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COMPREHENDING REALITY

WARNING: METAPHYSICS!

This book goes beyond the strictly scientific paradigm. Here, science meets philosophy, and physics meets the experience of consciousness. Read with an open mind and critical thinking

PRELUDE

Reality, as it is known to man, seems so clear, so understandable, and so fundamental. But what do we really know about the “actuality” that appears before our eyes and is perceived by the senses? Is everything so obvious?

Science reveals the subject of matter thoroughly enough to understand how and why certain processes occur in the body and events unfold in nature. But it is paradoxical that the more science lifts the curtain on the universe, the sharper the question becomes: what is the material world, really?

In everyday life, a person does not stop to ask, “what is reality?” — they simply accept it as it is. But here is what is astonishing — the very fact of the visual perception of the surrounding space — is an illusion created by the brain, literally. The mechanism of human vision is astonishingly complex and perfectly illustrates the idea that we do not see the world “directly,” but perceive it through the brain’s interpretation.

And before we continue, it is worth warning you that in this book I deliberately use the informal form of address (the Russian “ты”). This is not a sign of familiarity, but an acknowledgment of your inner, whole “I.” Had I used the formal form (the Russian “Вы”), I would perhaps have been addressing your social mask. Using “ты,” however, is an address to your essence, which seems to me more than appropriate. It would be absurd to draw boundaries in a context where the book seeks to expand the horizons of perception. And, purely in my opinion, the formal “Вы” has already lost that note of respect and is rather a formality, which seems to me very hypocritical. So accept this as an act of sincerity on my part, and of respect for you as a whole person.

THE DECEPTION OF SIGHT

So why is the world a visual deception? I will say a little about how the human eye is structured, so that you form a correct understanding of what I mean:

Light from the surrounding world passes through the transparent cornea and the lens of the eye, which act as lenses, focusing the image on the retina — a thin layer of tissue at the back of the eye. The retina consists of millions of light-sensitive cells: rods, which are responsible for perceiving light and shadow in low-light conditions, and cones, which provide the perception of color and detail in bright light. These cells, like photoelectric elements, convert light waves into electrical signals.

Simply put, the eye does not “see” a picture, like a camera; it merely gathers raw data that is sent onward. Signals from the rods and cones travel along the optic nerve to the brain, specifically to the visual cortex, located in the occipital region. There the brain begins its work: it processes the incoming signals, assembling them into a coherent image. But such an image is not an exact copy of reality. The brain actively “fills in” details, relying on past experience, expectations, and context. For example, it can fill in the blind spot — the area of the retina where there are no photoreceptors — or guess at colors in shadow, creating the illusion of a continuous image.

One interesting experiment shows that even the shape of an object can be perceived by us as quite different from what it actually is. Scientists at Johns Hopkins University conducted a study in which participants were shown rotating coins of different shapes — round and oval. And here is what is astonishing: people often could not tell an oval coin from a round one, especially if another round coin was nearby. This suggests that the brain uses surrounding context and expectations to “correct” what we see.

In other words, we do not simply receive information from the eyes — we unconsciously interpret, adjust, and supplement it. What a person perceives as objective reality is in fact a hybrid of sensor data and the brain’s predictions. It does not merely reflect the world; it builds it within consciousness, relying on patterns, habits, and beliefs. And the more confident the brain is in its prediction, the less attention it pays to the actual data. This is how we can fail to notice the obvious — simply because we do not expect to see it.

Now that you know how the brain can correct perception, can you say with the same confidence that the world before your eyes is truly what you see? A person perceives the surrounding space as “real” only because they interact with it physically. But what are your feelings and sensations? Hearing, touch, smell, and taste are also based on converting external stimuli — sound waves, pressure, chemical molecules — into electrical signals that the brain processes and interprets. For example, the ear converts sound vibrations into signals, but it is the brain that recognizes them as a melody or a voice.

Color perception is worth mentioning too. What the eyes see as red, blue, green, and so on is not an objective property of the object, but the result of processing the wavelength of light. The same object under different lighting may appear a different color, but your brain compensates for the difference, preserving the already “recognized” shade. Moreover, different people may interpret the same spectral data differently — one sees blue, another green. The famous internet phenomenon of the dress photograph (white-and-gold or blue-and-black) became vivid proof: the reality of color exists not “out there,” but “in here” — in the interpretation of your consciousness.

Some people have peculiarities of perception and see color quite differently from the majority. I mean people with varying degrees of color blindness. Many of them do not even suspect that they have a specific perception of color. They can successfully distinguish traffic lights because they have memorized the position of the lights, or confidently call the foliage of trees “green,” relying on context and social convention. Their inner experience of color is their personal reality, which functions perfectly well in the world. They do not see “incorrectly” — their brain interprets the spectral data differently.

To sum up: the external world is in fact uncolored. Physically, it consists of waves of different lengths reflected from objects, and they have no color; they only carry energy. Color appears only when a wave hits the retina and activates certain photoreceptors, after which the brain processes the signal and “colors in” reality. Without processing, the surrounding reality would be black-and-white or, more precisely, colorless. This is not poetic exaggeration, but one of the paradoxes of perception: what we see as so bright is in fact not so.

Another interesting example of how unreliable human perception is — is change blindness. A vivid example is the famous “door” experiment. In it, an experimenter, posing as an ordinary passerby, approached a person on the street with a simple request, for example, to give directions. During the conversation, a large door was carried between them, which for a moment completely hid the passerby from view. At that very moment, a substitution took place behind the door: the first experimenter was replaced by another person differing in height, build, clothing, and timbre of voice.

Shockingly, but roughly half of the participants (and in some variations up to 70%) did not notice the substitution and continued the conversation as if nothing had happened. Their brain, focused on the essence of the social interaction (giving directions), used past experience and the expectation of continuity to “fill in” the brief gap in perception. It simply assumed that the person behind the door was the same one, and built all subsequent reality on that belief.

And this is only the threshold of the “rabbit hole” of perception, beyond which lies an entirely different world.

THE FIRST STEP

THE MYSTERY OF CONSCIOUSNESS

From what has been said, one can conclude that all our feelings and sensations are merely a “retelling to ourselves,” a unique reconstruction of the world created by the brain. At the center of this truly fundamental process is that which is the key connecting link between the world and the body — consciousness. The mysterious observer, aware of and comprehending the astonishing phenomenon that humanity calls reality. It is also striking how science has revealed the mechanisms and principles by which the body works — what is reassigned for what and what role it plays — but the answer to where consciousness is formed remains open.

There are several scientific works that seek to answer this question:

For example, the theory of Orchestrated Objective Reduction (Orch-OR), proposed by the physicist Roger Penrose and the anesthesiologist Stuart Hameroff in the 1990s and published in 2003, is one of the most famous hypotheses linking consciousness to quantum physics. It suggests that consciousness arises not only from electrical signals between neurons, but also from quantum processes occurring in microtubules — protein structures that form the internal “skeleton” of neurons.

According to Orch-OR, microtubules are capable of sustaining quantum states such as superposition and quantum coherence — special states in which particles can exist at the quantum level. In simple terms, the Orch-OR theory offers an unusual explanation of the nature of consciousness. Instead of regarding it as an effect of neural activity in the brain, Penrose and Hameroff suggest that it arises at a far deeper level — inside the microtubules of neurons, where quantum processes can occur.

THE CHOICE OF “NOW”

At present there is no unambiguous evidence that could be considered scientifically convincing. One may suppose that consciousness could have other, no less interesting and complex explanations.

By the way, the Orch-OR theory, though intriguing, is not the only attempt to explain how, where, and in what manner human consciousness is formed. In brief, by name, so that you form a general understanding of the diversity of opinions on this question, here are just a few of them:

Integrated Information Theory (IIT): Consciousness is the ability of a system to integrate information, and its level depends on the complexity of internal connections.

Global Neuronal Workspace Theory (GNWT): Consciousness arises when information becomes available to the global network of neurons in the brain.

Panpsychism: Consciousness is a fundamental property of all matter, inherent even in elementary particles.

Biological Naturalism: Consciousness is an emergent property of biological processes, not reducible to physics but entirely dependent on it.

Higher-Order Theories of Consciousness (HOT): Awareness occurs when we have a higher-order thought about our own mental activity.

The only thing that unites them all — they remain theories and hypotheses. And if science offers many hypotheses, spiritual traditions offer even more interpretations! If you look into this area of human life and observe with a detached gaze, it is as if you find yourself at a clothing market at rush hour: vendors shout and beckon, managers offer something, praising exclusively their own goods while pointing out the shortcomings of competitors. There will surely be something that resonates with those who are searching.

And here we have arrived at the most non-obvious phenomenon, which plays the main role in the formation of reality — the ability to choose. A person’s worldview and beliefs are directly connected with perception, which makes reality a very flexible medium, not bound by such rigid frameworks. The question is rather how far the boundaries extend? What part in the whole symphony does consciousness play?

At first glance, it may seem pointless to spend time and effort searching for answers to such fundamental questions. Solving riddles, it seems, will bring no practical benefit — neither a technological breakthrough nor economic gain. If the reward for years, even decades, of research and the pursuit of knowledge is only spiritual development, elevated reflection, high moral values, and wisdom, then a natural question arises: is the reward high enough to consider such efforts justified, not wasted?

