinite, highly evolved,

aware digital consciousness that employs processing speeds and storage capacity tri l -

l ions upon tri l lions upon tri l l ions of orders of magn itude g reater than wha t you could ever






Book 3, Sec t ion 5, Chapter 73 | 69 7

imagine in your wi ldest theoret ica l dreams, the computat ional burden is a lmost t r iv ia l .

The computat ional requi rements are s igni f icant, but they are a lso f in i te and wel l wi th in

the capaci ty of TBC.

On the o ther hand, you might be l ieve tha t the mechan ics o f genera t ing , s to r ing , and

progress ing OS s ta te vec to rs as descr ibed above i s a mys t i ca l o r superna tura l p rocess.I t migh t seem tha t way to some, bu t remember what we learned in Chapters l 8 and 20

of Book 1 - tha t wh at appe ars to be my st ica l is re lat ive to your exper ience, and d epe nd-

ent on your perspect ive. From the perspect ive of My Big TOE, i t appears to be a

s t ra igh t fo rward bookkeep ing and computer sc ience app l i ca t ion focused on a re la t i ve ly

smal l (about the s ize of a petr i d ish) and re lat ive ly s imple ( l ike ra is ing guppies in an

aquar ium) p rob lem, i








8 2

A M o d e l o f R e a l i t y a n d T i m eM u l t i p l e C o p i e s o f Y o u -

C r e a t i n g Y o u r R e a l i t y

P r evious ly , I de f in ed every th ing s igni f i cant tha t cou ld have ha pp en ed or

tha t might ye t h ap pe n. Let us now focus on a p iece of o u r h i s tory thre ad

tha t conta ins you, as a sent i en t be ing , in i t . From any par t i cu lar s t a t e tha t

con t a i ns your ex i s t ence , a mul t i t ude o f dependen t ch i l d s t a t e s a r e gene r -

a ted , which in turn have chi ldren tha t have chi ldren through M genera-

t i ons . The phr as e "eve r y t h i ng t ha t can happen does happen" i mpl i e s t ha t

each of the poss ib le r epresenta t ions of you - each v i r tua l you - conta ined

wi t h i n each pos s i b l e unac t ua l i zed OS s t a t e vec t o r r ep r es en t s t he a r r ay o f

poss ib le choices you could make a t any par t i cu lar DELTA- t .

You are the ent i ty tha t ma de th e f r e e will choice s you m ad e. T h er e are

representa t ions (model s ) of you tha t popula te a l l the poss ib i l i t i es tha t you

could have made but d idn ' t wi th in the unactua l i zed pas t . There are a l so

m od el s of you pop ula t ing th e una ctua l i ze d po ss ib le fu tu re s t a tes . You, the

evolv ing sent i en t uni t of indiv iduated consc iousness , ex i s t only in the

pre sen t as you m ak e f re e wi ll cho ices tha t actua l ize on e poss ibi l ity over

ano t he r and t he r eby modi f y t he qua l i t y o f your cons c i ous nes s . The mod-

e l s of you we are r e fer r ing to a re s imply an enumera t ion of a l l the poss i -

b le choices you could have made, or could ye t make, wi th an as sessment

of the probabi l i ty tha t you would ac tua l i ze each choice . Thus , the model

of you is s imply a probabi l i s t ic es t imat ion of the s ignif icant choices you

a r e l i ke l y t o make under each o f t he un i que c i r cums t ances de f i ned wi t h i n

each s t a te vec tor. Thi s m od el of you is up da te d a nd imp rove d wi th each

set of choices that your conscious f ree wi l l intent actual izes . Your model






7 0 0 | My Big TOE I Mu l t ip le Cop ies o f You - C rea t ing Your Rea l i t y

re pr es en ts yo ur qu ali ty - i t is th e re sult of" you - th e res ult of every

thought , f ee l ing , des i r e , in tent , choice , and ac t ion you have ever made.

Al though th i s s imula ted or v i r tua l you makes a l l the same choices you

are l ikely to make in a given s i tuat ion, i t i s incapable of learning and

ch an gin g it s r ep res en ta t i on of you. It is not m ak ing f r e e will choices . Therepl i ca ted you tha t ex i s t s wi th in every unactua l i zed (pas t and fu ture) s t a t e

is merely a s tat i s t ical representat ion of al l the choices you could poss ibly

make and the l ike l ihood (probabi l i ty) tha t you would make each one .

Thus , TBC popula tes a l l a l t e rna te s t a tes wi th a probabi l i s t i c model of you

tha t knows ( f rom your qual i ty and f rom your h i s tory) the l ike l ihood of

your making each poss ib le choice (g iven your pas t choices and the cur rent

ar ray of op t ions ) . Th e v i r tua l you is a r eason ably acc ura te s imula t ion or

project ion of the actual you. (Keep in mind that the actual you we are talk-ing ab o ut i s you as an in div idu ated uni t of con sc iousn ess , n ot you as a

PMR body) . Think of i t as a dupl i ca te of you, a r epresenta t ion of you,

wi thout the abi l i ty to choose by exercis ing the qual i ty of a f reely wi l led

cons c i ous nes s .

Each al ternate or repl icated you that inhabi ts every saved s tate vector

( includin g th e on es you have previous ly actual ized) i s actually a rep rese nta -

t ion (predic t ive model ) of your pr imary energy in NPMR n . Each vir tual you

represents the l ikel ihood of you making the given s ignif icant choicesacc ord ing to the stati s tics an d probab i l i ty fun ct io ns that curre nt ly m od el

th e qual i ty of yo ur consciou sness . Th ou gh this mo del of you is an ac cu rate

high-f idel ity mod el , it is only a mod el . I t do es no t rep res en t a sen t ien t con-

sciousn ess with f re e will . I t is no t exp ress ing yo ur in te nt an d is not directly

help ing o r hur t ing yo ur e f for t to increase the qual ity of your consc iousness .

The what- i f scenar ios (divergent real i ty branches) that you can access in

the un actua l i zed p as t da ta m at r ix , fo r exa mp le , a re po pu la te d exclus ive ly

by these modeled individuals who wi l l interact wi th you ( the new inputsyou c r ea t e ) accor d i ng t o t he i r own mode l ed behav i o r . The adven t u r es o r

exper iences you may have in these or other paral lel real i t ies are as real as

wh at you are expe r ienc ing now'. Th ey are ru n in what app ea r s to you to be

your real - t ime, are typical ly not saved, but can be regenerated anyt ime.

Think of i t as querying a mul t id imens ional da tabase wi th your in tent

w he re the resul t of th e que ry is a mo vie that you bo th act in an d w atch .

I t is poss ib le ( th ou gh unl ike ly) tha t your con sc iou snes s may be in te-

g r a t e d w i th o r i nhab i t mo r e t han o ne f r ee w ill mo t i va t ed cho i ce - m ak i n gen t i t y a t t he s ame t i me . Becaus e wha t eve r a r r angemen t bes t op t i mi zes

your growth potent i a l can genera l ly be implemented , you may exhib i t a

mul t ip li c i ty of sen t i en t be ing; neve r the les s th i s a r r a n ge m en t i s no t of t e n







put to use . Because of the s t rong coupl ing be tween l es sons l earned f rom

previous phys ica l exper iences and probable success wi th the present phys -

ical exper ience, i t i s usual ly a bet ter s t rategy to plan and execute these

learn ing exper iences ser i a l ly ins tead of in para l l e l . Para l l e l space- t ime

(phys ica l ) pro jec t ions may be in the same PMR at the same t ime or bes ca t t e r ed among any o f t he PMR k . T he m or e deve l op ed t he cons c i ous -

nes s , t he mor e eas i l y i t can hand l e compl ex a r r angemen t s .

Your total i ty i s the sum of al l of your projected consciousness f rag-

ments tha t have ever exerc i sed f r ee wi l l . Your pr imary consc iousness

energy, somet imes ca l l ed the over - soul (where the r esul t s of your e f for t s

a r e accumul a t ed ) r ema i ns a l ways cons c i ous i n NPMR n . Think of the over-

soul as yo ur ma in pe rso na l da ta folde r . In ge ne ral , he re i s how i t wo rks :

Ind ividu al subsets of yo ur sent ie nt ( f r ee wil l poss ess ing ) be in g or con-s c ious nes s- ene rgy a r e p r o j e c t ed i n t o va r i ous f r am es o f r e f e r en ce ( d i m en-

s ions or r ea l i t i es ) where the i r in terac t ion wi th the chal l enges and oppor -

tuni t i es tha t they f ind there produces a change in the qual i ty of your

overa l l consc iousness .

The f r agment of you (who you th ink you are) in th i s PMR may be no

more real , special , s igni f icant , or successful than other f ree wi l l express-

ing f r agments of you tha t have been , a re , or wi l l be spread around in var -

ious r ea l i t i es (pas t , p resent , or fu ture) .Your present ( in th i s r ea l i ty) per sonal ident i ty or awareness ( the f r ag-

m en t tha t is cu r ren t ly the br i ll i an t , goo d- loo king , and lovable be ing tha t

you know you a r c dee p down i ns ide ) may be t he g r an de s t of t he bunc h -

or i t could be the wors t , o r somewhere in be tween. Your per sonal iden-

t i ty i s s imply the f r agment of consc iousness ( ent i ty) tha t has made a l l the

choices you have made in conjunct ion wi th a l l the people and objec t s wi th

wh om you have in tera c ted . T ha t s t a t em en t is a l so t ru e for a ll th e o th er

pas t, p r e s en t , an d f u t u r e f r e e w i ll ed p r o j ec t i ons o r f r a gm en t s o f you .T ho ug h you r over- soul is im m or ta l (d i s reg ard ing a f ew rare exc ept ions ) ,

y o u r p r e s e n t personal ident i ty wi l l only pers is t as long as your over-soul

f ind s it p r of i t ab le to m ain ta in it. T h e Fu nd am en ta l Process urge s the over-

soul to mainta in and progress only what i s prof i t ab le .

Some peop l e r e f e r t o t he i r pas t f r agmen t s p r o j ec t ed i n t o t he PMR r e f -

ere nc e f r a m e as pas t lives. Th at is a go od descr ip t ive t e rm , bu t car r i es a

PM R-only con no ta t io n tha t is to o smal l to f i t th e bigg er pict ur e of all th e

potent i a l s ent i en t f r agments (phys ica l wi th in any of the PMR k a n d n o n -physical wi thin any of the NPMR,,) that your over-soul might contain. On

the o ther hand, many sent i ent en t i t i es prefer to spec ia l i ze in one , or

som et im es a few, s imi lar local r ea li ti es in or de r to opt im ize th e i r l ea rn in g






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ef f i c iency by na r row ing the i r focus . T hu s , an indiv idual m ight spec ia li ze

in l earn ing wi th in the context of OS, for much the same reason tha t a

physician might special ize in dermatology. Most ent i t ies ini t ial ly special ize

in a s ingle r ea l i ty sys tem, eventua l ly broadening the i r exper ience-base as

they develop the qual i ty of the i r consc iousness .It is poss ib le , thou gh som ew ha t unl ike ly , tha t you have m o re th an on e

f ragment ( sent i en t be ing be longing to your over - soul ) ex i s t ing in the same

PMR at the same t ime, but you do not need to wor ry about compet i t ion

am on g t he va r i ous f r agm en t s f o r ene r gy . Such ene r gy is ab un da n t i n a

digi tal consciousness real i ty - f rom our view i t appears to be inf ini te .

Th i nk a bou t it: T he t o ta l ene r gy co ns u m ed by hu nd r e ds o f t ho us a nd s

of p layers in a l a rge wa r ga m e is no th ing m or e than o rgan iza t io n , ru les

of in terac t ion , goal s , memory, and d ig i t a l process ing power . Our conceptof ene rgy as fue l ( a l imi ted an im ato r of ac t ion) i s a r e f l ec t io n of ou r spe-

ci f ic space- t ime rule-set and does not apply to the larger real i ty. In vi r tual

digi tal real i t ies , vi r tual energy fuels the vi r tual act ion. There i s unl imi ted

e n e r g y a w a i t i n g y o u r c o m m a n d i n N P M R .

Pr imal Energy in NPMR is l ike ai r on ear th. The supply is f ini te , to be

sure , but i t' s th ere fo r a ll to br ea th e as ne ed ed - th ere i s no co m pe t i t ion ,

every l and based cr i t t e r on ear th consumes as much as he or she wants

or can use . Digi ta l con sc iou snes s energ y is s imply in te nt m an ipu la t in g b i t s- i t docs not depend on a l imi ted out s ide source tha t imposes prac t i ca l

usage or conservat ion l imi ts on us . In a pract ical sense, your access and

use of non phy s ica l en ergy is l imi ted only by you r per so nal qual i ty .

Your abi l i ty to apply energy to PMR f rom NPMR ( induce paranormal

events) by focus ing your intent may be l imi ted by your bel iefs , ignorance,

access privileges, and the psi uncertainty principle, but i t is never l imited by

an unavai labi l i ty of bas ic energy. Light workers (a term among New Agers

for those who have l earned to manipula te consc iousness energy be tweenN P M R n and PMR) never run out of l ight - an endless supply is always avail-

able. I f you know how, you can af fect a vi r tual real i ty f rom the outs ide by

apply ing v i r tua l energy (modi fy ing expecta t ion va lues by in tent ) , but only

in accordance wi th the rules (such as the ps i uncer tainty pr inciple) of the

next larger (parent) real i ty. To af fect a vi r tual real i ty f rom the ins ide, you

m us t work wi thin th e def ining rule-set (l ike put t ing gas in yo ur tank) .

Each f r agment pro jec ted ( in ser i a l or para l l e l ex i s t ences ) by your over -

soul is g iven as m uc h e ner gy an d su p po r t as it can p rof i t a b ly use to m ax-i mize its l ea r n i ng op po r t un i t i e s . S i t ua t ions , con d i t i ons , and env i r onm en t s

a r e o f t en chos en o r p l anned t o p r ov i de t he k i nd and t ype o f oppor t un i -

t ies tha t are ne e d ed m ost o r tha t will m ost ef fectively imp rov e the wh ole.






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Do no t m i s und er s t and m e and i mmedi a t e l y j u m p t o t he conc l usi on t ha t

you are the CEO and chai rman of the board of your over - soul . Think of

yoursel f more as a member of a team. You may be on a speci f ic miss ion to

accompl i sh a spec i f i c t ask tha t has to do wi th your per sonal growth and

perhaps the growth of o ther s , or your miss ion may be non-speci f i c , butmore impor tant ly you are adding to the growth of the whole of you whi le

you are focused on th i s par t i cu lar PMR exper ience .

The p r ope r ( mos t p r oduc t i ve ) pe r s pec t i ve i s t ha t you a r e he r e t o

develop the qual i ty of consc iousness of the f r agment you present ly r ep-

resent , not as an agent of your over-soul . The bes t thing you can do for

the w hole i s to impro ve yourse l f by ef fec tive ly u t i li z ing the op po r tu ni t i es

you have. I t i s that s imple. An over-soul that successful ly lowers i t s ent ropy

con t r i bu t e s t ha t bene f i t t o t he en t i r e cons c i ous nes s s ys t em.Thinking tha t , in your case , a mis take mus t have been made and tha t

yo ur op po r tu ni t i es a r e m or e d i f f i cu l t , l es s f ru i t fu l , o r con ta in l es s pote n-

t i a l than they should , or tha t o ther s have not done the i r par t , o r tha t you

are no t ge t t ing e no ug h h elp , is a ser io us mis take. I f you thin k tha t this

might be the case , you don ' t under s tand how th ings work . Trus t me; you

have eve ryth in g you nee d to succe ed an d th e f r ee will to mak e success

ha pp en . You a r e no t i n a d i s adva n t aged s i t ua t i on t ha t has been i mp os ed

up on you f ro m the ou t s ide . I f you be l ieve tha t you are in a d i sad van tage ds i tua t ion , you are indeed in a d i sadvantaged s i tua t ion , but one crea ted by

your be l i e f s , f ear s and ego - a s i tua t ion tha t only you can change . The suc-

cess th at I am re fe r r i n g to is th e success of imp rov ing th e qual i ty of you r

consc iousness , not making lo t s of money in the s tock market .

You have access to a l l the qual i ty and under s tanding tha t be longs to the

whole . I f o ther f r agments ( in ser i a l or para l l e l ex i s t ences ) of your funda-

menta l energy make grea t l eaps forward or backward , the qual i ty of your

pe r s on a l f r a gm en t o f awar enes s is i mm edi a t e l y a f f ec t ed . Gr ea t l eaps ine i t he r d i r ec t i on do occas i ona l l y happen , bu t do no t wor r y t oo much

ab ou t t he down s i de . Typ ica ll y, a f r agm en t o f your f un da m en t a l ene r gy

changes the qual i ty of i t s consciousness by only very smal l s teps and not

by great leaps - that fact i s a two edged sword.

For the mos t par t , per sonal growth , the evolu t ion of your consc ious -

ness , i s a s low and s t eady process tha t cannot be eas i ly hur r i ed or

advanced by t ak ing shor tcut s . The var ious indiv idual f r agments ( in ser i a l

or para l l e l ex i s t ences ) of your over - soul a re a l l independent in i t i a tor s off ree wi l l choices .

T he i nd iv i dua l s pec i fi c exp e r i enc es o f t he va r i ous f r ag m en t s o f aware -

ness a re kept m o re or l ess sep ara te ( fi l ed in the i r own fo ld er wi th in the






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over - soul fo lder so to speak) and do not , for the mos t par t , become shared

exper ience . However , the sp i r i tua l growth resul t ing f rom those exper i -

enc es is imm edia te ly avai lab le an d sha red . You can access ( and som et im es

i n t e r ac t w i t h ) t he expe r i ences o f t he va r i ous i nd i v i dua l f r agmen t s o f your

over - soul a f t e r becoming sent i en t and in cont ro l of your energy wi th inN P M R n . Th i s r em a i ns t r ue even if t he f r ag m en t s a r e no t c on cu r r e n t

because al l real i ty s tates are saved in TBC and remain potent ial ly viable.

Keep i n mi nd t ha t your pe r s ona l awar enes s f r agmen t r ep r es en t s on l y a

t iny po r t io n of the f r ee will choice s an d ch ang es in m ater i a l and energ y

tha t def ine a present PMR OS s ta te a t the end of some DELTA- t incre-

ment . Your local real i ty i s a shared real i ty that represents a vector sum of

all th e f r ee will ch oice s of al l th e i nte rac t ing players . How the vi r tua l bal l

bounces and the v i r tua l cookie crumbles i s the r esul t of a shared ef for t .Al l the sent i en t en t i t i es ex i s t ing upon the ear th (Team Ear th) a re in a co l -

lect ive dance of creat ive interact ion. We get to l ive wi th what we create

f r o m t he op po r t un i t i e s we have . Each i nd iv i dua l is an i m po r t an t p a r t o f ,

an d af fec t s , the who le . T he re is no way to che at o th er s wi th ou t c he at in g

yourse l f . Team Ear th succeeds or f a i l s together .

Recal l tha t pro ba ble fu tur es were ge ne ra te d based on the ca lcula ted

probable choices of the vi r tual you (a s imulated you) . Free wi l l choices

wer e s ubs equen t l y ma de whi ch caus ed o ne o f thos e p r o bab l e f u t u r e s t o beac tua l i zed . Keep in mind tha t the th ings tha t d id not happen (were not

ac tua l i zed) became par t of the se t of s t a t e vec tor s tha t def ine the un-ac tu-

al ized pas t poss ibi l i t ies . The data wi thin TBC def ines what could have been

and what i s , as wel l as the par t you played in generat ing that di f ference.

The choices you make, as wel l as the poss ible choices you chose not to

mak e, r em ain p ar t of the l iv ing v iable r eco rd wi th in the me m or y (min d)

of TBC. Al l informat ion remains access ib le indef in i t e ly on the ne t wi th in

t he t hough t - s pace o r mi nd- s pace o f NPMR n wher e TBC r es i des . The s ameis t rue for al l f ragments of you. Al l the informat ion is there to be ut i l ized

to maximize the l earn ing and growth of the qual i ty of your consc iousness .

( Remember t ha t mos t embar r as s i ng moment o f your s - t he l ow po i n t i n

you r qual i ty of bein g - i t' s a ll there , every last m in ut e detai l , ev ery thin g you

sa id , d id , and thought ! There are no secre t s . ) Thi s school has one boda-

cious l ibrary! You s imply need to know how to apply (yoursel f ) for a card.

The concep t o f eve r y t h i ng t ha t can happen does happen r ep r es en t s an

i mpr es s i ve a r r ay o f i n f o r ma t i on . The t r i cky pa r t , common t o acces s i ngany hug e i n f o r m a t i on s o ur ce , is t o f i n d t he pa r t i cu l a r da t a you w an t .

Kn ow ing wha t is avai lable and how it is ca teg or iz ed is cru cial to d eve lop-

ing the skil ls to access selecte d da ta ef f icient ly . O ver th e ce ntu r ies , m an y







people have f igured out how to t ap in to a por t ion of the avai l ab le da ta-

base . In genera l , the smal ler your r ea l i ty , and the l es s you under s tand the

Big Pic ture , the eas ier i t i s to mis in terpre t what you f ind .

Let us peek in to the OS f i l e fo lder and see what da ta a re in there . Thus

far, we have discu ssed the c om pu tat io na l ly viable s tates of O S tha t lie onour col lect ively actual ized his tory thread as wel l as the unactual ized pas t

s t a tes tha t r epresent a l l the poss ib le s igni f i cant choices you and everybody

el se cou ld have m ad e (but d idn ' t ) , an d th e una ctua l i ze d fu tu re s t a tes tha t

represent that set of col lect ive choices that may yet be made. Al l this infor-

mat ion i s ava i l ab le for you to exper ience or to s tudy. The da ta a re not

volat i le , and the database remains always avai lable. Everyone in OS, phys-

ica l or nonphys ica l , par t i c ipa tes in genera t ing the OS database .

Other s can access your da ta ( every in tent ion , f ee l ing , or thought youhave ever had) , but there a re ru les , and only those who have l earned how

can d o so wi th ful l aw aren ess . I t is no t likely tha t this in fo rm at io n wi ll be

used fo r an yth ing o t he r tha n to he lp you grow up . How ever , if you b rea k

a ru le or ge t pul l ed in before a judge , every de ta i l wi l l be scanned to de ter -

mine the t ru th of the mat ter . I t i s imposs ib le to h ide or b luf f . Everyth ing

is there. Everything! Yes , even that !

T he una ctua l i ze d pas t is not only r ec ord ed , but i s a live an d k icking in

the form of an interact ive digi tal s imulat ion where every player i s mod-e led by a se t of ex pe cta t io n v a lues re levan t to the po ss ib le s igni f i cant

choices . The unactua l i zed pas t , as wel l as the s t a tes on our h i s tory thread ,

co n t i n ue i nde f i n i te l y w i t h i n t he mem or y o f TB C and m a i n t a i n t he i r i n t e r-

ac t ive potent i a l as unique s imula t ions tha t a re executed according to

TBC's s t a t i s t i ca l model s .

Th e unac t ua l i zed f u t u r e s t at e s wor k mu ch t he s ame way excep t t ha t

som e of the t ime ( for so m e indiv idual s u n d e r given c i r cum s tance s ) , access

to cer t a in f i l es is de nie d . Access is typica lly de nie d w hen th e in fo rm at i onsought would decrease the probabi l i ty tha t an indiv idual wi l l improve the

qual i ty of h i s or her consc iousness . Access l imi ta t ions to the probable-

f u t u r e i n f o r ma t i on a r e app l i ed f o r t he s ame r eas on t ha t we p r o t ec t s ma l l

chi ldre n f ro m hazard s ( such as loa de d guns , da ng ero us animals , or toxic

hous eho l d chemi ca l s ) t hey a r e i l l equ i pped t o hand l e .

Many, if n o t mos t , pe op le do access so m e of th e da ta tha t exist in th es e

probable r ea l i t i es . We ca l l the r esul t s of these vaguely in tent ional quer ies

our i n t u i t i on . Some peop l e a r e be t t e r t han o t he r s a t acces s i ng t he da t atha t a re avail ab le to the i r in tu i t ion . A dev elop ed in tu i t ion is a dev elop ed

awareness of how to purpose ly access spec i f i c da ta r es id ing in the proba-

ble r ea l i ty and ac tua l i zed h i s tor i c da tabases . Some get good enough, by






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com bi n i n g a na t u r a l t em pe r am en t o r a t t i t ude w it h p r ac t i ce and t ech -

niqu e , to am aze th e i r f r i e nd s an d som et im es even eke out a liv ing .

Typically the lack of Big Picture understanding, as well as fear , beliefs ,

ego, and natural access l imi tat ions , lead to random and sys temat ic er rors .

These er ror s and l imi ta t ions erode conf idence and credib i l i ty and preventindividuals f rom making a big splash among thei r skept ical real i ty-mates ,

though some of their l i t t le individual splashes can occasionally be impressive.

You can project your sent ience into any of these s tates and s imply look

aro un d. Or you can fo l low a seq uen ce of co nn ecte d s t a tes tha t pro du ce s

an ef fect that i s l ike fol lowing a movie f rame by f rame. Run the f rames by

fas t en o ug h a nd th e act ion se em s real is t ic - an ex pe r ien ce - exact ly l ike

being there. Because al l poss ible choices are avai lable, you can theoret ical ly

make the s tory l ine run any way you want to, but i t i s much more usefulto fol low var iat ions of your personal choices and let al l the other vi r tual

p layer s make only the i r mos t probable moves g iven the new condi t ions .

By carefu l ly us ing you r focus ed in tent , you can des ign a nd crea te

a lmos t any query- f i l t e r you can imagine , apply i t to th i s da tabase , and

ex pe r i e nc e t he r e su l ts . T he ex pe r i e nce d en d p r od uc t is exac tl y li ke be i n g

t he r e . I mag i ne a 3D ho l ogr aph i c mov i e wher e you con t r o l t he cond i t i ons

or f i lter -sets tha t de f i n e th e poss ibi l it ies an d pro bab i l i t ies of th e act io n.

Lack of s pec if ic i ty add s r an do m or nom i na l c om po ne n t s t o t he f i l te r de f -i n i ti ons i n t en de d . If you do no t know e no ug h t o de f i n e an d con t r o l t he

proc ess prec i se ly , the r esul t s ap pe ar to b e ju m b le d a nd have a m ind of

the i r own. In any case , you r exp er ie nc e of th i s da ta ( f i l t e red by yo ur c lear

or ju m bl ed in ten t ) app ea r s as if you are v iewing, an d p ar t i c ip a t ing in , a

real ity po pu la te d by ful ly sen t ien t be ing s wi th f re e wi ll . T ha t i t is a s imu-

la t ion - a ca lcula t ion spac e po pu la te d only by proba bi l i ty mo del s of ac tua l

be i ngs w i t h f r ee w ill - wou l d be t r an s pa r en t an d t h us unn o t i ceab l e .

S imula ted or emula ted d ig i t a l consc iousness does not seem ar t i f i c i a l toan indiv idua ted d ig i ta l con sc iou sness w i th f r e e will. T h e only d i f f er en ce

be tw een you a n d th e em ul at i on of you is tha t you have the f re e will nec-

essary to modi fy the qual i ty of your consc iousness . The expecta t ion va lue

dr iven choices of each modeled p layer a re genera l ly an accura te and rea l -

i s t i c r epresenta t ion of tha t p layer ' s qual i ty and in tent .

Becaus e o f t he way e r r o r s p r o pa ga t e t h r o ug h a s yst em o f u nac t ua l i zed

s ta tes , the fur ther out ( in t ime) tha t you go beyond a par t i cu lar event , the

les s accura te or meaningful a re the r esul t s based upon tha t event . Mos ter ror s occur for the fo l lowing two reasons : Indiv idual s , because of the i r

f r ee w ill, s om et i m e pe r f o r m unexpe c t ed l y ; and , s om et i me s t he r e a r e t wo







o r m o r e e x t r e m e l y s i g n i f i c a n t ( p o t e n t i a l l y d i v e r g e n t ) c h o i c e s t h a t h a v e

n e a r l y e q u a l p r o b a b i l i t i e s o f b e i n g a c t u a l i z e d .

N o w t h a t w e b e t t e r u n d e r s t a n d t h e a t t r i b u t e s o f p r o b a b l e r e a l i t y s t a t e

v e c t o r s a n d t h e i r i n t e r a c t i v e p l a y e r p r o b a b i l i t y m o d e l s , I c a n b e m o r e p r e -

c is e a b o u t t h e p r o c e s s o f g e n e r a t i n g p r o b a b l e r e a l it i e s. Be c a u se o f n a t u -r a l e r ro r s , t he va lue o f M can on ly ge t so l a rge befo re i t no longer makes

s e n s e t o p r o p a g a t e f u r t h e r g e n e r a t i o n s .

M do es n ot have to rem ai n fo rev er f ix ed - i t is s im ply easie r to in it ia l ly

e x p l a i n a n d u n d e r s t a n d t h e p r o c e s s t h a t w ay . W h e r e t h e p r o b a b i l i t y di s-

t r i b u t i o n s o f d i s c r e t e e v e n t s b e c o m e l o w a n d H a t ( f u z z y r e su l ts ) , n o f u r -

t h e r g e n e r a t i o n s ( n o m o r e c h i l d s t a t e s ) a r e c a l c u l a t e d . H o w e v e r , w h e r e

t h e d i s t r i b u t i o n s r e m a i n c l e a r a n d c r i sp ( h i g h , d i s t i n c t , p e a k e d , a n d w i t h

i n d i v i d u a ll y r e so l v e d e v e n t s ) , g e n e r a t i o n a f t e r g e n e r a t i o n i s c o m p u t e dun t i l c lar i ty a n d re so lut io n i s lost . As a resul t , th e re i s a s ta t i s t ica l rea so n-

a b il it y c r i t e r i o n t h a t d e t e r m i n e s t h e n u m b e r o f g e n e r a t i o n s t h a t a r e p r o p -

a g a t e d f o r w a r d f o r a n y gi v e n s e t o f c i r c u m s t a n c e s w i t h M b e i n g a n o m i -

na l va lue .

• This short aside will help relax the inten sity of the tho ugh t (or is tha t fog?) a roun d

your brain: W ith a l itt le imagination, we could search out a sequence of contiguous states

(thread) in the database of OS's unactualized state vectors that might be especially inter-esting. One interesting pair of threads to compare might be those leading to the Allies

win ning and also losing WW II - with an alternate (but unactua lized) reality movie cre -

ated by quickly f l ipping through the state frames of the most l ikely consequences of dif-

ferent choices. Our history has recorded the terrible price that was paid; now we could

also ascertain the value of the benefits gained or lost as a function of time.

Somewhere there is a virtual real i ty where Saddam Hussein and his army were pur-

sued an d destroyed c omp letely during Desert Storm (the US vs. Iraq, Gulf War of 199 1).

Do you wonder what dif ference, i f any, that might have made? What i f John Kennedy,Martin Luther King, Mahatm a Gandhi and Jesus had not been ki l led - whe re wou ld that

leave us now? What i f the quarterback hadn't fumbled and you hadn't forgotten your

ex-wife's birthday f ive years in a row? What dif ference does any particular event make

in the long run? I am sure that you can think up many interesting questions relevant to

your life.

Your sense of the possibi l i t ies is your only l imit as to what might be discovered by

fol lowing a virtual thread along in OS's non-actual ized database (past or future) within

TBC. You could go there yourself and learn how various historical or personal what-i fscena rios would have (most l ikely) turn ed ou t - a great source for wri t ing f iction . In

fact, much of our imaginative creativi ty and inspiration has i ts source in an intuitive






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connection to the OS database within TBC. More importantly, i t provides a great

resource for understanding the impact and importance of your personal choices. As

such, i t provides an excel lent tool for helping you design future experience packets, as

well as learn from, and maximize the growth potential of your experience.

A word of caution to those who know how to at least partial ly open the door of theirmind: Do not spend too much energy or time in nonphysical real i t ies or you may neg-

lect or wa ste the precious time you have in the one real ity that is most imp ortant to your

personal grow th - physical reali ty. Much is perhaps interesting, but only a sm all sub-

set is pertinent to your personal spiri tual growth and therefore important. Do not invest

too much time in what is not important. 4

Ba c k t o w o r k . A p r o j e c t i o n o f a f r a g m e n t o f y o u r s e n t i e n t c o n sc i o u s -

ness in t o a spa ce- t im e r ea l i ty cou ld ge t sp i r i tua l ly de ad -e nd ed in a s itua -t ion wh ere you be l i eve tha t you do no t have s ign i f i c an t cho ices l e f t - you

f e el t h a t y o u c a n n o t p r o d u c e u n i q u e l y u se f u l o r s i g n i f i c a n t c h o i c e s d u r -

i n g f u t u r e i n c r e m e n t s o f D E L TA -t. U n d e r t h o s e c i r c u m s t a n c e s , y o u r

inab i l i ty to f ind a way ou t o f th e pe rce ived de ad en d wi ll t yp ica lly ca use

you to f ind a way (perhaps a f a t a l d i sease o r acc iden t ) to check ou t o f , o r

s h e d , t h a t p a r t i c u l a r r ea li ty . T h o u g h m o s t h u m a n s d o n o t c h e c k o u t

b e c a u s e o f b e i n g d e a d - e n d e d , a s i g n i f i c a n t m i n o r i t y d o . T h e r e a r e u s u a l ly

m a n y w a y s o u t o f a n i m a g i n e d d e a d e n d , m a n y g o o d c h o i c e s ( o t h e r t h a nt e r m i n a t i o n o f t h e e x p e r i e n c e p a c k e t ) a r e ty p ic a ll y a v a i la b l e , b u t t h e y

remain inv i s ib le to a se l f - r e f e ren t i a l consc iousness l imi ted by be l i e f , f ea r ,

a n d e g o .

It sh ou ld now be c l ea r tha t be ca us e o f th e cho ices you ma ke and th e

o b j e c t s a n d b e i n g s y ou i n t e r a c t w i t h , y o u h a v e c o n s i d e r a b l e i n f l u e n c e o v e r

t h e r e a li ty i n w h i c h y o u d e v e l o p a n d e v o lv e y o u r b e i n g o r c o n s c i o u sn e s s .

I n t e r a c t i n g s i g n i f i c a n d y w i t h v i r t u a l p l a y e r s ( m a t h e m a t i c a l m o d e l s o f

y o u r se l f a n d o t h e r r e l a t e d b e i n g s , o b j e c t s , a n d e n e r g y ) w i t h i n p a r a l l e l r e a l -i t i e s i s r o u g h l y a n a l o g o u s t o p l a y i n g a g a i n s t t h e c o m p u t e r i n a n e d u c a -

t i o n a l c o m p u t e r g a m e o r p e r f o r m i n g p a r a m e t r i c a n a l y s i s w i t h i n a s i m u -

l a t io n . T h e s e t o o ls a r e t h e r e f o r y o u r u s e , b u t d o n o t b e c o m e e n a m o r e d

o f t h e m , g e t u n p r o d u c t i v e l y l o s t i n t h e m , o r b e c o m e o v e r l y d e p e n d e n t

u p o n t h e m .

A b u se is n o t w i d e sp r e a d b e c a u s e f o r t h e m o s t p a r t if y o u a r e w i se

en ou gh to us e th e ava i l ab le too l se t s co he ren t ly an d pow er fu l ly , you a re

wise en ou gh to use the m w isely. T he a bu se th a t do es oc cu r i s usua l ly a t lowp o w e r o r o f a s i n g u l a r (a s o p p o se d t o w i d e sp r e a d ) n a t u r e . T h e e n t i r e

s t r u c t u r e o f N P M R n , i n c l u d i n g t h e sp a c e - t i m e p a r t , is d e s i g n e d t o p r o v i d e

y o u w i t h t h e e x p e r i e n c e a n d o p p o r t u n i t y y ou n e e d t o o p t i m i z e y o u r l e a r n -







i n g . T h e e x p e r i e n c e s , s i t u a t io n s , a n d o p p o r t u n i t i e s t h a t c o n f r o n t y o u in

P MR a r e f o r t h e m o s t p a r t t h e o n e s y o u r e v o l v i n g i n d i v i d u a t e d c o n sc i o u s -

ness nee ds in o r de r to l ea rn w ha t is c r i ti ca l to i ts co n t in ue d g ro w th .

T h e p a t h t h a t y o u a r e o n is y o u r p a t h o f m a x i m u m o p p o r t u n i t y a s

d e s i g n e d b y y o u w i t h t h e h e l p , a d v i c e , a n d c o o p e r a t i o n o f o t h e r s . Yo ua r e i n v o l v e d w i t h y o u r le s so n s , o p p o r t u n i t i e s , a n d c h o i c e s as t h e y d e f i n e

y o u r sp i r i t u a l e v o l u t i o n a n d g r o w t h w i t h i n t h e r e a l i t y t h a t y o u a n d y o u r

c o - c o n s p i r a t o r s ( o t h e r s w h o a r e s i g n i f i c a n t t o y o u r e x i s t e n c e o r b e i n g )

a r e p r o d u c i n g .

W h a t c a n y ou o r o t h e r s d o t h a t is s i g n i f i c a n t e n o u g h t o e f f e c t a c h a n g e

i n t h e q u a l it y of y o u r c o n sc i o u sn e s s? S i g n i f i c a n t , w i t h i n t h i s c o n t e x t ,

m e a n s p o t e n t i a l l y c a p a b l e o f p a t h - a l t e r i n g a n d l i f e - c h a n g i n g e f f e c t s . If t h e

overa l l r e su l t s o f your po ten t i a l ly s ign i f i can t cho ice don ' t ac tua l ly make as i g n i f i c a n t d i f f e r e n c e t o y o u o r a n y o n e e l s e ( w h o m i g h t b e a f f e c t e d b y

y o u r c h o i c e ) , t h e n t h a t c h o i c e c o n t a i n s l i tt le p o w e r t o e f f e c t a c h a n g e i n

t h e q u a l i t y o f y o u r c o n sc i o u sn e s s .

W h e n s o m e g uy , f o r e x a m p l e , m a k e s a n i m p o r t a n t c h o i c e , p e r h a p s t o

m a r r y a n d h a v e c h i l d r e n w i t h t h a t lo v el y w o m a n h e h a s b e e n d a t i n g f o r

t h e p a s t f i v e y e a r s , p o p p i n g t h e q u e s t i o n p r o d u c e s c h o i c e s f o r h e r , h e r

f am i ly , h e r r o o m m a t e , h e r la n d l o r d , h i s m o t h e r , h i s o t h e r g i r l f r i e n d s , a n d

so o n . A ll a f f e c t e d a r c in a n i n t e r a c t i v e d a n c e t h a t a l t e r s e v e r y o n e ' s p e r -sona l r ea li ty as ea ch m ak e the i r cho ices . If t h e sam e ma n m ake s a cho ice

to sc ra tch h i s he ad w i th h i s r igh t h a n d ins t ea d o f h i s l e f t ha nd , as is h i s

h a b i t , n o t h i n g s i g n i f i c a n t is e i t h e r a f f e c t e d o r e f f e c t e d - n o o p p o r t u n i t i e s

fo r g ro w th a r e l ike ly p ro d u ce d - it is an ins ign i f i c an t ac t tha t do es no t

h a v e t o b e t r a c k e d .

• Keep in mind that significanc e in the Big Picture is abou t cha nging the quality

(entropy) of your consciousness while significance in the little picture is most often relatedto satisfying the needs, wants, desires, and expectations of your ego. Trivial choices with

a low probability of Big Picture significance can be safely ignored. Calculations of the

probab ility of significance do not have to be perfect - if they are consistent and reason-

able, a working virtual reality can be functionally defined. Given the interactive complexity

and purpose of PMR, consistency and the continual availability of a rich array of signifi-

cant choices are much more important than accuracy in every minute detail. By ignoring

choices that are expected to be trivial, the requirement for computational resources to

compute the likely consequences of virtual reality interactions is greatly reduced.Likewise, the computations of consequences do not have to be perfect. Absolute preci-

sion of each event and its interactions and eventual outcome (as required by determin-

ism) is incompatible with a finite, statistics based digital virtual reality.






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Extreme precision in def ining and progressing each event is not important to the

purpose of PMR. As long as the psi uncertainty principle constrains the mechanics of

real i ty to present the appearance of an interactive objective causal real i ty to the indi-

viduated units of consciousness evolving within PMR, the functional i ty, value, and pur-

pose of PMR is adequately maintained. Physicists working from a deterministic modelof real i ty have been tripping over this conceptual error ever since Isaac Newton uncov-

ered a few signif icant pieces of PMR's space-time rule-set. Their insistence that al l

phenomena be forced into a deterministic causal model has bl inded them to the true

nature of the real i ty they are trying to understand.

Even statistics based quantum mechanics is coerced to exist within a deterministic

straight jacket; the statistical description at the root is seen as only a nebulous inter-

mediate step before the f inal states col lapse to some measurable physical real i ty. The

joke is: The statistical description represents the actual real i ty whi le the resultant f inalphysical state represents only a virtual shadow of the more fundamental statistical real-

ity. Getting it wrong is normal enough, but believing it to be the exact opposite of how

it actual ly is adds a touch of humor to the sanctimonious recitation of scienti f ic dogma

by the high priests of science. Bel ief traps and narrow paradigms don't make you stu-

pid; they simply l imit your capacity and abi l i ty to understand. 4

T h e " e v e r y th i n g s i g n i f ic a n t t h a t c a n h a p p e n d o e s h a p p e n " p r o c e s s

w o u l d s e e m t o b e a n e x c e l l e n t e x p e r i m e n t a l d e s i g n f o r a sp i r i t u a l N P M R N .I t i nvo lves everyone in OS . PMR en t i t i e s a r e engaged in a phys ica l exper i -

e n c e t h a t c o n s t i t u t e s a s e l f - d e s i g n e d c o n sc i o u sn e s s q u a l i t y i n c r e a s i n g ,

en t ro py r e du c ing , t r a in in g cl ass ca l led l if e th a t t akes p lace wi th in a l ea rn -

ing lab cal led PMR. In the c lass of life, w i t h i n t h e e a r t h f r a m e o f r e f e r e n c e ,

wha t you do ( the cho ices you make) and the shared r ea l i ty you l ive in accu-

r a te ly and inexorab ly r e f l ec t s the qua l i ty o f your be ing . Addi t iona l ly , i t

o f f e r s y o u t h e sp e c i f i c o p p o r t u n i t i e s ( p o t e n t i a l c h o i c e s ) yo u n e e d t o

e n h a n c e t h e g r o w t h o f y o u r i n d i v i d u a t e d c o n sc i o u sn e s s .T h e m e a n i n g , p u r p o se , a n d d i r e c t i o n o f a ll i n d i v i d u a l a n d c o l l e c ti v e

c o n s c i o u s n e s s ( li fe ) w i t h i n N P M R n (o f which our PMR i s a subse t ) i s

f o c u s e d a n d a n i m a t e d b y t h e e v o l u t i o n a r y r e q u i r e m e n t s o f t h e c o n -

sc i o u sn e s s c y cl e a n d m o t i v a t e d b y t h e p u r p o s e o f t h e l a r g e r c o n sc i o u s n e s s

e c o s y s t e m . T h e f u n d a m e n t a l d r i v i n g i m p e r a t i v e is : E vo lv e! G r o w ! B e c o m e

m o r e ! S e e k o u t p r o f i t a b i l i t y ! Re d u c e t h e e n t r o p y o f y o u r c o n sc i o u sn e s s ,

b e c o m e a n i m a t e d a n d m o t i v a t e d by l o ve . T o a c c o m p l i sh t h i s e v o l u t i o n

r e v o l u t i o n , a t e v e r y l ev e l o f e x i s t e n c e , t h e F u n d a m e n t a l P r o c e s s p r o m o t e sprof i t ab i l i ty whi l e e l imina t ing f a i lu re . I f a be ing i s h igh ly sen t i en t , suc -

c e s s f u l e v o l u t i o n r e q u i r e s t h a t t h i s b e i n g u se it s e n e r g y t o d e c r e a se t h e

e n t r o p y o f i ts i n d i v i d u a t e d c o n sc i o u sn e s s . By d o i n g so , it d e c r e a se s t h e







ent ropy of the ent i r e AUM consciousness sys tem as i t decreases the

en tro py of it s ow n over-soul .

