Synergy Physics
A new Ontology founded on a System's View of Physics


Did the core physics equations required for defining Body, Mind, & Soul exist over a hundred years ago?

An audaciously simple synergistic model describing the relationships between Time, Space, Matter, & Energy attempts to do so.

And it is the extrapolated Metaphysics that could prove the theory.

copyright 1972-2024
Stephen A. Brenner

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If you don't have time to read the introductory text, you can jump straight to the Core Model.

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The 21st Century is quite impressive when it comes to advanced technology. Much of this is the result of our ever mushrooming knowledge of applied physics. Just within my own lifetime these changes have been verging on magical. And while many of us are enjoying this revolutionary technology, it mostly affects our material existence. Physics has little to offer regarding our mental or spiritual well being. And most people would say of course, that's because physics is physics. Or is it…?

Panpsychism is the doctrine that mind (or consciousness) is a fundamental feature of the world which exists throughout the universe. Animism is the doctrine of a supernatural power that organizes and animates the material universe. These ancient concepts were an integral part of early human cultures. Some contemporary physicists on the fringe have struggled with defining consciousness, with very little consensus or success. And up until our time, it was difficult for many so-called scientists to admit that non-human animals even had souls. That's how disconnected from nature Western Culture had become. And now, for the most part, these doctrines still remain outside of the purview of mainstream theoretical physics. We live in a very specialized and fractured academic environment and to venture outside of one's lane is to risk ridicule from one's peers. Physics and Metaphysics have been worlds apart.

And what are physicists focused on in our era? Besides figuring out the origins of the universe, and applying physics to improve our daily lives with technology, the “Holy Grail of Physics” has been the goal of defining a Unified Field Theory or a Theory of Everything. Albert Einstein struggled with that challenge and failed in the latter part of his life. And with five distinct versions of String Theory, I don’t think we’ve come that far despite the brilliance of Stephen Hawking. Far from lamenting this failure in physics, I would venture to say that perhaps we have set our sights way too low for our Holy Grail quest. I think we can safely rule out our ability to define God (as so many religions are tempted to do). But shy of that, what essential aspect of life is out there, that we all take for granted, but are clueless as to how to define within the bounds of science? For me, it's the all-pervasive concept that life can be broken down into three components: Body, Mind and Soul. Shouldn’t we be the least bit curious as to how our laws of physics could describe these core constructs? And better yet, shouldn’t we be curious as to how these three realms might relate to each other?

For most of recorded Western history, metaphysics has been solidly in the realm of philosophy with very little support from a scientific foundation. Philosophy has it’s own problems when it comes to being relevant with many arcane discussions going nowhere. But today with Quantum Physics and it’s bizarre non-Newtonian implications we have many wild conjectures as to how this relates to the human condition. It poses fundamental questions ranging from “Are there multiple versions of reality?” to “Is there any reality at all other than our own observation of it?”. This struggle to translate the complexities of Quantum Physics into something relevant and useful to our lives has been a failure.

I’d like to think that as we learn more about how all the pieces fit together in Quantum Physics, we will transition into a new Metaphysics that can have direct usefulness to our lives. Back in 1968, when I was a young student at U.C.Berkeley, I had a notion that there was some kind of universal matrix that could chart out the archetypes that define our human condition. This vision was in the realm of an advanced psychological map that would carry on the work of C.G.Yung. I worked on that theory for several years with very little success. I finally came to the conclusion that if I could better understand Quantum Physics, that same framework of relationships might be mirrored up the hierarchical levels of organization to the human level in a new more meaningful Metaphysics. Four years later after studying physics, I had refined the concept that I call Synergy Physics.

What if I told you that the physics equations that would get us to our quest have been out there for over a century? Yes, all the heavy lifting has already be done by geniuses like Bohr, Heisenberg and Einstein. What has been missing is how all those pieces fit together. Ironically Synergy Physics might even be seen as a mini Unified Field Theory since it shows the parallel identity between the Gravitomagnetic and the Electromagnetic realms, but that is not the main achievement of this discovery. Does one need to be a genius or have a PhD in physics to understand this theory? Certainly not, ironically, while Synergy Physics may be the most definitive description of reality, is also the most fundamentally simple. It not only echoes the simplicity of Einstein’s Photoelectric Effect equation, but it reveals a whole new way to appreciate the significance of that equation. Perhaps on some distant world the concept is so basic that it would be the very first thing young kids are taught.