Is the price of knowledge too high if it yields no material dividends? However, if you look at the reward for the thirst for knowledge from a different angle, it no longer seems so ephemeral. How about the prospect of governing your reality? Of changing certain traits in your personality? Of mastering yourself in any situation? And the prospect of attaining the immortality of consciousness — not in a religious sense?

Personally, such rewards excite me! The mere possibility of influencing reality is inspiring and uplifting. It gives rise in me to feelings as though a “magic wand” is about to be in my hands, one that will grant all my wishes! The only problem is that it does not work that way. Reality is very plastic and changeable, but because of its fundamental foundations, trying to change the current “now” as if by magic is like standing in the path of a locomotive with open arms. That will certainly not end well.

That said, one can influence reality, but it is a very delicate matter, practically a jeweler’s art. Not to mention the immortality of consciousness and the inner changes subject to will. The necessary skills can be mastered, but to attain such power one must walk a very long path. A very long journey, full of hard labor and work on oneself. It is not enough simply to sit on the couch, meditate, or take courses. Within yourself you must cultivate acute awareness, will, intention, a striving for knowledge, and the courage to accept what will be revealed. And I believe this path is worth every effort.

The questions “Why study and improve oneself?”, “Why strive for awareness and knowledge?” — are, in my deep conviction, not merely a spiritual aspiration, but a way to gain real power, to influence one’s reality, and to keep one’s consciousness from fading after the physical end of life’s time.

What I will tell you in this book may change your life forever and irrevocably. At least, that is what happened to me personally. So I invite you to continue reading with all your awareness and responsibility.

ENSOPHIA

By the way, I do not consider myself a religious person, nor am I a follower of esoteric or occult teachings. I am not an academic of any scientific doctrine, but I consider myself a person who seeks the essence wherever it may be hidden. This worldview has been reflected in my own path, which I call “Ensophia.” In its essence it is a system of knowledge, methods, and exercises, based on the idea that any human activity should be directed toward comprehending one’s own consciousness, acquiring new skills, and perfecting existing ones.

It is important to note that Ensophia is my personal philosophy, not a religious teaching. It is not connected with any faith or dogma; it has no worship of gods or rituals. It represents an individual approach to self-knowledge and the development of consciousness through awareness and practice.

Anyone familiar with “The Art of Comprehending Oneself” already knows: the book was born out of my desire to structure and more deeply realize my own beliefs. I was guided by a simple principle: “if you cannot clearly describe what you know, then you have not understood it to the end.” It was this conviction that became the basis for creating a detailed instruction helping to develop consciousness to a level where it becomes possible to perceive reality and one’s own personality in a broader spectrum.

I had no goal of revealing the structure of reality in its entirety. The text presented only separate grains of information — just enough to convey the meaning and be confident that it would be understood correctly. The rest is the reader’s task: to pass it through oneself, to make sense of it, and to fill it with personal experience.

I confess that by the time of writing the book I myself had not yet fully formulated for myself exactly how reality is structured. But it was precisely this inner, unfinished knowledge and the need to realize it that became the impulse for further searching. Thus was born the Quantum Resonance Theory of Individual Reality (QRTIR).

QRTIR

The Quantum Resonance Theory of Individual Reality (hereafter abbreviated QRTIR, or resonance theory) offers an interdisciplinary view of the nature of reality, asserting that it is not fixed, but arises from the dynamic interaction of human consciousness with the quantum processes of the Universe. This hypothetical model unites the achievements of quantum physics, neuroscience, psychology, biology, cultural studies, philosophy, and metaphysics in order to explain and give a coherent account of how each individual forms their own unique subjective reality — microreality.

By “metaphysics” here is meant neither mysticism nor belief in the supernatural, but the field of study of the fundamental principles of being — that which lies “beyond physics”: the nature of consciousness, the essence of information, the structure of reality before its material manifestation. It is an attempt to pose questions that science cannot yet fully answer, but without departing from its methods and logic.

The central idea of QRTIR is resonance as the harmonious coincidence of frequencies between individual consciousness and the “universal quantum information field” (hereafter abbreviated the universal field, UIF, the All-Field). Within this model it is assumed that the UIF unites the physical and informational aspects into a single network, manifesting, perhaps, as the fractal structure of the cosmic web, consisting of dark matter — but more on that a little later.

In QRTIR, the frequency that a person radiates and forms is a unique aggregate of vibrational “patterns” that arise at different levels of human existence. These vibrations begin with quantum processes in atoms and molecules, continue through biochemical reactions and intracellular oscillations, manifesting as neural rhythms, emotional states, thoughts, and dreams.

Weak oscillations (or fluctuations — random changes at all levels, from quantum to mental energies and information), like an orchestra, create an individual “signal.” The personal “music” that a person radiates into the physical and informational field, forms the “real” world. Through imagination, intention, or life circumstances — work, religious rituals, meditation — the signal, as it were, resonates with the universal field, amplifying or attracting frequencies of ideas, insights, or opportunities, weaving them into the “fabric” of the personal world.

In my understanding, QRTIR represents a new, modern vision of the structure of reality, a universal model of the world that unites science and metaphysics, showing how a person, through the frequencies of their thoughts, emotions, and bodily rhythms, “creates” their reality — not creating something out of nothing, but manifesting an already existing “pattern” through the unique form of their consciousness.

PERSONAL REALITY

QRTIR became the result of my following the path of Ensophia and self-improvement, turning out to be an integral part of it. But it does not oblige you to accept Ensophia, nor to follow its aspirations, in order to make use of the knowledge and possibilities that QRTIR opens. Ensophia is a tool for the development of consciousness, no more and no less. QRTIR is part of Ensophia only because the one who has set out on the path of self-improvement will in one way or another arrive at the same vision of the structure of the world. The results may differ within small ranges, but the essence is always the same. But this is according to my personal experience and conviction.

Much of what I will describe will most likely not even seem new to you. I am not inventing knowledge, for it already hovers around each of us. It permeates us like fog, which inevitably fills us with every breath, becoming part of consciousness and body. And it no longer matters whether you are aware of its taste and the process itself — it exerts an influence on you. Therefore, what I will tell you further is most likely already known to you. I consider myself merely a pilgrim who has perhaps climbed a little farther in the endless fog and gloom of ignorance.

QRTIR is my view of the structure of reality, suffered through experience, reflection, and practice. I do not demand belief — I invite you to verify. Whether you accept this knowledge or reject it — do not forget: even the rejection of the model is also a choice, and it too resonates with the field.

WHAT IN RETURN?

QRTIR as a model of perceiving the world will open before you an astonishing possibility — to become a conscious co-author of your reality. It is not a genie’s lamp instantly granting wishes, but a subtle art allowing you, through thoughts, emotions, and bodily rhythms, to tune the frequency of your consciousness to the universal information field. QRTIR opens a different vision of reality: the world appears not as a frozen picture, but as a boundless ocean of possibilities, where everyone is free to choose their own course. It is a space of free choice, where any direction leads to new discoveries, and the path becomes part of self-knowledge.

By becoming aware of your frequency — from heartbeat to thoughts — you gain the power to change habits, transform your worldview, and influence events, step by step forming a life that resonates with your desires.

In addition, it opens up such possibilities as:

Understanding of connection. This model allows you to see the deep connection between seemingly disparate things: your recurring thoughts and external events, the state of the body and the quality of decisions, personal insights and discoveries made on the other side of the world.

A new perspective. The model gives a non-contradictory, mysticism-free explanation of the structure of the world. Phenomena such as intuition, the “placebo effect,” the synchronicity of events, the persistence of habits, and the subjectivity of perception will become a regularity of your consciousness’s work in the field.

An instrument of tuning. The main possibility is to obtain a conceptual “control panel” for your reality. Not for the instant fulfillment of desires, but for the gradual, conscious retuning of your base frequency — through work with attention, beliefs, and an understanding of the process of interaction between consciousness and body — which leads to predictable changes in life.

QRTIR is my attempt to offer a non-contradictory, hypothetical explanation of one of the most mysterious questions — the nature of consciousness after the death of the physical body. Within the model, “immortality” is not a fairy-tale reward, but a potential state of a highly organized, coherent informational structure (consciousness) that has achieved such a degree of inner consistency and resonance with the universal field that it is capable of sustaining its integrity and awareness outside a biological carrier. Thus, the development of awareness during life acquires not only an existential, but, in the context of this model, a vitally important practical meaning: the higher the coherence of your consciousness “here and now,” the more grounds there are to suppose the possibility of its conscious continuation “there and then.” This is not a given, but a task that makes every moment of practice a meaningful step.

Such knowledge requires labor and courage, but the reward is real, and the book is your guide into a world where awareness becomes power, and reality — your creation.

PREPARATION

The book will not contain instructions, practices, and exercises in the traditional sense. However, the knowledge ahead requires preparation. Every time you settle down to read, I recommend that you perform a simple exercise. It is a kind of information hygiene — like washing your hands before a meal, except that instead you will slightly cleanse your mind. This way it will be significantly easier for you to understand the information presented — to truly understand it, and not merely to accept it at the level of automatic agreement.