Do you now have some fa in t not ion of the immens i ty of th i s r ea l i ty ,

and ho w mi n u t e , by com par i s o n , OS an d ou r h is t o r y a r e? G i ven t ha t O S

and i t s h i s tory r epresent a mini scule subse t of the poss ib le content tha t i sin terac t ing or s tored wi th in the Big Frac ta l P ic ture , how much more

m inu te , by co m pa r i so n , is o ur phys ica l univer se , ou r so lar sys tem, e ar th ,

humani ty, and you? Smal l , yes! But , we are s t i l l s igni f icant . Very s ignif icant

ind eed ! Not ice how small a v i rus or a ba c te r ium see m s to us an d how

viruses and bacter ia are not only s ignif icant , but also vi tal to our phys ical

exi s t ence . Ima gin e how smal l a hy dro ge n a to m mu s t seem to a v i rus - a re

hydrogen a toms s igni f i cant and cr i t i ca l to our cont inued exi s t ence?

Imagine how smal l a neut r ino mus t seem to an a tom - a re neut r ino ' s s ig-ni f icant? Yes! Al l are very s ignif icant! You have now seen how the Big

Picture of your immediate ( local ) real i ty works - this i s not necessar i ly the

m ec ha nic s of the bigges t pictu re, bu t i t is ex t rem ely big relative to o u r typ-

ical PMR view al l the same. Is your view of our immediate larger real i ty

l ike the a tom's v iew of a human? Maybe.

If you r sense of pe r son al im po r ta nc e or s igni f i can ce is sha t t e re d by the

sheer s i ze of the b igger p ic ture , you should concent ra te on p laying your

par t (your impor tant par t ) to the bes t of your abi l i ty . You should focus onmaximiz ing every oppor tuni ty to grow the qual i ty of your be ing - the suc-

cess of which i s r e f l ec ted by the choices you make. Be your bes t and don ' t

wo r ry too mu ch abo ut th e smal l s tuf f , o r th e b ig stuff. Jus t be . That ' s what

the neut r inos , a toms and v i ruses do - and hey , who ever heard of an

unhappy neu t r i no , a neu r o t i c a t om, o r a depr es s ed v i r us ?








8 3

R a m i f i c a t i o n sC h a n g i n g t h e F u t u r e ,

C h a n g i n g t h e P a s t , a n dt h e Q u a n t i z a t i o n o f T i m e

L et us pul l together and summarize what we have learned thus far . This

shor t condensat ion and sol idi f icat ion of the concepts presented in the pre-

vious several chapters wil l get us ready to explore the ramifications of exist-

ing and experiencing within a vir tual digital real i ty. This is where the fun

starts , but f irs t we need to make sure that we have a f irm grip on the basics.

1. F u t u r e P r o b a b i l it i e s a r e N o n - B i n d i n g - T h i n g s c a n C h a n g e

We can say tha t the pas t , p resent , and fu ture a l l occur and exi s t wi th in

TB C s imul tan eou s ly - if by fu tu re wre m ean t h e p r oba b l e un - ac t ua li zed

(potent ial ) real i t ies . The future i s not a done deal ; i t exis ts only as a com-

ple te se t of pro ba ble fu tu re s wi th vary ing proba bi l i ty den s i t i es (peaks o n

t he s u r f ace ) f o r m i ng and cha ng i n g a r o un d pos s ib l e f u t u r e even t s . A ll

these s t a tes ex is t wi th in T BC a t the sam e t ime . All a re f e r t i l e an d cap able

of producing new chi ld s tates given a change in ini t ial condi t ions . Al l can

be vi si ted and ex pe r i en ced by an appr op r i a t e l y awar e cons c i ous nes s .

Cons ider the many sof tware appl i ca t ions , s imula t ions , and fo lder s s i t t ing

in your computer . They are a l l ex tant a t the same t ime, a l l a re r eady to do

wha t eve r t hey do , s ome a r e dynami ca l l y execu t i ng ( r unn i ng , chang i ng ,

opera t ing , increment ing loca l t ime) whi le o ther s a re id le awai t ing input

or s imply s tor ing resul ts .

So m e p r ob ab l e r ea li ty s u r f ace peaks ( w i th i n a dynami ca l ly execu t i ng

rea l i ty) may be nar row, indica t ing a more prec i se probable t ime of poten-

t i a l ac tua l i za t ion , whi le o ther s a re broad , indica t ing l a rger uncer ta in ty in






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the t ime of potent i a l ac tua l i za t ion . These probabi l i ty dens i t i es (peaks )

may va r y l i ke t he t opo l ogy o f any o t he r s u r f ace f unc t i on , i n ampl i t ude ,

w i d t h , s hape , and a r ea unde r t he cu r ve . As DELTA- t i nc r emen t s and our

PMR t i me moves on , cho i ces ( r andom and s en t i en t ) a r e made and one o f

the po tent i a l fu tu re s t a tes is ac tua l i zed in to the p rese nt . Thi s c rea tes anew s e t o f p r obab i l i t i e s and expec t a t i ons abou t wha t mi gh t happen nex t .

The ent i r e se t of fu ture poss ib i l i t i es i s r eca lcula ted af t e r each DELTA- t .

Becaus e ou r f u t u r e is bo t h d ynam i c ( upd a t e d eve r y DELTA-t ) and s ta -

t is t ical , it exis ts only as a set of u n ce r ta in p ro b ab le real i t ies ; c on seq ue nt ly ,

i t has a fundamenta l ly d i f f erent na ture than our pas t (which i s the se t of

s tored r ea l i ty sys tem s ta te vec tor s tha t were ac tua l i zed by the be ings ,

ob j ec t s , and e ne r g y o f OS) . A l t h oug h ma ny f u t u r e even t s a r e acc ur a t e l y

pre dic tab le (which is th e bas i s for pre co gn i t ion ) bec aus e of h igh expec-ta t ion va lues , they have not ye t been ac tua l i zed or chosen in to the OS

pre sen t - an d th ing s can an d do ch an ge . Th i s is why Ea s tern t r ad i t ion s

ta lk only about pas t l ives and not fu ture l ives and why karma i s a t t ached

only to pas t event s and s i tua t ions , not fu ture ones . We have not ye t ac tu-

a l i zed our fu ture - i t could turn out to be any one of a l a rge se t of pos -

s ib i l i t i es , some being more l ike ly than o ther s . We turn the probable

f u t u r e i n t o ou r p r es en t by mak i ng our co l l ec t i ve cho i ces and t hus r emov-

ing a l l uncer ta in ty .T h e pro ba ble fu tu re is ou r s to pe ru se wi th in l imi t s se t for o ur own

good. An indiv idual , a group, or an event can have i t s fu ture probable

rea li ty sur fa ce ca lcula ted - it s imply de p en ds on how you wan t to f i l te r or

q u e r y t h e p r o b a b l e f u t u r e d a t a b a s e a n d w h e t h e r t h e c i r c u m s t a n c e s s u p -

por t your be i ng g r an t ed acces s t o t he da t a . Acces s mus t be bo t h ea r ned

by you and g r an t ed by t he s ys t em admi n i s t r a t o r .

Hav ing som eo ne e l se r e t r i eve the d a ta for you will no t ge t you ar ou nd

the access pr ob lem . Access is gr an ted by the sys tem adm ini s t r a tor base don the p rob ab le use of the da ta , not on wh o re t ri eves it . T h er e i s no way

to cheat , t r i ck , or force the sys tem in to provid ing informat ion tha t wi l l not

produce a pos i t ive sp i r i tua l benef i t for a l l who might be af fec ted by i t .

O n e can mo di f y t he p r ob ab l e f u t u r e s u r f ace w i th f ocus ed i n t en t ,

there by ra i s ing or low er ing the ex pec ta t ion va lue of a fu tu re poss ib i li ty .

W i t h a p r ope r l y f ocus ed mi nd , new peaks can s omet i mes appea r and o t h -

er s of long s t anding may s lowly d i sappear f rom the probable r ea l i ty sur -

face r epr ese nt in g a given ent i ty . Th i s is gene ra l ly how t he m ind u t il izesnonp hys ica l me nta l energ y to m an ipu la te fu tu re event s wi th in PMR wi th-

out v io la t ing the ps i uncer ta in ty pr inc ip le . The ps i uncer ta in ty pr inc ip le

tel ls us tha t fuzzy sh or t peak s are eas ier to m od i fy than t al l sh ar p on es







a n d t h a t e v e n t s b e c o m e in c r e a s i n g l y m o r e a n d m o r e d i f f i c u l t t o m a n i p u -

l a te t h e c l o se r t h e y g e t t o t h e p r e se n t .

• I said "slowly disappear" in the previous parag raph out of practical c onsiderations

not because slowness is theoretical ly necessary. The organizational energy that createdthat peak in the f irst place must be dissipated in order to remove or reduce that event's

expectation value. If an event's expectation (future probability of being actualized) sti l l

has energy being poured into i t, that energy must be dissipated as well i f i ts associated

peak is to be el iminated. Your mind, depending on your qual i ty, interest, and instanta-

neous access privi leges, can only apply so much power (do so much work per unit t ime)

to reorganize the digital energy that represents the expectation you are trying to

change. Your abi l i ty to manipulate bits is l imited and must compete with the abi l i ty of

others to intentional ly or unintentional ly manipulate those same bits.In Chapter 13, Book 2, we used the term "force of being" and said:

Constraints come in many forms. For example, if someone who has the abil ity to

manipulate nonphysical energy is asked to remove (dissipate or dema terialize) a tumor

(noticeable lump) from someone's PMR body the energy required is dependent upon,

amon g other things, the degree to which this tumor is connected to PMR reality - its

force of being in PMR. Quantitatively [force of being is associated with] the expectation

value of the future event. If the body's owne r and a few others are m ildly distressed

about the possibility of a malignant tumor, the removal energy may be relatively low(easy to accomp lish). In this situation, much uncertainty exists within PMR - bu t not

necessarily for the one viewing and manipulating the body's nonphysical energy from

within NPMR - to that person, both the physical and nonphysical properties of the lump

may be clear.

If, on the other hand, four doctors and half the residents at the local hospital have

looked at the CAT scan o r felt the lump and are relatively certain the tum or is malig-

nant, the removal energy is somewhat higher. When all of the above get the biopsy

report confirming a fast growing, incurable, always-deadly malignancy, the requiredenergy increases. Th e more firmly the malignant tumor's existence and likely outcome

(degree of causal certainty) is held and shared in the minds and expectations of cred-

ible sentient beings. the taller and denser its probabil ity function becomes. The uncer-

tainty of the outcome dissipates and the probable event of dying in PMR from this can-

cer becom es m uch m ore difficult to change by manipulating energy in NPM RN .

Fortunately, the intent and attitude (mental focus) of the body's owner has the greatest

potential impact. Unfortunately, this attitude is often driven by its fear and the opinions

and fears of others.Now, by definition, it takes a miracle, where before no miracle was required. The

confident knowledge of the doctors, w hich is based on test results and historical prece-

dent (mortality statistics), actually affects (decreases) the probabil ity of actualization of






716 | My Big TOE I Changing the Future and Past, and the Quantization of Time

other alternative possibilities such as the cancer spontaneously going into remis-

sion, or the tumor turns out to be benign. As in quantum mecha nics, performing the

measu rement forces the result to pick a state compatible with PMR causality (compat-

ible w ith the PMR space-time rule-set). Typically, the most l ikely state at the time of the

measu rement is picked unless there are several states of equal probabil ity, then oneoutcome is picked randomly from among the set of outcomes (future states) that are all

most l ikely. The individual with the tumor, along with his or her friends and loved ones,

can inadvertently help drive the final outcome to an unhappy ending by causing the

probabil ity of a fatal outcome to grow, and the probabil ity of a non-fatal outcome to

shrink. Bewa re: you can be easily drawn into a fatal dance of expectation with those

connected to you, or to your co ndition. The best time for intervention, whether from

PMR or NPM R, is long before "fatal" becom es a near inevitabil ity.

Now you can understand what was being said from a much broader perspective.The terms "density" and "force of being" refer to the cumulative amount of digital

energy of organization invested in a given expectation or peak on the future probable

reality surface. The more digital energy that is collectively and individually invested in a

given outcome, the more resistant i ts expectation value (l ikel ihood of future actual iza-

tion) is to change.

Digital energy can accumulate just as physical energy can (charge in a battery or

water being pumped into a tal l tank). Just because you know how to reorganize bits and

manipulate digital energy within the larger consciousness ecosystem, doesn't meanyou can do whatever you want. Even i f you obtain the necessary access and permis-

sion (which are not always easy to get and are granted on a case by case basis), you

stil l have a limited ability to change events that exhibit a strong force of being. Yours is

not the only intent and organizing force active within OS. There are l imits to what you

can do in NPMR, just l ike there are l imits to wh at you can do in PMR - and for m uch

the same reasons.

Al l realties, al l virtual existences, operate ac cording to their own c ausal i ty (rule-sets)

and you must l ive and operate interactively within those rules. Forget about your ego-dream of becoming superman or a miracle worker - those represent an exceptional ly

poor choice of goals. Existence is not about having i t your way or impressing your

friends. Nor is i t about helping your fel low humans to be healthier, happier, and more

com fortable. Given the right intent, those may be very wo rthw hile a ctivit ies that help you

focus an d improve your learning w ithin PMR, however, your existence is about you indi-

vidually increasing the quality of your consciousness and, where possible, faci l i tating

others to do the same. Spiri tual growth is a personal accomplishment that must be

achieved individual ly by each unit of individuated consciousness whether that unit isyou, your puppy dog, or the Big Cheese. Helping others is necessari ly on the path to

that accomplishment but i t is a byproduct, not the f inal goal or endpoint. i






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Sta te vec tor s a re not c losed sys tems ; out s ide energy, be ings and objec t s

can in terac t a t any t ime. TBC s imply keeps up wi th a l l the changes and

the i r e f f ec t s . O u r rea l ity is dyn am ic , in terac t ive and u nc er ta in bec ause

t ha t is t he n a t u r e o f i nd i v i dua t ed cons c i ous n es s .

There is no conf l i c t be tw een f r ee will, an d pre de s t ina t ion or preco gni -t ion. Vis ions of the future are s imply vis ions of probable real i t ies . The pas t

(al l s tored real i ty sys tem s tate vectors , whether we have actual ized them or

not) i s al ive, vibrant , avai lable, open to us ( for inspect ion or what- i f analy-

s is ) th ro ug h N PMRN , an d fully cap ab le of calculat ing new real i t ies ba sed

up on new in i ti al con di t ions . Fu ture pro bab le r ea li ty sur face s a re g en era ted

(for each s tate of OS, each DELTA-t) by looking at only the most probable

s ta tes tha t ex i s t downs t ream among our unactua l i zed fu ture poss ib i l i t i es .

S ta te vec tor s can be perce ived e i ther s ingly or s t rung sequent i a l lyt oge t he r a s f r ames o f a mov i e . You can expe r i ence p r obab l e f u t u r e s t a t e s

(as a non phys ica l in terac t ing o bse rver ) by foc us in g you r in ten t whi le sen-

t i en t in NPMRN ( l ike exper iencing a movie f rom a god ' s eye v iew) . The

probabi l i ty , l ike l ihood, or expecta t ion va lue of each and every potent i a l

fu ture s t a te i s known, but i t may or may not be avai l ab le to you (a long

wi th o ther de ta i l s of the fu ture) .

You may o r may no t be b l ocked f r om knowi ng t he p r obab l e f u t u r e by

informat ion f i l t e r s tha t r e f l ec t a concern wi th the impact tha t th i s knowl -ed ge m ight have on th e evolv ing qual i ty of you r consc io usne ss - ju s t as an

adul t would prevent ch i ldren f rom playing wi th f i r e , or access ing inap-

propr ia te mater i a l on TV, or on the Wor ld Wide Web (WWW). I t i s your

quali ty, your de gr e e of cons c i ous ne s s deve l o pm en t ( lack of en t r opy) ,

wh i ch de t e r mi nes wha t you can and canno t c l ea r l y expe r i ence - r ega r d -

les s of who i s r ece iv ing the da ta . I f fu ture probabi l i t i es a re shut of f f rom

your knowing, the problem may be one of s imple ignorance - you s imply

may no t know how t o acces s t he i n f o r ma t i on . Or pe r haps a l i m i t has beenplaced on your access to knowledge by wiser en t i t i es who are aw

rare of

exi s t ing in t r ins ic per sonal l imi ta t ions , and wrho are looking out for your

bes t in t e r e s ts . Fo r exam pl e , you may caus e mo r e ha r m t ha n goo d t o t he

process of developing the qual i ty of your consc iousness i f the mot iva t ion

for ga in ing the informat ion i s in the serv ice of your ego, for per sonal

mater i a l ga in , or l ike ly to f eed or encourage o ther h igh ent ropy in tent s .

2 . C h a n g i n g t h e P a s tOur pas t ( the h i s tory of OS) can be thought of as a ser i es , or thread of

ac tua l i zed s t a tes . Because TBC s tores all resul ts at the end of each






7 1 8 | My Big TOE I Chang ing the Fu ture and Pas t , and the Quant iza t ion o f T ime

DELTA-t interval , our pas t (as wel l as other non-actual ized pas t poss ibi l i -

t i es ) cont inue to exi s t and are access ib le through NPMR N . YOU ma y d ec id e

to modi fy the ac tua l i zed pas t by pro jec t ing a f r agment of your consc ious -

ness into a real i ty descr ibed by a t ime now pas t but s t i l l def ined in TBC

wi th i t s as socia ted DELTA- t . (You may make the t r ip by decrement ingDELTA- t a long our h i s tory thread to tha t pas t poin t in t ime or s imply

speci fy the t ime, p lace , and rea l i ty f r ame) . At th i s poin t , you may use your

focused f ree wi l l intent to fol low the thread of a speci f ical ly di f ferent set

of choices and a spec i f i ca l ly d i f f erent se t of condi t ions than those tha t

were ac tua l i zed . The resul t an t poss ib le but unactua l i zed pas t tha t you cre-

a te i s exper ienced as an ent i r e ly unique and rea l i s t i c se t of sequent i a l hap-

penings wi th which you may ac t ive ly in terac t . However , because you can

process only so much da ta per uni t t ime, you wi l l be aware only of thosein te rac t ion s tha t you speci fy as be ing of in teres t to you .

Rela t ive to the par t i c ipa t ing observer , i t appears as if the ini t ial condi-

t ions of the beginning s t a te vec tor have been changed to r ef l ec t the

observer ' s new choices and condi t ions , and tha t a l l the var ious p layer s

( r ep r es e n t ed by p r ed i c t i ve m a t hem at i ca l m ode l s ) i n t e r ac t w i th t hos e

ch an ge d in it ia l con di t io ns by m od i fy in g the i r choices , in tent s , an d

act ions . The observer sees a new real i ty, based on the new ini t ial condi-

t ions tha t he or she brought to the s t a r t ing poin t , branch f rom the or ig i -na l . T he p r oces s r epea t s and co n t i nu es a s l ong a s t he obs e r v e r ma i n t a i ns

hi s focus an d i s in teres ted in see ing what ha pp en s next . In tera c t in g o r

exper iencing wi th in th i s new ser i es of event s appear s to be ident i ca l to

i n t e r ac t i ng o r expe r i enc i ng wi t h i n t he p r es en t OS r ea l i t y .

That the o ther p layer s a re mathemat ica l model s tha t do not exerc i se

f r ee w ill is en t i r e ly t r ans pa r en t and un de t e c t ab l e becau s e t he da t a bas e

c o n t a i n s all s igni f i cant poss ib i l i t i es ordered by the i r expecta t ion va lues . I t

s imply appear s to the par t i c ipa t ing observer dr iv ing th i s r e -wr i t e of h i s -tory tha t a new rea l i ty has branched f rom the h i s tor i ca l beginning poin t

( s t a te vec tor ) where he f i r s t changed the in i t i a l condi t ions based on a

modi f i ed f r ee wi l l input to tha t sys tem. Another way of looking a t th i s i s

tha t th e ob serv er i s im ple m en t in g a spec i f i c ser i es of dy nam ic qu er ie s of

the TBC database by h i s in tent .

The o ld thread (our h i s tory) i s not changed or a f fec ted in any way. I t

con t i nues t o i nc r emen t ( move f o r war d i n t i me) , unpe r t u r bed by t he

appar en t new b r anch d i ve r g i ng f r om t ha t o l d ( pas t ) DELTA- t . F r om t hepe rspe ct iv e of TB C , no new real ity is cre ate d - previou s ly s tore d da ta

f r om t he eve r y t h i ng- t ha t - cou l d - happen- does - happen da t abas e i s mer e l y







be ing accessed an d ord er ed d i f f erent ly . As you mod i fy the inpu t d a ta

(choices ) wi th in any g iven s t a te vec tor new probabi l i ty conf igura t ions and

expecta t ion va lues ( for yourse l f or for o ther s ) a re automat ica l ly com-

pu ted . No new f i les o r r ea li ty s t a te vec tor s a re c rea te d o r s tored; you a re

s imply explor ing the poss ib i l i t i es wi th in a v i r tua l s imula t ion . Thi s v i r tua ls i mul a t i on a l l ows one t o exp l o r e p r obab l e even t - cha i ns o r caus a l t h r eads

wi th in a h ig he r or de r v i r tua l s imula t ion . Ha ving a s imple v i r tua l s imula-

tor wi th in a more complex l a rger v i r tua l s imula t ion might seem a t ad con-

fus ing, but that i s s imply the nature of digi tal real i ty. Employing s imula-

t ions wi thin s im ulat io ns wi thin s im ulat io ns is s imi lar to ut i l iz ing n es te d

s ubr o u t i nes o r s ub- s imul a t i ons - a co m m on p r og r a m m i ng p r ac t i ce w i t h i n

P M R a n d N P M R .

The OS database of unactua l i zed poss ib i l i t i es wi th in TBC may beviewed, quer ied , explored , exper ienced, or l ived in unique new ways

bas ed upon t he i n t en t o f t he pa r t i c i pa t i ng obs e r ve r . W ha t you do ou t s i de

you r r ea li ty ( such as ex plo r ing an d in terac t ing wi th in the OS data ba se of

unactua l i zed poss ib i l i t i es ) may crea te the exper ience of new rea l i t i es , but

it im po ses no new d ata o n TBC , no r doe s i t a f f ec t your h o m e rea li ty (OS)

except in as much as i t changes the qual i ty of your consc iousness (pro-

v i d i ng t he expe r i ence p r ec i p i t a t ed l ea r n i ng and g r owt h) .

On ly wh at you do w i th yo ur f r ee will choices ins ide y our l a rger r ea li tyf r o m e i th er PM R or NPMR can chan ge tha t r ea l ity d i r ec t ly ( for the o ne

who i s making the changes as wel l as for o ther s ) . Indiv idual in terac t ion

wi th in any pas t or probable fu ture se t of s t a t es wi th in TBC's ca lcula t ion-

space t akes p lace out s ide your ope ra t io na l r ea l ity an d has no ef fe c t on any

sent i en t be ing (consc iousness wi th f r ee will) o t he r tha n you. O n e migh t

say tha t the par t i c ipa t ing observer execut ing the what - i f ana lys i s i s work-

ing only wi th a volat i le scratch copy of the or iginal s tate f i le so that the

chan ges h e makes p r ov i des t he f u l l exp e r i en ce o f an ope r a t i on a l r ea li tybu t l eaves no pe r manen t r eco r d . F r om ano t he r equ i va l en t v i ewpo i n t , i t i s

c lear tha t run ni ng a dy nam ic query f i l t e r do es not a l t e r the or ig ina l d a ta

s e t . Though your w rhat - i f ana lys i s l eaves no permanent t r ace , a genera ted

exper i ence ( un i que t ou r t h r ough t he da t a ) can be r econs t i t u t ed f r om t he

or i g i na l da t a any t i me .

Our PMR pas t (as wel l as unactual ized pas t poss ibi l i t ies ) i s always al ive

and we l l i n TBC. The expe r i enc i ng o f new pas t s , r ep r es en t ed by e i t he r

t h e r e a l i t y b r a n c h i n g o r d a t a b a s e q u e r y i n g v i e w p o i n t s p r e v i o u s l ydescr ibed , a re a lways avai l ab le and access ib le v ia the RWW. Whether you

see th i s process as a da tabase query or the branching of a new rea l i ty i s






7 2 0 | My Big TOE I Ch an g ing the Fu tu re and Pa s t , and the Qu an t i za t ion o f T im e

relative to your pe rspe ct ive . Bo th views are ide nt ica l - it is only a m at te r

o f you r f r am e o f r e f e r ence . T hu s in s umm ar y , you may c r ea t e an d expe -

r i ence a new r eal it y t ha t b r an che s f r o m s om e past o r p r oba b l e f u t u r e s ta t e

vector by in t rod uc ing new in i ti a l co nd i t ion s in to the be gin nin g s ta te , or

equ iva l en t ly , you may t r ace a un i qu e pa t h t h r o ug h TB C ' s da t aba s e o funactua l i zed pas t or fu ture poss ib i l i t i es .

Your present f r agment in th i s present r ea l i ty (what and where you

think you are now) is not necessar i ly the main one. Most ly there i s no

main one - a l l your var ious pro jec t ions in to var ious present s t a t es wi th in

var ious real i ty sys tems containing beings wi th f ree wi l l are merely di f fer -

ent . Al l these divergent real i t ies ( somet imes cal led paral lel real i t ies

because they are in i t i a l ly s imi lar to each o ther or may share a common

s ta te) ex i s t s imul taneous ly in NPMR n as books al l exis t s imul taneously inthe l ibrary or f i les an d fo lder s a ll ex i st s imu l taneo us ly in th e c om pu ter .

Imagine every OS s ta te vec tor s ince the beginning of space- t ime t ime, as

wel l as al l those projected M • (DELTA -t) into the f u tu re , exis t ing wi th in a

huge on- l i ne da t abas e i n TBC. The pas t , p r e s en t and p r obab l e f u t u r e o f

OS a l l ex i s t s imul taneous ly wi th in one da tabase - a da tabase tha t i s acces -

s ib le by the quer ies you des ign and execute wi th your in tent .

T h e presen t is un iqu e be cau se it co nta ins the ac tua l on go ing v i r tua l

r ea li ty gam e o r ha p pe ni ng in which th e p layer s exerc i se f r e e will. I t con-s t i t u t e s t he l ea r n i ng l ab and gene r a t e s t he d i r ec t expe r i ence t ha t p r ov i des

cus tom des igned or ig ina l oppor tuni ty to l earn and to grow the qual i ty of

your consc iousness . Everyth ing e l se i s the r esul t of ca lcula t ing and s tor ing

the poss ib i l i t i es - da ta manipula t ion bui l t upon the analys i s of previous

f r ee w ill cho i ces . T ho ug h t hes e man i pu l a t i on s p r od uc e s om e f i ne expe r i -

ent i a l educ at io na l tool s , l if e 's ga m e of con sc iou sness ev olu t ion is p layed,

f o r t he mos t pa r t , i n t he p r es en t moment .

New po t en t i a l r ea l i t i e s a r e cons t an t l y be i ng gene r a t ed f r om p r es en tchoices . Likewise , modi f i ed h i s tor i es a re avai l ab le for you to exper ience

as yo ur in tent fo l lows any nu m b e r of poss ib le thr ea ds w indin g the i r way

through TBC's s t a te vec tor da tabase . As f r ee wi l l choices a re made, par -

t i cu lar poss ib i l i t i es a re ac tua l i zed in to the present . The present becomes

the pas t when the next DELTA- t t ime increment i s in i t i a t ed . Thi s ac tua l -

i zed h i s tory is ge ne ra te d by th e be ings , objec t s , an d en erg y tha t in terac-

t ively coexis t in a par t icular present real i ty s tate at a given t ime increment

DELTA-t . Every actual ized and unactual ized real i ty s tate vector , repre-sent ing al l var iables , poss ibi l i t ies , and probabi l i t ies for each DELTA-t , i s

saved in the s tate vector database, so that all poss ib le r ea l i t i es , beginning

wi th the f i r s t DELTA- t , s imul taneous ly coexi s t wi th in TBC. These saved






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s tate vectors are open to the poss ibi l i ty of a change of var iables or ini t ial

cond i t i ons s o t ha t add i t i ona l l ea r n i ng can be s queezed f r om a wha t - i f

analys i s tha t i l luminates the long and shor t - t e rm impact s of a g iven choice

or ser ies of choices .

I f AUM th ou gh t tha t a pa r t i cu lar s t a t e vec tor was par t i cu lar ly in ter -es t ing or he ld par t i cu lar promise , he could use i t as a pa t t e rn to gener -

a t e a n o t h e r (o r m a n y ) e v o l u t i o n a r y e x p e r i m e n t a l b r a n c h p o p u l a t e d w i th

ent i t ies wi th f ree wi l ls . Because we and al l e lse ( including AUM) are dig-

i tal , i t could s imply s tar t wi th a copy of the or iginal ( such as OS) and

t hen make modi f i ca t i ons a s r equ i r ed be f o r e s e t t i ng i t o f f t o evo l ve on i t s

ow n. Th us , the re is a n o th er l evel of para l l e l r ea l i ti es th a t evolve on the i r

ow n, a re po pu la ted by ent i t i es wi th f r e e will, an d are no t mere ly un iqu ely

f i l t e r ed ou t pu t r epor t s o f ex i s t i ng da t a . Some o f t he va r i ous i ndepend-en t PMRs s ha r e co m m on s t a t e s on t he i r h i s to r y t h r ea ds ( one is a b r a nch

of t he o t he r ) .

You (your present consciousness awareness) can vis i t any s tate of any

reali ty sys tem an yt im e as an ob ser ve r by foc us in g yo ur inten t whi le sen-

t i en t i n NPMR n . I f you s ignif icant ly interact wi th any of these s tates whi le

i n N P M R n or become exper ient i a l lv aware in them and have a s igni f i cant

potent ial to di rect the act ion wi th your f ree wi l l intent , you wi l l have an

oppor t un i t y t o l ea r n and g r ow f r om t he expe r i ence .T he ge ne r a t i on o f a un i q ue r eal it y b r an ch d oes no t mo d i f y o r cha nge

other previous ly exis t ing real i ty s tates or sequence of s tates . What was , and

wh at is , co nt in ue s und i s tu rbe d on its m er ry way, un af fe c ted by e i th er the

crea t ion of what - i f branches wi th in the ca lcula t ion- space of TBC, or the

crea t ion of new niches wi th in the grea ter consc iousness ecosys tem f rac ta l .

A co m m on s ci -f i p l o t e l em en t r equ i r e s chan ges in t he p r es en t a nd

f u t u r e t o fo llow ' i n s t an t ane ous l y f r o m i nad ver t en t o r pu r po s e f u l chang es

to the pas t (usual ly made by a nefar ious or bungl ing t ime t r aveler ) . Theidea tha t any ch an ge af fec t s eve ryth in g do wn s t rea m is base d on th e er ro -

neous as sumpt ion of a cont inuous r ea l i ty ins tead of a d ig i t a l one and a

f u nd am en t a l m i s un de r s t an d i n g o f t he f unc t i ona l r e l a t i ons h i ps t ha t i n te r -

con nec t t he pas t , p r e s en t , and f u t u r e . F i dd l i ng w i t h OS ' s unac t ua l i zed o r

ac tua l i zed pas t has n o ef fe c t on the exi s t ing OS data wi th in TB C an d n o

e f f e c t o n t h e p r e s e n t c h o ic e s b e i n g m a d e . T h e o n e e x tr e m e l y i m p o r t a n t

ef fec t i t does have i s to provide l earn ing oppor tuni t i es to indiv iduated

uni t s of aware consc iousness tha t r esul t in a decrease of the uni t ' sen t ropy. S imply running a query tha t r esul t s in a cus tom bui ld-as -you-go

i n t e r ac t ive ho l ogr aph i c mov i e ou t p u t r epo r t does no t cha nge t he da t a in






7 2 2 | My Big TOE I Chang ing the Fu ture and Pas t , and the Quant iza t ion o f T ime

the da tab ase - bu t it may cha ng e you. A nd you may ch an ge fu tu re in ten t s

and choices tha t wi l l def ine fu ture s t a tes .

3 . T h e S i g n i f i c a n c e o f Q u a n t i z e d T i m e a n d t h e

C o n c e p t o f a n E v e n B i g g e r C o m p u t e r ( E B C )Let us r e -examine quant i zed t ime and TBC f rom the b igger p ic ture per -

spect ive of mul t ip le PMRs each wi th in the i r own OS and progress ing a long

by in cr em en t in g th ei r own t im e incre m en ts . I will le t the sub scr ip t k di f -

f erent i a te and enumera te these var ious o ther OS-PMR-DELTA- t type sys -

tems. Time wi l l accumulate in these sys tems by adding up al l the DELTA-

t t ime quan ta tha t have be en sequent i a lly inc rem en ted w i th in tha t sys tem.

Us ing th i s no ta t io n , o ur O S is only one of m ul t ip le OS k s i mul a t i ons i n

TBC, each having i t s own PMR k . The to ta l e l apsed t ime f rom the begin-ning of t ime ( the f irs t DELTA-t k in each PMR k) is T k . Here , T k = K k

(DELTA- tk) where K k i s an integer , speci f ic to each PMR k . DELTA-tk is

de f i ned a s t he t i me quan t a o f OS k , and is the smal les t discrete t ime incre-

men t w i t h i n PMR k . T ime in any PMR k s e e m s c o n t i n u o u s b e c a u s e D E L T A -

tk i s so smal l . Each vi r tual phys ical real i ty represented by a PMR k r u n s o n

i t s own loca l t ime def ined by increment ing i t s own DELTA- t k. As far as I

can tel l , al l the DELTA-tk are about the same s ize . However , d i f f erent

P M R k may have d i f f erent va lues of K k , and t he r e f o r e d i f f e r en t va l ues o fT k . A m o n g t h e P M R k within the i r r espect ive OS k , t he r e a r e o f t en s ha r ed

beg i n n i ngs w it h m a j o r dec i s ion p o i n t s c r ea t i ng b r a nc he s wher e OS k an d

O S k + ] go off thei r own way - an at t r ibute that only a digi tal real i ty can

eas i ly manage .

It is qua nt i ze d t im e and t he s torag e m ed iu m in TB C th a t a l lows h i s tory

to remain al ive and vi tal as a seed for addi t ional vi r tual real i t ies and as an

educat ional tool se t .

It is qu an t i zed t im e an d d ig it a l proc ess ing tha t al lows in de pe nd en tbranching of r ea l i t i es so tha t a change to a pas t s t a t e does not cause sub-

s equ en t , au t om at i c , and i n s t an t a ne ous cha nge t o occ ur in t he f u t u r e

be l ong i ng t o t ha t pas t .

It is qu ant i z ed t ime tha t al lows d i scre te an d ind ep en de nt r ea l ity sys tem

s ta te vec tor s , each wi th a probable fu ture .

Quan t i zed t i me a l l ows t he p r obab l e f u t u r e t o be p r ogr es s ed and t a i -

lored ef f i c i ent ly to each d i scre te s t a te vec tor .

Q ua nt iz ed t ime g ives TB C co nt ro l a nd f lex ib il ity bec aus e it can s topi nc r emen t i ng ( paus e ) T k af ter any par t i cu lar DELTA- tk inc rem ent fo r as

long as i t l ikes ( t ime l i teral ly s tands st i l l ) and then star t i t back up again







witho ut not i ceab le e f fec ts . AUM-EBC-TBC, du e to the charac ter i s t ics and

proper t ies of digi tal s imulat ion, can at any t ime take (copy) any real i ty s tate

vector , modify i t s ini t ial condi t ions and let i t be the seed for a new vir tual

r eal ity ex pe r ien ce s im ula tor l ea rn ing l ab . T ha t is ana logo us to t ak ing the

bes t or mos t in teres t ing bac ter i a found growing in a l l the pe t r i d i shes andusing them as the bas is for a new' set of exper iments .

Q ua nt iz at io n a nd th e digi tal n at u re of 1*BC also al low T B C ( to th e

extent that TBC is fas t enough) to speed up or s low down any speci f ic real -

ity PMRK by increment ing the DELTA-t j . as fas t as i t wants (not to exceed

as fast as it can ) relat ive to N P M R n real - t ime by adjus t ing the s ize of

(DELTA-tk) o r m od i f y i ng t he t i me base de f i n i n g t he f un da m en t a l s i mul a -

t ion t ime quanta de l t a - tk .

Because of the proper t i es of d ig i t a l s imula t ion , AUM and TBC couldrewind our r ea l i ty movie or do any number of t r i cks ( s imi lar to the mag-

ica l th ings we do by manipula t ing d ig i t a l audio and v ideo in our comput -

ers ) . For tunately for us , t r icks for the sake of t r icks eventual ly become bor-

i ng an d d i s t u r b s e r i ous s c i ence p r o jec t s . Th i s t ype o f med d l i n g in on go i ng

consciousness sys tems i s not of t en done . AUM is not mere ly a b ig k id p lay-

i ng comput e r games . Sur e , AUM mi gh t c r ea t e a r ea l i t y - d i mens i on o r t wo

for amusement or gaming, but i t has noth ing to do wi th our loca l r ea l i ty

(OS) - un les s of course , we are the fu n one . I am h aving fu n , a re n ' t you?Becaus e of quan t i zed o r i nc r e m en t e d t i me , TB C can r u n ou r play, ou r

real i ty movie, in fas t forward or reverse as wel l as in s low mot ion or pause

i t ( relat ive to t ime in NPMR n ) . Our sense of t ime, our PMR t ime, i s thus

an ar t i f i c i a l cons t ruc t r e la t ive to t ime as i t ex i s t s in NPMR n . Likewise,

N P M R n t im e is an ar t i f icial co ns t ru ct relat ive to t im e as i t exis ts in N PM R.

AUM is th e du d e wi th the smal les t t ime qu an ta - tha t fact pu ts it in

cha r ge - a s t he o r i g i na t o r o f t he f undamen t a l bea t t ha t eve r yone e l s e

m us t da nc e to . Th ink of PMR as a su br ou t in e in a l a rger s imu la t ion tha ti s incremented by DELTA- t because the objec t s , energy, and be ings i t

model s only change inf in i t es imal ly r e la t ive to one DELTA- t .

Q ua nt i ze d t ime al lows AUM , or whatev er par t of AUM is des ig ning the

s o f t w ar e f o r EBC, t o con t r o l t h e exp e r i m en t s o r t he cons c i ou s nes s cycle

fo r opt im al r esul ts . T he Space -Tim e N-Divis ion M an ag em en t Te am can

col l ec t and fur ther manipula te the da ta i t genera tes . I t can eas i ly t e rmi -

na t e unpr oduc t i ve s cena r i os and r e r un pa r t i cu l a r l y i n t e r e s t i ng ones w i t h

o r w i t hou t new i npu t da t a o r new r andom number s eeds . Becaus e con-sc iousness a nd thus r ea li ty is d ig i ta l , N-Divis ion 's Ma na ge m en t Te am can

eas ily upda t e ha r dw ar e o r s o f twar e , and m odi f y ex pe r i me n t a l des i gn on






7 2 4 | My Big TOE I Ch an g ing the Fu tu re and Pa s t , and the Qu an t i za t ion o f T im e

t he fl y w i t hou t d i s t u r b i ng t he expe r i me n t s . AUM ' s exp e r i m en t s a r e f lex i-

b le an d opt im ized to ca ptu re a ll poss ib le ou tco m es - they crea te the i r

own c om ple te se t of r esul t s ta t is t ics ab o ut evolv ing con sc iou sness . All such

dig i t a l machinat ions are comple te ly t r ansparent to the p layer s - they , for

the mos t par t , r emain comple te ly c lue les s wi th in a r ea l i ty tha t , by des ign ,a lways ap pe a r s phys ica l an d con t i nuo us .

Quant ized t ime and d ig i t a l process ing a l lows for the s imul taneous d i s -

cre te ex i s tence of a var i ab le nu m b e r of mul t ip le pro je c t ion s of you. It

a llows TB C and o th er sent i en t be ings tha t a re aware in N P M R n t o r un

wha t - i f ana lys is by p r ov i d i ng a dynam i c r ep r es en t a t i on ( ma t h em at i ca l

model ) of a l l the p layer s and a l l the poss ib le s igni f i cant condi t ions .

T h e t im e in N P M R n a p p e a r s t o b e f u n d a m e n t a l a n d c o n t i n u o u s t o i t s

res idents . Never theless , i t i s merely a higher level loop in the s imulatedt i me con s t r uc t t ha t is de f i n ed o r m an uf a c t u r ed w i t h i n EBC an d T BC .

Al t hough we know t ha t t he pas s age o f t i me i n NPMR n i s created by a

ser i es of even smal ler quant i zed t ime increments , you would not be able

to exper ient i a l ly not i ce or measure tha t smal l a t ime increment f rom

w i t h i n N P M R n because of your local perspect ive in that real i ty. Similar ly,

y o u c a n n o t b e a w a r e o f N P M R n f rom the l imi ted loca l per spect ive of

PMR. To become aware wi th in the r ea l i ty tha t i s parent i ng N P M R n , you

must gain the perspect ive of the next higher level in the real i ty onion. Youhave t he p r ope r van t age po i n t t o ana l yze t he dynami cs , con t en t and s t r uc -

ture of a real i ty only f rom the perspect ive of the next level of general i ty.

