Discussion Page - Holography, Holographic Universe

Memory, which reflects the storage of information, is not stored in the hard wiring of the brain as many mind-brain researchers would have us believe. Certain areas of the brain have been determined to be more important in the processing of memory than others however it is very naive to conclude that memory storage occurs anywhere specific within the brain substance. Those researchers who continue to pursue this concept are doomed to a lifetime of failure. The Ultimate Theory of Everything predicts that memory is imprinted in space-time holographically which allows access to it independent of location within space or time.

This can be thought of as the warping of space similar to what Einstein described relative to the way that gravity governs the direction of celestial bodies, however the image should be visualized as more of a micro-warping. The fluctuations in texture of this warped space would likely be many times smaller than the diameter of the smallest atomic particles. If one were able to visualize the appearance of micro warped space containing memory it would probably look very much like the interference pattern recorded on a holographic plate except that it would be at least four dimensional and constantly changing form. Atomic particles are held in position appearing to comprise solid objects by this micro-warped space. The micro-warped space in actuality is comprised of energy-matter finely and heterogeneously dissolving into the very fabric of space without any demarcating boundaries. There are no particles as such in existence that can be divided into smaller particles. Quarks and electrons are not solid structures but only highly concentrated focused energy. At the present time there is no way to evaluate space at the level of this micro-warping. Thus this is a concept that will be difficult to explore experimentally through science. The relatively recent invention of superstring theory is approaching this level where memory storage occurs. Nevertheless there are many reasons to believe that the holographic storage of memory is an accurate perception. It allows explanation for virtually all mental events.

There is one property of holography that makes the concept so appealing relative to applying it to memory and mental events. If the holographic plate, which stores the information used to reconstruct a three dimensional image, is broken into many small pieces then the total image can still be reproduced from any of the fragments. The resolution of the image will be less distinct (fuzzy) but it will otherwise be the same as if the entire holographic plate was used in the reconstruction. Memory storage in space-time would appear to behave in similar fashion. No matter what fractional volume of space that one is accessing the information is stored there. The larger volume of space that one is capable of sampling the more clear is the image. Thus, the larger the brain and the more intricate the wiring, the more complete is any thought.

The holographic technique has been described in many articles and books so won't be dealt with in detail. For those who have a desire to gain a greater depth of understanding, I would strongly recommend "The Holographic Universe" by Michael Talbot. Much of the discussion that follows is covered in greater depth in that text. It should be comprehensible to most readers.

A hologram can be produced when a single laser light beam is divided into two separate beams. The first beam is reflected off the object being photographed and the second beam is then allowed to collide with the reflected light beam of the first resulting in an interference pattern that is recorded on film. The encoded image has a very chaotic non-descript appearance, which can resemble the surface of the moon with multiple crater sites. The image has no resemblance to the object that it will be used to recreate. Again it is important to emphasize that if the photographic plate is broken into many fragments each can still be used by itself to recreate the entire three-dimensional object no matter how small the fragment being used.

The brain functions as if it was accessing a holographic plate with encoded images. This has been well established in both lower animals and humans. Karl Lashley surgically removed various portions of rat brains and submitted them to experimental testing both before and after. He determined that no matter what portions of their brains he removed he could not erase their memories. Their motor skills were often impaired but even with large portions of their brains removed, they could still find their way through a maze.

Paul Pietsch performed similar experiments on salamanders. In a series of 700 operations he performed multiple different types of surgical extractions of brain tissue including flipping, subtraction, and even mincing, but always when he replaced what was left of their brains their behavior returned to normal. Humans following removal of sections of their temporal lobes, which supposedly is very important to memory function, may also retain normal function.

Other examples could be presented illustrating the holographic operation of brain function. There are an increasing number of mind-brain researchers who accept this concept but at present remain in the minority. Virtually all mental events can be explained by the holographic model. It would seem that the actual storage of information occurs more within the space-time arena than the matter-energy (hard-wiring) portion.

Carl Jung became convinced that a collective unconsciousness exists that all humans contribute to and can access. He concluded that dreams, hallucinations, myths, and religious visions derived from this collective unconsciousness. If such an unconsciousness exists, and I believe that it does, its memory would be holographically recorded in space-time. Mystics and other individuals who have reported experiencing omniscient cosmic oneness with the universe, where there is a total loss of ones individual boundary along with the sense of unity with all life as well as the perception that one is in complete total unity with the entire universe, are likely tapping into a larger volume of the space-time hologram.

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