Since the beginning of time, humans have asked the question: \u201cWhat happens to us after we die?\u201d.
\nReligious or spiritual people often believe in a heaven or afterlife. Some believe that nothing happens to us; we just die. Others, however, believe that our souls live on after we die. A couple of researchers say that they have the science to that this might be a possibility. (1)<\/p>\n
The Soul Doesn\u2019t Die When Our Bodies Do
\nAfter extensive research, two experts are saying that while our bodies die, our consciousness \u2013 or our soul \u2013 lives on forever. Quantum mechanics, they say, makes this possible. Quantum mechanics is the science dealing with the behavior of matter at the atomic and subatomic levels. It accounts for the properties of molecules and atoms, and the things that make them. (2) This includes (2):<\/p>\n
Neurons
\nElectrons
\nProtons
\nQuarks
\nGluons
\nOther esoteric particles
\nScientists Stuart Hameroff and Sir Roger Penrose say consciousness is simply information stored at this quantum level. (1)<\/p>\n
Orchestrated Objective Reduction
\nThe pair say that this storage process is Orchestrated Objective Reduction (Orch-OR). This is via a structural component of human cells, protein-based microtubules, that carry quantum information. (1, 3)<\/p>\n
\u201cLet\u2019s say the heart stops beating, the blood stops flowing; the micro-tubules lose their quantum state,\u201d explains Dr. Hameroff. \u201cThe quantum information within the micro-tubules is not destroyed, it can\u2019t be destroyed, and it just distributes and dissipates to the universe at large.\u201d (1)<\/p>\n
He says that if the person is resuscitated, then the information just goes back into the microtubules, and the person becomes conscious again. This is what we call a \u201cnear-death experience.\u201d If, instead, the patient dies, then their consciousness can possibly exist outside of the body as a soul. (1)<\/p>\n
Our Physical Universe Is Just Our Perception
\nResearchers from the Max Planck Institute for Physics in Munich say that there is an infinite beyond after death. According to them, the world we live in is just our perception and that our souls go into this infinite beyond when our bodies die. (1)<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat we consider the here and now, this world, it is actually just the material level that is comprehensible,\u201d says Dr Hans-Peter Durr from the institute. \u201cThe beyond is an infinite reality that is much bigger.\u201d (1)<\/p>\n
Hameroff and Penrose\u2019s research shows that consciousness comes from deeper level microtubule vibrations. This not only helps us to better understand what the human consciousness is, but may also help treat mental, neurological, and cognitive conditions. (3)<\/p>\n
What do you think? Do you think our souls live on after we die?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"