Have you ever seen the movie "What The Bleep Do We Know"? It is a metaphysical journey into quantum physics - by way of our own life experiences and how we perceive reality. It is truly an adventure - in the sense that it addresses a journey we all experience - in parameters that perhaps we just don't realize or at a magnitude we can't even comprehend.
In many ways, it's about life being so much more - and so much less - than we envision. In the grand scheme of things, we are but a perceptual conundrum, a conglomeration of cells ever-changing in a stew of homeostatic mechanisms. We are just a bunch of electrons, protons, and neutrons - a cloud of electrical charges separated by huge chasms of virtually empty space and nothingness. There is so little true "matter" to our being, but we perceive so much more. We live on the quantum edge - of reality, of living, of experiencing, of perceiving, of existing.
And this is what makes it all so fascinating. Viewing ourselves as multi-cellular organisms may seem like an issue of micromanagement - but it's even more "micro" than that! In the big picture, our capacity to perceive, to sense, to experience - to be a part of the quantum ebb and flow that we call "existence" - is truly phenomenal and, frankly, other-worldly.
The ability to simply "be in the moment" or to experience "flow" may in fact be our ability to truly "experience" life. It's not about the past, or the future, but about the present. And as soon as we conceptualize "the present" - it's gone. Regardless of what you call it - or how you describe it - it puts us closer to our true meaning, our true potential, our true existence. It's not about the right car or dress, the best schools, or the best-paying job. Nothing can supersede "quantum living".
By looking within - we experience the great beyond. Living the quantum experience. Now. Don't blink - you just might miss it.
Allan Besselink, PT, DPT, Ph.D., Dip.MDT has a unique voice in the world of sports, education, and health care. Read more about Allan here.