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Unpacking Deepak's Mess: The Problem - Part Two

Note: This is part two of a three-part essay on reality and consciousness. Shortly after “God Makes More Sense Than Atheism," Chopra penned another Huff Post article entitled "God Is The New Physics."  This is certainly not a new idea.  My first experiences with reading material that attempted to mingle quantum physics with spirituality go as far back as God and the New Physics by Paul Davies in 1984, a book I still own in my library.  Numerous articles, books, blogs, etc. cover this subject.  It seems that the mysteries of consciousness cannot resist some of the wonky conclusions of contemporary physics. Since there are a plethora of theories about how the mechanics of the universe work, and very little is really proven, it is fashionable for modern spiritualists like Chopra to grasp at the ambiguities, to play along the nebulous seams of debate by creating a belief system that supports a non-materialistic, non-biological interpretation of consciousness and reality.

Unpacking Deepak's Mess: The Problem - Part One

Note:  This is the first of what I think will be a three-part series of musings about consciousness. On April 22, 1715 a map of the United Kingdom was printed in a newspaper for wide distribution. The map showed where a solar eclipse would take place upon London and surrounding British areas at the precise height of the eclipse, which would happen on May 3, 1715.  When the predicted eclipse actually occurred at exactly the moment predicted , tens of thousands of ordinary British citizens, otherwise disinterested in astronomy altogether, were struck by awe. It was a watershed moment for astronomy.  The prediction seemed miraculous to most but a few understood the mechanics behind it, making it an inevitability.  Did this eclipse have "consciousness"?  Was it planned or coordinated with any manner of intent? Would it have not occurred at all had no humans been living in and near London in 1715? These questions are obviously absurd.  It is definitive that the eclipse mechani