F r o m a n N P M R X per s pec t i ve , NPMR and beyond r ep r es en t s a r ea l i t y

tha t ap p ea rs myst ical an d lies be yo nd t h e logical causal i ty of th e re s id en ts

o f N P M R n . A de ta i l ed explora t ion of the mechanics of NPMR would

requi re a sent i en t per spect ive f rom the next h igher l eve l of organiza t ion

beyond t he va r i ous NPMR IV All the var ious NPMR N seem to ru n on inde-

pe nd en t , t ho ug h s imi la rl y de r i ved , t ime bas es.From my exper ience , I can c lear ly infer a l a rger sys tem ( run wi th in the

EBC - Even B i gge r Comput e r ) r ep r es en t i ng ano t he r h i ghe r l eve l o f o r gan-

izat ion wi th in AUM wh ere in TB C is e i th er em ula ted wi th in an ou ter loo p

or s imply a subset of the EBC. This larger sys tem is dynamical ly dr iven by

a t ime qu an tum tha t is mu ch smal ler than th e on e tha t an im ates O S.

I have not yet directly exper ienced such a r ea l i ty as a wel l -def ined

un de r s t a nd ab l e p l ace w i th we l l - de f i ned r u l e s . I do no t ye t know how t o

i n t e r p r e t thos e expe r i enc e da t a w i t h i n my l i mi t ed NPM R an d NPMR, ,l evel of awareness . When deal ing wi th phenomena tha t r e la te to r ea l i ty

sys tems be yo nd NPM R,, , I am l ike a PMR scient is t work ing wi th atom s an d

elec t ro ns tha t he or she can infer , bu t can no t d i rec t ly expe r ien ce . Suc h a







sc ienti s t can ex pe r ien ce only the ef fec t s of a to m s an d e lec t ron s , bu t not

t he a t oms and e l ec t r ons t hems e l ves .

T ha t g ives m e som eth in g to work on in my spa re t ime . I have be en

e x p l o r i n g N P M R , N P M R n , OS, and PM R for only thi r ty years - th er e is

m uc h tha t I have not ye t seen an d exp er ie nc ed . Perh aps the NPMR , , r ep-r e s en t t he ou t e r mos t l aye r o f ou r p r ac t i ca l ( ope r a t i ona l ) r ea l i t y on i on ,

l eaving NPMR as a s imple NPMR, , conta iner or media - and only AUM

beyond tha t . One mus t eventua l ly run in to the outer edges of the grea ter

consc iousness ecosys tem, the boundary of the AUM-real i ty i t s e l f .

That AUM is perhaps a s ingle ce l l popula t ing the lower in tes t ine of an

A UM osa uru s is pro bab ly f ar bey on d th e r each of AU M's aw areness . You

an d I sh ou ld no t feel to o bad if we d o no t get tha t far .








8 4

R a m i f i c a t i o n sC o m m u n i c a t i o n s , T i m e T r a v e l ,

a n d T e l e p o r t a t i o n

C o m m u n i c a t i o n s

A pp are nt PMR di s tances or spa t ia l s epa ra t ion doe s not a f fec t s ignal

qual i ty on the RWW net wi th in NPMR n . For exam pl e , an ea r t h bo un d i nd i-

v idual would ex pe r ien ce no no t i ceable t ime lag be twe en qu es t ions an d

answers i f he were t e l epath ica l ly car ry ing on a conversa t ion wi th someone

located near Alpha Centaur i ( a s t a r 4 .4 l ight -year s away f rom the ear th) .

Transmiss ion t ime and var iat ions in s ignal - to-noise rat io are l ikewise not

not i ceably af fec ted by a perce ived sep ara t io n be twe en the sen de r an d the

receiver even i f each is in di f ferent PMRs or in di f ferent NPMR,, - much

as a web page (as seen by my browser) hos ted on a server in Aust ral ia i s as

c lear ly and quickly r epresented on my moni tor as a web page hos ted on a

server in the next room. I t would appear to t ake no longer to access one

grouping of da ta (d imens ion) wi th in TBC as any o ther - d i s t ance i s only

vi r tua l and has no meaning out s ide of the v i r tua l PMR k .

T i m e T r a v e l a n d T e l e p o r t a t i o n

Energy ( the abi l i ty to r ear range b i t s and af fec t organiza t ion , and thus

con t en t , w i t h i n a s ys t em) f r om NPMR n can be d i r ec ted to any PMR K at

any poin t on i t s thread of ac tua l i zed h i s tory , inc luding our PMR as a par -

t i cu lar ins tance of PMR K . Becaus e ene r gy can p r opaga t e be t ween any

PMRK and any NPMR N , (as wel l as between everything else that i s on the

NPMR RWW net ) , there seems to be no a pr ior i r eason why what we per -

ce i ve and expe r i ence a s phys i ca l ma t t e r cou l d no t be t r ans por t ed e i t he r






7 2 8 | My Big TOE | C o m m u n i ca t i o n s , T i m e T r a ve l , a n d Te l e p o r t a t i o n

di rec t ly , or by us ing NPMR n as an i n t e r m ed i a t e hub o r r ou t e r , be t ween

rea l i t i es wi th in NPMR n . T h e s am e goes f o r cons c i ous emb od i ed be i ngs .

In fact , because physical reali ty is only a vir tual reali ty (a rule-set that

de f i nes t he expe r i ence o f i nd i v i dua t ed cons c i ous nes s w i t h i n t he s pace -

t i me s ubs e t o f AUM) , j u m p i n g o r t e l epor t i n g f r o m one exp e r i ence - s e t t oan o t h e r on e in a d i f f e r e n t t i me and p l ace wou l d no t s eem i mpos s i b l e .

Dim ens ion ho pp in g be tw een rea li ti es is no t so d i f f i cu l t . Bec ause a ll is con-

sc iousness , it wou ld seem th a t t e l e po r t in g thro ug h wh at ap pe ar s to you as

t ime or space would mere ly be a mat ter of ge t t ing around wi th in TBC.

How could an AI Ouy in a WWII war game s imula t ion , ge t in to the

W W I o r V ie t Nam war gam e s i mul a t i on r u nn i n g i n t he s ame com pu t e r ?

He wou l d need t o know, unde r s t and , and be ab l e t o ope r a t e w i t h i n t he

larger computer r ea l i ty . He would need to be able to copy h i s a lgor i thms ,m em or y a nd da t a (h i ms e l f ) i n t o t he o t h e r s i mul a t i on and i ns e r t h i ms e lf

p r ope r l y i n t o t he appr opr i a t e t i me l oop d r i ve r s . He wou l d need t o unde r -

s t and t he con t en t and mechan i cs o f t he new s i mul a t i on enough t o mod-

i fy the co de of the new s imula t ion ho s t to in tegra te h imsel f (share da ta)

into that s imulat ion in a useful way.

Do you see the levels above his local real i ty in which he would have to

op er a te in or de r to t e l e po r t in to a to ta l ly d i f f er en t s imula t ion ? But w hat

if he wan ted only to t e l e po r t a r ou nd w i th in h i s ow n s imu la t ion - pe rh ap sbe two places at the same t ime? That ' s much eas ier but he s t i l l needs to

be an excep t ional ly awa re and savvy AI Guy in or de r to mo di fy the da ta

tha t dr ives h i s s imula t ion and to avoid v io la t ing the ps i uncer ta in ty pr in-

c ip le . The same appl i es to us .

Telepor t ing a v i r tua l body, which a p p e a r s to be physical , between di f -

fere nt local real i ties is an alo go us to sw i tching betw ee n two vi r tual real ity

ga m es - s ay go ing f ro m Ju ng le Safar i to Alp ine A dv en tur e - en t i r e ly pos -

s ib le , but you need to be good a t para l l e l process ing and in terac t ing wi th( p r o gr a m m i ng ) t he com pu t e r . Te l epo r t a t i on is on l y a m a t t e r o f s w i tch i ng

your consc iou sness to a d i f f ere nt energ y packet exch ang e in te r fac e ( see

Ch ap t e r 32 , Book 2 ) a f t e r e s t ab l i s h ing t he ap pr o pr i a t e da t a l inks s o t ha t

a l l in terac t ions wi th o ther p layer s a re proper ly t aken in to account . That

may seem chal l enging but i s not as d i f f i cu l t as i t sounds . The user in ter -

f ace be t ween an i nd i v i dua t ed cons c i ous nes s awar e i n NPMR n a n d T B C

s impl i f i es mos t of the r equi red ac t ions .

For tun ately, the re is l i t tle ad va nta ge , ne ed , o r incen t ive for you to tak eyour PMR body along as you explore the bes t s i tes on the RWW. Keep in

mind that what i s phys ical i s relat ive to the observer . We appear to be non-

physica l to o t he r PMR s as they app ea r to be non phys ica l to us. Th us , the







idea of dragging a physical body to o ther r ea l i ty f r ames makes no sense .

There i s no phys ica l body, except in your mind. Telepor t ing a physical

body has meaning only wi th in your own loca l r ea l i ty where you mus t f igure

out a way ar ou nd the psi un cer ta in ty pr inc ip le . It is m uch eas ier an d m or e

prac t i ca l to mani fes t an addi t ional body appropr ia te to the p lace v i s i t ed .Possess ing mul t iple bodies in mul t iple real i t ies i s not a problem.

W hy bo t h e r t e l epor t i ng? The r e is l it tl e adv an t ag e and no po i n t t o d r ag -

g i ng a un i que body a r ound wi t h you wher eve r you go . Be i ng e i t he r appa r -

ent ly phys ical or nonphysical in several real i ty dimensions at one t ime is

not d i f f ic ul t if yo u can p aral lel proc ess su ff icien t ly wel l. Hav ing o ne

unique ident i ca l body a t two p laces a t the same t ime wi th in the same rea l -

ity s t res ses th e psi un ce r ta in ty r eq ui r em en ts m or e than havin g two phys i-

ca l ly d i f f erent bodies a t two loca t ions a t the same t ime. Having one phys -ica l body and one or more nonphys ica l bodies in the same phys ica l r ea l i ty

a t the same t ime does not s t r es s the ps i uncer ta in ty pr inc ip le .

Actual ly , I ca nn ot im agin e a s i tua t ion w he re an yo ne ' s sp i r i tua l gro wth

woul d be enhanced by t e l epor t i ng a phys i ca l body a r ound wi t h i n a s i ng l e

phys ica l r eal ity . I t is s imply no t imp or tan t , an d n ot wor th m uc h e f for t . O n

the o th er ha nd , th ou gh i t is en t i r e ly i r r e levant in the Big Pic tu re , it cer -

tainly would be lots of fun - imagine al l the great gags you could pul l .

Also, i t would be convenient ( l ike being r ich) as wel l as save t ranspor ta-t ion cos ts an d t ravel t ime . If gre at gags an d con ve nie nc e are yo ur goals ,

get working on i t . Beam me up, Scot t ie .

Te lep or t in g yo ur aw arene ss (nonph ys ica l bod y) is l es s com pl ica te d

beca us e t he ob j ec ti ve phys ica l exp e r i en ce con nec t i on t o t he s pace - t ime

rule- se t (your phys ica l body) i s l e f t behind undi s turbed . Travel ing wi th

only the consc iousn ess is s imp ler than m ani fe s t ing an add i t ional bo dy

because loca l ps i uncer ta in ty pr inc ip les a re more eas i ly sa t i s f i ed . The

mi nd i s f r ee t o go , be awar e , and expe r i ence any t h i ng anywher e on t heBig Picture real i ty net (wi th a few access res t r ict ions) . Many PMR res i -

den t s do no t com pr eh en d t h i s; cons eque n t l y , t hey neve r go anyw her e -

they s imply s t ay a t home and baby-s i t the i r bodies . They have no idea

th ere i s a whol ly new an d m ag ni f i c en t rea l ity o ut th er e to ex plo re - or

how impor tant i t i s to the success of the i r mis s ion - or for tha t mat ter ,

tha t the re even is a pu rp os e or m iss ion to the i r li fe . Th ey have the i r you-

know- wha t s tuck in a be l ie f t r ap . Con t r a r y t o po pu l a r op i n i on , i gn or an ce

is not bl iss , i t is just ignorance.U niq ue a ddre sses exis t for any 3D space - t ime po in t or be ing in any

PMR ( t he s ame goes f o r po i n t s and be i ngs ou t s i de s pace - t ime) . Con s c i ous

beings , embodied or not , can use the i r minds as a vehic le to d i r ec t ly , or







b y u s i n g N P M R n as an i n t e r m ed i a t e hu b o r rou t e r , t r an s po r t t he i r awar e -

ness be tween any two poin t s wi th in our PMR (our univer se) or wi th in the

larger r ea l i ty . Think of i t as hopping be tween d i f f erent c lumps of memory

cel l s or loca t ions in TBC. Us ing loca l coordina tes tha t uniquely def ine a

par t i cu lar s t a t e vec tor , your consc iousness awareness can end up any-where you want i t to in the real i ty of your choice.

Th us f o r exam pl e , you can mak e a cus t om des i gned wo r m ho l e f r o m a

po in t in yo ur presen t space- t ime- rea l i ty to a poin t on ou r shared h i s tory

thread , or to any o ther space- t ime- rea l i ty poin t in any o ther r ea l i ty (our

PMR or not , our h i s tory thread or not ) . Thi s process i s success fu l ly and

co m m on ly used by be ing s ( em bo die d in PMR or not ) tha t a re sent i en t in

N P M R N . Navigat ion of your awareness i s consc ious ly d i r ec ted by focused

in tent over a low noi se ba ck gro un d a nd is l imi ted by the exte nt of you rknow l edge and y our expe r i enc e . As l ong a s t he r e is a un i qu e des t i na t i on

UR L or add ress ( and you know what it is - o r know s om eo ne w ho k nows) ,

you can naviga te to any d imens ion , r ea l i ty , p lace ( loca l coordina tes ) , per -

son (unique consc iousness ID) , or th ing .

The addr es s r eads a s any o t he r , f r om t he mor e gene r a l t o t he mor e s pe -

c i fi c . Say you wa nt to check o ut t he h ea l ing p roce ss of a s tom ach u lcer

tha t is bo th er in g a go od f r i e nd of you rs wh o lives in so m e oth er PMR, the

address might be as s imple as : real i ty, individual , s tomach, ulcerated cel ls- as long as the individual was unique wi thin that real i ty. You mai l your

energy or consc iousness by in tent ( sec Topics 5 through 9 in Chapter 4 of

this book) . Essent ial ly this i s how- remote viewers (RV) and out-of -body

exper iencer s (OOBE) , as wel l as o ther mind t r aveler s , ge t to and f rom

wherever they go , w rhether they express i t l ike this or not .

Clear and c om ple te in ten t is c r i ti ca l . Kn ow ing you ne ed a c ity a nd

s t r ee t bu t be i ng unawar e t ha t a s t a t e and hous e number a r e a l s o r equ i r ed

to f ind a par t i cu lar r es ident c rea tes a l a rge set of poss ib le so lu t ionsbe cau se so m e c it ies in d i f f ere nt s t a t es may have the sam e na m e and man y

ci t i es have the same s t r ee t names . I f in tent i s not c l ear and informed

about how to speci fy the uniqueness of an address (at al l levels of the

addre ss ) , thos e par t s of th e ad dre ss tha t a re no t suf f i c ient ly spec i f i c a re

of ten fi l led in wi th a r a n d o m se lec t ion f ro m , or a sm ea r across , (de pe nd -

i ng on t he c i r cums t ances ) t he pos s i b l e s o l u t i on s e t . Unf o r t una t e l y , t he

exp l o r e r o f t en neve r knows t ha t r andomnes s o r i naccur acy has c r ep t i n t o

his vis ion. I f th e inte nt is foggy or imp rec ise, th e resu l ts mig ht b e foggy(smeared across the poss ib i l i t i es ) or they might be c lear but inaccura te

( r andom s e l ec t i on ) .







Given the numbers of mul t iple real i t ies and given that s imi lar real i ty

branches could be a lmos t ident i ca l in cer t a in areas (unre la ted to the

un iqu en ess th a t c rea ted th e bra nc h in th e f ir s t p lace) , i t is easy to un de r -

s t and tha t ge t t ing the r ight address (knowing what you are doing)

becomes mor e and mor e d i f f i cu l t t he f a r t he r you s t r ay f r om home ( go i ngbeyond your comf or t ab l e unde r s t and i ng) . Th i s i s , and has a l ways been , a

co m m on p r ob l em o f a ll exp l o r e r s - f r om Ch r i s t op he r Co l u m bu s to Lewis

an d Clark to Ca pta in Ki rk . T he so lu t ion ? Care fu l ly an d cont inual ly tu rn

very smal l par ts of wh at i s un kn ow n into wh at i s kn ow n. I t is a slow, t im e

cons umi ng p r oces s , and i n NPMR, mus t be accompl i s hed by each

exp lorer by an d fo r h imse l f .

No one can g ive you a de ta i l ed map of the t e r r i tory , but they can g ive

you speci f i c addresses . Success fu l t r aveler s ( those who have cont ro l l edou t - o f - b ody - expe r i ences o r who s uccess fu l ly p r ac t i ce r emot e - v iewi ng)

un de r s t a nd t he i m po r t an ce o f a c l ea r addr es s , t he nee d t o s us p end t he

no i s y ego , and t he neces s i t y f o r many hour s o f deve l opmen t a l expe r i ence

to guide the way.

Once you have pro jec ted your awareness f rom NPMR to any rea l i ty- sys -

t em s ta te vec tor (pas t or probablefu ture , ac tua l i zed or non-ac tua l i zed , OS

or otherwise) , you can eas i ly speci fy your intent and let DELTA-t run for -

ward or backward f rom tha t poin t of en t ry to make a r ea l i s t i c movie f romthe sequent i a l f r ames . However , you mus t be carefu l a t branch poin t s to

not ge t s ide t r acked in to a r ea l i ty o ther than the one in tended. As you

might im agine , it is easy to ge t los t an d tu rn ed ar ou nd - you r in ten t mu s t

be unique (which i s somet imes d i f f i cu l t because of t en you arc not aware

of al l the var iables) , s teady, clear , and complete. Anything else may wel l

i nvoke t ha t o l d co m pu t e r - p r og r am m i ng t r u i s m: Ga r bag e i n , ga r b age ou t .

Aw areness of the p oten t i a l d i f f i cu l t i es an d p len ty of carefu l ly evalua ted

exper i ence a r e t he on l y r emed i es .

F l y in g F a s t e r t h a n a S p e e d i n g P h o t o n , a n d t h e A r t

o f G e n e r a t i n g M u l t i p l e B o d i e s T h a t S i m u l t a n e o u s l y

B e l o n g t o Y o u r P r e s e n t P e r s o n a l A w a r e n e s s .

W arp spe ed i s pe rh ap s not im po r ta nt i f you can s imply mater i a l i ze your -

se l f and your spaceship f rom any space- t ime- rea l i ty to any o ther space-

t ime-real i ty. I t would be l ike sending a mat ter -gram of yoursel f over the

rea l i ty ne t by p lugging your consc ious awareness in to some other r ea l i ty ' sexper ience s imulator . I f you choose the same PMR real i ty, you wi l l merely

te lepor t a round wi th in the same univer se - aga in , uncer ta in ty ( as r equi red







by the ps i -uncer tainty pr inciple) must obscure problemat ical rule-set viola-

t ions a t both ends and wi th in a l l PMRs . When you rea l i ze your body and

your spaceship are only rule-set based exper ient ial delus ions of mass by a

hal luc ina t ing nonphys ica l consc iousness , the concept of warp speeds , the

necess i ty for spaceships , and t e lepor t ing t ake on new meaning.Spl i t t ing , dupl i ca t ing , or f r agment ing i s a na tura l th ing for your con-

sc iousness to accompl i sh . There i s no ru le or l aw tha t demands only one

appar en t l y phys i ca l body a t one t i me a t one l oca t i on i n one s pace - t i me-

real i ty. As long as the rules of interact ion are obeyed and the ps i uncer-

t a in ty pr inc ip le (desc r ibed in C ha pte r s 13 an d 14 of Book 2) is me t , AUM

and t h e B ig Ch ees e a r e hap py cam per s .

The idea tha t you mus t t ake the body-energy wi th you by demater i a l i z -

i ng o r d i s engag i ng f r om your s ha r ed expe r i ence he r e ( f r om t he v i ewpo i n tof o t he r s here) an d the n re-ma ter i a l i z ing or en ga gin g a sha red phys ica l

exp e r i en ce s om ew her e e l se is bas ed on a m i s un de r s t an d i n g of t he na t u r e

of real i ty. For some reason, i t seems intui t ive to ci t izens of PMR that a

body mus t f i r s t d i sappear (demater i a l i ze) f rom where i t i s before i t can

reappear (mater i a l i ze) somewhere e l se . Because your body i s only a v i r -

tual one to begin wi th, al l this mater ial izing and demater ial izing is s i l ly . I t

is m uch s i m pl e r an d m or e r eas o nab l e t o c r ea t e an ap pr o pr i a t e f o r m

(body) in whatever real i ty you happen to be in. For tunately, i t does nott ake much energy to mater i a l i ze an addi t ional v i r tua l phys ica l body in

mos t v i r t ua l s i mul a t i ons w i t h i n NPMR n . A ctually, go in g bod i less is di f f i -

cu l t to do . I t wo uld ap pe ar tha t som e sor t of bo dy tha t de f in es th e b ou nd -

ary of yo ur indiv iduat ion is au tom at ica l ly a t t ac he d to you r be in g w he th er

you in tend i t to be there or not .

I n t he non- s pace - t i me por t i ons o f NPMR n (out s ide those r ea l i ty d imen-

s ions tha t opera te under a space- t ime ru le- se t ) , everyth ing t r avel s f as ter

than warp speeds ; accordingly , t r ave l t ime a lways appear s to be ins tanta-neous and neve r becomes an i s s ue .

There are ru les tha t d ic ta te how, and to wrhat extent , you can interact

in other real i ty sys tems - one must observe al l local law rs inc luding loca l

ru le- se t s and ps i uncer ta in ty .

Demater i a l i z ing , mater i a l i z ing , and going fas ter than l ight - speed are

merely local PMR issues that make l i t t le sense in the Big Picture and are

no t i m po r t an t t o your pe r s o na l g r ow t h .

L e a v i n g t h e P M R B o d y B e h i n d

WTe may, in th e en d, b e like o l d- do g execut ives wh o get the i r s ecre-

t a r i es to make a hard copy of the i r e -mai l before they wi l l r ead them. In







t he b i gge r p i c t u r e , we r e s embl e t he peop l e who do no t l i ke t e l econf e r -

enc i ng becaus e t hey can ' t s hake hands and do no t l i ke t e l ecommut i ng

becaus e t hey canno t con t i nua l l y wa t ch o r mon i t o r t he i r peop l e a t wor k .

I t may be t ha t we a r e s o us ed t o hau l i ng our bod i es a r ound wi t h us t ha t

w e s im p l y c a n n o t im a g i n e g o i n g a n y w h e r e w i t h o u t t h e m . U n f o r t u n a t e l y ,wh a t we can no t i mag i ne beco m es i mpo s s i b l e t o accom pl i s h .

Pe r haps i n t he f u t u r e , d r agg i ng one ' s body abou t won ' t s eem neces s a r y

or des i r able - especia l ly i f everyth ing but the v i r tua l body you exper ience

wi th in PMR can eas i ly make the t r ip . Travel wi th in NPMR i s governed

ent i r e ly by in tent . Nonphys ica l t r ave l wi th in PMR (wi th a l l the a t t endant

phys ica l sensa t ions of be ing there inc luded) has the potent i a l to become

m or e an d mo r e like us i ng t he t e l epho ne , t e l ecom mu t i ng , t e l econf e r enc -

ing , and communica t ing v ia e -mai l and the WWW - a l l concept s of d i s -embod i ed communi ca t i ons t ha t we a r e s l owl y ge t t i ng us ed t o , and f i nd i ng

ex t r ao r d i na r i l y e f f i c i en t .








8 5

R a m i f i c a t i o n sT h e F r a c t a l - L i k e P a t t e r n s o f R e a l i t y

T h e S e e d o f t h e U n i v e r s ei n t h e E y e o f t h e G n a t

Interes t ingly , the bas ic m ech an i sm tha t I have de scr ib ed as the ge ner a-

tor of Rig Picture real i ty seems to repeat i t sel f at a l l levels throughout

the ent i r e ty of our r ea l i ty . Everywhere we look we see the same s imple

pa t t e r n r epea t ed . F r om m ul t i p l e b r a nc he d d i ve rs e ac t ua l ized and unac -

tua l i zed h i s tory t r aces , to our PMR univer se , to the ear th ' s mul t i tude of

d iver se spec ies . From our soul s , to our ce l l s , to our t echnology, c i t i es ,

a n d b u s in e s s es , w e s e e t h e s a m e F u n d a m e n t a l P r o c e ss . T h e F u n d a m e n t a l

Proc ess of evo lu t ion i s ap pl i e d r ep ea ted ly in th e sam e way tha t a f r ac ta l

gene r a t e s a h i ghe r o r de r r ep r es en t a t i on , a p i c t u r e o r des i gn , by r epe t i -

t ious ly app l y i ng a pa t t e r n a t d i f f e r i ng s cal es t h r o ug h a s i mpl e r e l a t iona l

mechani sm appl ied r ecur s ive ly . The bas ic pa t t e rn in r ea l i ty dynamics i s

no t geomet r i c , bu t r a t he r one o f p r oces s , o f becomi ng , o f ac t ua l i za t i on

a n d e v o l v e m e n t .

The Fundamenta l Process i s as fo l lows : I t s t a r t s f rom any poin t ( any

level ) of exis tence or being, spreads out i t s potent ial i ty into (explores) al l

the avai lable poss ibi l i t ies open to i t s exis tence, eventual ly populat ing only

the s t a tes tha t can mainta in s igni f i cant prof i t ab i l i ty whi le l e t t ing the o th-

er s go . The success fu l s t a t es a re progressed to the i r logica l conclus ions by

i t e r a t i ng t he Fu nd am en t a l P r oces s . Add i t iona l ly , new o r i n t e r m ed i a t e

s ta tes can genera te new s ta tes . S ta tes tha t no longer hold potent i a l for

p r o f i t ab l e g r owt h e i t he r d i s appea r o r a r e r ecombi ned wi t h o t he r s w i t h

which they are r edundant . Potent i a l i s mainta ined , in the event new in i -

t i a l o r env i r onmen t a l cond i t i ons appea r .






7 3 6 | My Big TOE | The Frac ta l -L i ke Pa t te rns o f Rea l i t y

We saw in the two previous books how this s imple process appl ied to the

potent ial of consciousness generates synergy that develops into low-entropy

high-qual i ty consciousness , individuated consciousness , NPMR, t ime, space-

t ime, OS, PMR, and the ent i re Big Picture of our real i ty. In this secdon we

found that the same process enables s tate vectors , probable future real i tysurfaces , and everything s ignif icant that can happen to happen. Addi t ional ly,

we have seen how th i s same process genera ted our univer se , among o ther s ,

thro ug h the Big Digital Bang. Con sequen t ly, it shou ld not be surpr is ing that

every level of existence, including physical matter and our carbon based biol-

ogy, fol lows a s imilar evolutionary prescription.

Cons c i ous nes s , t he s pace - t i me r u l e - s e t , and t he Fundament a l P r oces s

t oge t h e r s et t he bo un da r i e s and d e f i n e t he con t en t an d dynam i cs o f ou r

loca l r eal ity. T h e na tura l unce r ta in ty expressed by q ua nt um me cha nics ,ps i unc er ta in ty , in terac t ive per so na l r e la t ion ship d ynam ics , as well as the

r andomnes s f ound i n na t u r e s e r ve t o f u r t he r s t i r t he po t o f pos s i b l e

cho i ces and pos s i b l e ou t comes .

The Fundament a l P r oces s o f evo l u t i on cons t i t u t e s a r ea l i t y - gene r a t i ng

pat t e rn of appl i ed process . You can not i ce i t everywhere you look. I t

should be obvious tha t Darwinian Mechanics fo l lowed th i s same process

to success fu lly po pu la te the ea r th w i th d iver se l if e fo rm s - each wi th

uniqu ely spec ia l ized f ea tu res ( such as th e hu m an ' s bra in , th e f rog ' stongue , and the mul t i - f ace ted eyes of f ly ing insec t s ) .

In a m or e m u nd an e sense , th i s is a lso how we hu m an s p ur su e ou r da ily

l ives - project ing and calculat ing potent ial value into al l our known opt ions ,

choos ing the bes t s t a t es or outcomes , and then progress ing those forward

by our act ions and choices . Technologies , bus inesses , c i t ies , pol i t ical or

financial em pires , co m ple x co m pu te r sof tw are, capi tal is t ma rkets , corr up -

t ion, and crab grass , as wel l as consciousness and sent ient beings , al l grow,

expand, and evolve into the avai lable poss ibi l i t ies by an ident ical process .T he ce l ls (b io logy) , molec ules ( chem is t ry) and a tom s (phys ics ) in o ur

bodies (or anywhere e l se) , execute the i r own ver s ion of tha t same bas ic

process wi th in the i r g iven potent i a l or poss ib le s t a tes . From the indiv id-

ual par t i c l es of h igh-energy phys ics , to a l l PMR and NPMR n wi t h i n TBC,

we s ee t h i s s i mpl e pa t t e r n r epea t ed . Cou l d t he Fundament a l P r oces s be

the mother of a l l f r ac ta l s? I t i s an in teres t ing thought . I f t rue , perhaps we

can f ind the father of al l f ractals as wel l .

To be sure , the Fundamenta l Process does not genera te a geomet r i c f r ac-tal ; ins tead, i t produces a process f ractal . You may need to general ize your

co nce pt of f ractals , bu t th e s imi lar ity to f ractal dyn am ics and s t ruc ture i s

obvious. When we look at our reali ty, wre see the resu lts of the evo lutiona ry







process repeated at var ious scales and levels generat ing int r icate convoluted

patterns. We see the digital (vir tual) energy of synergist ic organization cre-

a t ing a complex ecosys tem tha t employs the Fundamenta l Process to r ecur -

sively i terate layer af ter layer of interactive process. Each layer becomes the

foundat ion for the next .Tog ether , consc iousn ess an d the Fun da m en ta l Process evolve an ever

grow ing, mon st rous ly co m ple x reali ty sys tem - a sys tem whe re every pa r t

or enti ty at every level of existence explores i ts ful l potential while populat-

ing only those s t a tes de termined by i t s e l f (of t en us ing cr i t e r i a germane to

the next higher level) to be signif icant and useful to i tself (often for a

higher level purpose or act ivi ty) . Solar sys tems, galaxies , human bodies ,

insects , and consciousness al l evolve through the same pat tern (as does

everything, including AUM). Why is that s imple cons is tency not surpr is ing?Beauty and power expressed wi th in e legant s impl ic i ty! Does tha t not

a p p e a r to y o u t o b e a c o m m o n b l u e p r i n t o r t h e m e f r o m M o t h e r N a t u re ?

Absolu te ly , Oc cam 's r azor is base d o n the t r u t h of i t, an d m os t m athe -

ma t ics an d na tu ra l laws c learly exhib i t thos e charac ter i s t ics . M oth er

N atu re analy t ica lly de co m po se d ex hib i t s an appl i e d f r ac ta l pro cess a t th e

root . E legant s impl ic i ty dr iv ing power fu l r esul t s i s the obvious conse-

q u e n c e of g o o d d e s i gn a n d g o o d p r o g r a m m i n g w i th i n T B C .

Evolving a pow er fu l , e l egant , an d s im ple fr ac t r a l- l ike proc ess to be theengine a t the core , the mot iva t ing pr inc ip le of r ea l i ty , i s the na tura l r esul t

of the Fundamenta l Process i t e ra t ing toward opt imal sys tem solu t ions . I t

i s the na ture of a l l success fu l , l a rge , and complex se l f -modi fy ing sys tems

to be cons t rained at the top level by elegant s impl ici ty, otherwise chaos

wo uld des t roy the i r v iabil ity . AUM and M oth er N atu re ca nn ot he lp bu t

r e f l ec t t he f r ac t a l p r o pe r t y o f aw es om e compl ex i ty gene r a t ed by t he

recur s ive appl i c a t ion of e l ega nt s impl ic ity becau se tha t is how the y the m -

selves are cons t ructed - they work as they are. Elegant s impl ici ty i s thei rsecre t , the key to evolv ing s t able and product ive complexi ty . For example ,

l a rge soc ia l sys tems of ten f a i l ( exhib i t h igh ent ropy) because they lose the

values ( ru le-se t or co ns t r a in t s ) tha t m us t provid e a v iable fo un da t io n fo r

s t ab l e and p r oduc t i ve evo l u t i on .

To wa rd the en d of C ha pt er 20 , Book 2 we d i scussed th e co nc ep t of

consc iousness as a f r ac ta l sys tem. There we saw tha t the content ( as

oppos ed t o s t r uc t u r e ) o f r ea l i t y was de r i ved f r om cons c i ous nes s w i t h i n

cons c i ous nes s w i t h i n cons c i ous nes s - comput e r s w i t h i n comput e r s . F r omAUM t o EBC t o TBC t o pe r s ona l i nd i v i dua t ed cons c i ous nes s i n NPMR

and PMR t o human b r a i ns , t o s i l i con bas ed comput e r s des i gn i ng be t t e r

s i l i con based computer s , a l l r ea l i ty appear s to be popula ted and regula ted






112 | My Big TOE | The Fracta l-L ike Pat terns of Real i ty

within the form and s t ruc ture of a g iant f r ac ta l consc iousness ecosys tem.

Each level of ex i s t ence i s der iv ed f ro m t he con sc iou sness ab ove i t by

repeat ing the same bas ic a t t r ibutes of consc iousness on d i f f erent sca les

an d wi th d i f f er ing form -fun ct io ns . All en t i t i es a re chips f r om th e o ld

AUM block a t var ious l eve l s and forms of be ing and awareness .Digi t a l consc iousness , wi th i t s mul t i tude of r ecur s ive in terdependent

expressions, is the engine at the core of reali ty - a fact that leads us to char-

acter ize consciousness as the father of al l f ractals .

The Fundamenta l Process of evolu t ion permeates a l l r ea l i ty as process

within process wi thin process , whi le consciousness provides the subs tance

or s e l f - o r gan i z i ng med i a upon whi ch evo l u t i on ' s p r oces s ope r a t e s .

Gazi l l ions of real i ty cel ls provide a conceptual digi tal media that can organ-

ize and reconfigure i tself to lower i ts entropy, or equivalently, increase i tsusefu l energy. Th e F un da m en ta l Process conv er t s the potent i a l for sel f-

organizat ion (potent ial digi tal energy) into aware br i l l iant love-conscious-

ness . O u r two bas ic assu m pt ion s given in C ha pt er 24, Book 1 - consciou s-

ness and evolu t ion - can now be seen as the fundamenta l subs tance and

dy na m ics of the larger real ity - Fath er and M oth er of All T ha t I s.

Cons c i ous nes s b r i ngs con t en t , s ubs t ance , va l ue , po t en t i a l ene r gy , t i me ,

o r gan i za t i on , and en t r opy whi l e t he Fundament a l P r oces s b r i ngs dynam-

ics , s t ruc ture , mot ion , change , prof i t ab i l i ty , and a process to conver tpo ten t ial m in d in to act ive m in d by low er in g ent ro py . Bec ause th at i s all it

takes to form reali ty, real i ty is nothing other than that . In al l of i ts gazil-

l ions of forms and funct ions , f rom the mos t in t r i ca te super f ine de ta i l to

the mos t g lobal of overarching concept s , var i a t ions of these two funda-

menta l s r ecur s ive ly r epeated and appl i ed a t every poss ib le sca le , one l evel

bui ld in g u p on the o th er , have pr od uc ed All T ha t I s. As in a ll f r ac ta l s , a

repe t i t ion of bas ic pa t t e rn s an d s imp le ru les for cha nge , ap pl i ed r ecur -

s ively, yield a large, detai led, and complex resul t .No do ub t you have seen p ic tures of f r ac ta l images . Con s ide r tha t the

Big Picture i s a Consciousness-Evolut ion f ractal image. Think of our larger

rea l i ty as an evolv ing mind- f rac ta l . Do you see why 3D geomet r i c f r ac ta l

images c losely des cr ibe the na tura l objec t s wi th in ou r 3D geo m et r i c space-

t ime real i ty? They are of a s imi lar f ractal nature and s imi lar f ractal type.

Would not a f r ac ta l bes t and mos t accura te ly descr ibe another f r ac ta l? I t

makes sense tha t a f r ac ta l r ea l i ty cons t ra ined to geomet r i c space- t ime ( l ike

PMR) could b e desc r ibed by ge om et r i c f r ac ta l s .Real ity has a f racta l na tu re be ca us e th at i s how it is bui l t (evo lved) .

Real ity is a f racta l , the resul t of a f rac tal pro ces s app l ied to th e sel f org an -

iz ing capaci ty of consc iousness . AUM's consc ious awareness , TBC, the







space- t ime ru le- se t , and our be loved loca l PMR are genera ted by a r ecur -

s ive app l i ca t ion of the Con sciousness -E volut ion f r ac ta l proce ss . AUM ,

consciousness , and a l l r ea l i ty a re the r esul t of the Consciousness -

Evolut ion f r ac ta l pr op ag at in g i ts way th ro ug h th e poss ib il it i es.

You not only l ive in a fractal real i ty and are a piece of a large digital frac-t al system, but you are a f r ac ta l co m po ne nt ! Both th e s t ruc tura l and the

dyna mic aspect s of you r indiv iduated consc iousn ess a re par t of a l a rger

interact ive pat tern that we have cal led the greater consciousness ecosys tem.

This ecosys tem ( in terac tive in t erd ep en de nt system) is a complex consc ious-

ness-evolution f racta l that is con t inual ly energ ized b y app lying th e co n-

sciousness cycle to i t s sel f -evolving, sel f -organizing components . The vi r tual

reali ty we experience as physical reali ty is s imply a piece of that same frac-

tal pat tern. Carbon based biology; social sys tems, bus iness , and pol i t icalorganizat ions ; technology; and the non-sent ient phys ical mat ter of PMR

(trees , mountains , lakes , clouds) al l express geometry- l imi ted f ractal char-

acter is t ics in both form and content . We are al l individuals , and are l ikewise

made up of individual par ts , but we, as wel l as our par ts , are of the One

Pat tern - One Evolving Consciousness - al l par t and parcel of the Big-

Fractal-Picture of Reali ty.

Once you ge t the idea of how one might genera l i ze the f r ac ta l concept

to inclu de pro cess and orga niza t ion as well as geo m etry, i t be co m es cleartha t a r ea l i ty based on the Fundamenta l Process of evolu t ion working upon

digital consciousness must necessari ly result in a consciousness-evolution

fractal , w he re conscio usn ess is the real ity m ed ia ( the m al leable subs tan ce to

which th e proce ss is app l ied) an d evo lut ion is the process . PM R, be ing a

co m p on en t of such a reali ty, sho uld ha ve the w ord f rac tal w r i t ten al l over it

- a nd i t do es . G ov ern m en ts , societ ies , cul tures , bus inesse s , eco no m ies , tech-

nology, people, cr i t ters , plants , mountains , fores ts , and rocks (as wel l as the

ecologies each ge ne rate s to sus tain i tsel f) are all crea ted a nd d r iven to th ei rpre sen t s tate thro ug h a f ractal pro cess of s imple rules app l ied to a sel f -mod-

i fy ing com plex sys tem.

An evolv ing complex in terac t ive sys tem of consc iousness i s necessar i ly

i m pl e m en t ed a s a p r oces s - f rac t a l becau s e cons c i ous nes s can on ly i n t e r a c t

wi th it se l f. Co nscio usn ess ac t in g up o n co nsc io usne ss - pul l ing it se lf u p by

its own boo t s t r a ps th ro ug h th e r epl i ca t ion of a s imp le pro cess ap pl i ed

recurs ively at al l avai lable levels and scales where each new layer i s bui l t

u p o n t h e p r e v i o u s o n e .For every unique r ea l i ty d imens ion , the prof i t ab i l i ty equat ion tha t

dr ives its evo lu t iona ry proc ess mu s t r e f l ec t the ru le- se ts tha t co ns t r a in the

poss ib i l i t i es wi th in tha t r ea l i ty d imens ion . Thus wi th in OS, prof i t ab i l i ty






7 4 0 | My Big TOE | The Fracta l-L ike Pat terns of Real i ty

r equ i r emen t s pus h cons c i ous nes s t owar d l ower en t r opy s t a t e s wh i l e pus h -

ing PMR vi r tua l mat ter toward lower energy s t a tes .

T he F un da m en t a l P r oces s is t he f un da m en t a l p roces s ; i ts p r o f i t ab i l i t y

equ a t i on d e f i ne s s uccess ; t he en v i r o nm en t app l i e s t he f o r m f ac t o r ; and

s pace - t i me ens u r es cons i s t ency t h r ough t he cons t r a i n t s de f i ned by i t sru le- se t. Real iz ing why ge om et r i c f r a c ta l s accura te ly d esc r ibe o ur 3 D envi-

r on m en t is j us t t he beg i nn i n g o f un de r s t a nd i ng t he f rac t a l p r o pe r t i e s o f

our r ea l i t y . Under s t and i ng t he c l os e connec t i on be t ween p r oces s f r ac t a l s

and ecosys tems wi l l eventua l ly a l low us to opt imize our soc ia l , economic ,

cul tura l , o rganiza t ional , and t echnologica l c rea t ions and ins t i tu t ions .

One needs to expand the l imi ted concept s of ecology and ecosys tem

dynami cs t o i nc l ude a l l s ys t ems o f compl ex i n t e r dependen t human ac t i v -

ity (go vern m ents , soc ie ti es , cu l tures , bus inesses , econ om ies , t ech nolo gies ,and o t he r s ) . W i t h a be t t e r u nd e r s t an d i n g o f p r oces s f r ac t a l dynam i cs w

re

s hou l d be ab l e t o s queeze much en t r opy f r om t he p r oduc t s o f human

or gan i za t i on . A be t t e r und e r s t a nd i ng o f f r ac t a l ecos ys t ems and t he f r ac -

t a l na ture of our r ea l i ty wi l l he lp crea te and def ine order wi th in chaos .

To s ee t he p i c t u r e t ha t I am pa i n t i ng one m us t expan d t he i r co ncep t s

of energy and evolu t ion and rea l i ze tha t d ig i t a l energy ( the energy of

o r gan i za t i on c r ea t ed t h r o ug h en t r opy r edu c t i on ) is no t r e s our ce l i m i t ed

or limi ted to mass an d f i e lds , an d tha t evo lu t ion is a fu nd am en ta l proc esstha t appl i es to a ll s e l f -m odi fy ing com plex sys tems .