The preparation ahead will be very simple to perform and will take at most 10 minutes of your time. Whether to do the exercise or not will likewise remain a matter of your choice, for, as you already know, reality depends very much on choice.

The essence of the preparation is this: it consists of three steps — breathing, presence, and relaxation. Each stage is aimed at shifting the organism from a mode of activity into a state of inner clarity and attentiveness. They gently prepare the mind for the perception of deep knowledge, reduce stress levels, and improve concentration.

Each step is aimed at working with a specific system of the organism:

— Breathing activates the parasympathetic nervous system and calms the psyche.

— Presence here and now strengthens awareness and reduces automatic thought reactions.

— Relaxation gives the body and mind the opportunity to enter a state of rest and recovery.

If you know any practice for awareness, breathing, or relaxation, you may boldly use it at the current stage instead of the one proposed. If your arsenal lacks such tools, then in “Ensophia. The Art of Comprehending Oneself” you will find detailed instructions. If you do not want to delve into this too deeply, then below for you is a brief description and recommendations for each of the steps.

STEP 1. BREATHING

Take 30 deep breaths. Breathe at a comfortable pace, without fuss or hurry. After each inhalation, hold your breath for a couple of seconds. This not only helps you focus, but also clears the consciousness of impulsive and inertial thoughts that are formed in everyday life.

Deep breathing is one of the key elements of many self-regulation practices, such as yoga, meditation, and autogenic training. It activates the parasympathetic nervous system, which is responsible for the state of rest and recovery of the organism. During deep breathing, the tone of the vagus nerve increases, which leads to a decrease in heart rate, a reduction of excess cortisol levels, and overall relaxation.

The vagus nerve is a key part of the parasympathetic nervous system and participates in the control of such processes as heart rhythm, breathing, digestion, and also provides the connection between the brain and internal organs, acting as a kind of informational “highway.”

Studies show that controlled breathing can significantly reduce anxiety and stress. It has been established that holding the breath after inhalation strengthens the baroreflex response (the physiological reaction of the organism aimed at maintaining arterial pressure at a stable level in response to its sharp rise or fall), which positively affects heart rhythm and heart rate variability — important indicators of health and stress resilience.

Deep breathing techniques can be effective even in clinical anxiety and depression, since they increase the flow of oxygen to the brain, stimulate the production of endorphins, and normalize the work of the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis associated with the body’s response to stress.

Thus, performing 30 deep breaths with breath-holding is a simple but powerful tool for quickly transitioning into a state of inner clarity, emotional balance, and physical relaxation. The practice is especially useful before other methods of self-knowledge and meditation, as it prepares the mind and body for a higher level of receptivity and attentiveness.

STEP 2. PRESENCE

Concentrate your attention on the present moment. Feel yourself “here and now.” Try not to comment mentally on what you will feel or see. Simply be aware of what is happening, like an observer.

This stage is directly connected with the concept of awareness — the mental process of focusing attention on current experiences without judgment and inner commentary.

Regular practice of awareness reduces stress, anxiety, and depression. Studies confirm that programs based on awareness have a moderate positive effect on reducing psychological stress and improving emotional state.

In addition, it has been established that the practice of awareness changes brain activity in areas connected with attention, emotional regulation, and self-understanding. In particular, the activity of the prefrontal cortex — the zone responsible for self-control and decision-making — increases, and the reactivity of the amygdala — the center of fear and anxiety — decreases.

Refusing to comment internally on and evaluate one’s experiences allows a person to exit the cycle of restless thoughts. Such an approach promotes more stable emotional recovery and greater psychological flexibility.

Thus, the practice of “presence here and now” has a solid scientific basis and can be an effective tool for reducing stress, improving self-regulation, and developing inner clarity.

STEP 3. RELAXATION

Once you have settled into a pose comfortable for you, try to relax your body as much as possible. Below I will give two variants of the exercise; you may choose whichever is most comfortable.

PRACTICE 1: THE WEIGHT OF THE BODY

Try to catch and concentrate on the weight of your body. Pay special attention to your hands and face. Feel how gravity presses on your body. The trick is that when we sense the pressure or weight of our own body — for example, when lying down, breathing deeply, or touching the floor — it activates the proprioceptors (sensors that perceive the body’s position in space) and stimulates the vagus nerve, a key element of the parasympathetic nervous system.

PRACTICE 2: WATERFALL

Create a vivid first-person image — you are standing or sitting under a waterfall, feeling the drops on your skin, hearing the noise of the water, and sensing how it cleanses not only the body but also the mind. Feel how the cool streams of water wash over your body, washing away tension, anxiety, and fatigue. You may imagine the water penetrating inward, flowing through your organs, bones, and even cells, carrying away everything superfluous.

Studies show that imagining calm natural landscapes activates the parasympathetic nervous system, reduces cortisol levels, and helps one relax. Imagining natural scenes reduces anxiety more effectively than urban landscapes. Natural scenes also help lower heart rate and muscle tension.

With experience, each of the stages of preparation begins to merge into a single whole. What at first may seem like separate steps — breathing, presence here and now, relaxation of the body — over time becomes a smooth and natural process. You begin to enter this state easily, as into a familiar room, where everything is in its place, and where you are comfortable being yourself without masks, expectations, and inner tension.

It is no misfortune if for now you cannot perform all the steps simultaneously or feel them equally distinctly. It is important simply to do. The described practice is not merely a “ritual” before reading the book, but a tool that you can use at any moment when you wish to step out of the chaos of everyday life and return to yourself.

Remember: the knowledge that you will find in this book will not truly become yours until you make it part of your experience. Preparation is not a preface to something important, but a part of the path of self-knowledge. Through it you enter a space where you become not merely a reader, but a participant in the process. Where understanding comes not only through words, but through silence, attention, and inner work.

So do it however it works out. Slowly. Consciously. With love for yourself. And over time you will feel how a few minutes of preparation begin to influence your whole day, and then your whole life.

CHEAT SHEET

BREATHING

— Take a comfortable pose.

— Take 30 deep breaths.

— On each inhalation — hold the breath for 2 seconds.

Goal: to clear the mind, reduce stress, and enter a state of attentiveness.

PRESENCE

— Focus on the present moment.

— Do not comment on your sensations — simply observe.

Goal: to develop awareness, to reduce the inner dialogue.

RELAXATION

— Feel the weight of the body, or

— imagine cool water washing over you.

Goal: to release tension and prepare the body for rest and perception.

Duration: up to 10 minutes

Frequency: before each reading or meditation.

A WORD OF CAUTION

Before you continue, I want to caution you: keep your awareness and critical thinking while reading. Verify the information that I will offer you if it raises doubts in you. If you simply accept knowledge without deep reflection, it will become no better than blind fanaticism. If the information presented in the book resonates with your beliefs — that is good, I will be sincerely glad of such an outcome. But if you feel resistance, aggression, or dislike toward what is said here, try first to understand: where does the rejection come from?

I believe that we see in the world what lives within ourselves. If we are angry at someone, that anger is born not outside, but in our own consciousness. If we feel fear of something, its root, as a rule, lies deep within, and not in the object of fear itself. To find the true cause and original source is no easy task. To see one’s true motives is a truly everyday feat. You are not obliged to agree with everything that will be said in the book.

Now that all the dots are placed over the “i,” we can begin to expand the boundaries of our perception.

THE FIRST BOUNDARY

THE FOUNDATION OF REALITY

In order to correctly convey the meaning of QRTIR, I will need to describe to you the basic constituents of the Universe. Honestly, I would be glad to go straight to the point and say: “The Universe is alive!”, “You can govern reality!”, “You can live forever!”, and so on. However, it seems to me that for a person who considers themselves reasonable and sound-minded, this will not be enough. For me personally, such a brief and substantive approach is too little.

Therefore we will have to look beyond the limits of habitual perception. I will use scientific data and research, but I will describe the vision of QRTIR separately, so that you can form an objective picture, even if through my subjective vision.

So, step by step we will descend into the depths of reality, where there are as yet no forms, where there is no division into the material and the immaterial, where everything is still one and fluid. It is there, on the border between being and non-being, that one of the most astonishing chapters of modern science and of the Universe as a whole begins — the quantum world.

QUANTUM REALITY

If someone told you the story of a world in which an object can be in several places at once, influence another object instantly even if they are separated by billions of light-years, and yet be in none of its states until it is observed — such a story would be very easy to take for fantasy. But this is not fiction, but a brief description of how our world actually works, at its very essence. It is about quantum mechanics — a science that overturned not only the idea of matter, but also the idea of ourselves.

The history of this science began not in laboratories, test tubes, and under a microscope, but in the minds of scientists who noticed that the old laws no longer worked. Before the advent of quantum mechanics it was believed that all processes in the Universe could be described through cause-and-effect relations: you throw a stone — it flies; you heat water — it boils. But when scientists tried to apply these rules to the world of atoms and particles, they encountered paradoxes. For example, why does an electron not fall into the nucleus of an atom? Why does light behave now as a wave, now as a particle? The answers to these questions showed that what a person calls “real,” at a deep level, is structured quite differently from how we are accustomed to perceive it.

