Information as the Vehicle of Reality (Part 1 of 3)

Scientists are starting to come around to something I’ve been saying for years—information is the foundation of reality as we experience it, so today we’re going to discuss information theory.

A Different Concept of Information

Before we begin, I need to shift your conceptions about information. The common belief concerning information is the conveyance of facts, opinions, or ideas by various means. The information I’m speaking about is the conveyance of the basic building blocks of reality through information encoded in light energy. This cosmic “DNA” forms both the visible world and unseen dimensions of existence. The concept presented here is my educated and intuited belief supported by some evolving theories in science. I’ll funnel all the data down to show why this is important and how you can use this knowledge.

The Theory

The foundation of all existence is a single Master Consciousness that expresses itself through an Intelligent Energy that forms and permeates creation.

Intelligence implies intentionality. Intention implies direction. Direction must be conveyed by information.

Summarized, a Source Consciousness expresses its intentions through the vehicle of intelligence-carrying energy that contains directive information. This information forms reality in the same manner that the information-encoded DNA gives form to physical bodies.

This concept can be stated as a mathematical equation SE=h, where (S) is the Source Consciousness that gives rise to (E) energy and (h) is a constant meaning that the energy is constant, universal, and infinite. But another component exists that can add to the equation—frequency. Frequency is variable energy levels. It’s the rate of vibration that differentiates the constant energy into a variety of forms giving rise to the multiplicity of the things we experience.

Variations on a Theme

You may have heard of Variations on a Theme in classical music. Variations of a theme are a compositional music form. It’s based on the idea of a central melodic theme that is repeated but with changes in its melody, harmony, and rhythm called variations. Well, the same condition is present in the world of quantum energy. Essentially, reality consists of variations on the constant theme of the central Source Energy. Higher and lower states of energy exist to form reality, otherwise, everything would be one non-differentiated state of the raw Source Energy. In other words, no individuality or multiplicity of objects would exist.

So, we can add to our basic equation like this, SE=hf. The (f) represents the introduction of different frequencies of vibration modulating the basic Source Energy state. This formula says that the Source Energy breaks itself into photons or units of light of various energy states called quanta. Quantum physics, which is basically the study of the light energy that makes up our reality, derives its name from this. Without light energy, we would have no means to perceive physical reality or to exist at all since the atoms of our bodies are built from the actions of photons or light energy. Each photon has an energy signature proportional to its particular frequency.

Interestingly, this formula is a mathematical rendering of ancient mystical concepts of reality, particularly those of the Gnostics that I cover in my book, Quantum Spirituality (see petercanova.com.) The Gnostics related that God formed the creation by a series of stepping down or limitations of its Source Energy into smaller constituent parts. It was done by a play of frequencies or vibrations, literally variations of the Source Energy. This process was also described in ancient texts as the One Consciousness dispersing itself into other points of consciousness or spiritual beings that played a co-creative role in the creation.

A great analogy describing this event formed the cosmological basis of the works of JRR Tolkien. Tolkien’s cosmogony was strikingly Gnostic. In the Silmarillion, Eru, the One, (the Source Energy) plans a great symphony to create the universe. He steps down his energetic vibration to emanate lesser frequencies or intelligent centers of conscious beings called the Ainur. Each of these added its own vibration to the symphony of creation orchestrated by Eru.

This is similar to the Christian concept of the angelic choir surrounding God. We’re going to come back to this analogy subsequently to demonstrate an interesting twist concerning the creation.

Information is Energy, but also Physical Matter

Gnostics and Tolkien aside, for now, we’ll stick to the scientific angle for the moment. Let’s start at the bottom and work our way up. Science is starting to demonstrate that information is physical and that it might well be the fifth and most fundamental form of matter alongside solids, liquids, gas, and plasma. What’s the basis for believing this and how can information be physical? After all, isn’t information something abstract rather than concrete? The answer is that information is energetically conveyed, but like all other quantum processes concerning energy, it can be expressed as actual matter. Let’s look at a few examples.

Your college professor has information he wants to convey to his class. He can write it down so the information is now conveyed physically by the arrangement of molecules of ink on paper. Okay, now he keeps the information in his head for a lecture. How is that physical? The electrochemical transmission of information through the synapses or neural network of the professor is a physical process. The thought energy is conveyed on a quantum molecular basis as are the sound waves when the information is spoken or recorded.

Now consider similar processes to the human brain for conveying information such as a computer and the internet or information highway. Both computers and the internet convey information through binary strings of numbers (sequences of 0s or 1s) conveyed by electrons registering through transistors. So, 010100011010 is an example of such a string that conveys the bits of information that underly the text or images you get from the internet or retrieve from your computer. The physical process behind this information is a flow of electrons in various binary (two-digit) sequences. The information your computer retrieves from the internet is actually packets of photons delivered in binary code arrangements by fiber optics.