O nc e t he Fun dam en t a l P r oces s is be t t e r und e r s t o od , it w ill bec om e

clear tha t we are sur rounded by many cr i t i ca l ly impor tant evolv ing sys tems

that al l fol low the same s imple process . Similar ly, once the f ractal nature

of evolving sys tems is bet ter unders tood, chaos wi l l mel t away into man-

ageab l e and p r o f i t ab l e p r oces s es . Fu r t he r m or e , once t he eco log ica l m ode l

of evolv ing sys tems is be t t e r un de r s to od , h um an ac tiv it ies can be co m e

m or e ef f i c i ent , coo pera t ive , an d prod uct iv e on an ever gre a ter sca le .T o s u m m a r i z e , e v o l u t i o n d e f i n e s t h e f u n d a m e n t a l p r o c e s s , p r o c e s s

f r ac t a l s de f i n e t he p r i ma r y con s t r uc t i on m ech an i s m , an d ecol ogy de f i n es

the in terac t ive s t ruc tur e of prof i t ab i li ty . T h e t echies in th e a ud ien ce

s hou l d be r each i ng f o r t he i r penc i l s ha r pene r s . Be f o r e t hem l i e s t he

oppor tuni ty of d i scover ing the sc ience of appl i ed ecologica l f r ac ta l s - a

Big Picture approach to complex interact ive sys tems analys is - which is

t imely and im po r ta nt be ca use in the tw enty- f i rs t ce ntu ry we a ll l ive , wo rk ,

and p lay in a complex in terac t ive wor ld whose suppor t ing sys tems arebe com i ng m or e com pl ex and i n t er ac t ive eve r y year . W ha t now app ea r s

r an do m an d ch ao t i c f r o m ou r li tt le p i c t u r e v iew is ac tua ll y bu t t o ne d dow n

and wel l behaved f rom the view of Big Picture f ractal science.






Boo k 3 , Sec t ion 5 , Chapter 73 | 7 4 1

Let ' s tos s a TOE hone to the t echies : Go boot up your computer s and

be the f i r s t on your block to invent a process f ractal as wel l as a new aca-

demic d i sc ip l ine and an impor tant new appl i ed sc ience , and you wi l l be

gr an ted the r ight s to univer sa l f a m e an d th re e add i t iona l gold s t a r s .

Ru dim enta ry p rocess f r ac ta l s a re a l r eady be ing app l i ed by sc ient is tsinves t igat ing social and cul tural dynamics in an ef for t to unders tand pat -

t e rns of c r ime, e thnic segregat ion , and why the Anasazi abandoned nor th-

ern Ar izona 700 year s ago. Al though these e lementary process f r ac ta l s a re

constrained by exceedingly l imited rule-sets , the art if icial societ ies they

model r epresent ex t remely complex resul t s . (The s impler and sha l lower the

rule-set the more l ikely i t is that the process fractal wil l quickly converge to

a s teady s tate condi t ion.) Using a process f ractal to model a digi tal sys tem

dedicated to reducing i t s overal l sys tem entropy through evolut ion (sel f -improvement) wi l l provide a rough s imulat ion of our larger real i ty wherein

the consciousness cycle wil l evolve as a winning strategy. Then, if the con-

s t raints of space - t ime are imp ose d to impro ve th e ef f iciency of the co n-

sciousness cycle, we wil l f ind ourselves to be the result .

These are incredib ly power fu l and cool concept s . I f you are unfami l i a r

wi th f r ac ta l s , go look them up a nd f ind ou t what they are . Af ter do ing so ,

the Big Picture of our larger real i ty wi l l suddenly make more intui t ive

sense . From the eye of a gnat , to a supernova , to the mechanics of NPMR,to AUM itself - al l are expressions of a relat ively simple consciousness-evo-

lut ion interact ion that repeats , copies , and clones i t sel f at many levels and

sca les in to a s ingle magni f i cent f r ac ta l menta l - image of d ig i t a l ex i s t ence .

We are thus a s imple but convoluted and recur s ive r epet i t ion of Al l That

Is wi thin Al l T ha t I s. T h e gre ate r consc ious nes s ecosys tem is a n atural ly

oc cu r r in g f r ac ta l sys tem wh ere each separa te ly d im en s ion ed hab i t a t (v ir-

tua l r ea l i ty or d imens ion) r e f l ec t s the fundamenta l pa t t e rn of evolv ing con-

s c ious nes s an d is i n t e r co nne c t ed t o , an d de pe nd en t up on , t he who l e . Now,tha t ' s a Big Pic ture , bu t one tha t is wi th in the gras p of ou r un de r s ta nd ing .

H ad I to ld you on p age on e tha t you are an indiv id ua ted p or t io n of a

larg er f racta l pa t te rn tha t con s t i tu tes All Th at I s w i thin a digi tal vi r tual

r ea l i ty based upon evolv ing consc iousness , you would have ro l l ed your

eyes and put the book back on the she l f . Hopeful ly , a f t e r you have f in-

ished rol l ing your eyes , you wi l l a t leas t al low this elegant concept to

r e s i de s omewher e i n a r emot e co r ne r o f your s kep t i ca l bu t open mi nd a s

you s ea r ch f o r t he pe r s ona l expe r i ence - da t a t ha t can conf i r m o r deny i t svalue and appl icabi l i ty .

You are a sent ient ent i ty des igned pr imar i ly to evolve the qual i ty of

you r be in g - th e qual i ty of you r con sc ious ness - be ca use tha t is w hat on e






7 4 2 | My Big TOE | The F rac ta l -L ike Pat te rns o f Rea l i t y

do es in a Con sciousness -Evo lut ion f r ac ta l . Th at is the pa t t e rn of wh ich

you are a par t . What e l se could you do as an indiv iduated consc iousness -

evolu t ion pa t t e rn subse t ex i s t ing wi th in a consc iousness -evolu t ion f r ac ta l?

Try ing to d o any th ing e l se , t ry ing to brea k o ut of the pa t t e rn is fu t i l e -

you are the p a t t e rn , th e pa t t e rn is you - i t is how you are de f in ed . If youare un aw are of th i s f ac t , you ma y be miss ing the po in t of yo ur exi s t ence .

You may be s pend i ng your t i me and ene r gy i n ways t ha t a r e no t i mpor -

t ant to your evolu t ion , to your l a rger purpose wi th in the l a rger r ea l i ty .

You are what you are - there i s no point t rying, or wishing, to be some-

th in g else - you mig ht as well lear n how t o play th e ga m e that you are in.

There i s no o ther game. I f you ge t good a t i t , i t i s more enjoyable and

more fun . Hanging out , c lue les s , in the middle of the p laying f i e ld whi le

oth er s a re fu l ly en ga ge d, hav ing a b last , an d m akin g pro gre ss is a sadwas t e o f your oppor t un i t y and o f your po t en t i a l .

T he l a rge r r ea li ty is no t pr im ar i ly a p lace def in ed (and b o un d ed ) by n-

d imens ional geomet ry where we l ive and objec t s ex i s t , but r a ther a

p r o ce s s f o r bec om i ng , a p r oces s con t a i n i ng p r ogr es s ive ( evo lv i ng) s t a te s

o f be i ng - m i n i m um ene r gy f o r a r t il le r y r ou nd s an d e l em en t a r y pa r t ic l e s;

m i n i m um en t r o py f o r b r i gh t s en t i en t en t i t ie s s uch a s you . T he dynam i cs

of the larger real i ty are dr iven by a process des igned to faci l i ta te the evo-

lu t ion of consc iousness where indiv idual s and the l a rger consc iousnesssys tem mutual ly seek and f ind new end-s ta tes of h igher prof i t ab i l i ty . The

larger r ea l i ty provides the oppor tuni ty for per sonal growth: the poss ib i l -

ity of be ing all tha t you can be an d m or e tha n you ever tho ug ht poss ib le .

The N-Divi s ion p iece of the l a rger consc iousness ecosys tem, r ef l ec t s

t h e f u n d a m e n t a l n a t u r e o f N P M R n , r equi res loca l exper ient i a l subsys tems

(such as o u r PMR ) of mass , space , t ime , an d l imi ted con sc iou snes s to

serve as tool s we can use to provide the oppor tuni ty for us to evolve

through exercis ing f ree wi l l choices . Why us? Why are we l ike that?Because consc iousness evolv ing through the appl i ca t ion of in tent to f r ee

will cho ices ref le cts th e repet i t ive pa t te rn of o u r real i ty f rac tal . T h at i s

how cons c i ous nes s and t he Fundament a l P r oces s i n t e r ac t . W e a r e p r o -

vided the oppor tuni ty to apply the pa t t e rn of evolu t ion to our se lves as an

in tegra l par t of a l a rger process .

As wi th any seed , hologram, or f r ac ta l , the des ign of the whole i s cap-

t u r ed , expr es s ed , an d i m pl em en t e d w i th i n each pa r t . T he t i n ie s t pa r t (a

neu t r i no , e l ec t r on , o r pe r haps t he i n t r i ca t e eye o f t he gna t ) expr es s es t hes ame Fundament a l P r oces s t ha t r ep r es en t s and des c r i bes t he un i ve r s e ,

an d be yon d . Th i s f und am en t a l p r oces s o f s ys tems evo l u t i on is a p r oces s ,







within a proc ess , wi thin a pro ce ss .. . eac h t iny pa r t co nt ai ni ng th e blue-

pr int that dr ives , as wel l as explains , the whole.

You, both the phys ica l and nonphys ica l you, a re one smal l indiv idual

par t tha t conta ins the es sence , the pa t t e rn of the whole - an evolv ing indi -

v idual ly-consc ious p iece of the l a rger evolv ing consc iousness . You repet i -tively apply th e Fu nd am en ta l Process of evolu t ion to you rse l f as you in ter -

ac t wi th in your in terna l and externa l envi ronments . You do the process ,

the process does you. You are a c rea tor tha t exhib i t s , uses , and manipu-

la tes the evolu t ion of consc iousness and you are the r esul t of tha t same

proc ess a t bo th the nonph ys ica l and phys ica l l eve ls . T he Fu nd am en ta l

Process provides the dynamic pr inc ip le tha t bui lds the s t ruc ture , whi le

c o n s c i o u s n e s s p r o v i d e s t h e m e d i u m - t h e c o n t e n t , t h e f u n d a m e n t a l

energy, and organiza t ional potent i a l - tha t the process works upon. At theco re is ele ga nt s impl ici ty, the hal lm ark of Big Tr u th .

No do ub t t he r e is mu ch l e f t t o do and mu ch l e f t t o u nd e r s t a nd .

Nev er the les s , is it no t r em ark ab le tha t on e s imple pro cess an d on e s im ple

en erg y fo rm are all tha t is req uire d to pro d uc e All T ha t I s? Is it no t rem ark-

able tha t My Big TOE has been ent i rely and logical ly der ived f rom only two

s imple as sumpt ions - evolu t ion and the potent i a l energy of consc iousness?

I s i t not r emarkable tha t f rom these two assumpt ions a theory exhib i t ing

elegant s impl ici ty in form, s t ructure, and appl icat ion has seamless ly com-bined phys ics , metaphys ics , onto logy, ep i s t emology, and cosmology to

answer many ques t ions of sc ience , phi losophy, and theology (both ancient

and modern) tha t have gone begging for answers for year s? I s i t not in te l -

lectual ly and e m ot ion al ly sat i s fying tha t the ful l an d co m ple te answers to

these his tor ical ly unanswerable ques t ions turn out to be relat ively s imple,

s t r a ight forward , and logica l ly conci se once o ld paradigms are genera l i zed

to provide a more accura te per spect ive of the na ture of our r ea l i ty?

Do you see how th e appl ica t ion of th i s Big T O E makes the fu nd am en ta l so f life, sc ience , phi losophy, and metaphys ics eas ier to under s tand and more

obvious to apply and use, whi le dr iving nothing to greater compl icat ion or

obs cura t ion? Big T ru th s im pl i f ies i ssues an d un de rs ta nd in g - it never com -

pl icates . On the other hand, bel iefs (as do l ies ) require an ever greater com-

plexi ty to suppor t them as they spread and grow. None of what we scient is ts

have worked so hard and long to unders tand has to be discarded - only rel -

egated to a subse t of a l a rger , more comprehens ive under s tanding .

You, I, an d t h e dog nex t do o r a r e o f on e cons c i ous nes s , on e s our ce on econnected evolu t ionary pa t t e rn . Never the les s , every l evel of ex i s t ence has

i ts own miss ion an d p ur po se . We sent i en t be ings in OS have ou r miss ion ,






744 | My Big TOE | The Fractal-Like Patterns of Reality

o u r r e a so n a n d p u r p o se f o r b e i n g . T h a t m i s s i o n r e q u i r e s t h a t w e h a v e f r e e

will an d th e ab i li ty to in te r ac t f r ee ly wi th o t he r ind iv id ua ted con sc iou s-

n e s s w i t h i n t h e c o n s t r a i n t s o f o u r e x p e r i e n c e a n d t h e q u a l i t y o f o u r

u n i q u e f r a g m e n t o f c o n s c i o u s n e s s . T h i s a r r a n g e m e n t p r o v i d e s u s w i t h t h e

m a x i m u m o p p o r t u n i t y t o e v ol ve o u r c o n s c i o u s n e s s , o u r b e i n g , a n d o u rqua l i ty ac co rd i ng to th e pa t t e rn o f o u r l a rge r r ea li ty .

• "Hey Jake! Put that stupid toe-bo ok d own an d bring in the cooler while I turn on

the tube! Wrestl ing's co ming on! Can you bel ieve i t? The 'Ma d M enac e' is going up

against 'Ki ller Mc Bee' in a grudge m atch - that ought to be really good!

If 'The Bee' ge ts his stinger out, m an, there wil l be blood everywh ere. That wo uld be

so cool! The last t ime he got banned for three m onths - rem em ber? And Jake, l isten

to this - hey, pop me a cool one, pal - after the m ain event they are going to let thewom en wres t le. I don 't know thei r names but I got a good look at 'em on the pre-ma tch

interviews and one of them has real ly b ig .. ." i

I m p r o v i n g t h e q u a l i t y o f c o n sc i o u sn e s s , a d v a n c i n g t h e q u a l i t y a n d

d e p t h o f a w a r e n e ss , u n d e r s t a n d i n g y o u r n a t u r e a n d p u r p o s e , m a t u r a t i o n

o f so u l , m a n i f e s t i n g u n i v e r sa l u n c o n d i t i o n a l l o v e , l e t t i n g g o o f f e a r , a n d

e l i m i n a t i n g e g o , d e s i r e , w a n t s , n e e d s , o r p r e c o n c e i v e d n o t i o n s - t h e s e a r e

t h e a t t r i b u t e s a n d t h e r e su l t s o f a su c c e s s f u l ly e v o l v in g c o n s c i o u s n e s s .W h at d o th e f ac t s o f yo ur l if e , t h e f ac t s o f your ex i s t ence , an d yo ur r esu l t s

s ay a b o u t t h e q u a l i ty o f y o u r c o n sc i o u sn e s s , t h e e f f e c t i v e n e s s o f y o u r

process , o r the s i ze o f your p ic tu re?

P r o g r e s s i s m e a su r e d o n l y b y r e su l t s - c l e a r o b v i o u s r e su l t s . T h e r e a r e

n o qua l i ty po in t s g iven fo r go od e f fo r t o r n ice t ry o r fo r be l i ev ing o r no t

b e l i e v i n g a n y t h i n g . Y o u a r e a n i n - c h a r g e ( o f y o u r o p p o r t u n i t i e s ) r e sp o n -

s i b l e a d u l t i n d i v i d u a t e d c o n sc i o u sn e s s . Y o u c a n n o t b r i b e , c h e a t , f a k e o u t ,

o r h u s t l e t h e sy s t e m . T h e r e is n o sp i r i t u a l w e l f a r e sy s t e m . T h e r e a r e n osh o r t c u t s . Y ou h a v e t o d o it 1 00 % b y y o u r se l f a n d y o u r f r i e n d s , c o n n e c -

t i o n s , a n d c a sh c a n n o t h e l p y o u . E x c u se s e a r n z e r o c r e d i t i r r e sp e c t i v e o f

how well jus ti f i ed the y a re . On ly r esu l t s e a r n c r e d i t .

On the o ther hand , the re i s no p rac t i ca l t ime l imi t - you can t ake as long

as you wan t o r need to . There i s genera l ly no such th ing as abso lu te f a i lu re

- f a i lu re is r e l a tive an d s imply equ a tes to a l ack o f p rog ress . T h er e a r e no

e x i t s , n o e sc a p e s , n o w a y o u t o r a r o u n d , e x c e p t t h r o u g h p e r so n a l g r o w t h .

If y o u t h i n k t h a t y o u m a y h a v e g a i n e d so m e n e w k n o w l e d g e o r i n s i g h ti n t h e p r o c e s s o f c o m p a r i n g B ig T O E s w i t h m e , I m u s t r e m i n d y o u t h a t

w i t h k n o w l e d g e c o m e s r e sp o n s i b i l i t y .

I t h o u g h t y o u w o u l d w a n t t o k n o w .






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S e c t i o n 5 P o s t l u d eH a i l ! H e a r t y R e a d e r s , T h o u H a s t

C o m p l e t e d N o n p h y s i c a l M e c h a n i c s 1 0 1

I f you have ma de i t th i s f a r wi th ou t sk ippin g over too m uc h of the m or e

di f f i cu l t m ater i a l an d have le t the co nce pt s p rese nte d in Sect ion 2 , 3 , 4

and 5 i n t e r mi ng l e and bounce a r ound i ns i de your s kep t i ca l bu t open

mind, you have earned my respect and apprec ia t ion r egardles s of what

you th ink about what you have r ead .

Now tha t you un de r s ta nd the Big Pic ture evolu t ionary process of improv-

ing the qual i ty of your consciousness by making choices based on r ight

m ot ivat ion , s imp le t hing s such as the p oi nt of yo ur exis tence a nd the m ean -

ing of you r li fe sh ou ld b e obvious . You shou ld, by this po int in o u r jo ur ne y,

have a good idea of where you came f rom, where you are , where you need

to go , an d how to get s t a r ted on the jo u rn ey to ge t there . Hopeful ly , you

wil l remember not to confuse real i ty wi th the model of real i ty.

No d ou bt , a few read er s a re s t ruggl ing to jus t i fy the i r o ld and com for t -

able pa radig m s . For th e mos t par t , the i r jus t i f i ca t ions , tho ug h fami l i a r and

t radi t ional , a re ne i the r logica l nor o bjec t ive , bu t app ear , f r om the i r v iew,

to be both . Wres t l ing o ld paradigms and be l i e f s to the ground i s excep-

t ionally di f f icul t to do. To be a lonely w ar r io r in a s t ran ge lan d requ ires

m or e coura ge and per so nal s t r eng th tha n i s com m on ly avail ab le . By hav-

ing almost completed this t r i logy, you have proved yoursel f to possess

uncommon for t i tude , s t r ength , and courage as wel l as p lenty of ex t ra t ime.

For some, s t epping of f the wel l -bea ten pa th br ings up deep sea ted anx-

i et ie s - t h e unk now n, t he no n- c on f o r m i ng , an d t he un acc ep t e d s tr ike f ea r

deep into the hear ts of those in need of reassurance. So i t i s wi th al l social

(herd) an imals - and so i t sha l l a lways be - i t i s the i r fundamenta l na ture






746 | My Big TOE I Section 5 Postlude

t o s e e k s a f et y i n n u m b e r s a n d i n c o n f o r m i t y t o n o r m s . Be w a r e : I n a fe a r -

f u l s t a m p e d e t o sa v e t h e m se l v e s f r o m t h e t e r r i f y i n g m e n a c e o f a n o r ig i -

n a l i d e a , t h e h e r d c a n b e c o m e a m i n d l e s s d e s t r o y e r o f t h e l i g h t. T h i s is

s imp ly how i t i s: N o f au l t o r e r r o r is im pl i e d .

F o r b r a v e ry , c o u r a g e , a n d o u t s t a n d i n g s t a m i n a , I d o h e r e b y g r a n t y o up e r m i s s i o n t o p a s t e f o u r a d d i t i o n a l sh i n y g o l d s t a r s i n y o u r b o o k .

C o n g r a t u l a t i o n s ! T h y t r e a s u r e o f u n e a r t h l y g o l d d o t h g r e a t l y g r o w .

U n f o r t u n a t e l y , m a n y r e a d e r s f i n d a t t h i s p o i n t t h a t t h e y n e e d t o r e a d

Sec t ions 2 , 3 , 4 , and 5 aga in to pu l l i t a l l t oge ther in the i r heads . At f i r s t

r e a d i n g , t h e i n t r o d u c t i o n o f s o m a n y n e w a n d u n u s u a l c o n c e p t s k e e p s

y o u r h e a d s p i n n i n g a n d o f t e n c a u s e s p h i l o s o p h i c a l d i s c o m b o b u l a t i o n ,

ex i s t en t i a l confus ion , metaphys ica l ve r t igo , a s we l l a s be l i e f - t r ap wi th -

d r a w a l s . T h e se i n t u r n i n h i b i t B ig P i c t u r e c o n c e p t u a l c o a l e sc e n c e . I t is asad f ac t o f li fe tha t m uc h o f wh a t you r e ad in ea r l i e r sec t ion s will m ak e

m o r e s e n s e n o w t h a t y o u h a v e c o m p l e t e d S e c t i o n 5 .

I sn ' t t ha t how i t a lways is? You a re p ro pe r ly p re p ar e d to t ake a d i f f i cu l t

c o u r s e - a n d t h o r o u g h l y l e a r n t h e m a t e r i a l - o n l y a f t e r y o u h a v e f i n i sh e d

s t r u g g l i n g t h r o u g h i t f o r t h e f i r s t t i m e . U n f o r t u n a t e l y , wre a l m o s t n e v e r

r e t a k e a c o u r se b e c a u se wre a r e in too b ig a h ur ry to beg in s t ru gg l ing

t h r o u g h t h e n e x t o n e . I a m r e m i n d e d o f t h e o f f i c e m a x i m : T h e r e is n e v e r

en ou gh t im e to d o it r igh t , bu t a lways en ou g h t im e to d o it aga in . T ha tr i n g s e sp e c i a l l y t r u e w h e n y o u r v i e w o f t i m e sp a n s m u l t i p l e l i f e t i m e s .

T h e ne x t an d f ina l Sec t ion (Sec t ion 6 ) is a sh or t w rap -up th a t will he l p

y o u p u t w h a t y o u h a v e b e e n e x p o se d t o d u r i n g t h e p r e v i o u s f o u r s e c t i o n s

i n t o a m o r e p e r so n a l a n d b a l a n c e d p e r sp e c t i v e . Y o u a r c n o w o n t h e d o w n -

h ill s l o p e o f t h e B i g T O E t h r i l l - a - m i n u t e r i d e i n t o y o u r c o n sc i o u sn e s s -

on ly a l i t t l e more e f fo r t i s r equ i r ed and you wi l l be en t ided to b rag to your

f r i e n d s t h a t y o u w e r e a b l e t o g e t t h r o u g h t h e e n t i r e t h i n g - f r o m sh a f t t o

knuck le to na i l . Though they wi l l , no doub t , be env ious o f your new

r

twin-k l ing s t a r s , you shou ld beg in th ink ing abou t wha t you a re go ing to t e l l

t h e m w h e n t h e y a sk y o u w h a t th e s e b o o k s a r e a ll a b o u t , w h a t y o u l e a r n e d ,

a n d w h e t h e r o r n o t c o n t e m p l a t i n g y o u r B ig T O E is a s f u n , i n t e r e s t in g ,

a n d u se f u l a s i t so u n d s .

• At the very least, if you can think of nothing else to say, you can cha nge the su b-

ject by f irmly asserting the undisputable fact: that during meditation, your big toe is

always easier to see than your navel. With sustained concentration being animmensely di f f icul t th ing for most people, your navel chal lenged f r iends wi l l immedi-

ately see the advantage and think you clever to have penetrated the infamous bel ly-

button barrier and obviated the nuisance of propping up mirrors al l in one ingenious







stroke. Ahhhh ha! So that's why they pul l their feet up on their knees l ike that! Now I

get it! It's the big toe, stupid!

Shhhhh, whisper! This is a great secret of the Mystic Inner Circle, don't blab it all

around. Nobody is supposed to know why we sit l ike that and wear open toed sandals

year-round. Think of i t my friend, through your clever choice of offbeat dubious readingmaterial, you have discovered the ancient my stical key to the door of enl ighten me nt -

your friends wil l no doubt be mighti ly impressed. One more thing, please, do not tel l

anybody that I told you this. If you m ust tel l , use someon e else's nam e - 1 knew I cou ld

cou nt on you - than ks. I f it is found ou t that I have let this secret sl ip out, ancient dis-

embodied Tibetan warriors wi l l come to the foot of my bed at night and tickle my feet.

Oh jeez, a fate worse than life! 4

W e w ill r e g r o u p a t t h e b e g i n n i n g o f S e c t i o n 6 in t h e m o r n i n g w h e r eyou wi l l r ece ive your f ina l se t o f b r i e f ings be fo re go ing o f f on your own

in to wha tever r ea l i ty you have thus f a r c r ea ted fo r your se l f . I t i s t ime to

t h i n k a b o u t w h a t c o m e s n e x t - a n d w h a t , if a n y t h i n g , r e a l it y h a s t o d o

w i t h y o u . T h e m o s t s i g n i f i c a n t q u e s t i o n s f o r y o u t o p o n d e r a r e : Ju s t h o w

rea l a r e you r ea l ly? How aware a r e you o f awareness and how la rge a

l a r g e r r e a l i t y c a n y o u s t a n d t o u n d e r s t a n d ?

In Sec t ion 6 , I p ro v id e the pe r sp ec t i ve wi th wh ich you can sum u p

e v e r y t h i n g y o u h a v e b e e n e x p o s e d t o o n t h i s t r i p t h r o u g h B i g - T O E - l a n d .Perhaps you wi l l beg in to fo rmula te a s t r a t egy fo r where you wan t to go

nex t - an d how you m igh t ge t the re . A f te r Sec t ion 6 , the ba ll is in your

co ur t - an d you wil l ne ed to f ig ur e ou t wha t th e g am e is , an d how to p lay

to win . Th i s is th e l a st in n in g pa l , ge t so m e s l eep an d b e r ead y to go a t

sun-up - th is t ime we wi l l not wai t for s t ragglers .








S e c N o n 6

T h e E n d i s A l w a y s

t h e B e g i n n i n g :T o d a y i s t h e F i r s t D a y

o f t h e R e s t o f Y o u r E x i s t e n c e





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I n t r o d u c t i o n t o S e c t i o n 6

Vou can secure a major advance in Big Pic ture under s tanding by mere ly

appreciat ing your ignorance wi thin a larger point of view, even i f your

exper ience a l lows no percept ib le convers ion of tha t ignorance in to knowl -

edge . Learning begins when you are capable of apprec ia t ing your ignorance

enough to ask a ques t ion and care about the qual i ty of the answer . When

you know or bel ieve you know the r ight answer , learning is not poss ible.

We are not ch i ldren . S imply asking the ques t ion i s not enough. There

i s no Mom, or Dad, or organiza t ion capable of supply ing us wi th an easy

answer that i s also a qual i ty answer . A qual i ty answer i s one that i s par t of

your pe r s ona l s o l u t i on w i t hou t a l s o be i ng pa r t o f your pe r s ona l p r ob l em.

O n e o f t he m os t obv i ous B ig - quest ions le f t han g i ng in t houg h t - s pac e

a f t e r r e a d i n g My Big TOE is : W ha t now? I th in k tha t is a go od qu es t io n -

it may be less obv ious , bu t I hav e that s am e qu es t ion . W ha t , if anyth ing ,

a r e you go i ng t o do w i t h t he i deas and concep t s you have encoun t e r ed i n

My Big TOE? That i s my ques t ion. Perhaps you wi l l be wi l l ing to share your

ans wer w i t h me and o t he r s a t : h t t p : / / www.my- b i g - t oe . com.

Un for tun ate ly , if you are to r each s igni f i cant con clus io ns abo ut the

c o n t e n t o f My Big TOE you wi l l need to e i ther bui ld some br idges or jump

t o t he m ac r os s a chas m o f i gnor an ce and i ng r a i n ed be l ie f . How many

br i dg es and how mu ch d i s t ance t hey mu s t s pan is de pe nd en t on t he

br ead t h , dep t h , and qua l i t y o f your expe r i ence da t a and t he s i ze and

s hape o f your pe r s ona l chas m.

Bui ld ing logica l ly and sc ient i f i ca l ly sound br idges f rom carefu l ly evalu-

a t ed e xp e r i en ce is a lways a m or e d i f f i cu l t m e t ho do l ogy f o r r each i ng con-

c l us i ons t han j u m p i n g t o t hem , bu t if you wan t t o p r og r es s bey ond chas-

ing your tail it is abso lutely nece ssary. We think p up pi es an d k i t tens a re








7 5 2 | My Big TOE I I n t r oduc t i on t o Sec t i on 6

fu nn y w he n they are in fu l l an d ard en t p ur s ui t of the i r t ai l for a f ew sec-

on ds a t a t i me . I ma g i ne how f u nn y a hu m an mu s t look ded i ca t i ng i ts

en t i r e l if e to a se l f - referen t i a l end les s loop o f no n-p rod uc t ive t a il cha s ing .

Actual ly i t is m o re sad t ha n fu nn y, b ut th ese a re th e typical views w he n

l ook i ng f r om t he pe r s pec t i ve o f t he B i g P i c t u r e .To he lp you dec ide what to do about the ideas and concept s you have

e n c o u n t e r e d i n My Big TOE , I have com pi led six sugg es t ions fo r yo ur con-

s idered ac t ion in rever se or de r of d i f f icu l ty . 1) Do no t throw go od af t e r

bad - d ro p thes e ideas out of yo ur min d like ho t (or ro t t en ) po ta to es -

use the books to warm yourse l f th i s winter , or g ive them to some mushy-

bra ine d a cq ua in ta nc e you wish to i r r i t a t e . 2) A f ter so m e in i ti a l exc i te -

ment , forget about the Big Picture - i t i s too big to do anything about any-

way. T h e ideas pre sen ted , th ou gh in te ll ec tua l ly in teres t ing , will na tura l lydr i f t away as you pour yoursel f into the next act ivi ty, and the next one

af ter that . 3) Because you are reading i t only for the t - shi r t , go to the

h t t p : / / www.my- b i g - t oe . com web s i te and see if you can p ro cu re an of f icial

Big T O E t - sh i r t. A f ter a ll , you d id r ead the en t i r e bo ok an d have the

em pty aspi r in bo t t les an d 17 shiny go ld s tars to pro ve i t. For tha t alo ne ,

th i s r e ne ga de wo rdsm i th owes you - b ig t ime! 4) Se nd a f i e ry l e t t e r fu l l

of indignat ion and wel l -p laced exclamat ion marks to the publ i sher

r eque s t i ng t hem t o cease and desi st f r o m f u r t h e r po l l u t i ng t he acc um u-la ted knowledge base wi th mindless dr ive l . Ins i s t your l e t t e r be forwarded

to the author a t h i s home in Antarc t i ca . 5) In a bubble bur s t ing wi th f r esh

en t hus i a s m, dec i de t o ge t s omeone ( book , c l a s s , s emi na r , gu r u ) t o he l p

you deve l op t he r e s u l t s o f your pe r s ona l B i g P i c t u r e unde r s t and i ng be f o r e

sooner or l a t e r r e turn ing to 2) above . 6) Do not throw good af t e r bad -

com m i t ser ious t ime an d energ y to a l i f e long skept i ca l bu t op en m in de d

pe rson al pur su i t of Big T ru th - a nd go energet i ca l ly wh ereve r tha t p a th

mi gh t lead . Becom e a pud d i ng - hea d o n t he pa t h t o t r ue love.Any of the above s ix choices ( and count les s o ther s ) a re acceptable : you

mus t move i n a d i r ec t i on t ha t appea r s t o be f o r war d f r om wher eve r you

a r e and f r om wha t eve r pe r s pec t i ve you have accumul a t ed t hus f a r . You

make choices , and the choices you make, make you. Free wi l l i s the dr iver .

Cho i ces and cons equences , r eap i ng wha t you s ow, ge t t i ng wha t you

deserve , an d de serv ing what you ge t - th a t is how th e gam e is p layed -

lose or win . Al l indiv idual s a re equal ly impor tant and va luable , and a l l

choices a re va l id s t eps a long your pa th of be ing , whether you know whatyou are doing or not .

My advice to you and ho pe s for you have noth in g to do wi th wh ich of

the s ix choices you se t t l e on - whichever choice r epresent s who you are









today can eventual ly t ake you where you need to go tomor row. My advice

an d h op e is tha t you will ch oo se only af t e r care fu l co ns id era t ion an d tha t

you wi l l cons tant ly r eevalua te whatever choice you make as the evidence

of your l i f e t ime dr ibbles in .








I C a n ' t B e l i e v e I R e a d t h e W h o l e T h i n gU n c l e T o m , P a s s t h e A n t a c i d P l e a s e

M, Big TOE was wri t ten to al low me to share the tentat ive resul ts of my

explorat ions wi th you. I t i s in the s tyle of a personal conversat ion

between you and your eccent r i c Dutch uncle - s t r ange o ld Uncle Tom.

Th e i n f o r ma l t one and us e o f h u m o r r e f l ec t s how I no r ma l l y r e la t e , one -

on -on e , wi th go od f r i e nd s w ho wan t to know, and w hos e eyes have not ye t

be gu n to g laze over. Th i s ap pro ac h i s ca lcula ted to ma inta in in teres t a nd

to minimize the wow and gee whiz ef fec t s .

I cou l d have m ad e a m or e s e r ious , fo r m a l , e r u d i t e p r e s en t a t i on t ha t

would have been much more intel lectual ly impress ive - l ike the typical

bo ok au th or ed by som e hot - sh ot sc ienti s t f ro m the pres t ig iou s Univer s ity

of Tough Love wi th an impress ive s t r ing of c rypt i c l e t t e r s a f t e r h i s name.

Something l ike this : Dr . Uncle Tom, B.S. , I .M.S. , Ur .D. where BS is sel f -

exp lana tory and S an d D imply sma r t and d u m b respective ly - a t leas t

tha t ' s the m essage in tent iona l ly l e f t lurk in g be tween the l ines. Try ing to

be impress ive or worse yet , seeing yoursel f as actual ly being impress ive is ,

in the Big Pic ture , equiva lent to having a lobotomy.

Contrary to popular bel ief , you do not have to be a doctor , lawyer , exec-

ut ive , h igh ran kin g mi l i t a ry of f i ce r , go ve rnm en t m ana ger , pol i ti c i an , or

univers i ty professor to get a lobotomy - but i f you are one of these

supremely impress ive indiv idual s , you ge t to go immedia te ly to the f ront

of the l ine, no qu es t ion s aske d. D on ' t giggle, tha t is n o smal l ad va nt ag e -

th ere is a lways a very lon g line a t Lo bo tom y Ce nt ra l .

A pp ea r in g imp ress ive i s so m eth ing you should a lways carefu l ly avoid -

even i f you must act a l i t t le s i l ly somet imes . Si l ly mixed in equal measure

wi th do w n-h om e a nd fun ky is a lways a su re win ne r in the "oh , i t' s only






7 5 6 | My Big TOE | I Can' t Bel ieve I Read the Whole Thing

you" sweepstakes . Avoiding actual ly being impress ive is exceedingly s im-

ple for mos t of us whi le avoid ing the appearance of be ing impress ive

r equ i r e s a m or e con cen t r a t ed e f f o r t on ou r pa r t .

It is im po r ta nt tha t you d o not t ake the a t t i tu de tha t ser io us pro gre ss

along the Path of Knowledge is only avai lable to the special few. That i t i sbeyond your prac t i ca l r each - only for robed gurus who dedica te the i r l i f e

to the pur sui t of sp i r i tua l per fec t ion or Ph .D. phys ic i s t s who are so f ar out

in the esoter i c e ther tha t even they have no idea what they are t a lk ing

abou t . No t h i ng cou l d be f u r t he r f r om t he t r u t h . You can s ucceed

supe rbly wi th out c ha ng ing your outw ard l i fe -s ty le very m uc h. You sh ould

know that I am a regular down-to-ear th guy wi th a job, a wife, young kids ,

mul t ip le dogs , b i rds , marsupia l s and snakes ; one ca t , two o ld car s , a whop-

ping mor tgage , and l as t but not l eas t , a very s t r ange sense of humor .Pe r s ona l s p i r i t ua l p r ogr es s does no t r equ i r e d i s engagemen t ; i t does no t

r equ i r e a h i gh an d l o f ty de m ea no r , o r a s e r i ous s upe r i o r - t o - thou a t t i t ude .

Clear ly , those a t t r ibutes indica te a l ack of sp i r i tua l progress , a def i c iency

of consc iousness qual i ty . Unfor tunate ly , people have a na tura l t endency to

p l ace t hos e t hey t h i nk know mo r e t ha n t hey d o on a pede s t a l - and den-

igra te the i r ow n wo r th or pro gre ss by co m pa r i so n . Thi s is a be l i e f t r ap

that makes progress much less l ikely. You will evolve more quickly by toss-

ing out th e Gr ea t G u ru a nd ser ious ly wo rking on your own , than by hang -ing out wi th the Grea t Guru in l i eu of doing ser ious work on your own.

Qua l i ty of con sc iou sness i s, for th e mos t par t , not ga ined thro ug h as soci-

at ion or by osmosis .

P lac ing o ther s on pedes ta l s i s nonproduct ive and makes you fee l l es s

co m pe t en t by co m pa r i s on . Do no t f all i n t o t h is ene r gy an d i ncen t ive

des t roying be l i e f t r ap .

Natural and s imple processes usual ly work the bes t . I t i s my hope that

being "one of us" in language and s tyle wi l l reach more folks than infor-mal and co rny wil l lose. I am b et t in g on the l ikel ihood th at man y pe op le

wil l l i s ten more openly and less defens ively to thei r Dutch uncle. More

imp or tant ly , it is c l ear tha t the m inim um n um be r of r ead er s will ge t

t r a p pe d by the wow ef fec t if th e de livery is s t r a igh t forw ard , hu m or ou s , an d

inform al . Th at g ives the u nc le-d ud e a m or e ef fec tive p lace f rom which to

co m m un ica te an d share whatever I th ink m ight be of va lue to you.

Those turned-of f or los t for want of a ser ious , in te l l ec tua l , top exper t

de m ea no r a r e p r obab l y t oo f a r go ne i n t o t he dep t hs o f ego and s e lf -r e f-erent i a l be l i e f t r aps to ge t much f rom My Big TOE anyway. I t al l works out .

W ha t you en d up wi th i s: Fun ky Physics for th e Res t of Us - a p ers on al

tou r thro ug h real ity wi th your Du tch uncle . I ho pe th e s ty le , ton e , an d







humor was as good for you as i t was for me. Se l f - impor tant profess ional

s tuf fed sh i r t s an d po m p o u s pro fesso r types will ne ed to de sce nd to a

m or e co m m on leve l t o f e r r e t ou t t h e few Big T O E g o l den nugg e t s t ha t

happen to be color coordina ted wi th the i r egos and career goal s . I f tha t

i s too pa infu l a condescens ion , they can a lways watch TV ins tead .Look i ng and ac t i ng nor ma l and be i ng nor ma l can be t wo s epa r a t e

th ings . T h e po in t i s: You can ser ious ly an d success fu l ly pu r su e th e Path

of Knowledge , the pa th of consc iousness qual i ty evolu t ion , of sp i r i tua l

dev e l opm en t a nd c on t i n ue t o ca r r y on w i t h you r no r m a l l if e. Su r e , t h e r e

wil l be lots of changes , but none that require you to s tep dramat ical ly out

of yo ur li fes tyle as an ini t ial inv es tm ent in fu tu re gr ow th. T h e qual i ty a nd

evo l u t i on o f your cons c i ous nes s i s no t dependen t on t he f o r m o f your

physical exis tence. However , the qual i ty of your phys ical exis tencede pe nd s absolu te ly on th e qual i ty of yo ur co nsc iou sness .

Because most , i f not al l , of the people we knowr

who are success fu l ly

pursuing a sp i r i tua l pa th or pa th of per sonal growth are not normal ly

i m m e r s e d i n o u r W e s t e r n t e c h n o - c u l t u r e , wre be l i eve inc or rec t ly tha t f am -

ily, job s , an d m or tg ag es are in co m pa t ib le wi th a ser io us b id for en l ight -

enment (under s tanding and l iv ing the Big Pic ture a t a deep l evel ) .

Likewise, because wrc have a smal l, ha l f - form ed p ic ture of w rhat con-

sc iousness qual i ty o r sp i r i tua l prog ress me ans , we be l i eve tha t dr o pp in gout of the mains t r eam (becoming monks , pr i es t s , nuns , l iv ing in so l i t a ry

places , jo in in g sp i r itua l ly focuse d orga niza t ions , p er fo rm in g r i tua l s, wear-

i ng f un ny c l o t hes , o r s eve r i ng ma t e r i a l con nec t i ons ) m us t be r equ i r ed :

They a r e no t .

The form of your mater i a l involvement wi th the loca l r ea l i ty i s not

i mpor t an t . How you i n t e r ac t w i t h t ha t env i r onmen t , how you r e l a t e w i t h

other s , what you make of the avai l ab le choices and oppor tuni t i es - tha t i s

i m po r t an t - and t ha t can be do ne anyw her e un de r a w i de r ange o f c ir-cu m s tan ce s tha t inc ludes We s tern cu l ture and l i fes ty les . Do no t le t these

two bel i e f t r ap s ( the wow-ef fec t an d t he dr op -o ut b lues ) d i sc ou rag e you

f rom se t t ing out on a ques t to evolve the qual i ty of your consc iousness .

When you hear o ther s use these er roneous be l i e f s as excuses for why

they ca nn ot success fu lly pu r su e a m or e sp i r i tua l pa th , f i r s t sho ut : C op ou t ! ,

an d t he n , Bu l lpucky! Nex t , apo l og i ze f o r your r u de un con t r o l l ed ou t b ur s t .

F ina l ly , expla in wi th grea t empathy and compass ion why noth ing i s

r equ i r ed t o change bu t t hem, and t ha t c r ea t i ng t he r i gh t env i r onmen t f i r s ttypical ly retards progress by inadver tent ly put t ing the car t in f ront of the

horse , caus ing energy to be focused on i s sues of minor impor tance .

Success fu l l ear n in g do es not flow f ro m the r ight en vi ro nm en t - the r ight







en vi ro nm en t f lows f ro m success fu l l earn ing . T he env i ron m en t tha t is mos t

impor tant wi th r egards to your growth i s the one in your head . The appro-

pr ia te phys ica l envi ronment wi l l form on i t s own.

The West , unl ike the Eas t , has not evolved i t s own dis t inct cul tural

p r oces s es t o s uppor t t he evo l u t i on o f i nd i v i dua l cons c i ous nes s . W hen andi f i t does , dropping out of the mains t r eam wi l l not be a r equi rement . In

the Wes t , ne i ther our r e l ig ious nor our secular processes a re des igned to

help indiv idual s outgrow the be l i e f t r aps tha t dramat ica l ly l imi t the i r

potent i a l growth . To the cont rary , our Wes tern ins t i tu t ions fos ter , sup-

po r t , an d d em an d, an ar ray of l imi t ing be l i e f s wi th gre a t gus to . T he sam e

is t ru e in Ea s ter n cul tu res .

Westerners are especial ly proud of thei r logical and scient i f ic ways .

