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Holomovement is a metaphysical concept invented by David Bohm describing his visual description of the 'fabric of reality', implying 'undivided wholeness in flowing movement' [1].
The holomovement is the underlying flow (of possibly not yet defined qualities related to thought, matter and energy) in which reality (or the possible realities) can be experienced.
The prefix 'holo' combines the reference to 'holistic' with the dimensional depth of the concurrent influencing worlds or flows, that like in a hologram project reality in the interference patterns of its 'substructure'.
An interesting aid to visualize the essence of the holomovement can be reached if one imagines a creature living in the Mandelbrot set (fractal), perceiving its surroundings, yet unable to see the entire set. Like the fractal-dweller would try, scientists are attempting to deduce a mathematical understanding of the underlying structure, seeing the repetitive patterns of reality (such as the spreading of Electromagnetic waves). Similar to the complex Mandelbrot function, where local effects depend on iteration of distant results, the holomovement description was invented to aid further discoveries in the levels of interconnectedness of our universe such as the explanation of the EPR paradox. This aspect gains special sense when one remembers that by Einstein´s theory we ´Know´ that even if we experience light to apear to take ´quite some time´, for the light ´Particle´ itself, to travel from a far away galaxy to earth for the light at lightspeed no time passes. Light could therefore to be thought of as bridging spacetime instantaneously. It´s wave could be thought of as the echo of the two quantic states in their transition between present and future. The wave described by differentiall equations from Maxwell and Pointing are a projection in linear timespace. That De Broglie discovered with moving matter asociated waves surprises less in avareness of the holomovement. We can not yet imagine a proceding of a ray of light touching all possible spots and its interrelation with the observers.
The idea Bohm proposes as holomovement originate in philosophical arguments based on scientific observation of hundreds of years. Bohms understanding suggest a revolutionary new interpretation of concepts in quantum physics and in many ways the liberation of the human consciousness similar to the situation described in Plato's allegory of the cave.
Related Theories and Philosophical Argumentations[edit]
The widely accepted Many-worlds interpretation by Hugh Everett was invented to explain particle-wave duality effects but it offers more in suggesting that many possibilities are always simultaneously investigated while it remains unlikely that every possibility is thought through to the end. Rather the parallel possibilities seem to coincide with Bohm’s holomovement.
If one visualizes what the Many-worlds interpretation suggests and considers that each individual consciousness creates on its path through dimensional reality many possible worlds; the question arises how these spectra of worlds of two or more individuals interact. It is interesting to notice that Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz discussed similar metaphysical theories long before Everett introduced the concept of "possible worlds". He speaks about the "interactions between mind and matter" and the 'divinity' of the lived (experienced) reality as the "best of the possible worlds". Leibniz uses the term Monad, which in many ways coincides with David Bohm's suggested differentiation into Implicate and Explicate Order of the measurable reality and the underlying flow. David Bohm's specific functions confirm Heisenberg's uncertainty principle as an accurate statistical average that does not describe the actual causal variables. To further explain his understanding of the Schrödinger equation, Bohm introduces a mathematical term that he calls the quantum potential (compare qith Qi). Bohm's interpretation does also postulate that Planck's constant may indeed be variable in very small ranges of time and space [2].
People that may be wondering how 'Morphogenetic Fields' of Rupert Sheldrake and the 'Gaia Hypothesis' of Lynn Margulis and James Lovelock may be explained, find great consolidation in Bohm’s suggested underlying order of flow and the holomorphic connectedness of reality.
Similarities in teachings of Eastern and Alternative Religions[edit]
Considering Bohm's fascination with eastern philosophy, comparisons to Eastern religion are in order. For example Hinduism visualizes Kali's cosmic energy dance in which the goddess creates and destroys worlds as if thoughts. Meditating monks and Healers achive spiritual power and appear to bend reality through their mental preparation, controlling their doubts and wishes, achieving personal focus, more than once they have been reported to radiate light (glow). Considering the synchronicity within human tribes, animal consciousness (intuition/instinct) in a microcosm and a biosphere, the first live in the hydration cycles of the mud, the electrons protons neutrons etc. are not separate! As we know Carlos Castañeda reports from shamanism speaking about underlying world structures. In the West, Jewish Kaballah, Sufic ideas of 'the Unity of all Things', the cosmology of the Hermetica and neo-Platonic Christianity (indeed the teachings of St Paul) all have similar ideas of Multiplicity within Unity.
The oneness of all things, the cessation of time and/or the simultaneity of all time are things a person can experience by way of certain mental exercises for example meditation or possibly, by using psychoactive substances (see entheogen).
Bohms holomovement in many ways fit the descriptions of those that are in any way experienced (illuminated) in these mental realms. Bohm has described a theory that wants to introduce a functional hypothesis of mind matter interaction to modern science.
See also[edit]
External link[edit]
- David Bohm's Suggestive Metaphors and Constructs
- Causal Variables and David Bohm
- Consciousness and Quantum Measurement
- The Holographic Universe: Parallels between some of Emanuel Swedenborg's observations and David Bohm and Karl Pribram's theory