At 66 years old (2019), studying and practicing both science and theology for many years, it is easy to conclude that there is an approaching new consensus in how science and theology will merge their philosophical ideologies. Quantum Theory has revealed some unusual possibilities, or probabilities to be more accurate, in terms of a core principle of quantum physics. After refining the concept of the collapse of the wave function into a defined state, it is now understood that the observer of an experiment is an integral part of the result of an investigation and can affect the outcome of the experiment. Quantum entanglement, and the forces studied through particle collisions, as well as other examples, sometime approach the level of theological ideological concepts and help advance the philosophy and science of Comprehensive Holistics.
Quantum Entanglement gives rise to the theory that components in the particle physics realm are not discrete, but 'physically' connected. If a discrete particle is changed concerning its properties its entangled or connected pair will instantly change its properties in a mirror-like symmetrical way, no matter the distance between pairs. This contradicts the accepted axiom that the fastest a particle or wave pulse can travel in our universe is the speed of light.
To pose a theological comparison, whether the Universe was originated in a "big bang" or other ways postulated by diverse theological ideologies, quantum entanglement implies that our ultimate origin connects all things in Creation. As Creation diversifies, this entanglement is implied with respect to the structure of our macro (cosmology) and micro (quantum physics) universes, and how they form along an abstract timeline. Comprehensive Holistic theory implies that this entanglement gives rise to an additional force that can be integrated with the four forces postulated by physics. This force or field is termed Spirit and implies a Higgs like effect on both individual and collective perception, resulting in an individual and a collective consciousness, divided into primary and sub-consciousness. This force of Spirit is the field which imbues consciousness on all lifeforms in this universe.
With respect to the forces postulated in particle physics, currently identified and limited to gravity, electromagnetism, strong and weak forces, these forces are ubiquitous in all interactions and components of our Universe. If we integrate another ubiquitous theological force referred to in many theological ideologies throughout history as Spirit, be it the contemporary Christian presence called the Holy Spirit, or in the ideologies of a diverse group of international indigenous theologies as a presence generally identified as the Great Spirit, this force is slowly being recognized in science as a meta-conscious gestalt of the sum-total of consciousness. Hints of its effects generate the Jungian concept of synchronicity, documented and verified occurrences of near-death out-of-body experiences, and some parapsychological abilities that are difficult, but not impossible, to scientifically verify (remote viewing). These may be instances of the manifestation of this theological phenomenon of the presence of the force identified here as Spirit.
Science and Theology are currently seen as ideologies that mix like oil and water. A more integrative holistic approach would be to take the existing scientific data on these paraphysical occurrences (such as synchronicity and parapsychological abilities like out-of-body experiences) and define a force called Spirit as the higher level meta-conscious field, or wave function that makes these paraphysical events possible.
This begs the question of how physics can integrate a 'conscious' force in which each quantum element is a conscious entity, which further begs the question of how to define what consciousness is. It is complicated to combine mind and body, theology and physics, into a coherent unified theory. Though this may seem fanciful to orthodox science, one should consider how fanciful it was for Galileo to contradict the prevailing cosmological theory of his time, that the Earth was not the center of the Universe.
Comprehensive Holistics strives to think outside of the outside of the box. We seek integration of comparative conceptual frameworks and project theories that merge and consolidate the ability for free will and abstract thought (mind) with quantum physics or physics in general (body). The definition of mind (the expression of free will and abstract thought) is a subset of a larger consciousness termed Spirit. It could be argued that the mind is made up of the elements of the particle zoo, and consciousness is the gestalt of higher-level structures such as neurons, glial cells, white and grey matter in the brain. The physical contents of each individual mind generate a difficult to define field which, at a more elevated level of perception, is an 'umbrella' consciousness which provides each individual mind the ability to build a consensus-driven world-view, in a similar way that the Higgs field or Higgs force gives mass to primary particles.
As the human species evolves its knowledge of science, certain concepts of theology may become measurable and quantifiable. The important factor in this thesis is defining what a force is in a way that encompasses certain seemingly abstract and divergent constructs as discussed in this post. Past abstract concepts (for example, pre-Galileoan or pre-Einsteinian worldviews) replaced and re-defined accepted fact. Establishing comprehensive holistic theory with respect to current, seemingly incompatible sciences, such as quantum physics and collective theological ideologies, into a holistic framework or worldview, is one of the goals of Comprehensive Holistics.
"In the holistic approach of David Bohm, any collection of quantum objects constitutes an indivisible whole within an implicate and explicate order. Bohm said there is no scientific evidence to support the dominant view that the universe consists of a huge, finite number of minute particles, and offered in its stead a view of undivided wholeness: "ultimately, the entire universe (with all its 'particles', including those constituting human beings, their laboratories, observing instruments, etc.) has to be understood as a single undivided whole, in which analysis into separately and independently existent parts has no fundamental status"."*
*Referenced from Wikipedia from:
Richard Healey: Holism and Nonseparability in Physics (Spring 2009 Edition), Edward N. Zalta (ed.), first published July 22, 1999; substantive revision December 10, 2008, Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy. Section: "Ontological Holism in Quantum Mechanics?" (retrieved June 3, 2011)
*David Bohm; Basil J. Hiley (16 January 2006). The Undivided Universe: An Ontological Interpretation of Quantum Theory. Routledge. ISBN 978-1-134-80713-0
*David Bohm (12 July 2005). Wholeness and the Implicate Order. Routledge. p. 221. ISBN 978-1-134-43872-3.
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