That Wes tern a t t i tudes and processes a re of t en be l i e f based and not aslogica l an d sc ient i f ic as they ap pe ar to us th ro ug h o ur t in te d cul tura l

g las ses , i s obvious to many who l ive out s ide Wes tern cul ture .

Never the les s , the Path of Knowledge , the war r ior ' s pa th , the r e lent l es s

pursui t of t ruth, the appl icat ion of logic and the intel lect in the service of

consc iousness evolu t ion are r ight down our Wes tern a l l ey . Progress on

t he Pa t h o f Knowl edge depends upon r a t i ona l p r oces s . Ra t i ona l p r oces s

is w he re the W es tern wor ldview suppo sedly sh ine s - th e on e th ing

Wes tern cul ture pr ides i t s e l f on more than any o ther . We of the Wes tthr ive on ra t ion al pro ces s . In fact , we ar c so obsess ively co m m it te d to

ra t ional pro cess tha t everyth ing we do is co ns t ru ed to be the r esul t of a

rat ion al pro ce ss wh et h er it is o r not . We s imp ly de f i n e it to be that way!

I f we do i t , we can somehow jus t i fy i t as a rat ional and logical process ; at

l eas t the men can , the l ad ies of t en know bet t e r .

Ahhh. . .so close, yet so far away! A decided spi r i tual advantage l ies

un see n and thus un use d . T he Path of Kno wledge i s no t well wo rn by

Western feet . We of Western at t i tude l ive wi th and enjoy the mater ial advan-tages , regret or do not see the spi r i tual disadvantages , and for the most par t

ent i rely miss the spi r i tual advantages . Every cul ture has i t s advantages and

disadvantages . Because you must l ive wi th all the disadvantages of your cul -

ture, i t i s a shame to al low sel f - imposed bel ief -bl indness to deny you access

to some of your cul ture ' s more s igni f i cant advantages .

H o p e f u l l y , My Big TOE has occas i ona l l y p r odded you ou t o f your

hab i t ua l no - b r a i ne r comf or t zone , o r a t l ea s t cha l l enged your mi nd wi t h

a f ew new concept s . Perhaps you have t aught yourse l f a th ing or two int he p r oces s o f s t r ugg l i ng w i t h t he unus ua l i deas f ound he r e . Tha t you

en d up ag r e e i ng , d i s ag r ee i ng , o r be t t e r yet un de c i d ed , is no t i m po r t an t .

Th a t t he r e was s o m e m en t a l m ot i o n , s ome s t i r r i ng ab ou t w i t h i n an o pe n









lo t of new conceptual ground together and have had some laughs in the

proc ess. If you hav e read t he en tire tr ilogy an d ar e s ti ll ha ng ing w ith me in

this ques t to see the Big Picture and develop a comprehens ive model of real -

ity - and to find your place in it - I expect that you have what it takes to go

the dis tance. You are am on g th e few to who m I ho pe to ma ke a signif icantd i f f erence .

You may f in d this di f f ic ul t to believe, bu t som e wh o s tar te d on this jour-

ney wi th us , inc lud ing a f ew wh o ap pr oa ch ed My Big TOE with ser ious

open mi nded i n t en t , became and r ema i n f r us t r a t ed t o t he max . Many o f

these didn ' t make i t pas t Sect ion 2 or Sect ion 3 because of the high levels

of f rus t rat ion - a natural f i l ter that you passed through wi th f lying colors .

Why al l this f rus t rat ion and angs t? Because I emphasize repet i t ively that

i t i s up to you to go out and get evidence for yoursel f and come to yourown conclus ion s . Ad d tha t to the f ac t tha t I cons tant ly r em in de d you tha t

yo ur grow th is cr i t ical to the qual i ty of l ife you ex pe r ie nc e a nd to yo ur evo-

l u t iona r y p r ogr es s . Fu r t he r m or e , I am f o r eve r po i n t i ng ou t t he pu r p os e o f

your exi s t ence and emphas iz ing the impor tance of your success ( in the l i t -

de p ic ture a nd the Big Pic ture) in fu l f il l ing tha t pu rp os e an d th a t you

alo ne m ust ass um e ful l respon sibi l i ty for yo ur success or fai lure.

Ad di t ional ly, I m ak e it c lear th er e is pre cio us l i tt le he lp wi thin PMR to

a id you r success , an d tha t a long- term focu sed ef f or t is r eq ui re d to pul lyourse l f u p by you r bo ot s t r ap s on e t iny in cr em en t a t a time . O n top of a ll

th i s tough love I am cont inual ly ins inuat ing tha t you arc probably not as

spi r i tual ly evolved as you think o r h o p e tha t you are; th at you arc m o re

than l ike ly dr iven by ego, want s , des i r es , and fear ; and tha t your exi s t ence

is pro ba bly no t as close to the ce nt er of th e real i ty-universe as you may

have im agin ed. Wow! W ha t a t r ip ... an d th a t ' s the goo d news!

Fr us t r a t i on acc r ue s bec aus e a l t hou gh I p r ov i de s om e t echn i que and

di rec t ion on how to ge t s t a r t ed , there a re no guarantees of immedia te suc-cess an d few hin t s abo ut w hat to d o af t e r you d o ge t s t a r t e d . I am no t

hold ing out on you, or be ing vague to ge t you to r ead my next book, or

avoid in g the i s sue be ca us e I d on ' t know the an swer - it is s imply th a t

grow ing-up i s so m eth in g tha t n o on e e lse can t e ll you how to do .

Your mot he r and your bos s can t e l l you how t o ac t , bu t on l y you can

d e c i d e h o w t o b e . U n f o r t u n a t e l y , a c t i n g p r o p e r l y ( e x h i b i t i n g p r o p e r

b e h a v i o r a n d i n t e l l e c t u a l u n d e r s t a n d i n g ) w i t h o u t p r o p e r b e i n g , t h o u g h

civ i li z ing , is of l it t le va lu e in r a i s ing th e qual i ty of yo ur co ns c io usn ess .G e t t i n g i n t o a l ea r n i n g p r oce s s t ha t is s i gn i f i can t l y ah ea d o r b eh i nd

y o u r g r a d e l ev el is m o r e c o u n t e r p r o d u c t i v e t h a n h e l p f u l : B o r e d o m a n d







f r us t r a t i on a r e t e r r i f i c i nh i b i t o r s o f ac t ua l i z i ng po t en t i a l . Mas s mar -

ke t ed m a t e r i a l s a r e no t t he r i gh t m ed i a f o r e f f ec ti ve l y gu i d i n g an i nd i -

v i d u a l 's p e r s o n a l g r o w t h .

I cou ld , if 1 ha d l i tt le und er s ta nd in g an d even few er scrup les , t ry to

con vince you tha t I possess the kn ow ledg e of a sure p a th to gre a te r sp i r-i tual qual i ty and then sel l i t to you on the s ide in the form of books , tapes ,

l ec t u r es , s emi na r s , and t r a i n i ng cour s es , bu t t ha t wou l d be mor e mar ke t -

ing bul lpuc ky tha n t ru th . T h er e is no shor tc ut tha t signi f i cant ly minim izes

the work you mus t do on your own. There are many equal ly va l id pa ths .

You sho uld ch oo se on e tha t f it s yo ur dem ea no r , sty le , an d s i tua t ion . N on e

of them can g ive you anyth ing but an oppor tuni ty for you to do the work

requi red to improve yourse l f . Promises of anyth ing more are empty and

genera l ly made by those more in teres ted in the qual i ty of your bankaccount than in the qual i ty of your consc iousness .

My Big TOE i s not a how- to book, nor i s i t an advanced tome on be t t e r

l iving th ro u g h phy sics a n d m ed ita t io n - i t is s imply a Reali ty 101 survey

cou r s e - j u s t eno ug h i n f o r m a t i on t o ge t you s t a r ted on your own adven-

ture of discovery. How -to ins t ruct io ns , to be ef fect ive, m us t be individual ly

focused and personal ly del ivered: A one-s ize- f i t s -al l book is not a good

media for t eaching indiv idual s how to exper ience the l a rger r ea l i ty . A book

may teach you usefu l medi ta t ion t echniques ( see Chapter 23 , Book 1) , butit in tr ins ica l ly has a d i f f i cu l t t ime he lp ing you in te rpr e t and un de r s ta nd

(guide) you r per so nal m edi ta t ion ex per ien ces . How useful is the f or m er

without the lat ter? For the large major i ty, not much. Typical ly, such a book

wi l l s erve only to sh i f t the poin t of t e rminal f rus t r a t ion f rom a pre-medi -

tat ion, "I do not know how- to get s tar ted," to a pos t -medi tat ion, "My expe-

r i ences a r e i nde f i nab l e , uncon t r o l l ab l e , and wi t hou t s pec i f i c mean i ng . "

Th e f i rs t t ype o f f r us t r a t i o n : En t hus i a s m con s t r a i ned by i gno r ance , has

a long hal f- li fe , an d m ay even tual ly lead to real pr og re ss if th e en th us ia smcan overcome the cons t ra in t s of the ignorance before i t decays . The sec-

ond: I ' ve done tha t and i t doesn ' t appear to l ead anywhere , has a much

sh or ter hal f - li fe , rarely lead s to real pro gre ss , an d m ake s it less l ikely th at

the indiv idual wi l l ever make rea l progress . The second type of f rus t r a t ion

is not always , or necessar i ly, the resul t of an unguided ef for t . Cer tain

br ight , dogged, robus t indiv idual s , who are r eady to l earn , d ive r ight in

and, wi th l i t t l e to no guidance , become grea t swimmers in the crys ta l

c lear water s of the l a rger r ea l i ty . Unfor tunate ly , these indiv idual s a re r a re ;the r es t es sent ia l ly d o a be l ly- f lop , sp en d the i r l i fe dog gie pa dd l ing

around in c i r c les , or ge t out of the water permanent ly .







An immediate concern of mine is that this t r i logy, because i t i s targeted

at a broad base of r eader s , might do more harm than good by encourag-

ing an e pid em ic of the be l ly- f lop blues . T ha t is a do w nsi de r isk I acc ept in

or de r to of fe r th e ups id e potent i a l of s t imula t ing s igni f i cant new g row th .

T he pe r s eve r an ce , e f f o r t , and l ack o f ego r eq u i r e d f o r d r am at i c s ucces sact as a natural f i l ter to cul l out those who are not ready to access the

grea ter power and respons ib i l i ty of an aware consc iousness . Balance and

s tabi l i ty are inherent to the process .

T he rar e f ew wh o are pow er fu l ly dr iven , sans ego, to f ind answ ers will

f ind a way - they always do - they need only to see the possibil i t ies; i t is

never easy, but for them, easy is not required.

In t e rms of l earn ing about be ing , we in the Wes t have a l earn ing d i s -

abi l i ty bui l t in to our cu l tura l va lues . Our model of educat ion employs anin te l lec tua l process des ig ned for s tu f f in g f ac t s in to the s tud en t ' s h ead .

Le arn ing to be is necessar i ly an exp er ien t i a l process , no t an in te l l ec tua l

process . Much of our f rus t r a t ion der ives f rom want ing to achieve the l a t -

t e r ( l earn ing to be , growing-up, evolv ing our consc iousness ) by employing

the for m er ( in te ll ec tua l process ) . We pu sh an d pu sh on tha t in te l lec tua l

s t r ing unt i l we g ive up in ex asp era t io n a nd co nc lud e tha t the l a rger r ea l-

ity is ei th er inacce ss ible to us o r s imply do es no t exis t .

Babies do not learn to walk or speak by thinking about i t , being toldabout i t , logical ly analyzing i t , or having i t explained to them - i t takes

only a di m g l i m m er of the poss ib i l i t i es and grea t courage and de termi -

n a t i o n . My Big TOE is t ryi ng as ha rd as it can to supply the di m gl i m m er;

y o u m u s t s u p p l y t h e c o u r a g e a n d d e t e r m i n a t i o n .

Feel ing f rus t r a ted because the so lu t ion i s not one you can ge t an in te l -

l ec tua l gr ip on or in te l l ec tua l ly mas ter i s fu t i l e unles s the f rus t r a t ion

dr ives you t o co n t i n ue t r y i ng un t i l you b eco m e a cons c i ous n es s t odd l e r .

A val i an t an d ard en t search for th e r ight in te l l ec tua l und er s tan din g , ther ight in te l l ec tua l tool s , process , procedures , d i r ec t ions , r ec ipe , or pre-

scr ipt ion is a search in vain. The key you are looking for does not exis t in

in te l lec tua l or phys ica l fo rm . T he re i s no r ec ipe , sy l labus , out l ine , bo ok ,

or se t of ins t ruc t ions tha t holds the answer for you because th i s i s not an

in te l lec tua l exerc i se . Th i s fac t is ex t rem ely d i f f i cu l t for a pro du ct of mo d-

e r n W e s t e r n e d u c a t i o n t o u n d e r s t a n d .

Fina lly , if you are d i sc om for te d or i r r i t a t e d by he ar ing m e cont inual ly

infer that you probably have a long way to go and a lot of work to do, con-s ide r th e use of the ca r rot a nd the s t ick. Prov iding the dim g l im m er is a

car rot and s t ick process ; nothing else works . Carrots wi thout s t icks are less

i r r i t a t ing than s t i cks wi thout car ro t s but ne i ther approach wi l l produce any







sm ar t m ules . To e nc ou rag e you r per son al jo u rn ey of di scovery , I have sca t-

t e r ed a f ew en t i c i ng ca r r o t s he r e an d t he r e t h r ou gh ou t t he p r ev i ous fi ve

sect ions . I t is also po ss ible th at you receive d a wh ack o r two wi th a h um or -

s t i ck tha t was hand craf t ed f rom your ego. I t i s my in tent ion tha t the

app l i ca t i on o f s ticks s hou l d be mo r e o f a ge nd e poke o r he l p f u l nu dg etha n a wh ack. How ever , I am fu l ly aw are tha t on e per s on ' s n ud ge i s of t en

an o t he r pe r s o n ' s whack . A s ud den o r f o r ce f u l g r ow i ng up typ ical ly

ap pea r s to be h a r s h .

It' My Big TOE has l e f t you fee l ing f ru s t r a ted or d i sc on cer te d , it may b e

bec ause the t ru th of t e n do es not f i t com for ta bly in to ou r es tabl i shed rou-

t ines and be l i e f sys tems , and tha t we of ten do not want to hear what our

in tu i t ion i s t ry ing to t e l l us . Not knowing for sure whether Uncle Tom i s

absolu te ly cor rec t , nut s , or hopeles s ly los t , i s i r r e levant to your per sonalg r ow t h . No t s t a r t i ng on a j o u r ne y o f d is cove ry t o f i nd ans wer s beca us e

you lack answ ers is a se l f -defea t ing de ce pt io n of th e ego a im ed a t deny -

i ng f ea r and r educ i ng anx i e t y . Embr ace unce r t a i n t y : You canno t know

w he re you r pat h wi ll take you. Plan only l ife ' s jo u rn ey , no t li fe 's des t ina-

t ion . Accept tha t you are a lways more ignorant of your ignorance than

you th ink . Do not l e t the he ight s of your uncer ta in ty , the depths of your

i gnor ance , o r t he i mpor t ance o f your mi s s i on i n t i mi da t e you .

I have discov ered that m ost rea de rs l ike Se ct ion 1 th e bes t . Most likemy des c r i p t i on s o f NPM R, com m en t s abo u t t he B ig Che es e , and a t lea st

a few of the jok es . Man y a l so enjoy Uncle Tom po ki ng f u n a t s e l f - impor -

t ant s tuf fe d sh i r t s an d i conoclas ti ca lly tweaking the no se of bra in -de ad

dogmat i s t s . In genera l , people l ike to hear about the cr i t t e r s I ' ve met ,

nonphys ica l sex , gender ident i f i ca t ion in NPMR, and s tor i es of the epic

adventures and conf l i c t s tha t a re t ak ing p lace wi th in the l a rger r ea l i ty .

So m e a r e f a s c i na t ed by how t h i ngs wor k i n NP M R an d t he i n t e r ac t i on

be t ween PMR and NPMR. Thes e s t o r i e s , anecdo t es , and des c r i p t i ons a r ein teres t ing to m os t eve ryo ne beca use they are not cha l l engin g (no con -

cep tua l heavy l i f ting is r eq ui re d) and b eca use they have grea t en ter t a in-

m e n t v a l u e .

O n e a t t r i bu t e t ha t makes en t e r t a i n m en t so po pu l a r is t ha t it occu r s at

a d i s t ance - t he one be i ng en t e r t a i ned does no t have t o pa r t i c i pa t e o r

ge t per so nal ly involved. Being en te r t a in ed is a p lea san t , s afe , s ecu re ,

comfor table in te l l ec t - a t - a-d i s t ance ac t iv i ty tha t r equi res l i t t l e e f for t , car -

r i es no r espons ib i l i ty , an d th er ef or e ge ne ra t es no f ear , gui l t , po tent i a l forfa i lure , or per s on al grow th . By v icar ious ly r ea di ng abo ut (or wa tching)

o t h e r s do i ng am az i n g o r coo l t h i ngs , we a r e ab l e t o s ha r e an d co nf i r m

the he ro ' s r ea l ity in t e rm s of o u r own rea l ity w i tho ut th e ef fo r t or r i sk .






764 | My Big TOE | I Can't Believe I Read the Whole Thing

O u r o w n p o s s i b i l i t i e s a r e t h u s t h e o r e t i c a l l y e x p a n d e d . T h a t ' s n o t a l l b a d ,

b u t t h e l i m i t a t i o n s a r e o b v i o u s .

I c o u l d sp i n s t o r i e s o f a d v e n t u r e s , b a t t le s , a n d i n t r i g u e s i n N P M R t h a t

w o u l d k e e p y o u i n t e r e s t e d a n d sp e l l b o u n d u n t i l y o u d e c i d e d t h a t 1 m u s t

b e n u t s . T h i s is w h a t m o s t p e o p l e w a n t m e t o t a lk a b o u t m o s t o f t h e t i m e- a ll u se le s s , e x c e p t f o r i ts e n t e r t a i n m e n t v a l u e . E n t e r t a i n m e n t v a l u e is

h i g h l y c o v e t e d i n t h e m a r k e t p l a c e , b u t i t i s b e t t e r a t d e v e l o p i n g c a sh - f l o w

t h a n it is a t d e v e l o p i n g c o n s c i o u s n e s s .

• News or 'truth ' as enterta inmen t - that is the tabloid approach - and the rest of

our mainstream news producers are in that same boat or headed there in a big hurry

- they are merely less obvious. We the people are driving the content of al l mass ma r-

keted information to that same sad state of affairs. The dynamics are simple: 1)Information distribution is a business and must sel l to remain competi t ive and prof-

i table; 2) People prefer to be entertained; and, 3) The truth is not in big demand.

Likewise, people often prefer a tabloid approach to real i ty as well . (See the aside

within the aside near the middle of Chapter 24, Book 1.) Unfortunately, l i tt le to no

improvement in the qual i ty of your consciousness can be achieved by l istening to other

people's experiences because making meaningful improvements (consciousness evo-

lution) is not an intel lectual ly-driven process. Quite the contrary: Personal growth is an

intent, free wil l , choice making, choice executing, consequence assessing, puddingtasting, experience-driven process.

Gather 'round folks, I am about to blab a rare heart-fel t confession. I am not inter-

ested in entertaining you with my experiences in NPMR because there is l i tt le potential

value in it. Actually, it is worse than that; the down side is significantly greater than the

upside. Interesting and exciting tales from the Big Picture serve mainly to distract your

focus from what you ought to be paying attention to. Spiri tual growth through enter-

tainment sounds as dumb as i t is. Improvement in your consciousness qual i ty must f low

from your own direct experience. Intel lectual analysis cannot generate new experience.Enough said. 4

T h e e x p e r i e n c e o f o t h e r s c a n p r o v i d e o n l y a t e n t a t i v e b i g g e r v i e w o f

t h e p o s s i b i l it i e s - it m a y p r o v i d e so m e d i r e c t i o n , b u t i t c a n n o t m o v e y o u

f o r w a r d t o w a r d g r e a t e r p e r so n a l q u a l i t y b y e v e n a s i n g l e sm a l l s t e p . Y o u

m u s t l e a r n t o r e c o g n i z e w h a t is m a i n l y e n t e r t a i n m e n t a n d n o t c o n f u s e it

w i t h t h o se e x p e r i e n c e s t h a t c o u l d d i r e c t l y l e a d t o w a r d p e r so n a l g r o w t h .

I t i s no t a lways as easy as i t i n i t i a l ly appear s to make tha t d i sc r imina t ion ,bu t un t i l you can t e ll t h e d i f f e r en ce an d ac t acco rd ing ly , you wi ll r e m ain

in sq u a r e o n e .







E n t e r t a i n m e n t i s u n d e n i a b l y w h a t t h e m a r k e t p l a c e w a n t s , b u t t h a t is

no t my in te r es t , f un c t io n , o r in t en t in c r e a t i ng th i s t r ilogy . You a l r ea dy

h a v e a h u g e a r r a y o f c h o i c e s if e n t e r t a i n m e n t a n d q u i c k sp i r i tu a l f i x e s a r e

w h a t y o u a r e p u r s u i n g . H e r e , y o u a r e e x p e c t e d t o d o y o u r o w n se r i o u s

i te r a ti v e t h i n k i n g a n d e x p e r i e n c i n g i n o r d e r to c o m e t o y o u r o w n t e n t a -t i v e c o n c l u s i o n s .

Y o u n o w k n o w s o m e o f t h e c o n s i d e r a t i o n s a n d d y n a m i c s t h a t s h a p e d

t h e w r i t i n g o f My Big TOE. I m a d e you wai t un t i l a lm os t th e en d so you

w o u l d n ' t b e t e m p t e d t o s e c o n d - g u e s s m y p r e s e n t a t i o n a n d d e li ve ry . T h e

i n s i d e s c o o p d i v u l g e d i n t h i s c h a p t e r i s r e se r v e d f o r m y f a v o r i t e r e a d e r s -

t h o s e w h o w e r e t o u g h e n o u g h , in t e r e s te d e n o u g h , a n d d e t e r m i n e d

e n o u g h to ma ke it ( a lm os t ) all t h e way to th e en d .

• Now you know: The Untold Se crets Be hind MY Big TOE. (How's that for an oxy-

moronic tab loid headline?) Or, how about this: Uncle Tom - Exposed! People would love

it, and sadly, find it more believable if Uncle Tom turned out to be an ancient Egyptian

wizard accidental ly raised from the dead by leaky radioactive waste. What is the real

story behind MY Big FOE? When a senior editor at a small publ ishing house read an

early version of the manuscript, he cal led me to ask, "Where did you get al l this stuff?"

Would you bel ieve I teleported here from a spaceship that remains hidden on the dark

side of the moon just to implant these words of wisdom into the col lective conscious-ness of the pathetical ly inferior but nonetheless deserving earthl ings, so that eventual ly

they might become worthy of contact by my people?

OK, OK, this is the real, true, truth: My name really is Tom, and I am (or at least used

to be) The Big Cheese's favorite Uncle. The unvarnished truth is that The Big Cheese

sent me here because I beat him three times in a row in the heavyweight l ightning bolt

hurl . That is a fact - three time s! No body had ever done that before. I know in my heart

of hearts that he sent me to this clueless humanoid-hel l-hole to get even, but what he

said was...let me give you the exact quote... "Uncle Tom, see i f you can help thosebone-headed earthl ings get their shit together." That is exactly what he said, word for

word , honest! Jeez, I worked on designs for outhouses, f lush toi lets, and sewage treat-

ment p lants for almos t 2, 70 0 years before I f igure d out that I was su ppose d to write

these damn books!

This is tons of fun, and I am temp ted to go on and on, but let's get to the point. Many

people would f ind MY Big TOE more credible, much easier to take seriously, and less

threatening if its origins were fantastical (as above), accidental (the result of being

bonked on the head by a meteori te), or the words of a mysterious and mystical individ-ual - perhaps a mo nk that has been in a cave for thirty years or a super-du per guru from

a foreign cu lture. Why? Those sources are easy to keep at an eg o-safe distance because

they have nothing to do with us perso nally; they imp ly no respons ibil ity on our part, i









other - how many did you see? Unfortunately, not much forw ard pro gress is likely for

this particular tai l-chasing seeker of spiri tual truth unti l he learns to break out of the

endless loop of Catch-22s he has created for himself .

It is a simple fact that everyone has the potent ia l to learn what I have learned, expe-

rience what I have experienced, and do what I can do. I t may take signif icant effort anddedication, but i t doesn't have to disrupt your l i fe very much. This fact is deeply dis-

comforting to the ego. Rather than jump for joy at the possibi l i t ies, a much more com-

mon response is to shrink from the personal implications and to deny personal respon-

sibi l i ty. One always f inds i t easier to generate excuses than to generate results.

If my knowledge w ere the result of being hit by tiny meteo ri te frag me nts (dust), con-

tact with an al ien, fal l ing off a ladder, or channeling the material directly from god him-

self , you would have a ready-made excuse. The material is clearly beyond your practi-

cal knowing. You can do no more than choose whether to bel ieve i t or not. There canbe no blame, no self-expectation, and no respo nsibi l ity or gui l t; your interaction with the

material is easi ly constrained to an intel lectual exercise that is kept at a safe distance

from personal involvement. Now that is entertainment. Ahhh, this feels much more

comfortable, and thus more credible. Our ego's job is to make us feel comfortable by

redefining and interpreting our perceptions and conclusions to calm our fears and suit

our needs. The typical ego can be convincing, cleverly subtle, and is extremely good at

i ts job.

On the other hand, i f you do have the energy and drive to f ind out for yourself , get-ting the ini t ial kick-off brief ing from your Dutch uncle who has been there and done that

should greatly reduce the threshold to getting started. The technique is found in

Chap ter 23 , Book 1 - the rest is foun d in your inten t. 4

A l t h o u g h r e a d i n g t h i s t ri lo g y d e m o n s t r a t e s g r e a t e f f o r t o n y o u r p a r t ,

d i g e s t i n g it is a n o t h e r m a t t e r . D i g e s t i o n i s a m u c h s l o w e r, m o r e c o m p l e x ,

a n d m o r e s i g n i f i c a n t p r o c e s s - i t d e t e r m i n e s w h a t y o u w ill a b so r b a s

o p p o s e d t o w h a t y o u w ill e x c r e t e . Be i n g so m e w h a t o f a n e x p e r t i n t h ef i e ld o f excre t ion p rocesses , l e t me o f f e r th i s adv ice : Whi le My Big TOE is

s l o w ly d i g e s t i n g , y o u sh o u l d t a k e t h e o p p o r t u n i t y t o c o n t e m p l a t e y o u r B i g

T O E ( yo u h a v e o n e w h e t h e r y o u k n o w i t o r n o t ) ; t h a t w ill m a k e t h e

a b so r p t i o n p r o c e s s a s e f f i c i e n t a n d e f f e c t i v e a s p o s s i b l e .

T h e a n t a c i d is o n t h e t o p sh e l f r i g h t n e x t t o t h e e x t r a s t r e n g t h a sp i r i n .








8 9

Y o u M u s t C l i m b t h e M o u n t a i nt o G e t a G o o d V i e w

T here i s no such thing as heresy i f there i s no such thing as bel ief .

Likewise , you can no t be sucke d in to som eo n e e l se ' s be l i e f t r a p if you do

not need a sooth ing be l i e f . Replac ing one be l i e f sys tem wi th another i s of

relat ively l i t t le value. Perhaps there i s some value i f the new bel ief sys tem

is less l imi t ing than the old one, but the apparent lack of l imi tat ions won' t

do you any go od if you do no t s tr e tch out an d t ake ad va nta ge of the new

f ound f r eedom. A man who wi l l no t l eave h i s r oom becaus e he does no t

know how, o r is a f r a i d t o op en t he doo r , is t r ap pe d j us t t he s am e w he t he r

or not the door i s locked.

Now that you have seen the detai l s of the overal l model of real i ty con-

t a i ned wi t h i n My Big TOE , i t may be a good idea to re- read the forewrord

to th i s t r ilogy to r ega in the pr op er pe r spect ive fo r ab so rbin g an d in ter -

pret ing what you have read. Addi t ional ly, look at the las t several pages of

C ha pt er 11, Boo k 2 (begin ju s t a f t er th e f re e wi ll as ide) an d at the discus-

s ion of f r ac ta l ex i s t enc e in Ch ap ter 13 of th i s bo ok . Re adin g these top-

level h igh a l t i tude summar ies wi l l pr ime you to ge t the mos t f rom the

upcomi ng d i s cus s i on t ha t i n t eg r a t e s My Big TOE in to t r ad i t ional Wes tern

sc ience and phi losophy.

T he re i s a go od ch an ce tha t you will f ind so m eth ing t he re tha t will he lp

pu t the Big Pic tu re in to a m or e usable , or a t l eas t m or e com fo r tab le , per -

spect ive . Such a r eview may dramat ica l ly f ac i l i t a t e the process of coming

to your own conclus ions - which is , by the way, your next chal lenge.

I t is always interes t in g and som et im es inform at ive to take an o th er look

f ro m the m ou nta in t op af t e r ex tens ive explora t ion of the valley. Whi le you

are there , you can as sess whether or not I made good on the up- f ront c l a ims






7 7 0 | My Big TOE I You Mus t C l imb the Mounta in to Get a Good V iew

tha t were used to encourage you to buy and read th i s book when you could

have been mor e comf or t ab l e and be t t e r en t e r t a i ned wa t ch i ng TV.

If you wan t to com m un ica te w i th me d i rec tly , go to the My-Big-TOE

web page a t h t t p : / / www.My- Bi g - TOE.com. This web address i s not case

sens i t ive , but the hyphens are necessary . You can send emai l to me andthe publ i sher f rom th i s web s i t e , as wel l as acqui re a l l Big TOE books and

other paraphernal i a . Here , you can keep up wi th the l a t es t in Big TOE

info , ha pp en ing s , and d i scuss ion grou ps . By a ll m ean s , sha re you r com -

pla in t s , pra i ses , and comments wi th me by way of the web. I t could be fun

and educa t i ona l , he l p you i n t eg r a t e wha t you have r ead , and enab l e you

to be more connected and engaged wi th o ther s . Bes t of a l l , you wi l l f ind

a publ i c p lace to express your pol i t e ly worded and erudi t e opin ions , expe-

r i ences , and l earned thoughts - however pro or con they may be . A con-s t ruc t ive shar ing of ideas , exper iences and fee l ings may go a long way

toward he lp in g you deve lop and grow you r ow n Big TO E. Your exper i -

enc e an d i ns igh t may p r es e n t a va l uab l e l ea r n i ng op po r t un i t y f o r m e and

f o r o t he r s .

You may or may not r a i se your consc iousness and lower your ent ropy

whi le da nc ing th e Big T O E bo og ie wi th k in dre d sp i r i t s a t the My-Big-TOE

web page , bu t i t migh t m ak e you fee l be t t e r to sha re you r f ee lings and

knowl edge and ven t your angs t . You may even bump i n t o an un f o r es eenoppor t un i t y t o l ea r n s omet h i ng o f va l ue .

My Big TOE is a mode l tha t s imu l taneous ly makes sense of bo th your

subject ive and object ive exper ience as wel l as def ines the ul t imate s ignif i -

cance of tha t exper ience . I f you do not br ing your exper ient i a l da ta to the

table (before, dur ing or af ter reading this t r i logy) , you wi l l not get as much

as you could f rom Sect ions 2 through 5 . As long as MY Big TOE r e m a i n s

only a pi le of words that you can ei ther choose to bel ieve or choose not

bel ieve, i t ca nn ot ef fectively serve as a catalyst to yo ur pe rso na l gro w th.This Big TOE t r i logy represent s my bes t e f for t to f ac i l i t a t e the process

of you growing your own big-as -poss ib le TOE based on your per sonal

ex pe r ien ce by gent ly tugging a t the con s t ra in t s tha t m ay be l imi t ing you r

vis ion. My intent i s to set your mind f ree to f ind t ruth, not to pi le on

another l ayer of be l i e f on top of what you a l r eady have , or r ep lace one of

you r cu r re nt be l i e f s wi th a new one . Fre ed om - sp i r i tua l , em ot io nal , and

i n t e l l ec t ua l f r eedom - p r ov i des t he neces s a r y env i r onmen t f o r l ea r n i ng .

O pe n m in de d skept ic i sm is th e pr im ary tool you will ne ed to m ain ta in af r ee m i nd c apab l e o f s i gn i fi can t evo l u t i ona r y p r og r es s .

Don ' t forge t tha t o th er mo del s can be d i f f erent f ro m My Big TOE and still

be correct wi thin the context of thei r speci f ic conceptual izat ion. My view is









not the only useful or correct view - i t i s not an exposi t ion of the one t ruth.

I f you are looking for the one correct express ion of t ruth, you do not under-

s tand the cul tural character is t ics of express ion, or the nature of t ruth.

A major purpose of th i s t r i logy i s to serve as a Big TOE cons t ruc t ion

ki t - a way of looking at real i ty that helps you make sense of your expe-rience within a larger systems view. I ts value l ies in i ts abil i ty to describe

al l the data f rom al l sources wi thin al l cul tures in terms of a Western sci -

ent i f i c -phi losophica l context . My Big TOE i s des igned to be most eas i ly

co m pr eh en de d by t he W es t e r n mi nd- s e t; o t he r mi nd- s e t s may be t t e r

u n d e r s t a n d a n d g et m o r e f r o m o t h e r m o d e l s .

W i t h t he My Big TOE t ri logy, I have m ad e an ef fo r t to develo p a p er -

spect ive tha t loosens up se l f - imposed cons t ra in t s whi le provid ing a

ra t ional s t ruc ture tha t wi l l s erve as a tower or mounta in f rom which youcan l eap - soa r of f o n you r own - l ike a Jo n at h an Liv ings ton Re ader .

I t i s int r ins ical ly di f f icul t to leap and soar f rom the bot tom of the PMR

pit where most of us l ive; a l i t t le al t i tude can be invaluable. With no al t i-

tude , we need a long running s t a r t , which i s much more d i f f i cu l t to achieve

and of ten l eaves us f l apping fur ious ly ye t not ge t t ing of f the ground.

G r ou nd ed ! Caug h t in a be l ie f t r ap , f l ap p i n g abo u t pa t he t ica l ly , una b l e

to take f l ight into the real i ty that l ies wi thin. Can you relate to this

pa t he t i c b i r d - r a t - be i ng- p i t - dwe l l e r - pe r s on?You mu s t c l imb the m ou nta in to ge t a go od v iew. You m us t look for

the conceptua l h igh ground f rom which to l aunch your v i s ion of a per -

sonal Big TO E . At l east , you m us t be able to d i f f ere nt i a te u p f ro m dow n;

i f you can do that , and persevere in your ef for t , the res t wi l l fol low.

One note of caut ion . There are those who would ent i ce you to ge t in to

the i r psychot ropic drug cannon. They wi l l of fer to l aunch you in to inner

space l ike Bozo, the Human Cannonbal l Clown a t the c i r cus . Do not take

the trip! I f you do, you wi l l no doubt end up a clown l ike Bozo except therewi l l be no ne t and no applause . Consciousness a l t e r ing drugs do not con-

s t i tute a viable path to an increased qual i ty of consciousness and are a thou-

sand t imes more l ikely to be a ser ious problem than a ser ious solut ion.

If you can no t f ly on yo ur own, be ing sho t ou t of a ca nn on to im i ta te

f l ight cons t i tu tes a shor t i r r e levant t r ip to nowhere . . . and then . . . SPLAT!

Being sho t up in to inner - spac e l ike a Fou r th of Ju ly bot t l e rock et can-

no t teach you anyth ing a t a ll ab ou t f ly ing , naviga t ing , in terp re t in g , or

ef fect ively ut i l iz ing tho ug ht- sp ac e; th e view is shor t - l ived an d th e t r ip c anbe deadly to your spi r i tual progress . In fact , us ing a chemical rocket to

provide access to inner space a lmos t a lways makes l earn ing to grow and

soar on your own more d i f f i cu l t .






7 7 2 | My Big TOE I You Mus t C l imb the Mounta in to Get a Good V iew

I t is said tha t mis ery loves co m pa ny . Do n ot jo in th e losers who ar e

look ing fo r a sho r tc ut or a go od t ime. Trave l ing dow n th e pa th of chem -

ical ly induced al tered s tates of consciousness eventual ly and surely wi l l

t ake you t o t he oppos i t e o f bo t h .

Beca use we live in an e nv i ro nm en t th a t is con s tant ly t ry ing to sel l,man i pu l a t e and con t r o l , we a r e cond i t i oned t o de f end our ego ' s con-

s t ruc t s and to a rgue wi th and res i s t what o ther s a re cons tant ly throwing

at us . Eventual ly , by forc e of hab i t , th i s co nd i t ion ed resp on se he ar s m e say

- "I know more about these things than you ever wi l l , s imply bel ieve what

I tel l you u nt i l you can f ig ur e i t ou t for yo ur se l f ' - de spi te w hat I have said

to the contrary. Do you ever feel as though you are l iving in a grade-B

rea l i ty where the zombies have t aken over the wor ld?

I have so m e go od n ews an d so m e ba d news . T he go od news is tha tabsolu te ly nobody but you can b lock your pa th toward qual i ty consc ious -

ness . The bad news i s tha t absolu te ly nobody but you can unblock your

path toward qual i ty consc iousness . Actua l ly , the bad news i s not tha t bad .

I t s imply means there are some th ings tha t money, s t a tus , good looks , s ex

appeal , and pol i t i ca l power cannot buy - some th ings you e i ther have to

do fo r yourse l f or do wi tho ut . O pp or tu ni ty is everyw here ; it is only gu m p-

t ion and vis ion that are in shor t supply.






9 0

T h e S i g n i f i c a n c eo f I n s i g n i f i c a n c e

I f improving the qual i ty of your consc iousness seems to be the poin t of

exi s t ence , does tha t imply tha t wor ld ly (PMR) pursui t s , such as s tudying

mathemat ics , phys ics , phi losophy, basket weaving , d igging d i t ches , or

be co m ing a n ar t is t , a re a was te of t ime? Absolu te ly n ot ! You shou ld do

s om et h i n g bes i des co n t em pl a t e your B ig TO E. Ever yone shou l d have

something externa l ly product ive to do wi th h i s or her t ime - something

that is at leas t of som e value to oth er s . It is no t what you d o tha t i s im po r-

tant - n o r is i t ho w valua ble i t is to ot h er s tha t i s im po r ta n t : I t i s w ha t you

learn in the process of doing i t tha t i s impor tant . For th i s r eason, a lmos t

any jo b o r act ivi ty wi ll su f f ice be ca us e it i s yo ur i nte rac t ion wi th you rsel f

and o t he r s t ha t c r ea t e s many o f t he bes t l ea r n i ng oppor t un i t i e s .

I f , af ter reading My Big TOE , everything in PMR seems less interes t ing

and less s ignif icant , you have missed an impor tant point . I t i s the exper i -

ence we have in PMR tha t g ives us the oppor tuni ty to l earn by making

choices that are precipi tated by interact ion wi th others . Al l sor ts of act ivi ty

in PMR - butcher , baker , candles t ick maker , doctor , lawyer , Indian chief ,

housewife, teacher , phys icis t , bum, execut ive, or guru - al l provide the

oppor tuni ty you need to l earn and grow the qual i ty of your consc iousness .

It is not tha t any profess io n or l i fe ' s work has be co m e less im po r ta nt

because you now have a b igger p ic ture . Wi th a b igger p ic ture there a re

other th ings tha t a re a l so impor tant tha t d id not ex i s t in the previous l i t -

t le picture. Physical possess ions , family, f r iends , or your career , for exam-

ple, are not any more or less a par t of your l i fe than they were before you

gra sp ed the B ig Pic ture ; it is you wh o may ch an ge th e way you va lue the m

as your ego, knowledge , wisdom, or per spect ive changes . From a new






7 7 4 | My Big TOE | The S ign i f i cance o f Ins ign i f i cance

larger perspect ive, as the ego value of what you do subs ides , the real value

( in terac t ions wi th you rse l f , yo ur t asks , an d wi th o th er p eo ple ) grows . Your

career , or whatever you do , may seem les s impor tant in the Big Pic ture ,

bu t the poten t i a l va lue it s in tera c t ion s have for you shou ld seem m or e

i m po r t an t f r o m you r l a r ge r v iew .What you are in teres ted in i s a funct ion of what turns you on , and

where you inves t your energy. Again , a b igger v iew adds addi t ional in ter -

es t ing things into the mix of poss ible things in which you can inves t your

energy. As you evolve you r be ing (grow th e qual ity an d lower the en t rop y

of you r consc iousness ) , th e focus of you r ene rgy inve s tmen t con s tant ly

s h i f ts becau s e a b r oa de ne d r eal it y inc l udes new awar enes s t ha t chan ges

the potent i a l inves tment mix .

Simply look at your l i fe - say f rom age f ive to your current age - to seethe t ru th of tha t s t a t e m en t . As you have grow n up , the th in gs tha t a re

i m po r t an t t o you cons t an t l y cha nge a s your awar enes s b r o ad en s . T he

pr oces s o f chang i ng your i nves t men t f ocus con t i nues a s l ong a s you con-

t inue to grow. I f you are able, interes ted, and wi l l ing, the rate of growth

accelera tes a f t e r th i r ty- f ive - the growth ra te curve can cont inue to be

exp one n t i a l f o r s om e t ime , and doe s no t pe t e r - ou t an d go a s ympt o t i c ( to

the t im e axi s) as m os t pe op le th ink ( im agin e a p lo t of grow th ra te ver sus

t ime) . Your growth ra te becomes asymptot i c ( s lows to a c rawl ) only whenyou be l i eve you know a l mos t eve r y t h i ng i mpor t an t .

That sense of knowing i t a l l , (at leas t everything s ignif icant) usual ly

blossoms a t two, then again dur ing the t eenage year s , and then ge l s , or

bec om es pe r m an en t , f o r mos t peo p l e a r o un d t he age of f o rt y . A t t wo it is

cal led " ter r ible ," d u r in g th e teen years it is cal led "self ab so rb ed " an d

"wild"; at for ty i t i s cal led "mature" (obvious ly i t i s the older group that

makes up t he nam es ) . Knowi ng a lmo s t eve r y t h i ng i m po r t an t is s een a s the

en d po in t of grow ing up . Thi s is l ike a she l t e red (d oes n ' t ge t ou t m uc h)fou r -o un ce ju ic e g las s ha l f fu l l of pr u n e ju i ce th in kin g i t co nta ins a ll th e

f lu id on the p lanet . I t knows noth ing of the wor ld ' s grea t l akes , oceans ,

r iver s and seas , and be ing secure in i t s ignorance , f ee l s se l f - impor tant and

complete in i t s mastery of f luids . Oh my! Poor l i t t le delus ional juice glass!

If My Big TOE l eaves you fee l ing def la t ed , it is be ca use yo u are see ing

the juice glass as being hal f empty ins tead of hal f full. W her e you a r e now,

wh at you are present ly do in g is a lm os t cer t a in ly a gre a t p lace f r o m w hich

to l earn and grow. You do not need to make changes to your envi ron-ment ; you need only to make changes to yourse l f .