The metaphysics though may not be that simple, but when full fleshed out, it will offer us some real breakthrough opportunities for learning. I’m not talking about abstract philosophical or religious doctrinal learning, I’m talking about a path of self-realization, navigational guidance for an individual to make their best choices and live their best life. The fact that life exists at all is magical and surely a product of some Divine entity, but if we can get to the point where we understand the fundamental mechanisms of how we live, new opportunities abound. Every one of us (no matter what their circumstances) is on a unique journey. There should never be a one answer when it comes to finding our way to our higher self. It is in the choices we make on our path that defines us and being aware of how we make those choices is what can set us free from being lost in a sea of cultural confusion. Oddly it is the metaphysics that will actually prove the accuracy of the Synergy Physics theory. The theory itself is just a simple relationship model between well known equations in physics. As far as I can tell, it’s only significance is how it becomes a foundation for understanding ourselves beyond the quantum level. I’ve focused on the metaphysics (or the ontology at the level of the individual) but if the theory is correct, it should shed some light on basic interrelationships within chemistry and biology.

If the core physics theory is so simple and all the science was already laid out, why hasn't anyone come up with this before now...?  Frankly, no one is going to discover how the concept of spirit fits into the laws of physics if they are not looking for it. If you don’t even believe that a dog has a soul, why would you then look for soul embedded in the material universe? It’s just not part of the materialist focus of western science. And of course, it wouldn’t be the first time that an elegantly simple insight transcended the complex confusion of contemporary science. The revolutionary Copernican notion of a sun-centered solar system seems like a given to the modern world, but it was seriously rejected by the science of the time that stuck by the Ptolemaic earth-centered system that worked with all it’s overly complicated kludges. Very intelligent scientists created that complicated system, but unfortunately they seriously missed the core reality. It didn’t help that the theory threatened the credibility of the Catholic Church. 2,000 years prior to Copernicus, it was Pythagoras who discovered that the earth was a sphere. So in the roughly 5,000 years of human written language-based culture, half of that time we were confused about our relationship to the earth and sun. I think at this point in time we are long overdue for another worldview shattering discovery.

Does Synergy Physics threaten conventional religious beliefs? Probably not, but Synergy Physics may give us one more reason to identify with and have compassion for all life, since we are all governed by the same natural laws. The notion of reincarnation is not directly confirmed by Synergy Physics, but it fits naturally into the big picture of who we are and where we came from. That would definitely upset post 325 AD Christian concepts of a finite end and eternal afterlife in heaven or hell.

The basic assumption of Synergy Physics is that in this plane of existence there are four primary building blocks that all relate to each other. They are “Field, Space, Pole and Energy” (often referred to as “Time, Space, Matter and Energy). I use the prior terms because it’s more generic and describes the realms of both charge and mass. Tying these tetrahedral relationships together are three main constants, each one belonging to the either Body, Mind, or Soul. They are:

The net result is that for each of the four building blocks there are three definitions (depending on which constant is in use and which of the other building blocks is being related to).

One interesting feature parallels the relationship found in the well known Einstein Photoelectric Equation where
Quantum Energy = Potential Energy + Kinetic Energy

This same relationship of Spirit = Body + Mind can be found the other three builiding blocks:

Pole Direction   = Pole Orbits + Pole Momentum
Spatial Position = Spatial Levels + Spatial Wavelength
Field Intensity   = Field Harmonics + Field Frequency

In the metaphysical chart below you can see the curved arrows indicating the above relationships.
You might also notice the greater than or less than signs (> or <) in the chart, where these are in the same direction in an equation, it indicates a proportional relationship between the blocks, when in opposite directions it indicates an inverse relationship.
These are the same relationships found in the Synergy Physics equations.

Prior to going over the charts, you should realize that they are basically relationship diagrams that attempt to describe one view of the how various elements interact. It's not a literal description of a material entity.

Keep in mind that the metaphysics in the charts below is still a work in progress and hopefully will be greatly refined by psychologists and spiritual adepts who resonate with the theory.

