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Seeking a definition for the term, God, involves understanding the nature, ability and concept of a deity. This has formed from the ancient, pantheistic animism of long ago and has then been filtered through organised religion, approximately 6-7000ya until the present age. The daunting task has been undertaken by a team from, Belief Nexus, headed by Lee Keith Freeman.

Understanding the concept of God, from the rich, diverse cultural histories required several years of study, and has fundamentally led to seek the characteristics, opinions, image and understanding of God, then sift the information to find any glimmer of parallel and corresponding philosophies. The integrity of such an undertaking meant looking at sacred texts and being able to discern later edits to pre-existing documents and looking for commonalities between beliefs and cultures and taking into consideration the known indigenous tribal cultures, as a reflection of aboriginal beliefs. Freeman had established a model of spiritual growth, explaining how theological/philosophical problems within beliefs are resolved by the subsequent emergence of religions since approximately 7000 years ago. The integral part of this indicates that movement is the drive for nascent beliefs.

Other aspects that were explored included quantum physics and its unwitting similarity to ancient Proto-Indo-Europeans (PIE) and Proto-Iranian writings, as well as phylogenetics, psychology and mythology. Knowledge of meteorology also became necessary, following the study of paleo-oceanography, the reason for which is due to the many events of nature being explained in spiritual texts as, “acts of God.” With the aforementioned fields the study emerged, with an unexpected boon, the observation of a nascent belief that is presently evolving.

To understand what we perceive as God, the questions asked were related to general enquiry and philosophical debates, arriving at a conclusion which ports to be significantly different than the current descriptor.
  “Imagine drawing a portrait, without knowing what the person looks like. If, at the present moment, we perceive God in a humanoid shaped being with long, flowing hair and beard, sitting atop a resplendent throne, what will the image form in to?”

  In a curious way, we are thankful to quantum physics for aiding our understanding of what ‘size’ God may seem like, as well as understanding where the deitie’s location. However, linking the science of today with the philosophies of yesteryear is no mean feat, yet it has been a pivotal point of continuity, that the latest and oldest ideas explain the same aspect, interconnectedness, and it is this that’s the anchor of belief as we traverse the future of faith.

As a result of the research, the following definition of God is proffered;
  “A Single Quantum Entity (SQE), whose reality is experienced as us; a collective, cosmic consciousness, that is uncreate, from which reality is a transactional experience, existing for a moment of conformity to experiencers.”
  Parentheticaly, a definition of reality will appear in another document.

The impact of quantum physics upon the notion of spirituality has been propagated since the emergence of the psychedelic movement of the late 20th century and as such has perpetuated several ideas unifying all things in existence. Ironically, not being able to consolidate a unifying theory within science, a unity has emerged when comparing science in parallel to the spiritual. With this oddity, religious texts were explored in relation to the behaviour of quantum physics. The results are incredible; the seemingly simple utterances or advices from such tomes frequently appear as metaphors  yet explain processes exceptionally well.
  In Christianity, the body of Christ, can be seen as the church and the universe, meaning we are all part of one whole. In Asian belief, the idea of God being Atman/Brahman (Brahman as the absolute reality of God & Atman as God inside us in our present reality), is the same equivalent. The act of faith itself has also been compared to how photons work. So the apparent nonsense of faith, is actually helping ‘believers’ understand quantum science.
  The two ideas initially appear to conflict, but faith and science are united by the idea of ‘oneness’ alone. If one were to understand life itself in terms of how we live and die, simple processes like entropy fit these concepts. One may argue that we are dealing with “the spooky action” of the quantum realm and mystical, which are subjective and hitherto relatively unexplored yet, to reiterate, the similarities are phenomenal. In particular, the Christian metaphors are filled with comparisons, referring to yeast and mustard seed as the “kingdom of Heaven,” so the emerging Quantum Spirituality will be a blend of PIE and Abramic ideas with quantum physics, and equating God as being the universe itself.

Inasmuch as the term God has been described here, for many the idea of God will remain in the traditional sense; wealth, an element (fire, water, etc.), an icon, a part of nature. Individually we have our own ideas yet conform to a degree when one joins an established belief system. It is in conforming that we agree on oaths and ideas. However, conformity has it drawbacks, for example, crowd mentality, going along with the herd. It takes a nonconformist to challenge the norm and from this fresh branches (denominations) appear. If history shows us anything, it’s that the fundamental principle acknowledging that we are all one that permeates through.

One may worship trees, wealth, icons, a particular person, God, nature, et cetera, yet this new definition of God challenges us to ‘unanthropomorphise’ the deity and remember that, “we are all in this together.” In a unique way, this has reunited the faiths to their roots, for Zoroastrian and pre-Hindu concepts did diverge to form the religions we currently observe.

The resultant cognitive dissonance that will embrace the public in conversation,  as a result of such parallax, will be interesting to say the least. It will also show us, once again, how information and environment shape our beliefs.

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