I f you co nt inu e to f eel de f l a ted bec ause you are not ma kin g suf f i c ient

progress in changing yourse l f , because you do not know how to s t a r t ,







cheer up - i t ' s eas ier than you th ink . Not s t a r t ing because you do not

know how is l ike a one-year-old baby bel ieving i t wi l l never walk or talk

be cau se it do es no t know how. Bul lpucky! That is a co po ut a t t i t ud e l ay ing

down a defea t i s t r ap . Try th i s r ap ins tead:

Jus t go do i t !Do i t now!

That is al l there is to i t .

W ow!

Jus t go do i t

You don ' t need to know how!

If you ca n s ing that to a fu nk y be at whi le you play the im ag ina ry bo n-

gos on a t ab le top you are on your way! Go! Go! Amigo!

What? You do not want to look nut s in f ront of your f r i ends? I under -s t and, you are new a t th i s sor t of th ing - t e l l your f r i ends tha t th i s mind-

rap i s ac tua lly a secre t Tib e ta n c ha nt r ecen t ly t r ans la ted f r o m a pr imi t ive

Sanskr i t t ex t found e tched a t the bot tom of an ancient "Monks Do I t

Be t t e r " bumper s t i cke r . A l s o r emember , ac t ua l s an i t y f l ows f r om f r eedom

whi le only pre tend sani ty f lows f rom conformi ty .

Addi t ional ly , you might want to work on the fo l lowing: Begin to under -

s t and yo ur be l i e f s an d the i r limi ta t ions . Insp ect your ego regular ly to see

if it is gro w ing or shr in kin g an d ex po se so m e of its m or e b la tan t f an tas iesto yourse l f , then to your loved ones , and f ina l ly to your f r i ends . Dedica te

s om e o f your ene r gy eve r y day t o f i nd i ng an d ve r i fy i ng t he t r u t h . Be com e

awar e o f your mot i va t i ons and i n t en t s . Tur n o f f t he TV and ge t

acqua i n t ed w i t h your mi nd . Lea r n t o med i t a t e ( s ee Chap t e r 23 , Book 1 ) .

Be k ind and loving in a l l your in terac t ions wi th o ther s . S top th inking

about yourse l f and your wants , needs , and des i r es . F igure out what your

fear s a re and ou tgrow the m . An d abo ve a ll , co nt inu e to objec tive ly t as te

tha t pudding to see how

r

you a r e do i ng . On l y r ea l meas ur ab l e , bona f i deobjec t ive resul ts are ac cep tab le. I f you d o no t get resul ts tha t you, as well

as o th er s , can eas ily see af t e r a ser io us s ix-m on th ef fo r t , d o so m eth ing

el se . Be pa t i en t , r ea l progress t akes ser ious dedica t ion over a long t ime.

Have fun a lways .

Jus t go do i t . You don ' t need to know how!








91

T r a v e l i n g i n G o o d C o m p a n y

Since Big T ru th i s th e sam e for eve ryo ne fo r a ll t ime, I f ig ure d tha t the re

mu s t be lo ts of o t he r s imi lar mater i a l pub l i shed s om ew he re . Af te r I

co m ple ted C ha pte r 18 of Book 3 , I dec ided it was t ime to do a l i t e ra ture

search and f ind out what sc ience and phi losophy had to say about Big

T ru th . I know, I was su pp os ed to do th a t f i r s t - how ever , My Big TOE is

not m ea n t to b e a scholar ly work that m erely add s an or ig inal twis t to t he

work of o th er s . Th i s Big T O E is be tw een you an d me, dea r r ead er : I ts

va lue to you def ines i t s s igni f i cance to me and what anybody e l se th inks

about i t i s not relevant . My goal i s to point out and explain the logical pat -

t e rn tha t 1 have not i ce d in my ow n exp er ie nc e . S ince I am no t t ry ing to

convince you of i t s correctness , I don' t need much help. Af ter al l , i t i s the

resul t s of my ex pe r ien ce tha t I am wr i t ing ab ou t and i t is th e r esul t s of

you r ex pe r ien ce tha t ju dg es t he va lue of my ef fo r t . If you an d I a re not

t he wor l d ' s t op expe r t s on t he mean i ng and s i gn i f i cance o f ou r pe r s ona l

exper ience , who i s?

What I found out in my search - r es t r i c t ed to the processes of sc ience ,

m at he m at ic s an d logic - wa s th at th e idea s p re se n te d in ;V/)> Big TOE a re

ideas tha t m any indiv idual s , ju d g e d by h i s tory to be grea t th inke r s , have

touched on. Even i f many of these s tel lar individuals did not have the

ent i r e p ic ture , they of t en saw a s igni f i cant par t of i t .

I am no t , I m us t con fess , a par t i cu lar ly widely r ead ind iv idual . T h e

upside is that what I have wri t ten in My Big TOE i s uniqu ely m ine an d h as

no t bee n in f lu en ce d very m uc h by o th er s . Thi s is n o in te ll ec tua lly s lick

t e r m pa pe r l aced wi t h exp e r t r e f e r ence s an d quo t es t o p r ove t he p o i n t ;

th er e is n o po in t to prove . Fo r tunate ly , the t r u t h i s the sa m e for every-

body, an d a ll s eek er s who f in d any pa r t i cu la r Big T ru th will m o re o r l es s






78(5 | My Big TOE I T r a v e l i n g i n G o o d C o m p a n y •

r each t he s ame conc l us i ons . I expec t tha t t he r e a r e hu nd r e ds o f boo ks

tha t share many of the concept s l a id out in My Big TOE. No one has t he

mar ke t co r ne r ed on t r u t h . W i s dom ( bo t h ps eudo and r ea l ) has f ound c r e -

a t ive out l e t s throughout the ages and wi l l cont inue to do so .

O n t he o th er h an d, th e down s ide is tha t I ca nn ot very easi ly co m e u pwi th in te ll ec tua lly sa ti s fy ing , coo l - soun ding q uo tes f r om b ig in te l l ec tua l

gu ns tha t if spr in kled th ro ug ho ut my text wo uld l en d credib il i ty to my dis -

course (par t i cu lar ly a t chapter headings , as i s the cur rent f ashion) . I have

of t en t hough t t ha t w rhen the quotes are actual ly relevant , this can be a

clever an d ef fect ive l i terary device.

No t be in g tha t c lever, I am force d to f in d o th er wrays to invoke the

knowledge of o ther s and thus g ive the r eader the i l lus ion tha t there i s

inde ed safe ty in nu m be rs - tha t th in kin g b ig ideas tha t l ie of f the be a te npath i s not such a dangerous and crazy th ing to do .

The only r ea l danger i s tha t once you f ind new knowledge , you auto-

mat ica l ly ga in the r espons ib i l i ty for tha t knowledge . Wi th both new

knowledge and new respons ib i l i ty , your grow rth rate wil l begin to acceler-

a te dramat ica l ly . Before long you are a changed per son! Thi s , wi thout a

do ub t , is the m ain da ng er as socia ted wi th t r avel ing the Pa th of

Kn ow ledge : tha t you m igh t grow- u p as th e qual i ty of yo ur co nsc iou sne ss

i mpr oves . Th a t may no t s o un d t oo bad , bu t if t hos e a r o un d you do no ts ha r e your new b r oadened pe r s pec t i ve , t r ave l i ng t h r ough i nne r - s pace can

be a lonely t r ip. Of course, you and Peter Pan can avoid that resul t i f you

want to .

T h e sc ient i f i c l i t e ra tu re is fu l l of m ater i a l tha t sup po r t s m any of th e

concep t s i n My Big TOE. From physicis ts of the cal iber of Alber t Eins tein

and David Bohm we f ind severa l quotes tha t c l ear ly show the i r s ense of

the larger reali ty.

"I wished to show that space-time is not necessarily something to which

one can ascribe a separa te existence, independently of the actual objects of

physical reality. P hysical objects are not in space, but these objects are spa-

tially extend ed. In this way the concept of 'empty space' loses its mea ning

— A I .B F .R T EIN S TF .IN J U N E 9 T H , 1 9 5 2 N O T F .

T O T H E F I F T E E N T H E D I T I O N O F RELATIVITY

H er e Dr . Eins te in is t ry ing to expla in th a t space- t ime i s no t so m eth in gtha t physica l obje c t s ex is t wi th in . H e th ou gh t th a t space an d phys ica l

objec t s were of the same subs tance - a l l were par t of a s ingle uni f i ed f i e ld .

What appear to be so l id objec t s a re mere ly r egions of h igher f i e ld dens i ty






B o o k 3 , S e c t i o n 6 , C h a p t e r 8 7 | 7 7 9

than what appear s to be empty space . What you perce ive as r ea l i ty i s

mer e l y your expe r i ence o f t he va r i ous i n t e r ac t i ons w i t h i n t he un i f i ed

f ie ld . The bot tom l ine , according to Eins te in , i s tha t there i s no such th ing

as phys ical space. Physical space (what you think you l ive in - what you

bel ieve cons t i tutes your real i ty) i s merely an i l lus ion. Without phys icalspace, there can be no physical real i ty. Eins tein 's deepes t and most intu-

i t ive under s tanding of r ea l i ty was expressed by h i s e f for t to develop a non-

phys ica l TOE tha t he ca l l ed "Uni f i ed Fie ld Theory ."

"I f we think of the field as being removed, there is no 'space' which

remains, since space does not have an independent existence."

— A L B E R T E I N S T E I N , GENERALIZATION OF GRAVITATION THEORY

"Rea lity is merely an illusion, albeit a very persistent one."

— A L B E R T E I N S T E I N

T he fol lowing qu ote , at t r ib ute d to "on e of Eins tein 's le t ters" by Rudolf v.

B. Rucker in his book Geom etry, Relativity And The Fourth Dimension (p. 118)

and a l so found in Quantum Reality, Beyond the New Physics, p. 250, captures

Eins tein 's larger sense of real i ty and purpose.

"A human being is part of the whole, called by us 'Universe/

a part limited in time and space. He experiences himself, his thought

and feeling, as something separated from the rest - a kind of optical

delusion of his consciousness. This delusion is a kind of prison for u s,

restricting us to our person al desires a nd to affection for a few persons

nearest to us. Our task must be to free ourselves from this prison by

widen ing o ur circle of compassion to embrace all living creatures and

the whole nature in this beauty. Nobody is able to achieve thiscom pletely, but the striving for such ach ievement is in itself a part

of the liberation and a founda tion of inner security."

— A L B E R T E I N S T E IN

I t i s clear f rom Eins tein 's many wri t ings that space- t ime is not the place

where we l ive, but rather a f ield of which we are a par t . Mass ( including

ou r bod ies ) is me re ly a h igh er dens i ty po r t io n of th a t pervas ive f i e ld -

ma t t e r bumps on t he l umps i n t he s pace - t i me cons c i ous nes s s hee t . Tha tt h i s f undamen t a l f i e l d was nonphys i ca l and a s s oc i a t ed w i t h cons c i ous nes s

was not as clear to Eins tein as i t was to his f r iend, associate , and fel low

physicis t , David Bohm.






78(5 | My Big TOE I Trave l ing in Good Company •

"To meet the challenge before us our notions of cosmology and of

the general nature of reality must have room in them to perm it

a consistent account of consciousness. Vice versa, our notions of

consciousness must have room in them to understand what it means

for its content to be4

reality as a w hole.' Th e two sets of notionstogether should then be such as to allow for an understanding

as to how consciousness and reality are related

— D A V ID B O H M F R OM T H E I N T R O D U C T I O N T O

WHOLENESS AND THE IMPLICATE ORDER

F r o m M a x J a m m e r ' s b o o k The Concepts of Space with an enthus ias t i c for -

war d an d e nd or s em en t by A l be r t E i nst e in , we have f u r t h e r c l a r if i ca t ion

(p. 171):"Hen ce it is clear that the space of physics is not, in the last a nalysis,

anything given in nature or independent of human thought.

It is a function of our conceptual schem e [mind]. Space as conceived

by Newton proved to be an illusion, although for practical purposes

a very fruitful illusion - indeed so fruitful that the concepts of

absolute space and absolute time will forever remain in the

backgrou nd of our daily experience

From th e same source (p. 175) we f ind th e grea t math em at ician an dphysicist Karl Friedrich Gauss "considered the three dimensionality of space not to

be an inherent quality of space, but as a specif ic peculiarity of the human soul [con-

sciousness]." Also we f ind o ut fr om Dr. J a m m er t ha t t ime is t he f unda m en t a l

qua nti ty a nd th at sp ace is a derivative of t ime (p. 169). Dr. Ja m m e r says, "Th i s

fact is of extraordinary significance became it proves that space measurements are

reducible to time measurements. Time is therefore logically prior to space."

I am sure a h igh - f requ enc y s t a te-c ha ng ing spaceles s nonp hys ica l co n-sciousness l ike AUO was very happy to get that news. I f you are t rying to

r e m e m b e r w h e r e wre f i r s t der ived that conclus ion, look in Chapter 31 of

Book 1.

Eu gen e P . W igner , a No bel Pr ize w inn er an d o ne of the l eading physi -

c i s t s of the twent ie th century , wrote a paper en t i t l ed : The Place of

Consciousness in Modern Physics wh er e i n he d i s cus es t he f u t u r e o f qu an t u m

physics . Dr . Wigner said: "It will remain remarkable, in what ever way our

future concep ts may develop, that the very study o f the external world led to thescientific conclusion that the content of the consciou sness is the ultimate univer-

sal reality."







Unf or t una t e l y , t he non- ob j ec t i ve ( f r om t he v i ew o f PMR) p r oces s t ha t

is r eq ui r ed to access the sc ience of co nsc iou sne ss ( " the u l t im ate univer -

sa l r ea l ity") was not fu l ly ap pre c ia ted . I t may seem s obviou s to you th a t

con s c i ous n es s be l o ng s t o t he ind i v i dua l and t h e r e f o r e is pe r s o na l and

can no t be s tud i ed i n t he s ame m an ne r as a m oo n- r o ck , b u t a t t he t i me ,an d eve n today , this is no t clea r to ev ery on e. H ow ever , th e objec t ive sci-

en t i f i c i m po r t a nc e o f s ub j ec ti ve ex pe r i en ce was no t ove r l ooked en t ir e l y .

Wi l li s W H a rm o n (Ph.D. ) , noted fu tu r i s t , forw ard th inker , Di rec tor of

the US Educat ional Pol i cy Research Center a t S tanford Univer s i ty , in a

1969 paper en t i t l ed The New Copernican Revolution d i s cus s es t he comi ng

sc ience of subjec t ive exper ience .

"The science of man s subjective experience is in its infancy.Even so, some of its foreshadowings are evident. W ith the classification

of these questions into the realm of emp irical inquiry, we can

anticipate an acceleration of research in this area.

" Young and incom plete a s the science of subjective experience is, it

nevertheless already contains what may very well be extremely

significant precursors of tomorro w's imag e of man's potentialities.''

At th i s poin t Dr . Harmon provides a d i scuss ion of what he t e rms " . . . ani mpr es s i ve amoun t o f s ubs t an t i a t i ng ev i dence . " Nex t he des c r i bes t he

ongo i ng r e s ea r ch t ha t s uppor t s h i s p r o j ec t i on . He t hen goes on t o s ay :

"Assum ing that the evidence substantiating these propositions continues to

mount, they have the most profound implications for the future. For they

say most powerfully that we have undersold man, underestimated his pos-

sibilities, and m isunderstood what is needed for what Boulding terms *the

great transition.' They imp ly that the most profound revolution of the edu-

cational system would not be the cybernation of knowledge transmission,but the infusion of an exalted image of what man can be and the cultiva-

tion of an enhanced self-image in each individual child.

"It is perhaps not too early to predict some of the characteristics of the new

science. Prelim inary indica t io ns suggest a t least the following:uAlthough we have been speaking of it as a science of subjective

experience, one of its dom inant characteristics will be a realizing of the

subjective-objective dichotomy. The range between perceptions shared by all

or practically all, and those which are unique to one individual, will beassumed to be much more of a continuum than a sharp division between

\the world ou t there' and what goes on *in my head.'







"Related to this will be the incorporation, in some form, of the age-old

yet radical doctrine that w e perceive the wor ld and ourselves in it

as we have been culturally4hypnotized' to perceive it. The typical

com monsense -scientific view of reality will be considered to be a valid

but partial view - a particular metaphor, so to speak. Others, such ascertain religious or metaphysical views, will be considered ... equally

valid but m ore appropriate for certain a reas of human experience.44

The neiv science will incorporate some ways of referring to the

subjective experiencing of a unity in all things (the 'm ore' of William

fames, the 'AIT of Bugental, the4Divine Ground' of Aldous Huxley's

The Perennial Philosophy).

"It will include som e sort of mapping or ordering of stales of

consciousness transcending the usual conscious awareness (Bucke's4Cosmic Consciousness,' the

4enlightenment' of Zen, and similar concepts).

"It will take account of the subjective experiencing of a 'higher self'

and will view favorably the development of a self-image congruent with

this experience (BugentaTs11-process,' Emerson's 'Over-soul,' Assagioli's

*True Self' Brun ton's4Over-self* the Atman of Vendanta, and so on).

"It will allow for a much more unified view of h uman experiences

now categorized under such diverse headings as creativity, hypnosis,

mystical experience, psychedelic drugs, extrasensory percep tion,psychokinesis, and related phenomena.

"It will include a much more unified view of the processes of

personal change and emergence which take place within the

contexts of psychotherapy, education (in the sense of4know thyself'),

and religion (as spiritual grow th)."

Dr . Har mon ' s v i s i on and under s t and i ng o f t he f undamen t a l s c i en t i f i c

and i nd i v i dua l i mpor t ance o f i nd i v i dua t ed ( s ub j ec t i ve ) cons c i ous nes s wasr ight on the money but cons iderably more ahead of h i s t ime than he sus -

pected . Never underes t imate the power of the v i s ionles s center of objec-

t ive sc ience to mainta in the conceptua l s t a tus quo. Why did the vas t

m ajor i ty of W es tern th in ker s be l i eve th e ea r th to be f l a t w he n i t ha d be en

demons t ra ted and logica l ly conf i rmed to be spher ica l by severa l wel l -

known and w e l l- r e s pec ted s c i en t i s t -ph i l os opher s h un dr ed s o f yea rs ea r-

l ier? The pol i t ical correctness of scient i f ic bel ief weighs heavi ly at the cen-

t e r . Somet i mes b r i l l i ance a t t he concep t ua l edge mus t be pa t i en t be f o r ethe l ess fl ex ib le co nc ep tua l ce nte r is cap able of see ing th e l ight .

Let ' s return to the discipl ine of phys ics to see the next piece of the real -

i ty puzzle fal l into place. Alber t Eins tein (Unif ied Field Theory) asser ted







a nonphysical f ield as the bas is for both mat ter speci f ical ly and real i ty in

gen era l , there by mov ing sc ience c loser to th e t ru th , but h e d id not a pp re-

c ia te the d i scre te d ig i t a l na ture of both space and t ime or the ro le of con-

sc iousness ( ins tead of space- t ime) as the pr imary energy ' f i e ld . Eins te in ' s

s t uden t and co l l eague , t he g r ea t quan t um phys i c i s t Dav i d Bohm ( a l ongwi th a f ew of the best Q u a n tu m M echan ics theor i s t s such as Nie l s Bohr ,

W e r n e r H e i s e n b e r g , a n d E u g e n e W i g n e r ) m a d e t h e c o n s c i o u s n e s s c o n -

nect ion but missed the d ig i t a l connect ion and the Big Pic ture .

"One has to find a possibility to avoid the continuum (together with space

and time) altogether. But I have not the slightest idea what kind of

elementary concepts could be used in such a theory."

— LETTER FROM ALBERT EINSTEINTO DAVID BOHM OCTOBER 2 8 , 19 54

Physicist Dr. Edward Fredkin of MIT, Boston Universi ty, and Carnegie

Mel lon f inally m ad e the digi tal co nn ect io n. In 1992 Dr . Fredkin pub l ished

t wo pape r s : A New Cosmogony a n d Finite Nature. In these formal scient i f ic

papers , presented wi thin t radi t ional scient i f ic forums, Dr . Fredkin developed

ra t ionale suppor t ing both quant i zed space and quant i zed t ime, a long wi th a

descr ipt ion of real i ty as fundamental ly digi tal . The science of informat iontheory and mathemat ics l ead h im to pos tu la te an "Ul t imate Computer " as

the basis of a digital real i ty that computes our physical existence.

"If space and time and matter and energy are all a consequence

of the informational processes running on the Ultimate Computer

then everything in our universe is represented by that

informational process. The place where the computer is,

the engine that rutis that process, we choose to call *Other."Where did Other come from? This question is actually quite easy to fence

with. The nature of systems of laws that can support computation is very

much broader tha n the nature of systems that are limited to the physics of

our universe. In other words, many of the properties of our world that are

necessary for our w orld to take the form it has are not necessary for other

kinds of worlds that can support universal compulation. Universal

computation, the kind that can simulate other general-purpose

computers, is even a property o f all ordinary com mercial computers."There is no need for a space with three dimensions; co mputation can do

just fine in spaces of any number of dimensions! The space does not have

to be locally con nected like our w orld is. Co mputation does not require







conservation laws or symm etries. A wo rld that supports computation does

not h ave to have time as we k now it, there is no need for begin n ings and

endings. Comp utation is compatible within worlds where something can

come from nothing, where resources are finite, infinite or variable

Dr . Fred kin goe s on to prov e tha t "o the r" mu s t be o t he r than phys ica l,

tha t is , non ph ysica l f ro m th e PMR po int of view. I t wo uld ap p ea r that D r .

Fredkin is t a lk ing abo ut T BC a nd the spa ce- t ime ru le-se t ; ye t Dr . Fredkin ' s

work is who ll y r oo t ed i n m od er n m a t h , i n f o r m a t i on t heor y , and con t em -

porary phys ics .

Dr. Fred kin c on t inu es to analyze (" in te l ligent sp ecu la t ion" as he put s i t )

t he beg i nn i ngs o f ou r un i ve r s e .

"If we assume that the Ultimate Computer was purposefully constructed in

'Otherwe can immediately answer the puzzle of the origin of the Universe.

It's simply a matter of the following process taking place in 'Other The ini-

tial conditions are set into the engine and the engine is set into motion; it

starts to compute. Those two steps are outside the dom ain of physics."

Tha t pas s age f r om A New Cosmogony s hou l d r emi nd you o f ou r des c r i p -

t ion of T he Big Digit a l Ba ng - T h e Big Sim ula t ion - d i scussed in C ha pt er29 of Book 2 , an d in Ch ap ter s 1 an d 9 of Book 3 . Dr . Fredkin co nt in ue s

t o exp l o r e t he na t u r e o f "o t he r " :

"As to the question 'Why didn't the thing in O ther just do it in its head? '

The answer is quite straightforward: Doing it on a computer is exactly the

same thing as doing it in one's head [with consciousness]. Both are

examples of using an informational process to get to the answer.

We are not referring to the thing in O ther finding an analytical solutionin its head (the speedup theorem forbids such solutions) but rather to it

imagin ing each step of some cellular automaton in its head. St ra ngely

enough, that's exactly the same as doing it on a computer.''

Is i t no t obvio us tha t digi tal cons cio usn ess s im ulat in g OS nicely f i t s th e

f o r m , f un c t i o n an d na t u r e o f F r edk i n 's "o t he r "? W ha t Dr. F r edk i n d i d no t

u n d e r s t a n d w a s t h a t c o n s c i o u s n e s s is t h e c o m p u t e r . I f ind i t interes t ing

tha t informat ion theory , phys ics , and mathemat ics , once again ( th i s t imef ro m an ent i r e ly d i f f e ren t s t a r t in g pos i t ion) poin t to con sc iou sness as the

ul t imate r ea l i ty , the fundamenta l source of Al l That I s .







D r . F r e d k i n s e e m s t o h a v e s t a r t e d so m e t h i n g w i t h h i s c o n c e p t o f a c a l -

c u l a t i n g ( s i m u l a t i n g ) d i g i t a l r e a l i t y b a se d i n a n o n p h y s i c a l c o m p u t e r .

T o d a y t h e r e a r e a g r o w i n g n u m b e r o f p h y si ci st s, c o m p u t e r a n d i n f o r m a -

t io n s ci e nt is ts , a n d m a t h e m a t i c i a n s s c a t t e r e d a r o u n d t h e w o r l d t h a t p u r -

sue r esea rch in wha t has come to be ca l l ed d ig i t a l phys ics . Dig i t a l phys ics ,l ik e r e la t iv i ty a n d q u a n t u m m e c h a n i c s , is s e r i o u s h a r d - c o r e s c i e n c e t h a t is ,

fo r th e ma jo r i ty o f pe op le , s ti ll way ou t on th e e dg e .

• Let's pause a mome nt to col lect togethe r wh at some of the mo st respected scien tists

of our time have thus far jointly discovered. 1) What we perceive as our local physical

real i ty is actual ly a nonphysical virtual real i ty, a subset of a larger more fundamental

real ity. 2) The doorw ay to e xperiencing this larger real ity is throug h the individual 's sub -

jective mind. 3) The larger real i ty is based upon consciousness, which is the basic sub-stance, energy, or media of existence. 4) The larger reality is discrete and must be the

result of digital computation: The consciousness of (3) above is a digital consciousness

and that the virtual reality of (1) above is a digital simulation.

Ladies and gentlemen, are you astounded to f ind out that My Big TOE has explained,

derived, and pul led together, within a coherent theoretical framework, some of the best

theoretical efforts of contemporary modern science?

Jeez, I don't know about you, but i t astounded the hel l out of me!

Notice how the seemingly wi ld-eyed conjecture of one old Dutch Uncle-dude, turns

out to derive results that are very similar to the results derived by some of the twenti-

eth century's most respected and innovative scientists.

This tri logy represents serious science folks - the bridge between physics and

metaphysics, mind and matter, normal and paranormal. I t del ivers the f irst look at a

Unif ied Theo ry Of Everything - not the way tradition al science expe cted i t, but then, i f

i t was the way traditional science expected i t, i t couldn't actual ly be a Big TOE could

it? I f you want to see the unif ied Big Picture, you have to step out of the box that l im-

its your understanding and knowledge. You cannot see i t from the vantage point of the

old paradigms.

As advertised, My Big TOE delivers the integrated results of contemporary modern

physics to your doorstep. Why are you so surprised? Did you think My Big TOE is not a

serious scienti f ic effort? Why not? When you formulate answers to those last two ques-

tions, be sure to inspect them for hidden bel ief traps. A typical ly trapped mind tends to

bel ieve that al l that goofy metaphysical AUM-stuff necessari ly moves the real i ty model

of My Big TOE out of the realm of objective science and into the realm of non-provable

conjecture. Such a mind bel ieves that if AUM is not the resul t of a physical measure-

ment or logical ly def inable by an equation, then AUM fal ls outside the scope of science.

By now, dear reader, you should immediately recognize the i l logic of that particular

belief trap. Remember that the logic of the little virtual reality applies only within that






78(5 | My Big TOE I Trave ling in Good Com pany •

l i t t le v i r tual real i ty . (You may want to re- look at the logic of beginnings d iscussion in

Book 1, Ch apte r 18 .) A virtual real i ty is, by defini t ion , a clo sed log ical sy ste m - i ts

phys ics is me rely a sym bol ic (m athem atical ) repre sen tat ion of that logic. The logical

causal i ty of the Big Picture cannot be der ived from the logical causal i ty of the l i t t le p ic-

ture. The Big Picture cannot logical ly be conta ined wi th in, or be a subset of , the l i t t lepicture. You cannot arrive at the Big Picture i f you never leave the l i t t le picture.

E ins te in and the g rea t quantum theor is ts go t s tuck because they were t ry ing to

derive the larger real i ty in terms of the logic (mathematics) of the smaller real i ty. Li tt le

p icture logic ( the mathematical physics of the space-t ime ru le-set) can te l l you only

about the l i t t le p icture. These scient ists bumped into the l i t t le p icture to Big Picture

bounda ry, but cou ld not penetrate that b oun dary wi th l it t le p icture logic a lone. The Big

Picture appears to be logical ly impossib le, and thus becomes invis ib le, when viewed

through l i t t l e p ic tu re parad igms.That My Big TOE '\$ presented as a n o n - m a t h e m a t i c a l extension of the l imi ted sci -

ence of our virtual physical real i ty is a logical r e q u i r e m e n t , not a sc ien t i f i c weakness.

The logical causal i ty of the Big Picture can be expressed in terms of i ts own symbol ic

log ic (mathemat ics) , bu t such const ruc t ions a re o f l imi ted use in thought -space. Before

the sc ien t i f i c and mathemat ica l types ge t los t here , cons ider the evo lu t ionary purpose

of a consc iousness sys tem.

Physicists sti l l have a lot to learn about the space-time rule-set that defines our l i t t le

picture virtual physical real i ty. Because that rule-set defines a digi tal virtual simulationwithin a larger digi tal real i ty, l i t t le TOEs may need to embrace some of the digi tal magic

we have found so entertaining at the movies and so useful on our desktops. Even so, l i t-

t le picture science and appl ied mathematics ( l i t t le picture logic) can never lead directly to

a Big TOE. To get there , to ex perienc e the Big Picture, you mu st leave the l i tt le pic ture

behind and step through the portal of your subjective (from the l i t t le picture view) mind

into the larger real i ty of digi tal consciousness.

Consider what the l i t t le p icture scient i f ic establ ishment wi l l te l l you: An AUM-dig i ta l -

consc iousness-sys tem- th ing cou ld no t poss ib ly be the l a r ge r and m or e f undam en t a lreal i ty because i t is not exc lus i ve l y mani fes ted as a phys i ca l substance in the l i t t le

v i r t ua l physical real i ty . Can you imagine a more i l log ical and i r rat ional bel ie f? You would

th ink that th is bel ie f is incredib ly stupid i f you were not ra ised to accept that i t is

unquest ionab ly t rue .

It sho uld be c lear that con scio usn ess is both no nph ysica l and real - that i t is pr i -

mar i l y a persona l th ing and there fo re sub jec t i ve . Fur thermore , to separa te the ex te r -

na l f rom the in te rna l , the rea l f rom the imag ined, you shou ld ins is t on tes t ing and con-

f i rming the opera t iona l rea lness and s ign i f i cance o f sub jec t i ve exper ience bydemand ing measu rab le , r epea tab le , o b j e c t i v e resul ts before assessing the value of

tha t exper ience .






Book 3, Sec t ion 6, Chapter 87 | 78 7

We could go on and on exposing th is part icu lar PMR uber alles t rap, but we have

covered that ground in great deta i l a l ready. Those who get i t do not need to hear i t

again, an d thos e wh o do not get it nee d to wa i t unt i l they are more ope n and ready -

unt i l they can look beyond the o ld paradigms and bel ie f systems that have captured and

imp r isone d thei r m ind. If you are not sure whe the r you get i t or not, f in ish a l l three book sof the tri logy, g ive i t a rest for a m ont h or so, an d then re ad i t again sta r t ing wi t h Sect ion

2. Because of My Big TOE's unusualness, and because i t is near ly impossib le not to

accept the core bel ie fs of your cul ture, i t is extremely d i f f icu l t to get i t a l l the f i rst t ime

throug h. I know how d iscon cer t ing and annoy ing tha t thought mu st be ; nonethe less , i t

is a t rue statement that appl ies to most of us.

The was ted p otent ia l of a se l f - l imi t ed m ind is a sad hap pen ing in any real ity . A larger

consc iousness sys tem appears as unsuppor ted con jec tu re on ly to those who w i l l no t

take the t ime or make the ef for t to explore (exper ience) and assess the Big Picture sci -ent i f ica l ly . Just a l i t t le open-minded research and exper imentat ion is a l l that is requi red

to lend credence to the existence of the larger consciousness system of which we are

a part .

Oh good gr ief ! Do you hear a l l that hyster ica l shr ieking and banging about? That 's

the sound of the defenders of the scient i f ic and cul tura l status quo and sacred bel ie f

systems bui ld ing wal ls instead of br idges. Not to worry, a l l the fo lks quoted in th is chap-

ter have heard that sound many t imes before. As a lways, i f the data support i t , ra ise i t

up, use i t , exper iment wi th i t . seek new understanding; i f i t does not, le t i t se l f -destructunder the weight of i ts own fa i lure to produce a greater , more product ive paradigm.

Fortunate ly, the truth is not del icate; i t can stand up to whatever comes, for however

long i t takes.

Here, an object ive group-proof organized by the establ ishment (con) or the ant i -

establ ishment (pro) has no mer i t . I t is up to you, dear reader, to develop your own proof

(knowledge) th rough your ow n exper ience . Le t no one succe ed in p rov id ing the an swers

for you. At the core, you are consc iousn ess : you have access to a l l the an sw ers - go

f ind them fo r yourse l f and they w i l l make you who le .<

• • Fol lowing the herd, no ma tter whic h way i t is going, inevi tably leads to sta -

s is and dysfunct ion. Fol lowing the herd or conceptual center , a l lows you to t rade

the oppo r t un i t y fo r persona l p rogress and gro wth fo r an easy and sa fe no-bra iner

gl ide through existence. Unfortunate ly, procrast inat ion and immediate grat i f icat ion

team up to p roduce the wors t poss ib le long- te rm s t ra tegy fo r consc iousness evo-

lut ion.

The herd appears to va l ida te each member w i th i ts mutua l suppor t mant ra o f" I 'm OK, you' re OK, we are a l l OK as long as we st ick together." Fear and ego pro-

vide the herd 's cohesive forces. Your indiv idual consciousness is a personal th ing,






78(5 | My Big TOE I Travel ing in Good Company •

not a group thing. I f you have the courage to break loose from the herd, don't

worry; the larger world is not nearly as scary as i t looks. Gather strength and

resolve from the fact that, as a sol i tary seeker, you are fol lowing the path of al l

innovators, discoverers, and creators. Only as an individual do you have the poten-

tial to make a signif icant dif ference where i t counts the most.44

• It see ms that we have accom plished a great deal with the two basic assu mption s

(consciousness and evolution) that we started with in Chapter 24 of Book 1. Neither

assumption should appear that unusual because we experience a profound and

immeasurab le (nonphysical) personal consciousness every day of our l ives, and

because we have been observing evolution at work in the l i tt le picture for a long time.

From those simple assumptions we have derived a model of real i ty, a Big TOE that

encompasses al l previous knowledge as well as derives new knowledge from a lessl imiting, more general real i ty paradigm. Our consciousness is our personal connection

to that larger reality - our ticket to view and exp erience the Big Picture.

Guess what, dear reader? You have successful ly been doing Big TOE physics

throughout the last four sections of this tri logy. You have, relatively easily and quickly,

derived from basic principles the same results that Einstein, Bohm, Bohr, Wigner,

Harmon, Fredkin, and other top scientists took several decades and tons of complex

mathematical analysis to reach. Furthermore, you have pul led together al l of their var-

ious pieces of cleverness, discovery, and intuition into one unif ied whole, somethingmany have tried to accomplish. However, unti l now, no one had been able to f ind the

perspective wherein they could gl impse the entire Big Picture - a perspective wh ere al l

the pieces integrate nicely into one. You have now accomplished this long-sought and

scienti f ical ly remarkable feat. I am very proud of you. I wi l l wait here while you go tel l

your mother

I n t h e B i g P i c t u r e , s c i e n c e a n d p h i l o so p h y o n c e a g a i n b e c o m e o n e -

t w o a sp e c t s o f t h e s a m e k n o w l e d g e . W e h a v e h e a r d f r o m t h e s c i e n t i s ts ;n o w l e t' s h e a r w h a t t h e p h i l o so p h e r s h a v e b e e n s a y i n g . I w ill m e n t i o n o n l y

a f e w o f t h e W e s t ' s m o s t f a m o u s p h i l o s o p h e r s , all f r o m t h e g r o u p c a l le d

m o d e r n p h i l o s o p h e r s t h a t a r r i v e a t t h e i r c o n c l u s i o n s t h r o u g h r i g o r o u s

i n d u c t i v e a n d d e d u c t i v e r e a so n i n g . T h i s is n o t t h e k i n g o f t h e o p i n i o n h i ll

p h i l o s o p h y t h a t d o m i n a t e d b e f o r e D e s c a r t e s , b u t r a t h e r an i n t e n s e ly

r a t i o n a l sy s t e m o f l o g i c m o r e c l o se l y r e l a t e d t o m a t h e m a t i c s t h a n p e r su a -

s ive d i scour se . (Note : Many o f the h i s to ry o f ph i losophy f ac to ids b r i e f ly

a n d su p e r f i c i a l l y s c a t t e r e d o v e r t h e n e x t f e w p a g e s w e r e c u t a n d p a s t e dd i r ec t ly f r o m M icro sof t ' s En ca r t a En cyc loped ia ; how I p i t ch th em is a ll my

ow n. If yo u th ink my h i s to ry o f ph i lo so ph y f ac t s a r e no t p rec i se ly the way

y o u r e m e m b e r t h e m , d o n ' t b u g m e - g o s e e B i l l . )







The mos t f amous of a l l the mut ter ings of a l l the phi losophers i s a t t r ib-

u t ab l e t o Rene Des ca r t e s , t he i n i t i a t o r o f moder n ph i l os ophy : think,

therefore I am." Th is s imple p hra se i s a t r ibu te to the pr ima cy of con-

s c i ous nes s a s a co r e con t r i bu t o r t o any f undamen t a l concep t i on o f r ea l i t y .

E i g h t e e n t h - c e n t u r y G e r m a n p h i l o s o p h e r I m m a n u e l K a n t h e l d t h a t a l ltha t can be known of th ings in themselves i s the way in which they appear

in exper ience - there i s no way of knowing what they are subs tant i a l ly in

themselves . He a l so he ld tha t the fundamenta l pr inc ip les of a l l s c ience are

es s en t i a l l y g r ounded i n t he cons t i t u t i on o f t he mi nd r a t he r t han be i ng

der ived f rom the externa l wor ld . Does th i s r emind you of our d i scuss ion

of exp e r i en ce i n C ha p t e r 32 o f Book 2 wh er e we s epa r a t ed t he expe r i -

en cea ble r ea l ity f ro m the un-e xp er ien cea ble r ea l ity tha t li es bey ond ou r

l imi ted phys ica l percept ion?Got t f r i ed Wi lhe lm Leibniz was cons idered a univer sa l genius by h i s con-

tem po rar ie s an d by h i s tory . H e ma de br i l li an t or ig ina l co nt r ib ut io ns n ot

only to mathemat ics and phi losophy, but a l so to theology, l aw, d ip lomacy,

pol i t ics , his tory, phi lology, and physics . In the phi losophy expounded by-

Leibniz , the univer se i s composed of coundess consc ious center s of sp i r i -

tua l force or energy, known as m on ad s . Each m on ad re pre sen t s an indi -

v idual microcosm, mi r ror ing the univer se in vary ing degrees of per fec t ion

and deve l op i ng i ndependen t l y o f a l l o t he r monads . The un i ve r s e t ha tthese monads cons t i tu te i s the harmonious r esul t of a d iv ine p lan . Do you

make t he connec t i on be t ween Le i bn i z ' s monads and t he f undamen t a l

dynamic pa t t e rn of a l l ex i s t ence and crea t ion tha t forms the bas i s of the

con sciousn ess-evo lut ion f ra ctal we discusse d in C ha pt er 13 of bo ok 3?

J ohann Got t l i eb F i ch t e t r ans f o r med Kan t ' s c r i t i ca l i dea l i s m i n t o

abso lu te idea l i sm by e l im inat ing K ant ' s th ings in them selves an d m ak ing

the will th e ul t im ate reali ty. Fichte m ain tai ne d tha t the wor ld is cre ate d by

an abso lu te ego , of which the h u m an will is a par t i a l ma ni fe s ta t io n an dwhi ch t ends t owar d God- cons c i ous nes s a s an un r ea l i zed i dea l .

Fr iedr ich W i lhe lm Jo se ph von Schel l ing went s till fu r t h er in r ed uc ing a ll

thing s to th e sel f- real izing activity of an abso lute spi r i t ( individ uate d uni t

of consc iousness ) , wrhich he ident i f ied wi th the creat ive impulse in nature.

One of the mos t inf luent i a l phi losophica l minds of the 19th century

was t he Ge r m an ph i l os o phe r Ge or g e W i l he lm Fr i ed r i ch Heg e l , wh os e sys-

t em of abs olu te idea l ism was bas ed o n a co nc ep t io n of logic in which con-

f li ct an d con t r ad i c t i on a r e r ega r ded a s neces s a r y e l em en t s o f t r u t h , an dt ru th i s r egarded as a process r a ther than a f ixed s t a te of th ings . The

sou rce of all reali ty, for He gel , i s an ab so lute spi r i t , or co sm ic rea so n,

whi ch deve l ops f r om abs t r ac t , und i f f e r en t i a t ed be i ng .







The Dan i s h ph i l os opher Sor en Ki e r kegaa r d a t t acked t he concep t t ha t

objec t ive r eason i s the only source of t ru th . His e loquent defense of f ee l -

ing an d of a subjec t ive ap pro ac h to the pro ble m s of l if e be ca m e on e of

the main sources of 20th-century exi s t ent i a l phi losophy.

As you see, m o d e rn analyt ical ( logic based , no t bel ief -ba sed) ph i loso-phers have been hot on the heels of a larger more pr imary real i ty that i s

based upon mind, consc iousness , or sp i r i t . They have been much c loser to

Big T ru th for centu r ies than the sc ient is ts bu t d id n ' t know how to in tegra te

thei r knowledge wi th the physical wor ld. These phi losophers did not ful ly

appreciate the subject ive component of real i ty, or that subject ive informa-

t ion requires an object ive assessment ( tas t ing the pudding) before i t s value

c a n b e d e t e r m i n e d .

W i t hou t t hes e und e r s t an d i ng s i t was d i f f icu l t f o r ph i l os oph er s , a ndeven m or e d i f f i cu l t for the i r fo llowers , to d i f f erent i a te knowled ge f ro m

pseudo-knowledge. In an age mesmer ized by the resul ts of object ive sci -

ence, nar rowly focused cr i t ics had l i t t le t rouble discount ing the s ignif i -

cance o f ph i l os ophy ' s con t r i bu t i on t owar d und er s t a nd i ng a rea li ty de f i ne d

ent i r e ly by phys ica l measurement .