THE ULTRAVIOLET CATASTROPHE

At the end of the 19th century, classical physics encountered a riddle that was christened the “ultraviolet catastrophe” — a problem connected with the radiation of heated bodies. The ordinary equations predicted infinite energy from glowing coal or a light bulb, and this was absurd. Such infinite energy would instantly burn everything around it, and could not itself exist as an object. And then Max Planck made a bold assumption: energy is transferred not continuously, but in portions — quanta. Thus was born the idea that laid the foundation of a new era.

The next step was even more astonishing. Albert Einstein used the quantum hypothesis to explain the photoelectric effect — the phenomenon in which light knocks electrons out of a metal. He suggested that light, too, consists of particles — photons. This contradicted everything known before: after all, light is a wave! But soon it turned out that particle and wave are not opposites, but two sides of one “pattern” of reality.

This became the beginning of an astonishing path in the development of physics. Louis de Broglie declared that not only light has a dual nature — any particle behaves as a wave. Experiments confirmed it: electrons, passing through slits, behaved as waves, creating interference patterns (patterns of alternating light and dark bands arising from the overlapping of waves). These results showed that at the quantum level particles do not possess a definite position or trajectory until the moment of measurement. Instead they are described by a wave function — a mathematical expression that sets the probabilities of various states. Thus, what we perceive as matter, at the fundamental level, exists not as a rigidly given entity, but as a field of possibilities that, upon the act of observation, “collapses” into a concrete manifestation.

THE UNCERTAINTY PRINCIPLE

In 1927, Werner Heisenberg formulated one of the most astonishing principles of quantum physics — the uncertainty principle. Its essence can be conveyed in simple words: the more precisely we know one property of an elementary particle, the less precisely we can know another property connected with it.

The most famous pair of such properties is position and momentum (that is, velocity multiplied by mass). Imagine that you are trying to “photograph” an electron. To see where it is, you need to “illuminate” it, for example by directing a photon (a particle of light) at it. But at the moment of “illumination” a paradox arises: the very act of measurement changes the state of the particle. The photon, striking the electron, pushes it, changing its velocity and direction. Thus you can precisely fix its position at the moment of measurement, but its velocity then becomes uncertain.

But it is not only a matter of interference from measurement. The uncertainty principle says that the very nature of quantum objects does not allow them to possess simultaneously a precise position and a precise momentum. This is not a technical limitation of our instruments, but a fundamental property of reality. The electron does not “hide” from us, like a ball in the dark. It simply does not exist as a clearly localized object with a definite trajectory, like the little ball we are used to. Instead it functions as a region of probabilities — a kind of “fog” of possible positions and velocities, which collapses into a concrete value only at the moment of measurement.

Therefore the statement “we cannot simultaneously know the position and the velocity of an electron” means: it does not possess these two characteristics simultaneously in the classical, habitual sense. In the microworld, a particle does not move along a trajectory — it is “smeared” in space, and to speak of its precise location and velocity is like asking what color the note “C major” is. These are categories that are simply not applicable at such a level.

Perhaps some readers will object that there exist people with synesthesia — a condition in which sounds are perceived as colors and smells as shapes. However, this is a feature of subjective perception, conditioned by the neurobiological organization of the brain, and not an objective property of the sound itself.

If sound really did objectively carry information about color — and some people could catch it while others could not — then yes, the question would stand differently. But the point is not about hidden properties of physical objects, but about the fact that categories such as “position” and “velocity” are simply inapplicable to a quantum particle in the habitual classical sense.

At the same time, the very existence of synesthesia is extremely interesting: it shows how plastic and multifaceted perception can be. And it is precisely this diversity of forms of consciousness that finds its place in QRTIR — as confirmation that the world manifests not uniformly, but through the prism of an individual resonance structure.

Returning to the topic, the uncertainty principle is not merely a mathematical formula, but the border between the classical and the quantum perception of reality. It shows that the Universe at the fundamental level is not a mechanical machine with predictable cogwheels. It is probabilistic, dynamic, indivisible. And the deeper we look, the more obvious it becomes: what we call “real” is not what is, but what manifests in the act of interaction.

QUANTUM ENTANGLEMENT

Another revolutionary idea arose thanks to the work of Albert Einstein, Boris Podolsky, and Nathan Rosen, and was later developed by John Bell. They asked themselves: if two particles interacted and then parted in different directions, will the state of one of them change instantly if the other is acted upon?

The answer turned out to be “yes” — and this is called quantum entanglement. Two elements can be connected so that a change in one instantly affects the state of the other, regardless of the distance between them — be it a meter or a billion light-years. Einstein called this “spooky action at a distance,” because it violated the very idea of locality: in classical physics no influence can be transmitted faster than light. But quantum entanglement seems to circumvent this limitation, calling into question our understanding of space and time.

This did not remain at the level of theory. Alain Aspect and his team in 1982 conducted one of the most famous experiments in the history of quantum physics. They generated pairs of entangled photons — particles of light that “were born” together and from the very start behaved as a single whole. Then the photons were sent in opposite directions — to two detectors located far apart.

At the moment of arrival, each detector randomly chose at what angle to measure the polarization of the photon — for example, vertically or at a slant. And the main thing: this choice was made after the photons had already left the source. That is, the particles had no chance to “agree” in advance on how to behave.

If the Universe were “classical” (as Einstein believed), and each particle had a hidden “inner plan” of behavior, then the degree of agreement between their results would have a clear limit — as if each player, in different cities, had pre-written instructions.

But in Aspect’s experiment this agreement exceeded all possible limits of classical physics. This meant only one thing: the particles had no “inner instructions” at all. Their connection did not depend on distance, velocity, or time. A change in the state of one instantly determined the state of the other — as if they remained a single object, merely distributed in space.

This experiment became the first clear proof that nonlocality is a real property of the Universe. Space is not an absolute barrier. At the fundamental level, everything that was ever connected can remain connected — not through a signal, not through a force, but through a single information field in which separateness loses its meaning.

This does not mean that we can transmit messages faster than light. According to the theory of relativity, nothing can propagate faster than the speed of light — otherwise paradoxes are possible in which an effect outruns its cause — for example, you receive an answer before the question was asked. In such a universe a stable sequence of events would be impossible, and a person’s personality would lose its integrity. Therefore, despite the instantaneous connection between entangled particles, it is impossible to use it to transmit information — it manifests only when comparing the results of measurements, which always happens more slowly than light.

Nevertheless, the very fact of such a connection shows that the Universe is deeper and more integral than we are used to thinking. Information, perhaps, is not “transmitted” — it is already present in the structure of the field, and entanglement is a manifestation of its unity. This became one of the first proofs that information can exist and manifest outside the frameworks of space and time.

So what does this strange, almost mystical field of knowledge give us? Not merely the possibility of describing the microworld, but a new view of cause and effect, of the interaction between the observer and reality, of the structure of the very space in which we exist.

Quantum processes are not merely an abstraction for physicists or complex equations understandable only to a narrow circle of scientists. They are the foundation of everything we perceive as the world. It is here, at this level of reality, that those very “waves” and “particles” arise, which then combine into atoms, molecules, body, mind, and, ultimately, into our experience of life. But the most astonishing thing in this microworld is that it does not obey the laws we are used to. Here there is no definiteness — there is probability. There are no cause-and-effect chains — there is superposition. There are no isolated objects — there is entanglement, resonance, interconnection.

It is precisely in this domain that matter becomes information, the observer influences the outcome of events, and reality ceases to be something given once and for all. It becomes dynamic, sensitive, one might even say — alive. And if you want to learn how your thoughts and intentions can influence what happens, then you need to understand what occurs at this level. Because it is here, in the quantum world, that the path begins to understanding how reality is actually structured — how it can be changed, and how consciousness can participate in this process.

There is no need to devote yourself to this field of science and become a new scientist, unless, of course, you feel that you want to devote your life to it. For most people, for those who strive to understand themselves and their place in the world, it is quite enough to master the basic terms and principles of quantum mechanics in order to begin to see all that exists through the prism of QRTIR. After all, the theory does not require of you a deep knowledge of physics, nor does it require faith. It offers a new view of already known phenomena.

THE BUILDING BLOCKS OF THE UNIVERSE

Just as music consists of notes, pauses, and the resonance between them, so reality is built on the basis of several key principles: superposition, entanglement, coherence, and observation. Most of these may seem to you far removed from everyday life, but it is precisely they that determine how information turns into form, how chance becomes an event, and how attention becomes a force capable of influencing the very structure of being. Now let us look at how these “notes” of the quantum world are arranged — and why they matter for understanding yourself.

SUPERPOSITION

In the quantum world a particle can be in several states at once — not because we do not know which one exactly or where it is, but because it has in fact not “chosen” any of these parameters. This is not an uncertainty of knowledge, but an uncertainty of being. Until the act of observation occurs, the particle exists as a cloud of possibilities, as a mathematical wave of probabilities describing all its potential states at once.