Core Model

Primalword diagram

 

 

Enlarged view of Mass in Motion below

Mass in Motion

 

 

Metaphysical Model

The Metaphysics portion enlarged below

Enlarged metaphysics

 

 

A more detailed diagram of the metaphysics (with a human archetypal perspective) can be seen below

Expanded metaphysics diagram


We can further expand the matrix for the Metaphysics

Further expansion

 

Collapse of the Wave Function and Fate

Physicists see the collapse of the quantum wave function as quantum objects going from
existing within many possible states at once to settling into a concrete one. This is the result
of an observation affecting the outcome. Here’s my current conjectures on the subject:

It’s not so much about observing and thus creating a reality (although that is one way of
looking at it) but more about making choices. I see it partially happening in the dream space
that is the realm of the Visionary (in the Spirit Realm). If we accept that Spirit contains Mind
and Body, then it’s not a great leap of faith to conceive of dream space having an influence on
shaping our reality.

The term “choice” takes on a very nuanced meaning. It would partially mean being in synch
with a potential that was already in you and vibrating out there in the world. So you are
connecting with energies that align with your vision. The higher the sync, the higher the
probability of it happening. The other factor would be the level of the spiritual energy that was
being carried by the effective dream. The higher the energy, the higher the probability of the
dream shaping the reality. The level of spiritual energy would be determined by how unified
and whole the dreamer was in generating that dream. The fewer the contradictions, and the
more encompassing the vision, the more powerful the dream. Actually, you could rephrase
that by saying the power is generated by resolving the contradictions.

So this would be a dream that reflected the highest spiritual expression of our self, not your
everyday dream. This would be an “effective dream” something similar to what Ursula Le Guin
describes in her book Lathe of Heaven. If you reduce the energy level to normal life, is this
process any different from what we all know to be true in that what we put out into the world is
what has a tendency to come back on us? I think it’s just a matter of degree. In any case if one
really understands this process, then engaging the Golden Rule becomes quite natural. And
who knows what is possible at the highest levels, perhaps at least healing of the body would
be expected.

When I say “what we put out into the world” I’m basically talking about the spiritual energy
that the Shaman is vibrating out.  The Visionary has the dream and the Shaman has the energy
medium to share it. Just because I use the term medium, does not imply that the Spiritual
energy has no content other than the dream. The dream content is our path (based on our
self-realization) and the other is our Spirit Energy being and making it’s way on the path. That
Spirit Energy could be of the magical healing type or the magical inflicting type. It can be
Insightful or it can be Confused. The Shaman is trying to create the most organic flow of
spirit possible, so it is reconciling both the emotional content that is moving us and the Logic
that tries to make it real. It is the synching of vibrational energies (both inner and outer) that
makes things happen. You might say that this is a process of connecting and exchanging
vibrational energy. This happens within an individual and between individuals. If there is an
inner conflict of energies where we are stuck in our complexes, making that spiritual
connection between drives and worldview (which is what a dream is trying to do) is what
has the potential to release that stress and create health and harmony.

Now regarding a multiverse with it’s many worldlines, it’s going to be interesting if somehow
some theoretical physicists and their constructs will somehow be able fall in line with what
some spiritual adepts might envision. Best possible outcome would be if the physicist and the
spiritual adept were the same researcher. But that divide is quite deep right now.

In my experience, the Collapse of the Wave Function would be at the very center of the above
diagram. This is the magical realm of the lucid dream where there is a dynamic play between
our conscious self (mostly the Mind Wave) and the unconscious self (mostly the Mind
Particle). Keep in mind that there is a continuum between Mind Wave and Mind Particle.
Perhaps all of this dynamic play could happen at the unconscious level only, but conscious
activity gives us self determination where we are not passively being driven by forces we
don’t understand. This is where self-reflection plays such an important role in our spiritual
development. And by understanding the dynamics going on between Body, Mind, and Soul,
we can get out of our own way and let the healing and the effective dreaming happen. That is
why I see this metaphysics as a kind dream language that can help us interpret our dreams.
Dream work is where we engage in intimate dialogs about our dreams in a therapeutic,
supportive therapeutic environment. Many indigenous tribes and their shamans did it
thousands of years ago. Can we bring that tribal tradition back into new age culture without
monetizing and exploiting it?

Thanks for getting this far in the document. Feedback is welcomed.

Stephen Brenner - sbrenner@archetype.org

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