W es t e r n ph i l os opher s even t ua l l y s uccumbed t o bo t h t he i r c r i t i c s and

the i r cu l ture . They res t r i c t ed the i r explora t ions of r ea l i ty to r emain wi th in

t he r a t i ona l boundar i e s s e t by t he l i m i t ed under s t and i ng o f l i t t l e p i c t u r eobjec t ive causal ity . Th ey imm edia te ly fe ll f ro m t he top of the in te ll ec tua l

re levancy heap (where the t i t l e Doctor of Phi losophy was the h ighes t of

i n t e l l ec t ua l honor s ) t o t he bo t t om o f t he heap wher e ph i l os opher s a r e

s een a s i mpr ac t i ca l academi c i ans engaged i n mi nd games t ha t a r e mor e

or less i r rele va nt to th e real wo r ld. Phi loso phy , w he n foc use d 011 th e Big

Picture that l ies beyond cul tural bel ief t raps , can be as potent a tool for

d i scov er ing Big T ru th as sc ience . W he n i t co m es to f er r e t in g ou t Big

Truth, nei ther tool works very wel l by i t sel f ; dramat ic success can onlyoccur when s c i ence and ph i l os ophy wor k t oge t he r .

Many ph i l o s op her s un de r s t a nd t h e s yne rgy o f t h is co nn ec t e dn es s o n

an intui t ive level an d carefu l ly t rack th e phi loso ph ical im pl ica t ions of sci-

ence . However , t hey r ema i n f r us t r a t ed a t be i ng unab l e t o con t r i bu t e ve r y

m uch t o a g r ea t e r un i f i ed un de r s t a nd i ng o f t he who l e . Today , s c ience

l eads t he s ea r ch f o r t r u t h wh i l e ph i l os ophy p r ov i des ad hoc comment a r y

in the margins .

Mo s t sc ient is t s th ink p hi lo sop hy is a was te of t ime; for tun ate ly , th ebes t sc ient i s ts do n ot sha re tha t view. Th ey work wi th the i r in tu i t io n as

wel l as thei r high- tech tools and have a larger sense of how thei r work f i t s

in to the w hole . D ef i n in g tha t w hole is s een to f a ll wi th in th e purvie w of







phi losophy. Scient is ts , the cal iber of Alber t Eins tein (as wel l as the oth-

er s ment ioned above) , r ea l i ze tha t sc ience and phi losophy are two s ides

o f t h e s am e co in , an d t ha t one - d ay , whe n we f u ll y un de r s t an d t he r ea li ty

o f wh i ch we a r e a pa r t , s c i ence and ph i l os ophy mus t coa l e s ce i n t o one

u n i f i e d u n d e r s t a n d i n g .By de f i n i t i on , con cep t ua l b r e ak t h r o ug hs m us t neces s a ri ly be f oun d

o u t s i d e th e b o u n d a r i e s o f w h a t is c o m m o n l y a c c e p t e d . A p r o f o u n d u n d e r -

s t an din g of r eal ity , a co m in g tog eth er of sc ience and phi losophy , can

occu r on l y w i t h i n t he B ig P i c t u r e . W he n o ur u nd e r s t an d i n g i s com pl e t e

and whole , a l l the puzzle p ieces f i t n ice ly together . As long as our under -

s t and i ng r ema i ns f r agmen t ed by our l i m i t i ng be l i e f s , compe t i ng cu l t u r a l l y

cor rec t c l iques wi th in the l i t t l e p ic ture wi l l def ine and therefore l imi t our

vi sion of r eal ity . T h e brea kt hr ou gh so lu t ion s tha t both the sc ienti s ts andph i loso ph ers have bee n see king for ma ny de cad es li e ou t s ide th e li tt le p ic-

ture ; one cannot ge t to them wi thout s t epping beyond the l imi t s of PMR.

When sc ient i f i c paradigms ( such as the univer sa l i ty of objec t ive causa l -

ity ) be co m e s ac r ed an d unq ues t i on ab l e , b r e ak t h r o ug hs bec om e impos s i-

b le . What appear s as a weakness in the credib i l i ty and sc ient i f i c s t a ture of

My Big 'TOE f rom the v iew of the o ld PMR uber alles p a r a d i g m s t u r n s o u t

to be a necessary logica l r equi rement and a condi t ion of c redib i l i ty f rom

a more expans ive , l es s l imi ted v iewpoint .Appr ec i a t i ng t ha t t he d i cho t omy o f moder n s c i ence and ph i l os ophy i s

an ar t i f ac t of Big Pic tu re ign ora nc e ex press in g a limi ted v iew will he lp the

r e a d e r p u t My Big TOE i n t o a mor e i n t eg r a t ed and un i f i ed pe r s pec t i ve .

To th i s end , l e t ' s round up the concept s we have tos sed about in the l as t

severa l pages and summar ize the i r s igni f i cance to the bot tom l ine of M y

Big TOE.

As mat t e r and mi nd s p l i t i n t o wha t appea r ed t o be d i s connec t ed oppo-

s i t es , s c ience and phi losophy became es t r anged. Nei ther could say any-t h i ng i mpor t an t abou t t he o t he r . Now t ha t My Big TOE has s hown t he

mind-mat ter d ichotomy to be a perceptua l de lus ion - a l l i s consc iousness

- s c i ence and ph i l os ophy may on ce aga in un i t e a s com pl em en t a r y

appr oaches t o t he s ame t r u t h . Good s c i ence i s good becaus e o f t he qua l -

i t y o f i t s me t hodo l ogy , r a t i ona l p r oces s , and l og i c - pe r i od . To f u r t he r

restr ict i t to a l imited l i t t le picture causali ty or local PMR logic is to shut i t

of f f rom the poss ib i l i ty of expla in ing i t s beginnings or see ing the b igger

p i c t u r e .Sc i en ti st s r equ i r e exp e r i m en t a t i on (a ca r e f u l ob j ec t ive exa mi n a t i on o f

rea l i ty) to separa te f ac t f rom hypotheses . Wi th in the subjec t ive sc ience of

Dr . Har mon , you mus t pe r s ona l l y p l an and execu t e your own expe r i men t s







and der ive your own conclus ions . Group-proofs , peer r eview, and major -

i ty ru le a re i r r e levant wi th in the mind-space of your per sonal consc ious -

nes s . Ca r e f u l p r oces s es and ob j ec t i ve pudd i ng t a s t i ng mus t be empl oyed

before per sonal sc ience can d i scover Big Truth .

S imi lar ly , good phi losophy i s good because of the qual i ty of i t sme t hod o l og y , r a t i ona l p r o ces s , an d log i c - pe r i od . T h e ga p be t ween ph i -

losophy and sc ience i s not as wide as you might th ink; one t ends more to

the poss ibi l i t ies , the other to the actual i t ies . When we explore our real i ty

f r om a B i g P i c t u r e pe r s pec t i ve , t hes e t wo appr oaches t o t r u t h become

co m ple m en tar y an d m utual ly suppo r t ive . I t is only wh en we are f ar f ro m

Big T ru th , wh en we are out of ba la nce - obsesse d wi th the de ta i l s of an

apparently objective physical reali ty to the exclusion of al l else - that sci-

en ce an d p hi lo sop hy se em to exis t a t op po si te pole s . I t is o u r inabi l i ty tosee an d un de r s t an d th e Big Pic ture , ou r l ack of inn er ba lance , an d o u r

l i mi t ed PMR pa r ad i gms t ha t d r i ve an i mag i na r y wedge be t ween s c i ence

and ph i l os ophy , be t ween mi nd and ma t t e r , be t ween nor mal and pa r anor -

ma l . Th e i dea t ha t s c i ence p r o du ce s f ac t s wh i le ph i l os ophy p r o du ce s a r gu-

m ents is a s imple de lus ion b o rn of a co m m o n pre jud ice an d smal l v iew.

H ere i s an in tere s t ing h i s tor ica l co m m en t on t he subjec t . I s no t a Ph .D .

in Physics , or anything else, a doctor (D) of Phi losophy (Ph)? I t cer tainly

appear s tha t a long t ime ago we were l es s confused on th i s par t i cu lar i s suetha n we are now . T h e scient i f ic at t i tu de tha t PMR a n d i ts l i tt le pic tur e

logic r ep res en t th e only poss ib le r ea l ity is a c om m o n cul tura l be l ie f tha t

has t r i cked us in to d i scard ing some of the wisdom we had previous ly

acqui red . On the o ther hand, i t he lped j e t t i son a ton of use les s baggage

tha t was hold ing us back . Obvious ly , the sc ience-phi losophy, mind-mat ter ,

no r ma l - pa r anor mal s p l i t r ep r es en t ed an evo l u t i ona r y p r oces s we s o r e l y

n e e d e d t o g o t h r o u g h .

Hav i ng made i t t h r ough our s upe r s t i t i ous phas e , pe r haps now we haveg r o w n u p e n o u g h t o s i m u l t a n e o u s l y se e a b i g g e r p i c tu r e a n d d e m a n d

objec t ive c lari ty . Pe rha ps over the l ast f ew h u n d re d year s we have l ea rne d

more than a l l the k ings hor ses and a l l the k ings men and wi l l be able to

put the Big Pic ture back together again - th i s t ime wi th a l l the advan-

t ages ( s c i ence and t echno l ogy) and none o f t he d r awbacks ( s upe r s t i t i on

an d be l i e f ) . Th at ' s prog res s lad ies an d gen t l e m en : sc ienc e eventua l ly sav-

ing i t s e l f ( and everyth ing e l se) f rom the r avages of sc ience . No, we are

not out of the dark ye t , but My Big TOE s hou l d s hed enough l i gh t t oenab l e many i nd i v i dua l s t o make t he r e t u r n t r i p t o who l enes s . Hopef u l l y ,

the g low f ro m th i s Big T O E will shed e no u gh l ight to g ive bo th sc ience







a n d p h i l o so p h y a r a t i o n a l f i r s t p e e k o v e r t h e t o p o f t h e P M R p r i s o n w a l l.

T ime wi l l te l l .

T h u s , My Big TOE - o b v i o u s ly a w o r k o f m e t a p h y s i c s a n d p h i l o so p h y -

is by v i r tu e o f it s m eth od o lo gy , r a t ion a l p roc ess , l og ic, an d ca r e fu l exper -

imen ta t ion , a l so a work o f sc i ence . I t i s in a s imi la r ca tegory ( r ea l i ty mod-e l s ) wi th the a tomic she l l mode l , s t r ing theory , o r any o ther sc i en t i f i c

m o d e l f o r t h a t m a t t e r - o n l y m u c h l a r g e r i n i ts s c o p e . T h e d a t a n e e d e d

t o v a l i d a t e t h i s m o d e l m u s t c o m e f r o m sc i e n c e , p h i l o so p h y , a n d m o s t

i m p o r t a n t l y , f r o m y o u r o b je c t iv e l y e v a l u a t e d su b j e c t i v e e x p e r i e n c e .

T h e My Big TOE t r il o g y d o e s i n d e e d r e p r e s e n t a s e r i o u s s c i e n t i f ic

e f fo r t tha t is ca re fu l ly an d ob jec t ive ly inves t iga t ing th e r ea l i ty tha t l ie s

b o t h w i t h i n a n d w i t h o u t . W i t h t h i s s c i e n c e w e h a v e su c c e s s f u l ly d e r i v e d ,

e x p l a i n e d , a n d i n t e g r a t e d t h e r e su l t s o f so m e o f t h e w o r l d ' s b e s t a n d m o s tr e sp e c t e d p h y s ic i st s . A t t h e s a m e t i m e , w e h a v e e x p l a i n e d m i n d , sp i r i t a n d

p u r p o s e , u n i t i n g t h e n o r m a l a n d t h e p a r a n o r m a l u n d e r o n e T O E - o n e

c o n s i s t e n t , l o g i c a l , a n d r a t i o n a l u n d e r s t a n d i n g t h a t e x p l a i n s a l l t h e d a t a .

• This is the perfect place to take another s hort pause - this time , to round up the

objective (shared) side of the Big TOE bottom l ine. We wil l focus on the su bjective (per-

sonal) side of that bottom line a little later.

Even at the introductory level of a 101 survey course, My Big TOE provides a soundtheoretical basis for understanding many of the scienti f ic, metaphysical, theological,

and phi losophical enigmas that have been nagging at the minds of scholars and

thinkers for decades. Even more importantly, My Big TOE provides a logical scienti f ic

basis for f inal ly answering some of the most mysterious and pressing personal ques-

tions that have chal lenged hum an understa nding since time imm em orial - since men

and women f i rst stared into a star l i t sky and wondered who and why they were.

I f you dare to open your mind as well as your eyes and take a hard object ive look

at the world around you, you wil l f ind a plethora of sol id, respectable, repeatable datapoints that clearly point to the existence of a larger real i ty that exists beyond our pres-

ent understanding. Most of these scienti f ic studies and careful ly documented reports of

paranormal happenings or other scienti f ic enigmas (such as wave particle dual i ty or

entangled particle pairs) can be adequately explained, as well as given a sol id theoret-

ical basis, by applying the reality model presented in My Big TOE.

Many individuals have personal experiences that l ikewise point to the existence of

a larger reality. My Big TOE provides the logical and rational understanding that is

required to pul l these experiences out of the closet of "weird things I experienced butdon't understand and usual ly don't talk about," into the l iberating l ight of a scienti f ical ly

derived Big Picture.






78(5 | My Big TOE I Trave ling in Good Com pany •

Wi th the unders tand ing prov ided by My Big TOE , mu ch o f wh at w e s tudy, observe ,

and exper ience that has been beyond explanat ion and tota l ly wi thout a logical scient i f ic

basis, can now be seen as a natura l part of the real i ty we l ive in , exper ience, and are a

part of . Al l manner of th ings myster ious, both scient i f ic and personal , that d id not make

sense be fore , make sense now.How do you determine i f a model ( theory) is t rue and accurate? Ask these quest ions:

Does i t make sense out of what was previously not understandable? Does i t expla in al l

the data? Does i t provide new di rect ion, new perspect ives, and new knowledge in a

form that is both usefu l and prof i table? Does i t enable s igni f icant progress in your ef for t

to unders tand yourse l f o r the ou ts ide wor ld more fu l l y?

You must scient i f ica l ly evaluate each of these quest ions re lat ive to your subject ive

pr ivate wor ld, and re lat ive ly to your object ive publ ic wor ld. You are the f inal judge and

i t is your responsib i l i ty to f ind and develop the evidence that you need to judge wisely.Here is the bottom l ine s imply put. I f My Big TOE del ivers usefu l answers, i f i t r ings

true at the deepest level of your knowing, i f i t is ver i f ied by your research, your data,

and your exper ience, i f i t helps you make sense of your l i fe and your work, then ra ise

i t up. Use i t as a tool for obta in ing greater understanding and knowledge and for con-

ver t ing th is new unders tand ing an d know ledge in to w is do m . Be sure to te l l o thers ab out

the t ru ths tha t you have d iscovered .

If, on the other hand, i t fai ls to do these things for you, let i t go. Let i t stew in i ts own

inept i tude; le t i t s ink under the weight of i ts unprof i tabi l iy . Wi thout l i f t ing a f inger, theruth less dynamics of socia l and inte l lectual evolut ion wi l l quickly cast aside any new-

comer that r ings fa lse. Be sure to te l l o thers about the fa lseness you have encountered.

In an inte l l igent and c iv i l ized society, ideas are a l lowed to compete in an open men-

ta l space wi th mutual respect and c iv i l i ty . A theory succeeds or fa i ls by the degree of

credib i l i ty invested in i t by the establ ished communi ty that c la ims to be the experts, and

by those who have appl ied the theory to good qual i ty data and obta ined val id resul ts.

In the best o f wor lds , these two groups shou ld be composed o f the same peop le ; too

often they are not.Pol i t ics, power, personal i ty , and science usual ly coalesce into the s ingle abstruse

voice of the scient i f ic establ ishment. ( In that last sentence feel f ree to replace the

words "sc ience" and "sc ien t i f i c " w i th the appropr ia te names o f any g roup, p ro fess ion ,

or o rgan iza t ion . The domina t ing and dumbing in f luence o f po l i t i cs , power , and per -

sona l i ty i s as sad ly ub iqu i tous as low qua l i ty consc iousness. ) Whatever the p rocess,

the fac t remains : Cred ib i l i t y must a lways be earned w i th in t he con tex t o f p res-

en t unde r s t and i ng

General ly , th is is a posi t ive th ing; socia l and inte l lectual v iscosi ty s lows the rate ofchange to ensure tha t car ts s tay beh ind horses - tha t knowledge does no t ge t too fa r

ou t ahead o f w isdom. The pace o f g rea ter change re f lec ts the pace o f our g rea ter







learning. The world we l ive in is a direct expression of our col lective qual i ty. We are al l

respon sible for the shared real i ty tha t we exp erience - i t is our crea tion.

No idea wil l take root and blossom before i ts time, nor be denied when i ts time has

come. To which side of that divide wil l My Big TOE fal l? Readers, such as you, wi l l col-

lectively make that determination. Que sera, sera A

It w o u l d a p p e a r t h a t t h e se r e f e r e n c e s a n d q u o t e s a r e b u t t h e t i p o f a n

i m m e n s e s c i e n ti f ic a n d p h i l o s o p h i c a l i c e b e r g t h a t is i n f u n d a m e n t a l c o n -

s o n a n c e w i t h My Big TOE. Bi g T r u t h is t h e s a m e f o r e v e r y o n e f o r a ll

t i m e s ; c o n se q u e n t l y i t i s n o t su r p r i s i n g t h a t m a n y o f t h e w o r l d s m o s t b r i l -

l i a n t m i n d s , b o t h p a s t a n d p r e se n t , sh o u l d h a v e d i s c o v e r e d a t l e a s t so m e

pa r t o f i t. I am c er t a in ly no t t ry ing to conv inc e you to be l i ev e th i s o r tha t

b y w a v i n g a b o u t a c o l le c t i o n o f q u o t e s f r o m a f e w o f t h e w o r l d ' s m o s t o u t -s t a n d i n g s m a r t p e o p l e .

I a m e q u a l ly su r e o n e c o u l d f i n d a n o t h e r a s s o r t m e n t o f sm a r t p e o p l e

w ho would t ake the oppo s i t e v iew - o n e a lways can . A rgu ing tha t my sm ar t

p e o p l e a r e sm a r t e r a n d m o r e a w a r e t h a n y o u r sm a r t p e o p l e i s n o t e x a c d y

wh at I ha d in mi nd . Th a t a mi l lion sm ar t p eo p le say "yes" is no t a go od r ea -

son f o r you to say "yes" if you do n o t have the ex pe r i e nc e and un de r s t a nd -

i n g t o su p p o r t i t. D e t e r m i n i n g t r u t h is n o t a d e m o c r a t i c p r o c e s s r u l e d b y

th e major i ty . It is a l so no t som eth ing tha t so m eo ne e l se can do fo r you . D onot l e t t he se sma r t pe op le sway you to ag ree wi th the m s imply becaus e the y

are sm ar t . I n f ac t , it is no t a g iven tha t tho se I have qu o t ed wou ld su pp or t

t h e m e r i t o f My Big TOE. They may agree or d isagree , l ike i t or d isown i t -

tha t is no t the po in t . Th es e qu o te s a r e no t p re se n te d as t e s t imon ia l s - t ha t

would be i l logical as wel l as a misrepresenta t ion.

T h e p o i n t h e r e is t o a l lo w y o u to f i n d so m e sa fe t y i n n u m b e r s , so m e

a ssu r a n c e t h a t t h e i d e a s i n My Big TOE a r e p e r h a p s n o t t h e w i l d r a v i n g s

of a s ing le lone lun a t i c . I t i s a f ac t tha t th e r e have be en , an d s t il l a r e , m an yso b e r , s e r i o u s , a n d v e ry b r i g h t f o lk s w h o h a v e c o m e t o su p p o r t i v e a n d

c o m p a t i b l e ( w i t h My Big TOE) c o n c l u s i o n s t h r o u g h t h e a p p l i c a t i o n o f r ig -

o r o u s l og i c, m a t h e m a t i c s , s c i e n t i f ic p r i n c i p l e s , a n d c a r e f u l r a t i o n a l s t u d y .

A n o t h e r p o i n t is t o d e m o n s t r a t e t h a t p er f e ct l y c o m p e t e n t , s a n e , a n d

h i g h l y r e g a r d e d s c i e n t i s t s a n d t h i n k e r s c a n , a n d o f t e n d o , h o l d w e l l j u s -

t i f i e d a n d t h o u g h t o u t c o n c e p t s t h a t a p p e a r t o b e o n o r b e y o n d t h e

f r i n g e r e la t iv e t o t h e n o r m a l a t t i t u d e s a n d c o n c e p t s h e l d b y t h e m a s s e s

- e v e n t h e m a sse s o f s c i e n t i s ts a n d p h i l o s o p h e r s . A ll b i g d i s c o v e r i e s ( su c ha s t h e s p h e r i c a l e a r t h , t h e h e l i o c e n t r i c s o la r s y s t e m , t h e a t o m , q u a n t u m

m e c h a n i c s , a n d r e la t iv i ty ) a r e in i ti a ll y s h u n n e d a n d h e l d t o b e r i d i c u l o u s

b y t h e g r e a t m a j o r i t y o f s c i e n t i st s , p h i l o s o p h e r s , a n d o t h e r k e e p e r s of t h e







cul tura l s t a tus quo and sacred be l i e f sys tems . Al l of which br ings to mind

a n o t h e r f a m o u s q u o t e f r o m A l b e r t E i n s t e i n : "Great spirits have always

encountered violent opposition from mediocre minds."

And thus i t shal l ever be: Big ideas , innovat ion, and creat ivi ty always

comes f r om t he edge , neve r f r om t he cen t e r . On t he o t he r hand , goof i -ness a l so co m es f ro m the edg e , which is why tho se who are not com pe-

tent to t ell th e d i f f er en ce hu dd le tog eth er for safe ty in the cen ter . Thi s

br in gs us back to the co nc ep t s of th e f ear of not knowing , an d f in din g

safety in nu m be rs . Th ere fo re , dear r ead er , be as sure d tha t if you dar e to

t r avel near (or even beyond) the edge of acceptabi l i ty as def ined by the

center , you may s t i l l be t ravel ing in good company.

It is exceed ingly r are , i f no t en t i re ly im poss ib le , for an yth in g of de ep er

s i gn i f icance o r i mp or t a nc e t o deve l op f r om , o r w i t h in , t he g r ea t m a j o r i t yl iv ing a t the ce nte r - tha t is no t the i r func t io n . Ne ver the les s , th e ce nte r is

cr i t i ca l ly impor tant because i t p rovides s t ab i l i ty and cont inui ty , per forms

many neces s a r y s e r v i ces , and p r ov i des t he r equ i r ed i n f r a s t r uc t u r e t o

ma i n t a i n t he who l e . T he cen t e r an d t he edg e need each o t h e r in o r de r t o

be a success fu l pro du ct ive who le ; each ne ed s to l earn to ap pre c ia te the

other . The per sonal bot tom l ine of th i s chapter i s tha t you may l ive

p r oud l y and p r oduc t i ve l y a t t he edge , appr ec i a t i ng t he cen t e r , t o l e r a t i ng

the indigenous goof iness found a l l a round, f ear l es s ly th inking Big-t hough t s , and t a s t i ng t he pudd i ng .

It is a m o re sat is fying l i fe w he n we arc l iving at a place o n th e co nt in -

uu m - f r om dead ce n t e r t o r agged edg e - tha t is in co ns o na nce w i t h o u r

pe r s ona l i t y , na t u r e , and capac i t y . T r ans i t i on i ng your home a l ong t ha t con-

t inuum always requires a di f f icul t shi f t in your local real i ty.

I have pur po s e l y no t m en t i on ed t he m any wi se pe r s o ns who have com e

t o conc l us i ons i n cons onance w i t h My Big TOE t h r o u g h m e a n s a n d

processes o ther than Wes tern sc ient i f i c , mathemat ica l , and r igorous ly log-i ca l me t hods . F r om t h i s unmen t i oned g r oup one cou l d ex t r ac t a moun t a i n

of wise an d m ea nin gfu l wo rds - m uc h of i t f ro m di rec t exper ie nce . I nd ee d,

th er e is w on de r fu l wisdom an d ins ight tha t f lows f ro m a ll the grea t re li-

g ions and sp i r i tua l t r ad i t ions of the wor ld . Though i t may be t empt ing to

p r ov i de quo t es demons t r a t i ng a un i ve r s a l s p i r i t ua l unde r s t and i ng t h r ough-

ou t th e ages tha t is sup po r t ive of th e co nc ept s dev elop ed w i th in My Big

TOE , t h i s expos i t i on does no t com e f r om t ha t d i r ec t i on .

It is foc use d a t the We s tern , s c ient i f ic , logica l, p ro ce ss -o r ien ted m in d,by a Wes tern sc ient i f i c , logica l , p rocess -or iented mind. To opt imize i t s

goal of success fu l ly co m m un ica t ing to the gro w ing in te l lec tua l pr od uc t s

o f W es t e r n cu l t u r e , My Big TOE has bui l t i t s logical s t ructure solely upon







a W es t e r n cu l t u r a l f ou nd a t i o n even if t ha t f oun da t i o n ap pea r s to many t o

be r e la t ive ly impover i shed in i t s under s tanding , acceptance , and exper i -

ence of sp i r i tua l va lues . Things are of t en not as they appear ; the average

qual i ty of consciousness in Western cul tures i s no less than the qual i ty of

cons c i ous nes s f ound i n o t he r cu l t u r es . T r ad i t i on , r i t ua l , and accep t anceof an extant sp i r i tua l r ea l i ty pays no automat ic d iv idends in indiv idual

consc iousness qual i ty .

It is not tha t o th er th an sc ient if i c con t r ibut ion s are not imp or ta nt , me an-

ingful an d s ignif icant , bu t that you must f ind tho se types of inp uts on y ou r

ow n, ac co rdin g to yo ur interes ts . I am no t t rying to dev elop a theolog y o r

s tart an arg um en t . All I am do ing her e is shar in g my di rec t exper ie nce and

a few of the conc lus ions a nd poss ibil it ies that can b e rat ional ly der ived f ro m

that exper ience. I f that las t sentence seems unl ikely and di f f icul t to fathom,i t i s because you do not share my exper ience .

The unin tended conclus ion of the above d i sp lay of sc ient i f i c and in te l -

l ec t ua l s uppor t f o r many o f t he concep t s f ound wi t h i n My Big TOE m ay

be tha t the wor ld is ful l of raving luna t ics - th at gen ius an d insani ty o f te n

t ravel toge ther . You may a lso co nc lud e tha t w hen a col l ec t ion of so ber

and c lear -headed people of sound in te l l igence and proven capabi l i ty say

something tha t you do not under s tand ( sound l ike lunat i cs ) , i t may be an

er ror to jump immedia te ly to the conclus ion tha t they obvious ly do notu n d e r s t a n d t h e w

ror ld as wel l as you do or that they are ei ther s tupid, delu-

s ional , or d iabol i ca l . Cons ider the out s ide poss ib i l i ty tha t there may be

s om e o t h e r r eas on why you a r c hav i ng d if f i cu lt y un de r s t a nd i ng wrhat they

are saying.

Unf or t una t e l y , open i s no t a no r ma l s t a t e o f mi nd . Admi t t i ng i gno-

rance has a lways been un-cool - something no se l f - r espect ing ego would

eve r do w i t hou t f i r s t be i ng co r ne r ed by a mob .

To keep t h e r eco r d s t ra i gh t , l ot s o f goo f i nes s com es f r o m t he cen t e r a sw

rel l , but i t i s a l es s obvious , more ins id ious , t r ad i t ional form of goof iness

t ha t bo t h r e f l ec t s and is s u pp or t ed by t he dom i na n t c u l t u r e ( r ac is m, sex-

i sm, s l avery , wi tch hunt s , r e l ig ious fundamenta l i sm, s t i f l ing conformi ty

an d in to lera nce , i rr a t ional f ea r of ch ang e , pol i ti ca l co r rec tn ess , c onspicu -

ous consumpt ion , b lue l aws , grocery s tore t ab lo ids , pe t rocks , and beanie

bab i es come i mmedi a t e l y t o mi nd) .

You m igh t as well acc ept i t ; this is s imply th e way we h u m a n s are . O u r

s ta te of be ing accura te ly r ef l ec t s the qual i ty of our consc iousness and thepresent ex tent of our evolu t ion . As long as overgrown egos are the norm

and as long as we have AUM der ived consc iousness a t our core , the s t rug-

gle wi l l cont inue .







Our s t ruggle i s the s t ruggle of an evolving digi tal consciousness dr iven

by f r e e wi ll , ex i s t ing in a s ta t e of cont in ua l bec om ing , t ry ing to imp rove

i t se l f . We t ry to grow up, decrease our ent ropy, ac tua l i ze the potent i a l we

inher i t f rom AUM, and become one wi th the l a rger r ea l i ty - aware in the

outermos t loop whi le mainta in ing indiv idual i ty . Our s t ruggle to evolve thequal i ty of our consc iousness i s der ived f rom AUM's s t ruggle to evolve the

qual i ty of i t s consciousness .

I t i s the s t ruggle of the edge wi th the middle and the middle wi th the

edge . It is th e s truggle of f ear an d ig no ran ce ag ains t love an d un de r -

s t anding; of ego , want s and needs agains t compass ion , humi l i ty and ba l -

ance; of good agains t evi l ; of what you can get versus what you can give.

Thi s s t rugg le forces every cho ice you m ake, every in terac t ion tha t t akes

place wi th in you r expe r ien ce , to f a ll to on e s ide or the o th er .What , dear r eader , i s your par t in th i s ep ic s t ruggle? Where do you f i t

in? What i s the s igni f i cance of you? And, i f by some odd chance you are

no t exac t l y t he s ame pe r s on who began r ead i ng My Big TOE s o m e w e e k s

ago, how long wi l l i t take you to return to normal - even i f returning to

nor mal i s no t your present s ta ted in tent?

For in the end , the re is no en d - only a b egin nin g .






9 2

M o r e G o o d C o m p a n y

I n th i s co nt in ua t ion of th e previou s ch apte r , I will no t limi t o ur t r avel ing

c o m p a n i o n s t o only top sc ient i s t s , mathemat ic ians , and logic dr iven

ph i loso ph ers , of wo r ldwid e f a m e an d s t a tu re . In th i s cha pter , I will op en

the gates a l i t t le wider and also include some wel l known thinkers , ar t i s ts ,

wr i t e r s , pol i ti ca l l eader s , ed uc ator s , an d a f ew oth er s - m en and w om en

of s om e r enow n who have ea r ne d r e pu t a t i ons f o r t he qua li ty and s ound -

nes s o f t he i r t hough t s and deeds - a l l f r om our own W es t e r n cu l t u r e .

An yon e I could as socia te wi th a kno wn d og m a or non -wes te rn cul tu re

was d i squal i f i ed f rom th i s group, even i f the words of these indiv idual s

non- dogmat i ca l l y r ep r es en t ed obv i ous t r u t h and wi s dom. W hy be t ha t

r es t r i c t ive? The My Big TOE t r i logy is focu sed on tho se im m ers ed wi th in

a wor l dwi de W es t e r n cu l t u r e . Unf o r t una t e l y , mos t peop l e f ee l uncomf or t -

ab l e w i t h , and s ubs equen t l y d i s coun t , i n f o r ma t i on comi ng f r om a cu l t u r e

o t he r t han t he i r own . Mos t peop l e do no t t r us t i n f o r ma t i on f r om an unf a -

mi l i a r source . My res t r i c t iveness i s mere ly an ac t of s t r a ight forward prag-

m at i sm - I am s imply t ry ing to co m m un ica te e f fec tive ly wi th th e l a rges t

n u m b er of r ead er s . P lease take no of fe ns e if I pass over on e or m or e of

yo ur f avor i t e wise p er so ns .

A casua l i n s pec t i on o f a f ew I n t e r n e t q uo t e r epos i t o r i e s has p r o du ce d

mor e t han enough ma t e r i a l t o make t he po i n t t ha t many o f t he t hough t s

and a t t i t udes expr es s ed i n My Big 'TOE are not as f a r of f the bea ten pa th

as you mig ht have fi r s t tho ug ht . By now, th i s sho uld be an expe cted r esul t .

F r om wha t eve r d i r ec t i on you appr oach f undamen t a l t r u t h , t he r e s u l t i s

t he s am e on ce d i f f e r en ces i n pe r s o na l expr es s i o n a r e acco un t e d f o r .

Actual ly, the West i s not as spi r i tual ly bankrupt as i t appears ; i t s imply

lacks a widely acceptable mode of express ion of sp i r i tua l va lues a t the






800 | My Big TOE I More Good Company

c u l t u r a l le v e l. H o w e v e r , b e c a u se t h e q u a li t y o f c o n sc i o u sn e s s i s a p e r s o n a l

m a t t e r , t h e l a c k o f a p e r v a s i v e c u l t u r a l e x p r e s s i o n i s i r r e l e v a n t . T h e l a c k

o f a s e r i o u s p e r v a s i v e c u l t u r a l s e n se o f a b i g g e r p i c t u r e h a s i t s b e n e f i t s

as we l l a s d rawbacks .

• I hear some objections to my statem ent tha t the West lacks sol id spiri tual values

at the cu ltural level. There are some spiri tual values shal lowly embedded within Western

culture, but these have mostly been reduced to effete slogans hanging l ike window

dressing on the edge of the dom inant rel igious dogm a - they orche strate l itt le cultura l

force at a deep level. Why? Because in Western culture there is a huge, nearly

unbridgeable gap between the physical and the nonphysical, between being and doing,

between I and other, and between the theory and practice of spiri tual values.

The large ma jori ty of rel ig iou s values have li ttle, if anything, to do with s pi ri t ua l val-ues. This is as true in the East as it is in the West, i

T h i s c h a p t e r sh o u l d b e f u n . N o w t h a t t h e c o n c e p t u a l h ea v y l i f t in g h a s

b e e n d o n e , I t h i n k y o u w i ll e n j o y t h i s r e l a x e d c o o l - d o w n m e a n d e r

t h r o u g h t h e i n t e l l e c t u a l f i e l d s o f W e s t e r n s o u n d b i t e w i s d o m - a c o l le c -

t io n o f t h o u g h t f u l g e m s t h a t b e a r r e p e a t i n g . I h a v e b r o k e n t h e m a t e r i a l

in to severa l g r ou ps a nd will say a f ew w ord s ab ou t ho w each se t o f q uo te s

re la t es to My Big TOE.

B e l ie f a n d S e l f - I m p o s e d L i m i t a t i o n s

Thi s se t o f sound b i t es speaks to the power o f be l i e f to insu la te the

b e l i e v e r f r o m a d d i t i o n a l k n o w l e d g e o r f i n d i n g a l a r g e r t r u t h - a p o i n t

made r epe t i t ive ly in My Big TOE. H e r e , y o u w ill a l so f i n d c o r r o b o r a t i o n

t h a t m o s t p e o p l e h a v e a n a t u r a l t e n d e n c y t o f e e l t h a t t h e y k n o w m o r e

th an they d o - th a t i f t he y d o n o t kn ow i t , if t h ey have no t e xp er i e nc ed

i t; i t i s no t likely to be t ru e . T he se fo lks ar e sure th at i f the y an d t he i r p ee rg roup have no d i r ec t exper i ence o f a l a rger r ea l i ty , t he l a rger r ea l i ty mus t

b e t h e p r o d u c t o f d e l u s i o n . ( T h e d e l u s i o n a l a lw a y s b e l i e v e t h a t t h e y a r e

n o n - d e l u s i o n a l a n d t h a t t h e n o n - d e l u s i o n a l a r e d e l u s i o n a l - su c h is t h e

n a t u r e o f d e l u s i o n ) .

Many o f Wes te rn cu l tu re , sc i en t i s t s in pa r t i cu la r , a r e snared in th i s

" a r r o g a n c e b y a s s u m e d o m n i sc i e n c e " b e li e f t r a p . It w a s t h i s s a m e i n f l a t e d

se n se o f s e lf - t h a t o n ly o t h e r p e o p l e c o u l d b e la r g e ly i g n o r a n t - t h a t l e d

some of the mos t r espec ted sc ien t i s t s o f the ea r ly 1900s to l augh conf i -d e n t l y a t a y o u n g a n d f o o l i sh A l b e r t E i n s t e i n f o r p r e se n t i n g h i s o b v i o u s l y

i n c o r r e c t t h e o r y o f r e la t iv it y . E i n s t e i n m a g n a n i m o u s l y t o l e r a t e d m a n y

a r r o g a n t a n d u n k i n d p r o f e s s i o n a l g u f f a w s b e f o r e g e t t in g t h e la st l a u g h .







As you can see f rom th i s f ir s t qu ote , Alber t had no use for tho se cau ght

in the vis ion l imi t ing bel ief t rap of : "I f this doesn ' t make sense to me. then

i t mus t be wrong." For those fo l lowing the wel l -worn pa th ( s t eadfas t ly t rod

by the l a rge majo r i ty in th e co nc ep tua l ce nte r ) of co m m o n bel i e f mas -

qu e r a d i n g a s co m m on know l edge , Dr . E i ns te i n had t h i s t o say:

"He who joyfully marches in rank and file has already earned my

con tempt. H e has been given a large brain by mistake,

since for him the spinal cord wou ld suffice

Wowr, t hose are s t rong words ! Qui te uncharac ter i s t i c of the f amous ly

kind a nd gen t l e Eins te in . Alb er t had obvious ly be en badly b u rn e d a few-

t imes by profess ional and per sonal knowr

- i t -al l ar rogance.This l ack of apprec ia t ion of the extent of your ignorance , and the

bel i e f tha t you a l r eady know a lmos t everyth ing impor tant - tha t what i s

unknowrn is smal l co m pa re d to w hat is kn ow n - is usual ly laid at th e feet

o f co m m on s ens e . I he a r mu t t e r i ng f r o m t he in t e ll ec tua l s i n t he concep -

tua l center - f rom those wrho m ain ta in th e cul tura l s t a tus qu o an d

s taunchly defend our mos t sacred cul tura l be l i e f s :

"Even if I can no t prov e the absolu te t ru th of ou r sha red cul tura l

as su m pt io ns and be l i e f s , nev er the les s , it is only go od c o m m on sense tha tno rea li ty exi st s be yo nd P MR , tha t we ar c no t indiv idu ated con sc iousn ess

exper iencing a vi r tual phys ical real i ty, and that a digi tal ly based con-

sciou snes s i s an ob vio us imposs ibi l i ty . Clear ly, this Big-TO E-thing is a

he ap of m isgu ided bul lpuc ky bo rn e of fuzzy wishful th in kin g an d bad sc i-

ence. Why, the logical f law rs a re so obv ious tha t I do no t have to p oin t

t hem ou t - anyone writh ha lf a bra in cou ld r efu te the se misg uid ed argu-

m en ts . Ev eryon e knows tha t mys t i c ism is d im-w i t ted no ns en se tha t l es ser

mi nds us e t o i ndu l ge t he i r i nhe r en t weaknes s . "T h e s e a t t it u d e s r e f le c t t h e c o m m o n s e n s e v ie w o f m o s t c o n t e m p o r a r y

wes terner s , inc luding sc ient i s t s . Again , i t was Alber t Eins te in who was on

t he r ece i v ing en d o f a g r ea t dea l o f co m m on s ens e - en ou gh t o p r om pt

him to pen th i s quip :

"Comm on sense is the collection of prejudices acqu ired by ag e eigh teen

Eins te in was not the only one to f ee l the pressure of cu l tura l conform-i ty ; many o ther s a l so under s tood the power of be l i e f to c rea te the wor ld

in its own im age and to r ed uc e th ink ing to the r ec i t a t ion of cu r re nt f ash-

ion wi thin the pol i t ical ly correct center .






8 0 2 | My Big TOE I M o r e G o o d C o m p a n y

"People see the world not as it is, but as they are."

— AL LEE

"People see only what they are prepared to see."

— RALPH WALDO EMERSON

"If one does not understand a person, one tends to regard him as a fool "

— C A R L JU N G

"The truth which makes men free is for the most part

the truth which men prefer not to hear"

— HERBERT AGAR (A Time for Greatness [ 1 9 4 2 ] )

"The conven tional view serves to protect us

from the painful job ojthinking"

— J. K. GALBR AITH

"Men occasionally stumble over the truth, but most of them pick

themselves up and hurry off as if nothing had happened."

— W IN STO N C H U R C H ILL

"To a very large extent men and women are a product

of how they def ine them selves. As a result of a com bination of innate

ideas and the intimate influences of the culture and environment we grow

up in, we come to have beliefs about the nature of being human.

These beliefs penetrate to a very deep level of our psychosom atic systems,

our minds and brains, our nervous systems, our endocrine systems,

and even our blood and sinews. We act, speak, a nd think

accord ing to these deeply held beliefs and belief systems."— JEREMY W. HAYWARD

"The world we see that seem s so insane is the result of a belief system

that is not working. To perceive the wor ld differently, we must be

willing to change our belief system, let the past slip awa y,

expand our sense of now, and dissolve the fear in our minds."

— GERALD G. JAMPOLSKY

"Wh atever one believes to be true either is true

or becomes true in one's mind."

— JO HN C. LILLY







"When we argue for our limitations, we get to keep them."

— PETER MCWILLIAMS

"Nothing is so firmly believed as that which we least know"

— MICH EL EYQUEM 1)E MON TAIG NE

"Skeptic does not mean him who doubts, but him who investigates or

researches, as opposed to him who asserts and thinks that he has found "

— MIGUEL DE UNAM UNO

"Illusions comm end themselves to us because they save us pain

and allow us to enjoy pleasure instead. We must therefore accept it

without complaint when they sometimes collide with a bit of

reality against which they are dashed to pieces."

— SIGMUND FREUD

"The pursuit of truth luill set you free; even if you never catch up with it."

— CLARENC E HARROW

"People demand freedom of speech as a com pensation for thefreedom of thought which they seldom use."

— KIERKEGAARD

"Thoughts have power; thoughts are energy. And you can

make your world or break it by your o wn thinking"

— SUSAN TAYLOR

"There is nothing more frightf ul than ignoran ce in action "

— G O E T H E

"Nothing is easier than self-deceit.

For what each man wishes,

that he also believes to be true."

— D EM O STH EN ES

"If you don't change your beliefs, your life will be like this forever.

Is that good neius?"

— I)R. ROBERT ANTHONY







M y s t i c i s m , I d e a s f r o m t h e E d g e

To m any in Wes tern cu l ture i t is per fec t ly c lear an d only com m on sense

tha t any th ing con ne cte d to me taphys ics or myst ic ism is pu re un ad ul t era ted

no nse nse . To th e wel l -educa ted W estern er , i t is obv ious tha t such foo ls an d

the i r de lus ions have preyed on the gul l ib i l i ty of the uneducated massess ince the beginning of t ime. Let me pass on some advice f rom the con-

ceptua l center :MAn intel l igent wel l -educated person would be wel l -advised to s tay clear

of deluded individuals or r i sk los ing thei r credibi l i ty by associat ion. Even

i f these confused mys t i cs a re wel l meaning , and not s imply hus t l e r s and

cha r la tans , the i r silly g ib be r ja b be r f li es in the f ace of sc ience an d mak es

no s ens e . Th e pa r a no r m al , mys t ic i sm, and ' m i r ac l e s ' a r e m en t a l and emo -

t i ona l pac i f i e r s f o r t he dumb, t he uneduca t ed , t he emot i ona l l y needy , andthe gul l ible ."