This paradox first became widely known thanks to the famous thought experiment proposed by Erwin Schrödinger in 1935 — “Schrödinger’s cat.” Picture a sealed box. Inside it — a cat, an ampoule of poison, a radioactive atom, and a detector. If the atom decays, the detector triggers, the ampoule breaks — and the cat dies. If the atom does not decay — the cat remains alive. The probability of the atom decaying over a certain interval of time is 50%. But since we cannot look inside, we do not know whether the decay occurred.

From the standpoint of classical logic, the cat is either alive or dead — it is simply that we do not yet know which.

But quantum mechanics says otherwise: until the moment the box is opened, the system itself — including the cat — is in a state of superposition. That is, it cannot merely be alive or dead — it is simultaneously both alive and dead, in the sense that its state is undefined and is described as the sum of two possible realities.

Why so? Because the radioactive atom, which sets off the whole chain, is itself in superposition: it has both decayed and not decayed at once. And since the cat’s fate directly depends on the state of the atom, it is drawn into this quantum state of duality. The whole system — atom, detector, poison, cat — becomes a single quantum object in which the classical categories “life” and “death” lose their unambiguity.

Schrödinger devised the experiment to show the absurdity of directly transferring quantum laws to the macroworld. He did not believe that a cat could be simultaneously alive and dead. But since then physicists have understood: the very border between the microworld and the macroworld is not as sharp as it once seemed. In nature there is no magic line beyond which quantum laws cease to operate. Rather, we simply do not notice superposition in everyday life, because large objects, unlike particles, constantly interact with the surrounding world — light, air, heat — and this “smears out” their quantum properties. Because of this they behave predictably and stably, like the things we are used to, and not like mysterious wave-particles.

Nevertheless, experiments show: superposition is not a mathematical invention. It is real. Scientists conducted analogous experiments with electrons, photons, and in recent decades even with large molecules. In particular, in 2019 a group of researchers led by Jonas Fein (Y. Y. Fein) demonstrated quantum interference in organic molecules with a mass of over 25 thousand atomic units — that is more than 2000 atoms bound into a single structure. These molecules behaved as if they passed along two paths at once, creating a characteristic interference pattern — despite their complexity and size.

Why does this matter? Because for a long time scientists wondered: where does the border between the quantum and classical worlds lie? Perhaps superposition is possible only for “small” particles like electrons, while larger objects behave “as usual” — always in one place? This experiment shows that such a clear border, it seems, does not exist. Even complex, massive molecules obey quantum laws — as long as they are sufficiently isolated from the external world. This not only confirms the fundamentality of quantum theory, but also opens the way to new technologies, such as quantum sensors and tests of the foundations of physics at macroscopic scales.

What does this mean for us? Until the moment of measurement there is no single reality. There is a multitude of probabilities coexisting in the field of potential. The act of observation is not merely “to look,” but an influence that forces the system irreversibly to “choose” one of the possible states. Or, more precisely, to manifest one of them.

Thus, superposition is not merely a strangeness of the microworld. It is the key to understanding the nature of reality: it is not given once and for all. It is dynamic, sensitive to intention, and open to manifestation. And every time you make a decision, look at the surrounding space, perceive events, experience feelings and emotions, focus your attention — you are not merely observing. You are participating in the act of creation.

It is as if nature itself tells us: at first — everything is possible, but by looking, by paying attention, or by making a choice, one of the many available variants of reality becomes your actuality.

ENTANGLEMENT

As I already told earlier, if two particles were connected and then separated — by a meter, a kilometer, a billion light-years — a change in the state of one of them instantly affects the state of the other. This phenomenon is called quantum entanglement. What is astonishing is that distance does not matter. No signal is transmitted between the particles, no energy flows, no force acts — and yet they behave as a single whole. As if between them there were an invisible bridge that does not obey the laws of space and time.

To understand this, imagine that you have two gloves — a left one and a right one. You put each in a separate box, without looking, shuffle them, and send one to Paris and the other to Mars. When you open the box in Paris and see that it holds the left glove, you immediately know that Mars holds the right one. This is not magic, but logic: the gloves were a pair from the start, and their properties were determined from the very beginning.

But in the quantum world everything is different. Now imagine that instead of gloves you have two entangled electrons. Each of them has a property called spin, which can be simplified as the direction of rotation — “up” or “down.” But before measurement the spin is not defined. It is in superposition: both “up” and “down” at once.

You measure the spin of one electron — and at that moment it “chooses” a state, for example “up.” And here is the miracle: in that very fraction of a second the second electron, located at the other end of the galaxy, instantly takes the opposite state — “down.” And no signal managed to fly between them. Even light would have needed millions of years. But the connection is instantaneous.

Why does this matter to you? Because if even at the level of elementary particles everything is connected instantly and directly, then perhaps you, too, are not an isolated “I,” but part of a single field, where your thoughts, intentions, and frequencies are capable of resonating with other points of this network — be it another person, an event, or even the future.

This is not merely a transmission of information, but a single quantum state stretched out in space. As if the two particles were not separate objects, but two manifestations of one and the same “pattern” in the field. Quantum entanglement is not physics for physics’ sake. It is a proof of the integrity of the Universe, lying at the foundation of QRTIR.

Einstein did not believe in such a possibility. He believed that behind it there must be some “hidden variable” — a pre-set program, like our gloves. But, as experiments later conducted by Alain Aspect and other scientists showed, there are no hidden variables.

Moreover, entanglement is not only the connection of two particles. In modern laboratories scientists manage to entangle dozens, and sometimes hundreds, of particles at once. Such states are called multipartite entanglement and lie at the foundation of quantum computers. This means that connectedness in the quantum world is not a rare exception, but a fundamental property that can encompass entire systems.

The world at the quantum level is nonlocal — particles are connected not through space, but through a field in which separateness is an illusion.

What does this mean for us? This phenomenon is not merely a riddle for physicists. It points to the deep integrity of the Universe. If even at the fundamental level particles “feel” each other across billions of light-years, then perhaps we, too, are not isolated beings, but nodes of a single information network. Perhaps the connection between people, moments of deep synchronicity, intuitive knowledge about loved ones are not coincidences, but manifestations of the very same principle: nonlocal resonance.

COHERENCE

Another very important aspect of quantum mechanics is coherence. A state in which a multitude of particles behave not as separate objects, but as a single system. Their oscillations are synchronized, their phases are aligned, their behavior becomes predictable not statistically, but as a manifestation of an integral “pattern.” Imagine a flock of birds moving in perfect harmony, or a choir in which every voice sounds in unison — likewise in the quantum world, when particles enter coherence, they cease to be disparate and begin to act as a single whole, even if they are at a distance from one another.

It is precisely the capacity for alignment, for unity in diversity, that lies at the foundation of many quantum phenomena. But the most ambitious assumption — that coherence may be the basis of consciousness — was put forward within the Orch-OR hypothesis (Orchestrated Objective Reduction), developed by the physicist Roger Penrose and the anesthesiologist Stuart Hameroff.

But how did they arrive at such a conclusion? Penrose and Hameroff began with a question that stumps classical neuroscience: why do we experience consciousness as a single, indivisible whole?

The brain consists of billions of neurons that work with delays, along different routes, at different speeds. And yet we do not experience ourselves as a set of disparate sensations — we see a picture, not pixels; we hear a melody, not separate notes. This unity of experience is the key argument against the idea that consciousness is simply the result of sequential information processing in neural networks.

Penrose suggested: such unity requires a mechanism capable of synchronizing information instantly, without the delays inherent in chemical and electrical signals. Such a mechanism, in his opinion, can exist only at the quantum level, where particles can be connected not locally, but through resonance and coherence.

Hameroff added a biological component: he turned his attention to microtubules — protein structures that form the cytoskeleton of neurons. Microtubules do not merely maintain the shape of the cell. They participate in the transport of substances, in cell division, and, possibly, in information processing. Hameroff suggested that quantum processes may occur inside microtubules, and that their geometric structure (a lattice of protein dimers) plays a key role in these processes. Coherence is when particles behave in an aligned way, like a single choir, and not like separate voices. “Long-lived coherence” means that such coordination can persist long enough even in a complex and warm environment, for example, inside a cell.

According to Orch-OR, it is precisely in microtubules that quantum superposition arises: electrons or other particles are simultaneously in several states. Superposition cannot last forever — it “collapses” into a definite state through a process named by Penrose “Objective Reduction (OR).” This is not a random collapse, but an event depending on gravitational effects at the quantum level. And at the moment of collapse, according to the hypothesis, the elementary act of consciousness arises.

Simply put: when a quantum system becomes too “heavy” — even in a microscopic sense — its uncertainty can no longer be sustained, and it “chooses” one concrete state; it is at that instant, according to the hypothesis, that the primary spark of awareness flashes.

A multitude of such acts, occurring in millions of microtubules throughout the brain, are orchestrated (hence “Orchestrated” in the name), forming a continuous stream of consciousness. Coherence ensures their synchronicity, and collapse forms discrete “quanta” of awareness.

The word “discrete” means “separate,” “intermittent,” not continuous, but consisting of separate moments — like frames in a film. When we speak of “quanta of awareness,” I mean the separate, tiniest “moments” of consciousness that arise one after another, like flashes of light.

