Trying to Science my Spirituality
December 03, 2024
The Foundations of Reality: God, Souls, and the Power of Wholeness
At the foundation of all existence lie two essential elements: God and our souls. God is the infinite Whole of All, the ultimate unity encompassing everything. Our souls, by contrast, are the most fundamental parts of existence—singularities that interact with God in profound and necessary ways.
Through this interaction, reality is formed, emerging as a reflection of the relationship between the Whole and its parts. This foundational dynamic creates the fractal and hierarchical structure of the universe and imbues souls with wholeness—a wholeness that manifests as the human mind and body—and the unique capacity to attribute, perceive, and even create wholeness.
The Whole and the Parts
The interaction between God and souls embodies a duality:
God as the Whole: The infinite, all-encompassing being.
Souls as the Parts: The smallest, most foundational components of existence.
Reality arises from their interplay, with God providing the unity that binds all things and souls contributing the distinctiveness and individuality that gives rise to diversity.
This duality forms the basis for a fractal pattern, where the relationship between whole and part repeats at every scale of existence, creating what philosophers call a mereological hierarchy—a structure where smaller parts come together to form larger wholes, and those wholes in turn become parts of something greater.
How Reality is Formed
When souls interact with God, they do so as parts interacting with the Whole. This relationship is not static but dynamic, giving rise to the structures and patterns of reality:
1. A Fractal Pattern: The interplay of God and souls mirrors itself throughout existence. From atoms to galaxies, from cells to organisms, the same duality of whole and part is present, reflecting the foundational relationship.
2. A Mereological Hierarchy: Reality organizes itself into levels of existence—atoms within molecules, organs within bodies, individuals within communities—all structured by the principle of parts uniting into wholes.
Within this hierarchy are humans, uniquely positioned to both experience and influence the world through their capacity to recognize and create wholeness.
The Soul’s Gift: A Human Mind and Body
The relationship between God and our souls has manifested these human bodies, imbued with profound abilities:
To attribute wholeness: We see wholeness in others, in nature, and in ideas.
To imagine wholeness: Through creativity and thought, we envision wholes that do not yet exist.
To perceive wholeness: We recognize patterns and relationships that reflect the unity of the Whole.
To create wholeness: Through actions and relationships, we unite parts into greater wholes, reflecting God’s creative power.
These abilities are extensions of our fundamental relationship with God, enabling us to participate in the fractal nature of existence, where the Whole is reflected in every part.
In Relationships
We connect with others, bringing our individual subjective realities into a shared objective experience. These shared experiences create new wholes—families, communities, and societies—that reflect the underlying unity of existence.
The Whole-Part Duality in Science
While the primary focus is spiritual, the whole-part duality is also visible in the physical world. Quantum physics provides a striking example: particles are parts that arise from fields, which act as wholes. Entangled particles remain connected not through space but through their shared relationship in a greater unity, reflecting the same principles that underlie our relationship with God. If we believe this, the physical implications mean that objects interact only through the greater whole (parts are never touching).
Wholeness and Reality
As souls, we experience reality as a journey of discovering and creating wholeness. The interplay between God and our souls manifests in every aspect of existence:
In creativity: We bring together disparate ideas, shaping them into something new.
In understanding: We perceive the interconnectedness of the world, recognizing the unity within the diversity.
This journey is both personal and universal, as every act of wholeness we undertake reflects the foundational relationship between God and souls.
A Unified Vision of Existence
Through the duality of whole and part, God and souls form the fabric of reality. The fractal patterns of existence and the mereological hierarchy of being remind us that we are not isolated individuals but integral parts of a greater Whole. Our Human forms (mind and body) are fractals of God and soul. Let's use our minds and bodies as such, remembering and respecting the power they behold, and the connections that sustain us.