Do you know anybody who th inks l ike tha t? For ty year s ago a lmos t

everyone centered in Wes tern cul ture thought l ike tha t . Now these cul -

tural and scient i f ic mental s t raight jackets (bel iefs ) are worn only by a

large major i ty - the edge has grown ever so s l ight ly amid a grea ter to ler -

ance of indiv idual i ty . Eins te in evident ly knew many indiv idual s who c lung

to the i r r a t ional hard- sc ience iiber alles bel ief sys tems l ike a very young

chi ld cl ings to i t s favor i te teddy bear . Much of his wr i t ings indicate thathe found such people to be ext remely l imi ted and boor i sh - l acking both

i n te l li gence and i mag i na t i on .

"The most beautiful thing we can experience is the mysterious.

It is the source of all true art and science

— ALBERT EINSTEIN

"There are only two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is amiracle. The other is as though everything is a miracle

— ALBERT EINSTEIN

"The impor tant thing is not to stop questioning.

Curiosity has its own reasons for existing. One cannot help but be in awe

when he contemplates the mysteries of eternity, of life; of the marvelous

structure of reality. It is enough if one tries to comprehend

a little of this m ystery every day . Never lose a holy curiosity— ALBERT EINSTEIN







"What our eyes behold may well be the text of life but one's med itations

on the text and the disclosures of these meditations are no less

a part of the structure of reality."

— WALLACE STEVENS

"The foundations of a person are not in matter but in sp irit."


As I ex pla ine d in Sec t ion 2, logic req uire s that a successful Big T O E (as

opposed to a l i t t le PMR-only TOE) must have at leas t one seemingly mys-

t i ca l as sumpt ion . That mys t i ca l as sumpt ion appear s mys t i ca l only f rom the

l imi ted per spect ive of PMR. My Big TOE is co ns t ruc ted e nt i r e ly f ro m two

assu m pt ion s ; 1) the seemingly mys t ica l on e: the exi s t ence of pr im ord ia lconsciousness (AUO); and 2) the wel l know

rn a n d u n d e r s t o o d F u n d a -

m en ta l Proc ess of evo lut ion . From ju s t th os e two ing red ien ts , a ll reality-

f lows, including the relat ively smal l but interes t ing subset of the larger

reali ty wre exp e r i en ce a s PMR.

"The giand aim of all science is to cover the greatest number

of emp irical facts by logical deduc tion from the

smallest number of hypotheses or axioms

— ALBERT EINSTEIN

Elegant s impl ic i ty i s the ha l lmark of Big T ru th . Acc ord ing to Eins te in ,

e leg an t simpl ic i ty is a l so the gr an d a im of all s c ience . Com bin ing bo th

ideas logical ly pro vid es tha t B ig T ru th is th e gr an d aim of al l scien ce. Tell

that to al l the l i t t le picture scient is ts who have no interes t in Big Truth.

In i t s pur sui t of Big Truth , My Big TOE, employs the e legant s impl ic i ty of

a s ingle consc iousness -ev olu t ion f r ac ta l ecosys tem to der ive All T ha t I s,

s c i ence and ph i l os ophy , po i n t and pur pos e f r om t wo s i mpl e a s s umpt i ons .

T h e P r o c e s s a n d I m p o r t a n c e o f G r o w t h

W i t h i n My Big TOE , I des c r i be pe r s ona l g r owt h - t h e i mp r ove m en t o f

the qual i ty of your consciousness - as the point of your exis tence. I t i s the

evo l u t i ona r y u r ge o f t he Fundament a l P r oces s app l i ed t o cons c i ous nes s

that pushes us forward to evolve the qual i ty of our being - to lower ouren trop y. I t is gro w th - sp i r i tual grow th - th at l inks us to AUM, de f in es th e







pos i t ive d i r ec t ion of progress , and g ives us purpose and meaning wi th in

the Big Picture. I f ever there were a law of being and exis tence, i t would

be: Grow or die . Stabi l i ty l ies only in growth, maintaining the s tatus quo is

the f i r s t s ign of impending decay. Growth i s the poin t , the purpose , what

makes t he exp e r i m en t r un , and t he r eas on f o r go i n g on . W h en con-s c i ous nes s and evo l u t i on become en t ang l ed , mod i f i ca t i on t owar d i mpr ove-

ment i s the r esul t - growth def ines the s t ruggle to be . Wi thout growth ,

wi thou t an opp or tu ni ty to evolve ou r be ing , we are no th in g .

"The self is only that w hich is in the process of becoming"

— S0R EN KIERKEGAARD

"What is the most rigorous law of our being? Grow th. No sm allestatom of our m oral, mental, or physical structure can stand still a year.

It grow s - it mus t grow ; nothing can preven t it."

— M A R K T W A I N

"Unless you try to do something beyond what you

have mastered, you will never grow."

— C.R. LAWTON

"One's mind, once stretched by a new idea,

never regains its original dimensions."

— OLIVER WENDELL HOLM ES

"Only in growth, reform, and change, paradoxically

enough, is true security to be found."

— A N N E M O R R O W LIN D B ERG H

Eins tein real ized that in the atomic age, the spi r i tual growth of

mank i nd had s udden l y become mor e c r i t i ca l - t ha t t he age - o l d s t r ugg l e

of r a i s ing the qual i ty of consc iousness would now take on more urgency.

"The release of atomic energy has not created a new problem. It has

merely made m ore urgent the necessity of solving an existing o ne."

— ALBERT EINSTEIN

Lit t le did he know that mankind would devise several addi t ional ways to

des t roy l i fe on our planet wi thin a few decades . Given this des t ruct ive

capac it y, f u t u r e hu m an g ene t i c eng i n ee r i ng , p s ycho t r op i c pha r m aceu t i ca l s ,







and t he comi ng I n f o r ma t i on Age , i t has neve r been mor e i mpor t an t f o r

m ank i nd t o un de r s t a nd t he B ig P i c t u r e be f o r e it p r em at u r e l y t e r mi na t e s

t h is po r t i on o f Th e Gr ea t Ex per i m en t i n Co ns c i ous nes s .

"What lies behind us and what lies before usare tiny ma tters com pared to wha t lies within us."

— OLIVER WENDELL HOLMES

W i s d o m

Many t imes wi th in the pages of My Big TOE , we have s t rug gled w i th th e

pro ble m of sep ara t in g the t ru ly wise f ro m the de lus ion al fool s tha t w ould

t r y t o appea r w i s e - s epa r a t i ng knowl edge f r om ps eudo- knowl edge , and

t ru th f rom bel i e f . We concluded tha t a carefu l r esul t s or i en ted explo-ra t ion wi th p lenty of pauses to t as te the pudding would be the bes t

process . Wrisdom, w

re sa id , was der ived only f ro m exp er ie nc e an d ref l ec t s

an appr ec i a t i on and under s t and i ng o f t he B i g P i c t u r e .

Unf o r t una t e l y , on l y t he w i s e can under s t and and conf i dendy app l y w i s -

dom to thei r real i ty. Because i t takes one to know one, a relat ively s low

i nc r emen t a l boo t s t r app i ng p r oces s i s r equ i r ed t o become wi s e o r t o r ec -

ogn i ze and appr ec i a t e t he w i s dom of o t he r s . Becaus e w risdom is non-trans-

t e rablc , only you can dec id e wh o are fool s an d w ho are wise - a nd onlyf o r your s e l f. W e sa id t ha t your w i s dom m us t f low f r om you r exp e r i en ce

an d tha t it cou ld not be acq ui re d f r o m psyc hot ro pic chemical s , a bo ok , or

a guru. We said that wisdom was the natural resul t of a high qual i ty of

consc iousness . I t s eems tha t o ther s agree wi th many of these ideas .

"Never m istake know ledge for wisdom. One helps you

make a living; the other helps you make a life."

— SANDRA CAREY

"// requires wisdom to understand wisdom:

the music is nothing if the audience is deaf"

— WALTER LIPPMAN

"Wisdom is not wisdom when it is derived from books alone."

— H O R A C E

"Try not to become a m a n of success, but rather

try to become a m an of value."

— ALBERT EINSTEIN







"We can be knowledgeable with other mens knowledge,

but we cannot be wise with other men's wisdom."

— MICHEL DE M ONTAIGNE

F e a r , E g o , a n d D e l u s i o nIn a long as ide in Chapter 8 , Book 2 , we d i scuss the in ter re la t ionships

tha t ex i s t among fear , ego , in te l l ec t , ignorance , and de lus ion . From th i s

unho ly co m bin at ion it was r eas on ed th a t mos t of o u r da ily prob lem s

em erg e as se l f - inf l i c ted wo und s . We saw how fear an d ig nora nce pr om pte d

a mutual suppor t a l l i ance be tween the ego and in te l l ec t to deny the f ear

by co ns t ru c t in g a per so nal f an tasy (be li e f sys tem) . We wa tched the pa th e t i c

se l f s t ruggle to mainta in the ego ' s de lus ion , only to become ens laved by

the maintenance r equi rements of i t s own decei t . Fear , the oppos i t e of love ,was shown to be the root of mos t everyone ' s per sonal problems as wel l as

the main inhib i tor of improving the qual i ty of consc iousness .

"Fear defeats more people than any other one thing in the world."


"An inflated consciousness is always eg ocentric and conscious

of nothing but its own existence. It is incapable of learning from the past,incapable of understanding contemporary events, and incapable of

draw ing right conclusions abou t the future. It is hypnotized Iry itself

and therefore cannot b e argued with. It inevitably d oom s itself

to calamities that must strike it dead."

— C A R L J U N G

"To understand the world, one must not be worrying about one's self

— ALBERT EINSTEIN

T r u t h , S c i e n c e , a n d L o g i c

In Sect ions 2, 3, and 5 we make a case for expanding the purview of sci -

ence t o i nc l ude a w i de r r ange o f ph en om en a . W e exp l a in how t h e PMR-

only view of real i ty el iminates the poss ibi l i ty of seeing the bigger picture -

how i t unnecessar i ly l imi t s the avai l ab le so lu t ion space so tha t impor tant

sc ient i f i c problems appear to be mys ter ious and unsolvable . Many for a

long t ime have known the f ac t tha t under s tanding the l a rger r ea l i tyrequi res a v i s ion and per spect ive tha t goes beyond our normal sense of

PMR. I t i s no secret that we are intel lectual ly t rapped by the l imi tat ions of







our l i t t le picture bel iefs about real i ty; and that there i s much more to exis -

tence than the local causal phys ics of PMR.

Likewise, i t i s clear that rat ional knowledge, causal i ty, and formal sci -

ent i f i c process mus t r i se above i t s present in te l l ec tua l l i t t l e p ic ture ent rap-

m en t to i l lumina te the t ru th tha t li es be yo nd s im ple phys ica l ex i s t ence .However , it is i m po r t an t t o un de r s t a nd t ha t exp l o r a t i on s o f cons c i ous ne s s

a l so ne ed t he r igo r of a m or e genera l sc ient i fi c proce ss to sep ara te t ru th

f r om f i c t i on , t he ac t ua l f r om t he appa r en t , t he mean i ngf u l and s i gn i f i can t

f r o m t h e u s el es s a n d u n i m p o r t a n t .

Sc ient i f i c m eth od olo gy i s not to be ab an d on ed to sup er s t i t ion - in f ac t ,

it is exac t ly the op po s i t e . Sc ient i f i c m eth od olo gy ne ed s to r i se above the

supe r s t i t ion an d be l i e f tha t now cr ip ples i ts v i s ion in or de r to s ep ara te

t ru th f ro m f i c t ion a t a h ig he r l eve l of r a t ion al un de r s ta nd ing . Per sonalexplora t ions of consc iousness in to NPMR are not about o therwise in te l l i -

gent people ( inc luding sc ient i s t s ) becoming mush-heads in PMR - i t i s

mor e abou t s e l f - l i m i t ed PMR boneheads becomi ng s c i en t i s t s a t t he nex t

higher level of causali ty.

"As far as the laws of mathem atics refer to reality, they are not certain;

and as far as they a re certain, they do not re fer to reality

— ALBERT EINSTEIN

"We should take care not to make the intellect our god; it has,

of course, powerful muscles, but no personality

— ALBERT EINSTEIN

"The significant problems we face cannot be solved at the same level

of thinking we were at when we created them."

— A LB ER T EIN STEIN

"Not eveiything that can be counted counts,

and not eveiy thing that counts can be counted."


"The further the spiritual evolution of mankind advances,

the more certain it seem s to me that the path to genu ine religiosity

does not lie through the fear of life, and the fear of death, and blindfaith, but through striving after rational know ledge."








"Every great advance in science

has issued from a new audacity of imagination."

— J O H N D E W EY , THE QUEST FOR CERTAINTY

"There is one thing even more vital to science than intelligent methods;and that is, the sincere desire to find out the truth, wha tever it may be"

— CHAR LES SANDERS PIERCE

"We must learn to tailor our concepts to fit reality,

instead of trying to stuff reality into our concepts."

— V I C T O R D A N I E L S

E d u c a t i o n , L e a r n i n g a n d P e r s o n a l G r o w t hWe said that growth is what l i fe i s al l about , the point of your exis tence,

t he r eas on f o r be i n g he r e , bu t how does t h is g r ow t h ha pp en ? How d o you

go abou t g r owi ng up? W e know t ha t f ea r and ego b l ock l ea r n i ng and pe r -

sonal growth . Cer ta in ly , everyone wi l l agree tha t growing-up i s more a

being process than an in te l l ec tua l process .

Essentially, success is a ma t te r of perspe ct ive , at t i tu de , vis ion, pe rse-

veran ce , an d the gu m pt io n to ge t ou t th er e an d t ry - and th en t ry again .

All you n ee d is a gl im pse of the po ss ibi l it ies an d th e de te rm in at io n toex plo re at leas t som e of tho se poss ibi l it ies . Perh ap s , if you a rc ready, will-

ing , and able , My Big TOE wil l help you see some new tantal izing poss i -

b i l i t i e s . However , s upp l y i ng t he neces s a r y gumpt i on and de t e r mi na t i on i s

al l up to you - no one can help you wi th that .

Your in tent r e f l ec t s the qual i ty of your be ing and dr ives your choices .

I t is l ear n in g and pe r so na l gro wth tha t eventua l ly en ab le you to ma ke the

r ight choices for the r ight reasons - natural ly and intui t ively. Every day of

every year we are forced to make hundreds of s igni f i cant choices as wein terac t wi th o ther s . We express our se lves wi th choice . We pain t our se lves

onto the canvas of the ac tua l i zed present wi th brushes of in tent and p ig-

men t s o f cho i ce . W e j ugg l e a t hous and s hades o f compe t i ng need , f ea r ,

ego , des i r e , unde r s t and i ng , compas s i on , humi l i t y , ca r i ng and l ove i n a

swir l ing mix of contradict ion unt i l i t a l l coalesces into a s ingle resul t that

i s ac tua l i zed in to the present i r r ever s ib le r ea l i ty by the choices we make.

We are the sum to ta l of those choices made over a l i f e t ime, or a ser i es of

l if e ti mes . T he s ub s t ance o f ou r be i n g and t h e r a t e o f ou r g r owt h a r edef ined by the qual i ty of our choices .







aOne's philosophy is not best expressed in words;

it's expressed in the choices one makes. In the long run,

we shape ou r lives and we shape ourselves. T he process never ends

until we die. And the choices we make are ultimately our resp onsibility."

— ELEANOR ROOSEVELT

Le arnin g , like gro wth , is a per s on al th ing - i t is ge ne ra t ed f ro m the

ins ide out . If we t ry to ed uc ate an ot he r by s tu f f in g kno wled ge in f ro m the

ou t s ide , l ike s tu f f in g t is sue in a bra , we can achieve only the ap pe ara nc e

of ed uc at io n - p ro du ce an edu cate d f a l s ie . O u r school systems have , dur -

ing the l as t cen tury , es sent ia l ly ab an do ne d ed uc at io n in f avor of force-

f eed i ng f ac t ua l i n f o r ma t i on and deve l op i ng t he ba r e e s s en t i a l s o f a f unc -

t ional l it e racy . Ed uca t ion s ho uld nev er be con fu se d wi th t r a in ing .Unf or t una t e l y , i n ou r cu l t u r e mos t peop l e wou l d be ha r d p r es s ed t o

exp l a i n t he d i f f e r ence .

It is n o w on de r tha t the in te l lec tua l cen ter is pre do m ina te ly po pu la te d

by wel l -educated, w rel l -credent ialed, conceptual ly l imi ted, or iginal - think-

ing cha l l enge d pre serv er s of the s t a tus quo . It is a l so no w on de r tha t so

few of us have the inc l ina t ion an d dr ive to pu r su e Big T ru th o n th e Path

of Knowl edge .

"You cannot teach a man anything;

you can only help him find it within himself"

— GALILEO

"Education is what remains after one has

forgotten everything he learned in schoo l."

— A LB ER T E IN STEIN

"I find that the great thing in this world is not so much w here we stand

as in w hat direction we are moving; To reach the port of heaven,

we must sail sometimes with the wind and sometimes against it -

but we must sail, and not drift, nor lie at anchor."

— OLIVER WEND ELL HOLM ES

"Knowing is not enough; w e must apply.

Willing is not enough; we must do."— G O E T H E







*Everybody wants to be somebody; nobody wants to grow."

— G O E T H E

Growing up i s never an easy or quick process . Anxie ty and in terna l

s t r ugg l e i s a l ways gene r a t ed when abandon i ng comf or t ab l e and f ami l i a rways of be ing , th inking , and be l i ev ing . Diving headlong in to the unfami l -

i ar an d m ur ky wa t e r s o f s om et h i n g new and d i f f e r en t com es w i t h no gua r -

antee of success . Addi t ional ly , there a re the externa l s t ruggles wi th be ing

di f ferent - a s t r anger among your f r i ends - l iv ing near the edge in a wor ld

dominated by those in the center . Growing up t akes grea t courage as wel l

a s g r e a t d e t e r m i n a t i o n .

"G reat spirits have always found violent opposition from med iocrities.The latter cannot understand it when a man does not

thoughtlessly submit to hereditary prejudices but honestly and

courageously uses his intelligence."

— ALBERT EINSTEIN

"What we need is not the will to believe, but the wish to find out

— BERTRAND RUSSELL

"The journey to happiness involves finding the courage to go down into

ourselves and take responsibility for wha t's there: all o f it."

— R IC H A R D R O H R

"All life is an experim ent."

- RALPH WALDO EMERSON

"Happiness is not a reward - it is a consequence.Suffering is not a punishm ent - it is a result."

— ROBERT GREEN INGERSOLL

See i ng t he B i g P i c t u r e , unde r s t and i ng t he l a r ge r r ea l i t y , g r owi ng up ,

increas ing the qual i ty or synergy of your consc iousness , evolv ing your con-

sc iousness , decreas ing the ent ropy of your consc iousness , sp i r i tua l growth

- o r w ha tev er you wa nt to call it - i s yo ur respo nsibi l i ty an d you rs alo ne .

If you are wa i t ing fo r pro gre ss to co m e to you , or ne ed a gro w th pa th th a tis easy an d requ i res l it tl e e f fo r t , o r ca nn ot s t an d to be very d i f f er en t f ro m

your peer s , or r equi re cer t a in ty before you can t ake a s t ep , or a re s imply







s tuck in a bel ief t rap of some sor t , you are not i r ret r ievably los t . When

you are r eady, an oppor tuni ty to grow wi l l become vi s ib le .

T i m e in P M R is a n e x p e r i e n c e d e f i n e d b y t h e p e r c e p t i o n o f c h a n g e .

Y o u r d e l u d e d p e r c e p t i o n o f a s h o r t , s o m e w h a t r a n d o m , e x i s te n c e o n

p l ane t ea r t h d oe s no t li m it your r e s pons i b i l i t y f o r g r o wt h . Eve ry dec i -s i on , i n t en t , mo t i va t i on , and ac t i on moves you a l ong one way o r ano t he r

i n t he B i g P i c t u r e wh e t h e r you a r e awar e t ha t you a r e pa r t i c i p a t i ng i n

an i t e ra t ive , r epe at i t un t i l you ge t i t, con sc ious ness -q ual i ty l e ar n i ng l ab

or no t .

For tunate ly , the major i ty of us a re growing more or l es s in the pos i t ive

di rec t ion . T he m ajo r d i f f ere nc e you r e f fo r t is l ikely to mak e is to increase

dramat ica l ly the r a te of your progress and the qual i ty of your exi s t ence .

That ' s al l . No big deal i f you are enjoying your current level of con-sciousn ess qual i ty - this i s n ot a t im ed tes t . You can a cco m pl ish only wh at-

ever you are read y for , an d ca pa ble o f . If yo u dec ide to kick back an d let

your op po r t un i t i e s f o r g r ow t h s li p by un exp l o r ed , one no t e o f cau t i on :

Don ' t l e t the ant i - r a t s (def ined in Chapter 2 , Book 2) ge t you. They pr i -

mar i ly prey on the s l acker s an d s t r aggler s . But don ' t wor ry ; I am sure tha t

won ' t be a p r ob l em f o r you . Come on a l ong when you a r e r eady .

I have sh ow n you th e Big Pictu re an d told you how- i t wo rks , b u t I can-not cause you to integrate i t into your knowledge-base at a level that i s

deeper than your in te l l ec t .

I have ena b l e d you t o s ee an d f eel s o m e o f t he p o t en t i a l t h a t you

have as a ch ip f ro m th e o ld AUM blo ck, but only you can ac tu a l i ze tha t

p o t e n t i a l .

As your t ou r gu i de , I have po i n t e d o u t s om e o f t he m or e i n t e r e s t i ngs ight s , but you have to ge t of f the in te l l ec tua l tour bus and exper ience

t hem on your owrn.

I have prov ided a d im gl im m er of the poss ib i l it i es tha t l ie be fo re you r

be i ng , bu t you mus t p r ov i de t he cour age and de t e r mi na t i on t o pu r s ue

t ha t v i s i on t o s ome pe r s ona l l y p r o f i t ab l e conc l us i on .

I have pro vid ed a mo de l of r ea li ty to he lp you in t erp re t , s t ruc ture , an dadd r a t i ona l mean i ng t o your pe r s ona l expe r i ence , bu t you have t o have

t he expe r i ence and t hen l ea r n f r om i t .







I have po i n t ed ou t s om e o f t he me n t a l and co ncep t ua l l i m i t a ti ons an d

cons t ra in t s tha t b ind you and b l ind you, but only you can se t yourse l f f r ee

and extend your v i s ion .

I have to ld you som e Big T ru th s , but they mus t r e m ain vag ue and pow-er les s unt i l you f ind them for yourse l f .

I have ex pla ine d to you how spi r i tual i ty, co nsc iou sne ss , love, an d para -

no r m al p he n om en a a r e i n t e r c onn ec t ed , bu t I can no t caus e you t o d ir ec tl y

exper i ence any o f t hem.

I have enc ou rag ed you wi th s ti cks an d car ro t s an d p oin ted you in the

r i gh t gen e r a l d i r ec t i on , bu t I can no t d e f i n e you r pe r s ona l pa t h m uch le sscar ry you down i t .

I have exp l a i ned why you a r e he r e and wh a t t he po i n t and m ean i ng o f

both your phys ica l and nonphys ica l ex i s t ence i s , but you mus t express

your own in tent and make your own choices in order to make tha t ex i s -

t ence s igni f i cant and success fu l .

I hav e do n e wh at I can do . T h e bal l is in you r cou r t . I low you play i t ,how t he concep t s you have f ound wi t h i n My Big TOE in terac t wi th , and

ul t ima tely af fe ct , th e qual i ty of yo ur bein g, i s ent i re ly up to you. Ho w eve r

you cur rent ly express your qual i ty and in tent - however you make the

im po r ta nt choices - if you mak e the m w i th a long- term vig orous , o pe n

mi nded , and s kep t i ca l commi t men t t o t he r e l en t l e s s pu r s u i t o f B i g Tr u t h ,

you will eventua l ly suc cee d. W ho you are , what you ex pe r ien ce , an d the

rea li ty you crea te , a re th e app l i ed r esul t s of whatev er Big T ru th you h ave

managed t o cap t u r e and i n t e r na l i ze . W ha t cou l d be mor e s t r a i gh t f o r war dthan tha t? Good consc iousness qual i ty i s the r esul t of an open mind, a

f ocus ed s t eady i n t en t , and t he cour age t o be .

I know wh at you are th in king : Easy to say, d i f f i c u l t to do . So m et im es

growing the qual i ty of your consc iousness doesn ' t s eem par t i cu lar ly

s t r a i gh t f o r war d o r s i mpl e becaus e you a r e exp l o r i ng unf ami l i a r t e r r i t o r y .

Th e unk no wn a lways app ea r s t r icky w he t he r it is o r no t . New pa r a d i gm s

always seem imposs ib le before they become obvious and t r iv ia l . I f you

"jus t go do i t" wi th a long - term view, seem ingly im pe n et ra bl e ba rr ie rs willbegin to d i sso lve be for e your s t eady unc on di t io na l e f fo r t . If you never g o

do i t or g ive up eas i ly because those bar r i e r s seem to be hopeles s ly impen-

etrable - they wil l be.







I h o p e you have ha d a few valuab le insights as well as a few goo d laughs as

we have explored some of the ter r i tory that l ies beyond the edge of your

everyday thoughts . Adventures of mind and spi r i t are bes t absorbed in al ter -

nating doses of work and play - an interweaving of l ight and heavy. Learning

an d growing, on ce pas t the boo t-cam p ph ase, should be joy ful an d fu n. If youhave been swinging a pick in a spiritual salt mine with little to show for it , you

are wast ing you r t ime on techn ique, fo rm , an d process . That Big T ru th yields

bes t to pain, abs tent ion , ren unc iat ion, su f fer ing, an d sacr i fice is pu re

horsepucky. The Western Pur i tan ethic and the Western work ethic may com-

bine to produce successful model ci t izens and product ive workers on the out-

side, but they invariably lead to poverty and frustrat ion on the inside.

Dedica t ion does not mean work , work , work , work unt i l you drop, suc-

ceed, qui t , or give up the poss ibi l i ty . Dress up the Western work ethic ina monk ' s r obe and you ge t mor e anx i e t y and f r us t r a t i on t han s p i r i t ua l

pro gres s . Big T ru th is m uc h m o re l ikely to y ie ld to loving , l igh the ar ted

play tha n to th e st if f os s i f i ed nar ro w nes s tha t of t en def in es th e m at ur e

and d i gn i f i ed W es t e r n appr oach . W hen happy ch i l d r en l augh and p l ay

the y live close r to the co re of exis tenc e - as they grow u p an d get a pp ro-

pr ia te ly ser ious , they lose the i r innocence and the i r in tu i t ive harmony

wi th T h e On e. To be able to f r ee ly an d seamlessly mix an d in te rm ing le

kno wled ge , wisd om , an d p lay is o ne of th e g i f t s of en l igh ten m en t .The darkness of ignorance sur rounds a l l of us , a l l the t ime - we wi l l

probably never know a l l the answers there a re to know. Wi l l a bac ter ium

ever be co m e pres id en t of th e Uni ted Sta tes? T h e idea of l imi ta t ions do cs

not come easy for us Wes terner s who habi tua l ly th ink in t e rms of phys i -

ca l objec t s and processes . Some bar r i e r s may need to be graceful ly

acc epte d - a t l east for a whi le , an d m ayb e forever . R un ni ng wi th the he rds

o f AU M os au r us t h un de r i n g ac ros s t he me n t a l p l a ins is s impl y beyon d ou r

capaci t i es an d pu rp os e . R egardles s , we will an d sho uld s t rugg le to u nd er -s tan d wh atev er is wi th in ou r gras p. If we d o no t use ou r ful l capa ci ty o r

reach o u r fu l l po tent i a l , sha m e on us . If wre reac h l imi ts , le t 's mak e s ur e

that they are actual l imi ts , not sel f - imposed l imi ts . Let ' s make sure that

darkness never becomes a th ing in i t s e l f , but r a ther only the absence of

l ight . For n o on e is ever fea r fu l of th e abs en ce of l ight .

As you r awaren ess evolves f r o m dim to br ight , it i l lumina tes m or e an d

m or e o f t he B ig P i c t u r e an d pu s hes back t he da r kne s s t ha t ma r ks t he

bo un da r i e s o f you r pe r s o na l kno wi ng . As a cons c i ou s be i ng i mb ued wi t hthe capaci t i es and potent i a l of your source , an abi l i ty to expand the l ight

and grow the qual i ty of your consc iousness c rea tes the chal l enge tha t your

exis tence is al l about .







Do not l e t the magni tude of these Big Pic ture concept s overwhelm you.

We get to where we are going by pa t i en t ly t ak ing one s t ep a t a t ime. There

is no other way - i t i s the same for everyone. Each of us fol lows a unique

path that i s def ined as we go, one s tep at a t ime, by our f ree wi l l dr iven

in ten t . The key is to begin s t ep pin g ou t wi th a pu rp os ef ul in tent .If I have suc cee ded in turn in g on l ight s he re and th ere to chal l en ge a

few of you r per so na l dark p laces , I am grea t ly p leased - bu t you m us t

open your eyes and see what i s ( and i s not ) there for yourse l f . Then you

mus t evalua te what you see - you mus t separa te your per sonal t ru th f rom

your per sonal de lus ion . The passageway to an improved qual i ty of be ing

l ies a lon g the pa th w he re pe r son al t ru t h and ab solu te t ru th ev entua l ly

b e c o m e o n e .

Recal l that abso lute t ru th (Big T ru th ) is universal an d nev er ch ang es ;also tha t Big T ru th is no t secret ively hid de n away w here only th e ch ose n few

can f in d i t. To th e co ntrary , Big T ru th d em on str ate s it self r ight in f ro nt of

your eyes and stares you in the face every day. I ts discovery challenges you

bec ause you r consc ious awareness is d i m m ed an d l imi ted by you r be li e fs to

such an extent tha t you shut yourse l f of f f rom the exper ience you need to

grow wisdom an d mo re fu lly un de r s ta nd the b igger p ic ture .

"What one has not experienced, one will never understand in print"— ISADORA DUNCAN, MY LIFE

I f you d o n ot yet see l ight glow ing f ro m th e poss ibi l i t ies wi thin the big-

ger consc iou sness p ic ture , I would h o pe tha t you wo uld a t l east have a d im

gl immer of where and how you can f ind the l ight - swi tch on your own in

t he even t you one day ge t t he u r ge and t he cour age t o exp l o r e beyond t he

t iny l i t t le corner of vi r tual phys ical exis tence wi thin which you have

wa l led-of f yo ur awa reness . Oh , bu t to lie safe an d co m for tab le in the p ro-tect ive lap of a favor i te bel ief t rap - no chal lenge, no anxiety, no r isk, no

ef fo r t , an d n o gro w th - b ut wi th lo ts an d lo ts of r eas sur in g com pa ny tha t

occupies i t sel f jus t i fying i t s bel iefs and pol ishing up the s tatus quo in an

endless loop of se l f - r eferent i a l ego-boos t ing b la ther . That sounds l ike a

com fy an d su pp or t iv e p lace to live do esn ' t i t? Such an exi s t ence - th e very

def in i t ion of normal - goes nowhere s igni f i cant in the Big Pic ture , but i s

safe , easy , r eassu r ing , an d o f te n mater i a l ly r ew ard ing in the l i tt le p ic ture .

O n the o t he r ha nd , if you a t l eas t d imly gra sp th a t you are a pr i so ne rof your bel iefs , conf ined to a t iny PMR cel l of your own making, i f you

a r e vaguel y awar e t he r e is s om et h i ng r ea l bey ond t he expe r i enc e o f your

f ive physical senses , pe rh ap s now is th e t ime to be gin p lot t ing y ou r







es cape . Es cap i ng be l i e f t r aps and f i nd i ng t he neces s a r y men t a l and emo-

t ional f r eedom to evalua te your exper ience logica l ly and ra t ional ly wi l l

be co m e your fi rs t -l eve l que s t . You will ne ed to b e da r in g an d co ura ge ou s .

I am n ot sugges t ing an ima gina ry escap e f ro m the supp os ed rea l (physi -

ca l) wo r ld - qui t e the co nt rary . I pr op os e a r ea l esca pe f ro m th e v i r tua lwo r ld of PMR to a l a rger ( super se t ) wor ld tha t is c loser to T h e So urc e an d

nea r e r t o t he co r e o f f undamen t a l ex i s t ence - one t ha t has an ope r a t i ona l

ef fec t , an d a m ea sura ble imp act up on PMR - on e tha t fu l f i ll s an d sus ta ins

your deepes t pu r pos e a s an awar e evo l v i ng cons c i ous nes s .

You are what you are - why not become al l that you can be? How can

you poss ib ly d i scover what the l imi t s of your be ing are wi thout r eaching

bey ond w here you are now? How far , how cons i s t ently , and how s teadi ly

will you reac h ou t towa rd the l ight of Big T ru th ? Ho w coura geou s ly , care-ful ly , hon esdy , an d sc ient if i ca lly will you ex plo re you r per s on al un kn ow n,

your pe r s ona l i gnor ance , p r e j ud i ces , a s s umpt i ons , f ea r s , and be l i e f s ? Ar e

you ready, wi ll ing , an d ab le to chal l enge th e m on s te r tha t lives u n d e r y our

bed a t n ight? Do you need as surances and expect or r equi re def in i t ive

answers to come quickly - or a re you prepared to l e t the process t ake a

l i f e t ime and def ine i t s own path?

W hat ' s a l i f e t ime w or th? W ha t e lse wou ld you want to use on e for? To

see how much s tuf f or power you could accumula te , or how many fac t syou could f igure out or learn? How about to see how

rmu ch f u n you cou l d

have , or how much beer you could dr ink? Perhaps a l l ex i s t ence i s r andom

and t he concep t s o f cons c i ous nes s , evo l u t i on , en t r opy r educ t i on , l ove ,

pe r s ona l g r owt h , and p r o f i t ab i l i t y a r e s i mpl y de l us i ons becaus e t he r e can

be no po i n t o r pu r pos e i n r andomnes s . Does t h i s f ee l r i gh t t o you? W ha t

do es you r i n t u i t i o n say ab ou t t he r e be i ng si gn i f i cance , pa t t e r n an d pur -

po se to exis tenc e? W h a t is yo ur l i fet ime likely to be w or th ? (Please, d o n' t

bother asking your intel lect - i t wi l l most l ikely only confuse you becausei t wi l l a lways have insuff icient data for a logical conclus ion.) Even i f your

intu i t ion is gross ly un de rd ev el op ed , it is s ti ll a be t te r gues ser of Big

Answers than your intel lect . Don' t worry; your skept icism wil l keep you

safe unt i l your in tu i t ion be co m es ce r t i f iab ly r e l i ab le .

To he lp you answer th ese qu es t ions , I have of f ere d you a unif i ed theo ry

of exi s t ence and rea l i ty , a comprehens ive TOE, and a r easonably de ta i l ed

mo del of r ea l i ty-mech anics based u p on my own carefu l ly evalu a ted explo-

rat ions of the larger real i ty. The extent to which you have actual ly absorbeduseful under s tanding a t a deep l evel has a t l eas t as much, i f not more , to

do wi th you, your bel iefs , and your exper ience than i t does wi th the cor-

rec tness of My Big Pic ture Theory Of Everyth ing . Think about tha t ; r ead







that las t sentence again. Your consciousness , i t s qual i ty, your awareness ,

and your r ea l i ty a re in ter twined in the Big Pic ture - the i r apparent sepa-

ra tene ss as in de pe nd en t en t i t ies is a PMR -based i l lus ion th a t he lps you

ma inta in yo ur focus on the bas ic th ings you n ee d to l earn f i r s t.

"Truth can never be told so as to be understood, and not be believed

— WILLIAM BLAKE

If you wish to pro gre ss bey on d th e bo t tom ru ng of kno win g - wh ich

s imply is to be a be l i ever - you mus t dev elop you r own p er so na l un de r -

s t a n d i n g a n d t r u t h . P e r h a p s My Big TOE has provided some of the f er t i l e

g r ou nd t ha t you nee d t o c r ea t e and g r ow you r B ig TO E. Pe r haps it has

g iven you s om e s up po r t and enc ou r ag em en t , o r mer e l y go ad ed you t oth ink abo ut an d assess you r pe r son al t ru th . If My Big TOE has caused you

to po n d er a t l east a f ew big tho ug hts , the n we have had a success fu l jo ur -

ney t oge t he r . W he t he r t he t hough t s t ha t a r e r a t t l i ng a r ound i n your head

t oday a r e i n c l os e ag r eemen t o r s t r ong d i s ag r eemen t w i t h t he mode l I

have pre sen ted m akes li tt le d i f f e ren ce . As lon g as you con t in ue to pr ob e ,

po nd er , a nd seek Big T ru th o p en mind edly , you will eventua l ly f in d it .

Ev eryo ne has at leas t a s tu b of a Big T O E - w h et he r it is by p ur po se -

fu l co ns t ru c t io n or by cul tura l de fau l t , w he the r it is r igh t o r wro ng , he lp-fu l or use les s , be l i e f -b ased an d fea r fu l , or love-based an d a ll enc om pass -

ing. For most , i t i s a ref lect ion of thei r core bel iefs - thei r wor ldview at

the bone and s inew level . For o ther s i t r epresent s the r esul t of a l i f e t ime

of ex pe r ien ce an d carefu l in te l lec tua l e f for t , o r pe rh ap s a min dless acqui -

esc en ce to social, rel igiou s , scient i f ic , a n d cul tu ral n or m s. Ho we ver well

or poor ly your s tubby (or grand) Big TOE i s def ined , i t i s the p lace where

you must s tar t i f you wish to grow i t beyond i t s present s tate . Leave the

giant l eaps to lo t t e ry winner s and mythica l heroes - cons i s t ent p loddingin th e genera l ly r ight di re ct io n is a be t ter an d su rer way to get to wh ere

you wan t to go . A pe r s on a l g r owt h s t r a tegy t ha t p r i mar i l y dep en ds on

good l uck o r s ome s pec i a l connec t i on ( book , gu r u , t echn i que , r i t ua l ,

be l i e f sys tem) for success i s l i t t l e more than a procras t ina tor ' s excuse or

t he co m m on f an t a s y o f t ho s e who l ack t he gum pt i o n , s e lf - d is c i p li ne , o r

u n d e r s t a n d i n g t o s u c c e e d o n t h e i r o w n .

Consciousness , by i t s na ture , i s nonphys ica l ( f rom a PMR point of v iew)

an d per so nal . As an ind iv idu ated con sc iou snes s you crea te you r own loca lreal ity tha t has bo th share d (objec t ive an d PM R-ru le-bas ed) an d pe r son al

( subjec t ive and NPMR-rule-based) component s a t a l l l eve l s of awareness .







How close ly you r pe r son al r ea li ty expresse s Big T ru th d e te rm ine s the

qual i ty an d the cor re c tn ess of any Big T O E based u p o n th a t pe r son al r ea l-

ity . Each indiv id ual m us t pe r so na l ly d i scover Big T ru th . I f Big T ru th is

not d i scovered (p r imar i ly a subjec t ive proc ess ) an d appl i ed a n d t es ted

(pr imar i ly an objec t ive process ) by means of your per sonal exper ience , i t sconcept , i f known at al l , can res ide only in your intel lect as a relat ively

power les s theore t i ca l idea .

T h e per son al pow er an d wisdom o f a h igh-quali ty con sc iou sness mu s t

be de r i ved t h r ough your pe r s ona l expe r i ence o f t ha t cons c i ous nes s .

I n t e l l ec t ua l t r ans f e r s o f i n f o r ma t i on and f ac t ua l unde r s t and i ng can do l i t -

t l e more than poin t your in tent in the r ight d i r ec t ion . Nonethe les s , the

purposeful d i r ec t ion of in tent by a f r ee wi l l can be an exceedingly pow-

er fu l tool . T h e go od news is tha t pro f i t ab le gro w th ex pe r ien ce a lways fol-lows s teady, ser ious , and wel l -di rected intent . The intel lect , though poor ly-

under s t ood and bad l y mi s us ed , does have a va l ued p l ace and f unc t i on i n

the evolu t ionary process of growing consc iousness qual i ty . You were born

wi th everyth ing you need to succeed. The only i t ems you mus t br ing to

the t ab le a re the pe r so na l wi ll , d r ive , co urag e , an d in ten t to pu r su e a nd

f in d Big T ru th . I f you have th ose , ever yth ing else will fall into place .

Wel l, tha t ' s it l ad ies an d gen t l em en , boys an d g ir ls , m en a nd w om en ,an d th e res t of you w ho f it be t t e r un d er so m e ot he r ca tegory - you are

now on your own. Actual ly , you a lways have been on your own, but now

you should have a t l eas t a g l immer of the Big Pic ture , a be t t e r apprec ia-

t ion of the poss ibi l i t ies avai lable to you, and some idea of how to go about

actual izing those poss ibi l i t ies i f you decide that i s what you want to do.

A s My Big TOE , the book, comes to an end, i t i s my intent that these

qu ote s and c om m en ts have g iven you som e f ina l c la r ity, d i r ec t ion , and

unders tanding as they wrap-up the per sonal bot tom- l ine of Big-TOEnessan d prov ide som e assurance tha t if you do d ec ide to pur s ue th e Path of

Knowledge, you wil l be traveling in good company. Be assured i t is not only

re l ig ious fundamenta l i s t s and f r ee lance kooks who are pur suing a b igger

picture beyond physical real i ty. There are plenty of those to be sure, but

there are also plenty of seekers wi th keen analyt ical minds and careful

processes who are making rea l progress toward ac tua l i z ing themselves

within a larger real i ty, who are purposely evolving thei r qual i ty and moving

toward regain ing the i r na tura l capaci t i es as aware indiv iduated por t ions ofAUM consciousness , who are gaining and product ively ut i l iz ing the awe-

some power and va lue of a ba lanced reduced-ent ropy consc iousness . You






820 | My Big TOE I More Good Company

can be am o n g th em i f you ca re e no ug h to " just do i t. " You have the capa-

b il ity an d po ten t i a l r eq u i r e d fo r success - you a re no t exc lude d by any fo rce

o r b a r r i e r o t h e r t h a n w h a t y o u c r e a t e .

• Where one journey ends, another must begin. I won't be travel ing with you on yournext journey. I have no idea where you are headed, or where you wil l end up but I do

have one l i tt le question about how you are going to make the trip. Wil l you be 1) in

charge and driving, 2) along for the ride in the passenger's seat, 3) locked in the trunk,

or 4) dragged, kicking and screaming, at the end of a rope?

Bon voyage, amigo! Have a nice tr ip.. . . and may you graduate f rom boot-camp

before the rope breaks, i

Ah, yes , th e fu n is nev er d on e , bu t th e pub l i c unra ve l ing o f th i s pa r -t i c u la r B ig T O E i s a t i ts e n d . Be c a u s e y o u h a v e b e e n p a t i e n t e n o u g h t o

rea d th i s s t r a ng e t r i logy al l t h e way to the en d , I have com e u p wi th a

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