Imagine that your personality is not a smooth river, but a chain of tiny sparks. Each spark is one act of meaningfulness: the moment when the quantum superposition in microtubules “collapses,” and information from the quantum field passes into a concrete experience — for example, into the sensation of a color, a sound, or a thought. These sparks are so fast (by some estimates, up to 40 per second) that our mind perceives them as a continuous stream, just as we see motion in a film consisting of separate frames. But in fact awareness arises in leaps, in impulses — each “quantum” is a mini-event of the creation of reality.

What does this mean? Orch-OR does not claim that consciousness works in microtubules as in microscopic computers. It says that microtubules are resonators capable of sustaining quantum coherence long enough for a global synchronization to arise in the brain. This explains the unity of experience, the speed of intuitive decisions, and even phenomena that do not fit the neural model — for example, the memories of people who survived clinical death. The Orch-OR hypothesis remains controversial.

The main objection is thermal noise. The brain is warm, wet, and chaotic — conditions in which quantum coherence, as was thought, must be destroyed within fractions of a nanosecond. However, research in quantum biology shows that nature knows how to protect coherence: for example, in the process of photosynthesis in plants, quantum states are preserved even at room temperature, thanks to isolation and structural ordering.

Moreover, new data on biological oscillators, magnetoreception in birds, and coherent oscillations in neural ensembles (for example, gamma rhythms at 40 Hz) indirectly support the idea that biological systems can use quantum effects for synchronization.

Thus, there is as yet no direct proof of coherence in microtubules. But to deny its possibility would be to ignore the growing number of facts suggesting that life may be deeper and subtler than classical models allow us to see.

VACUUM AND FLUCTUATIONS

Even what we are used to calling empty space is in fact not “nothing.” In classical physics, vacuum is absolute emptiness, where there is neither matter nor energy. But quantum mechanics showed: vacuum is not rest, but seething activity. It is filled with constant microscopic changes of energy — the so-called quantum fluctuations.

A fluctuation is a brief, at first glance chaotic change in the state of a system, occurring even under conditions of complete external calm. At the quantum level a fluctuation is not merely noise, but a dynamic oscillation of the field itself, in which particles constantly arise and disappear, like flashes of light in the dark. These flashes are virtual particles, but not in the ordinary sense of ones that can be caught in a detector. They are brief disturbances of the quantum field that appear thanks to Heisenberg’s uncertainty principle. According to it, over very short intervals of time energy can be “borrowed” from the vacuum, giving rise to a particle – antiparticle pair. Such a pair exists for a fraction of a second — so briefly that it does not violate the laws of conservation of energy — and then the two annihilate each other, returning the energy back. As if the Universe allowed a short-term “energy loan” that is immediately repaid.

Such fluctuations are not random chaos, but ordered oscillations of the field, containing information and potential. They do not simply “happen” — they form the fabric of reality that lies at the foundation of all that exists. It is from this quantum “foam” that stable structures arise — through the mechanisms of resonance and coherence.

Imagine two identical pendulums suspended from a single rigid bar — for example, two weights on strings attached to one wooden rail. If you pull aside and release only one of them, it will begin to swing. After a while you will notice that the second pendulum — the one you did not touch — has also begun to swing, ever more strongly. And the first, on the contrary, gradually slows down. This happens because energy is transferred through the common support: the vibrations of the first pendulum slightly rock the rail, and the rail, in turn, begins to “nudge” the second pendulum at the right moment — in time with its own frequency. When the frequencies coincide, even weak pushes accumulate, amplifying the oscillations. This is resonance.

Now let us transfer this idea to the quantum level. Particles are not merely tiny balls, but rather stable nodes of oscillation in the quantum field. Each particle has its own “internal frequency” — like an imprint of its energy, mass, and state. At the moment when frequencies resonate or are harmonically linked, particles begin to “respond” to one another — not through collisions or forces, but through the synchronization of their oscillations in a common field.

When such frequencies coincide, quantum resonance arises — a connection that does not depend on distance and time. This is not an interaction through force, but a synchronization in the field. Such processes may seem abstract, purely theoretical. But their influence has been experimentally confirmed. One of the most convincing proofs was the Casimir effect, discovered in 1948 by the Dutch physicist Hendrik Casimir.

THE CASIMIR EFFECT

How did Hendrik Casimir manage to prove something that cannot even be seen with the eyes? Imagine two uncharged metal plates placed in a vacuum at a distance of a few nanometers from each other. It would seem there is nothing between them — no charge, no magnetic field, no visible force. But they begin to slowly attract each other. Why?

The fact is that quantum fluctuations in the vacuum can have different wavelengths. Between the plates only fluctuations with a certain wavelength can “fit” — those that fit into the gap. But outside — all possible waves. This creates a difference of energies: outside, the pressure of fluctuations is higher than between the plates. As a result the plates are, as it were, “pressed” into each other.

The Casimir effect is direct proof that the vacuum is not empty. It possesses energy, structure, properties. Quantum fluctuations are not a mathematical invention, but a real physical force capable of moving objects.

Their role in the structure of the Universe is enormous. Without fluctuations there would be no stability of atoms, and the first irregularities in the early Universe would not have arisen, out of which galaxies later formed. They are the first source of order in chaos, the seeds from which structure grows.

Thus, emptiness does not exist. What we call “vacuum” is not empty space, but the most fundamental and saturated layer of reality: it is here, at the level of the quantum field, that everything we call “matter” originates.

By “density” here is meant not physical mass, but informational and potential saturation: the vacuum contains within itself all possible states, from which, under certain conditions, particles, forces, and structures manifest — from atoms to galaxies. In this sense it is “denser” than any material object, for matter is only one of the manifestations of this field, while the vacuum is its full spectrum.

THE FUTURE OF THE QUANTUM

Today quantum mechanics lies at the foundation of the technologies of the future. So, for example, ordinary computers work with bits — units of information that can take the value either 0 or 1. Everything your smartphone or laptop does is based on these simple switches. But quantum computers use qubits — quantum bits capable of being simultaneously in state 0 and state 1 thanks to the principle of superposition. This allows them to process colossal volumes of information in parallel, rather than sequentially, like classical machines.

For clarity, to understand the gulf between an ordinary processor and a quantum one, imagine a task in which you must find the way out of an enormous labyrinth. An ordinary computer will check each fork in turn, spending years on it. But quantum processors use superposition and entanglement to process information simultaneously along a multitude of possible paths — not sequentially, like classical machines, but in parallel, as if seeing all the variants of the solution at once. This is precisely how it solves the most complex tasks in seconds that would require modern supercomputers millions of years.

This superiority is already being demonstrated in real experiments. For example, Google in 2019 announced the achievement of “quantum supremacy”: their quantum processor handled a task in 200 seconds, whereas the most powerful classical computer would have needed about 10 thousand years for it.

Quantum science reveals to us a reality in which everything is not as it seems. This world is so small that it cannot be seen in the ordinary sense, but only recounted and described in the language of mathematics. Here there are no clear boundaries, no division between particle and wave, between observer and object. Everything is interconnected, everything is sensitive to attention, everything exists in a state of potential until the moment of manifestation. And modern science still cannot fully explain why the microworld obeys such strange and unpredictable rules. Why can a particle be everywhere and nowhere at once? Why does the observer influence its state? Why do two particles remain connected regardless of the distance between them? These questions place the scientific community before a riddle that it cannot solve with the help of traditional physics. And it is not only a matter of the complexity of the equations or a lack of data — the problem is that actuality itself at this level does not want to yield to habitual categories. It is as if it tells us: “You are looking correctly, but you are thinking in old patterns.”

Quantum mechanics opens new horizons for understanding the habitual perception of reality. It is precisely in this that its greatest value lies. It does not merely describe the structure of the microworld — it forces us to reconsider the most basic ideas about what matter, observation, information, and even time are. However, if we want to learn to control our reality and reveal our true nature, we cannot bypass one of the most fundamental and mysterious pillars of the Universe — space.

SPACE

It would seem, what is there to talk about? Space is the main stage of being, the three-dimensional background on which the main action of life takes place. We perceive it as something self-evident: an infinite field filled with objects, processes, and events. Various sets, all possible plots and stories. At first glance everything happens in “space,” in a kind of emptiness between objects, as if the Universe were a box into which many different things have been placed. But is this actually so? Or have we simply grown accustomed to thinking so?

Could it be that emptiness is not the absence of anything, but a “matter” of another kind? It is quite hard to form a different point of view within oneself, for you see the sky, trees, houses, people, and between them empty space. A person feels the world around them through touches, images, and sounds, but space cannot be felt. And in this lies the greatest difficulty of realizing a different picture of the world. It is interesting that even such habitual sensations as sound we often perceive superficially. And in the cognition of this phenomenon lies the key to understanding space as an object.

THE MATTER OF SOUND

To most people it seems that sound waves are some self-sufficient substance flying through the air like bullets, from a source to the ear. In fact sound is not a particle and not a stream of energy in the ordinary sense, but a wave propagating through a medium.

Sound waves are not separate objects, but oscillations of already existing particles of the medium, be it air, water, or a solid body. When we speak, listen to music, knock on a door, or applaud — we cause local compressions and rarefactions in the surrounding medium. These changes are transmitted from one particle to another, creating a chain reaction — a pressure wave, which our auditory apparatus then interprets as sound.

