Perhaps Quantum Theory Isn't so New!

"In this vision he also showed a little thing, the size of a hazel-nut in the palm of my hand, and it was as round as any ball. I looked at it and thought, 'What can this be?' And the answer came to me, 'It is all that is made.' I wondered how it could last, for it was so small I thought it might suddenly disappear. And the answer in my mind was,'It lasts and will last forever because God loves it; and in the same way everything exists through the love of God'." - Julian of Norwich (1342-1413)

Only one example of what those great mystics were saying - centuries before we started looking at the metaphysical and quantum theory. The mystics were long regarded as deluded, their experiences written off as being the result of excessive ascetic practices which pushed their physical and mental states to the very limit.

But maybe they were onto something...

I've recently being exploring the principle of the 'holographic universe' and how this might relate to my own faith and spirituality - here's a good link which explains it a bit more - but without all the maths!

http://www.crystalinks.com/holographic.html

It might seem quite worrying at a first glance but actually it isn't a threat at all to belief in God - or even the Gospel story - it might change the way we perceive them though - along with loads of other traditionally held beliefs.

John Lennon's song 'Imagine' might sum it up. In the holographic universe, heaven and hell might not exist - then again, they might...

Anything can exist and not exist at once - because there is only the 'eternal now' - we simply move from one plane of existence to another - does this explain the concept of an afterlife?

In the holographic universe we have the potential to be 'here, there, everywhere and nowhere' - all at the same 'time' - for time itself is a mere construct too.

Maybe we are held only by our earthbound need for the tangible - solid evidence and equations which tell us how it must be. We can't cope with the unprovable - but the only way we will ever find the proof is to cut loose from all the 'stuff' which holds us. Perhaps this explains the Resurrection and Ascension of Christ - he showed us that it can be done - that we can be wholly free from all this.

And as for God Himself? He's still the One who holds it all together.

'For in him we live and move and have our being.' Acts 17:28

'He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn over all creation. For by him all things were created: things in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or powers or rulers or authorities; all things were created by him and for him. He is before all things, and in him all things hold together.' Colossians 1:15-17