Simply put, sound is not something external, not a special kind of matter, but a dynamic state of the medium, in this case air. An information impulse transmitted through the interaction of particles that themselves do not leave their place, but pass the oscillatory motion onward.

If we mentally increase the scale to the level of individual molecules, then sound looks like a kind of “relay race”: one molecule collides with the next, that one with the following, and so on. The chain of oscillations is the sound wave. In a vacuum, where there are no particles capable of transmitting oscillations, sound cannot exist — this is precisely why absolute silence reigns in space.

This observation is important because it points to yet another facet of reality: many of the things we perceive as separate phenomena are in fact merely forms of interaction of the medium in which they occur. And if even such a habitual phenomenon as sound turns out to be not a self-sufficient object, but a process within an already existing field of particles, then what does this tell us about other phenomena — for example, about light, or even about consciousness?

Just as sound is born in the oscillations of air, perhaps other aspects of reality — matter and information — manifest through the interaction of deeper structures. Perhaps we live not in a world of separate objects, but in a world of interconnected processes, where everything — from the rustle of leaves to a thought that has arisen in the head — is merely a resonance in a single information fabric of being.

THE MATTER OF SPACE

We have come to an interesting question: perhaps space is not merely a background, but an active participant in events, a medium in which everything is formed, interacts, and changes? If we accept this idea, then the whole picture of the world begins to change. Space ceases to be merely a container for matter — it becomes part of matter itself, its structural foundation, the information fabric on which all phenomena manifest.

Perhaps we do not merely live in space — we are made of it. It is likely that it is not separated from us, but connected with our every breath, every movement, every thought. And if this is so, then man is not merely a participant in reality, but literally a part of it, a link, a pattern in the common music of being. To understand what space actually is, let us turn to how its understanding developed within scientific thought. This is important, since the realization of this knowledge forms one of the pillars of QRTIR.

THE ANSWER OF PHYSICS

From the standpoint of classical physics, space is a three-dimensional geometric construction in which one can determine the position of objects relative to one another. This model is rooted in the works of Isaac Newton, who in 1687 in his work “Mathematical Principles of Natural Philosophy” described space as absolute and independent of matter — something like an empty vessel into which everything else is placed. Time, according to Newton, also existed separately — as a linear parameter along which events unfold.

The model worked well for everyday tasks and even for describing the motion of planets. It made it possible to predict eclipses, calculate flight trajectories, and build mechanical clocks with high precision. However, by the beginning of the 20th century it became clear: the picture is too limited when it comes to objects moving at near-light speeds or located in strong gravitational fields.

The turning point was the appearance of Albert Einstein’s theory of relativity. In 1905 he published the “special theory of relativity,” and then, in 1915, the “general theory of relativity.” Now space and time united into a single four-dimensional continuum — spacetime, which became not merely a background, but a dynamic structure capable of curving under the action of mass and energy.

Gravity, previously perceived as a force acting at a distance, was now explained as the geometry of space itself. Massive bodies, such as the Sun, curve the space around them, and other objects — including light — move along these curved trajectories. This was not merely a rethinking of the concept of space, but a qualitative leap in the understanding of the nature of reality.

A genuine revolution occurred with the development of quantum mechanics in the first half of the 20th century. If classical physics saw space as empty and inert, then quantum physics showed that even the vacuum is not emptiness, but a seething sea of fluctuations, where particles arise and disappear within fractions of a second. The works of such scientists as Werner Heisenberg, Paul Dirac, Richard Feynman, and others demonstrated that the vacuum is filled with energy and potentials that cannot be ignored.

Interest in the nature of space and its possible “invisible substantiality” arose long before the appearance of quantum mechanics. The history of the idea of the ether is one of the earliest attempts to explain what reality is “placed” in.

THE ETHER

The idea of the ether is one of the oldest and most persistent attempts to understand the nature of space. It arose long before science as a system of knowledge, back in the time when man first asked himself: if light moves, then it must propagate in something? If sound requires air, then why should light not have its own medium?

The first mentions of the ether can be found as early as the ancient philosophers. In Aristotle it appeared as the fifth element, which fills the heavens and differs from the four earthly elements — earth, water, air, and fire. This was the ether as a cosmological idea, a symbol of order and harmony, the medium in which the planets revolve and the stars shine.

But the ether received a genuine second life in the Modern era, especially in the 19th century, when science encountered the problem of the propagation of electromagnetic waves. Waves need a medium, which was obvious, for sound does not exist without air, and waves without water. Thus was born the image of the luminiferous ether — a subtle, all-pervading matter that fills all space and serves as the background for all physical phenomena.

In this period many scientists considered the ether a real object of research. It had to be motionless, like an ocean along which planets sail and through which rays of light propagate. It was then that an active search for proofs of its existence began. One of the most famous experiments is that of Albert Michelson and Edward Morley.

The Michelson – Morley experiment was aimed at detecting the so-called “ether wind” — a hypothetical flow arising from the motion of the Earth through the motionless luminiferous ether, which, according to the ideas of the time, was supposed to fill all space, like an ocean in which celestial bodies drift and light waves propagate; if the ether existed, then, moving along its orbit around the Sun at a speed of about 30 km/s, the Earth would have to “feel the resistance” of the ether — much as a swimmer feels the current of water — and this would have to manifest in a change in the speed of light in different directions relative to the motion of the Earth, which is precisely what the scientists tried to record with the help of an interferometer, but, to universal astonishment, no “wind” was detected — light traveled at the same speed in all directions, as if the ether simply did not exist.

And although some researchers tried to explain this in other ways, most scientists concluded: the ether, as a material substance, simply did not exist. From that moment the term “ether” begins to disappear from scientific language, giving way to new concepts.

Nevertheless, the rejection of the ether as a concrete medium did not become a rejection of the very idea: something must connect space, ensure interaction, transmit information between remote points. This thought was developed in the works of Faraday and Maxwell, where instead of the ether they spoke of fields — electric and magnetic. Fields became the substitute for the ether, although in essence they performed a similar function: they were invisible, immaterial, but acting at a distance.

The turning point came with Einstein’s theory of relativity. Gravity ceased to be a force acting at a distance and became the geometry of space itself. Thus the need for the ether as a separate substance was definitively discarded.

An interesting fact: Einstein himself in his later lectures did not fully reject the idea of the ether, but proposed to consider it differently — as a property of spacetime itself, capable of deformation and of storing energy. This was no longer the ether of the 19th century, but its spirit was present in the new ideas about the structure of the world.

Thus the idea of space as an active, filled substance gradually evolved — from the mythological ether to field structures and the geometry of spacetime. This prompts us to ask again: what is space in itself? What exactly is curved under the action of mass? And can it be that space is not merely “nothing,” but something material, structured, capable of curving, stretching, and even storing information?

A QUESTION WITHOUT AN ANSWER

To this day not a single scientific theory gives an exhaustive answer to these questions. Space remains a riddle. In Newton’s classical physics it was considered absolute and independent of matter. In Einstein’s general theory of relativity it became a dynamic object capable of curving under the influence of gravity.

Paradoxically, but none of these models explains what space is in itself. What exactly is deformed? What is its internal structure? Can it exist without matter or energy? After all, in order to answer these questions, space as a substance must have unified and common criteria of its manifestation. But for now each medium has its own characteristics, which is quite hard to systematize and classify into a single structure.

If you have difficulty realizing space not as emptiness between objects, but as something single and indivisible from content, imagine a canvas or fabric stretched out into infinity. On this canvas the whole of reality is depicted — stars, planets, people, cities — literally woven into its structure.

If you press on the canvas at some point, the fabric will bend, and along with it the drawing will be distorted — this is precisely how gravity is visualized in the general theory of relativity: massive bodies curve spacetime, and everything nearby moves along these curvatures.

But modern cosmology shows: this “fabric” does not merely bend — it is elastic and expanding. Imagine that the canvas slowly stretches in all directions at once. At the same time the drawing itself — galaxies, stars, planets — does not tear and does not move across the fabric, because it is woven into it. The distances between the patterns simply increase, as if you were stretching a grid with dots drawn on it.

This means that the “background” is not passive. It is a dynamic structure capable of changing scale, storing information about form, and maintaining connections even during expansion. In QRTIR this “fabric” is not merely a metaphor, but a projection of the universal information field, in which the location, time, and even the meaning of objects are set not by external coordinates, but by their internal resonance with the field.

And then the question arises: what exactly do we take for the “background”? Perhaps space is not the stage on which a performance unfolds, but the performance itself, in which every “thread” is information, every “tension” is energy, and every “curvature” is a manifestation of consciousness.

This is precisely what modern science is trying to understand: to find the common pattern that connects all that exists into a single system. For now we see only the image — the results of calculations, action, and form, but we do not understand what lies at the foundation of the canvas itself. What makes possible the manifestation of matter, energy, and even information? What sets its density, its resonance, its stability?

In modern physics there are suppositions that space may have a fundamental structure, possibly discrete (informational), consisting of elementary cells or nodes connected with one another. This resembles a grid or lattice, where each node interacts with its neighbors, creating the effect of continuity. Just as a screen consists of pixels but creates the illusion of a smooth image, space may seem solid to us, though in fact it consists of a multitude of small parts, each of which contains information about its own state and the state of neighboring points.

Another astonishing fact, already known to you: even what we call “empty” space — vacuum — is not empty at all. The vacuum seethes with the constant birth and disappearance of particles, with fluctuations of energy that cannot be observed directly but can be calculated through their influence on other phenomena. It turns out that “emptiness” also possesses properties — it can polarize, conduct energy, influence the motion of light. That is, the vacuum is not the absence of everything, but rather a special state that we cannot yet fully understand. In other words — emptiness does not exist.

One may also think of space as a field analogous to the electromagnetic one. Only instead of charges and waves it contains within itself information about where what is located, how objects interact, how signals propagate. This field may be connected with other levels of reality: quantum, informational, conscious — may it be a manifestation of something even deeper? But even if we allow such ideas, they still remain beyond the framework of empirical verification.

The ideas presented, though hypothetical at the moment, point to one thing: space is perhaps inseparable from the very nature of information existing at the fundamental level.

Thus, space still remains a mystery for science. We can describe its behavior, measure its curvature, predict the consequences of its change, but we do not know what exactly changes. Is it a self-sufficient entity or merely a relation between objects? Does it exist outside matter and energy? Or is it merely a manifestation of a deeper structure that we do not yet see?

The questions posed have no unambiguous answers. But it is precisely they that lie at the foundation of the further understanding of reality. That is why the conversation about the mysteries of being must begin with space itself — because if we do not understand what the background is on which everything happens, we will not be able to understand the events unfolding upon it.

THE STRUCTURE OF EMPTINESS

If you look more closely and take into account the nature of quantum processes, it becomes clear: space is not merely filled with objects — it is in itself an active medium through which everything interacts. It is not a passive background on which events occur, but a dynamic field in which everything is born, develops, and is interconnected.

To understand this better, imagine space as an infinite sky filled with snowflakes. The snowflakes are incredibly small and inaccessible to visual perception — like the finest particles of matter out of which our world is built, but within the metaphor we will pretend that we see them. Each of them has a unique shape, a complex structure, an inner pattern that can be compared to an information code.

On each such snowflake, as in a miniature DNA, the potential of its state is recorded: it can be anything — depending on what it interacts with. Like a Lego piece, each such particle has the ability to connect with others, forming more complex and stable constructions, depending on who assembles the “bricks,” and with what intention and instructions.

But this is only an image. Let us examine what stands behind the described metaphor, let us once again look into the physics of fundamental particles. In the context of the microworld, the snowflakes are not merely ice crystals, but fundamental quantum particles, such as electrons, quarks, photons, leptons, and bosons. They are in constant motion, oscillation, and resonance with one another.

These particles do not exist in isolation; they interact through forces transmitted by gauge bosons: gluons (transmitting the strong interaction), W and Z bosons (responsible for the weak interaction), and photons, which provide the electromagnetic interaction. All this constitutes the basis of the “Standard Model” of elementary particle physics.

Particles, although called “elementary,” are not solid “bricks” of matter. Rather, they are manifestations of quantum fields that fill all space. For example, an electron is an excitation of the electron field, and a photon is an excitation of the electromagnetic field.

Thus, even what we perceive as “substance” turns out to be an oscillation in an information field, where each particle is a “pattern,” a temporary configuration that can change its state depending on conditions, surroundings, and interactions.

Upon interaction these quantum particles form more complex structures: quarks combine to form protons and neutrons, which in turn form atomic nuclei. Electrons, bound to nuclei, create atoms, out of which molecules are built, and then all the matter known to us. Thus, out of primary chaos order is formed, out of randomness — structure.

Perhaps a question has ripened in you: “At what exact moment does the material appear?” A person far from scientific activity perceives the atom as the basis of matter — an indivisible brick of substance out of which everything consists, imagining a solid particle, a sort of miniature ball, stable and definite. But if you look more closely, the picture becomes quite different.

MATTER?

The atom is not a solid particle, but a complex system in which electrons are described not as objects in definite orbits, but as clouds of probability existing as quantum states. It is a temporary configuration in which the nucleus and electrons interact through electromagnetic and quantum fields. At the same time, the greater part of the atom is empty space, permeated by interactions, frequencies, and information.

What we perceive as dense, reliable actuality turns out in fact to be a coherence of states in a field, where matter is merely a consequence of the resonance of frequencies and their interactions. From this one can conclude that the structure of the atom itself is not a static construction, as we are used to perceiving it, but a dynamic alignment of states and fields.

Even the nucleus of the atom is the central point around which its whole structure is built. The nucleus is not merely a cluster of protons and neutrons, but a node of information holding within itself the code of the element, its mass, charge, and chemical properties. It is formed from quarks bound by gluons, and is in constant motion, oscillation, and exchange of energy and states.

But the most astonishing thing: the nucleus is not separated from the surrounding space. It exists in a continuous dialogue with the vacuum, with the field, with the information medium that fills everything. What we call interaction forces — strong, weak, electromagnetic — are not merely the rules of the game, but manifestations of a deeper connection between particles and the space that surrounds them.

Thus, the atom is not the beginning of matter, but the result of the alignment of frequencies, a temporary stabilization of energy and information expressed in form. And if space is not merely a background, but an active information fabric, then the atom, too, becomes not an object, but a process, a stable “little knot” in this fabric.

That is precisely why matter cannot be considered separately from the space in which it manifests. Their connection is deeper than it may seem.

Although visually it is perceived that matter acquires a self-sufficiency separated from its original components, in fact it remains part of a single field of interacting particles. Those very “snowflakes” continue to maintain a connection among themselves, sustain the exchange of information and energy, creating what we perceive as the continuity and integrity of the world. Space, thus, does not lose its activity — it continues to be a living field in which constant restructuring and redistribution take place.

To picture this dynamic interconnection more vividly, one can turn to yet another metaphor — the ocean. Just as the ocean consists of separate drops of water, each of which is in itself negligibly small, but together they form a gigantic and powerful system, so space can be regarded as an aggregate of the tiniest quantum particles. These particles, like drops, are in constant interaction, forming stable structures and dynamic processes. And at any level of being — from the microworld to the macrocosm — these elements continue to be parts of a single whole, acting in alignment, though at different levels of organization.

Consequently, space cannot be considered empty or inert. It is the structural foundation of all that exists, the place where information, energy, and matter find their expression. It does not merely contain objects — it participates in their formation, in their interaction, in their change.

Through this prism space appears not as a container for matter, but as an information fabric in which all reality is realized. It is a field that is sensitive to observation, changes under the influence of interactions, and preserves the traces of all the processes in which it participates. It is not merely a background on which events unfold — it is a participant in them, an active element without which not a single phenomenon could take place.

Space is not emptiness. It is full. It is alive. It “speaks” with us through the laws of physics, through the beauty of snowflakes, through the rustle of waves in the ocean of matter. We are not separated from this field. We are made of it. We are part of it, its expression, its voice.

The space in which we exist is not as empty as it seems. It is permeated by subtle connections, invisible threads that sustain the structure of all that exists. If you look into its deep organization, it becomes obvious: between all points of reality there exists something more than mere distance — a hidden network through which information is transmitted, preserved, and realized.

This network is not limited to separate objects or even galaxies — it encompasses everything, connecting the far corners of the Universe into a single system. And although we perceive ourselves as separated from one another, in fact we are all inside one and the same field, where every impulse, every intention can find a response far away, like a wave spreading across a water surface. It is precisely here, in this invisible interaction, that not only the structure of the cosmos begins to manifest, but also the very idea of unity — not as a philosophical assumption, but as the physical embodiment of a fundamental property of being.

THE COSMIC WEB

A person who has devoted themselves to spiritual development and the path of self-knowledge sooner or later encounters the feeling that everything in reality is interconnected. Sometimes even a person far from spiritual development encounters this feeling. This sensation is hard to express in words, but sometimes it is so vivid and distinct that it becomes impossible to ignore. It does not lend itself to comprehension, but is precisely felt.

Sometimes you begin to notice strange coincidences. Thoughts that arrive simultaneously in different parts of the world. People whom you “accidentally” meet at the most needed moment, events that happen incredibly on time. Decisions born as if not from the mind, but as an instinctive action, and the consequences turn out in the very best way. Everything begins to sound like part of a single whole, as if events, emotions, meetings, and even the pauses between them were elements of a clockwork mechanism in which everything moves in an aligned order.

The words of some cinematic sage echo in response, instructing the protagonist: “Everything in the world is connected.” These simple words seem to touch something deep inside — not because they explain the world, but because they sound true. A person intuitively feels that behind the chaos of everyday life hides a certain hidden harmony, an invisible thread connecting the most various phenomena — from the motion of the stars to the beating of the heart. This connection does not always yield to logic, but it lives in every living being.

For a long time the feeling of all-unity, connectedness, and alignment was considered exclusively a metaphysical experience — something from the domain of intuition, religion, esoterica, or art. But today, thanks to science, this inner knowledge is receiving tangible confirmation. The idea of connection ceases to be merely figurative — it acquires form, dimension, and structure. One of the most vivid scientific images of this connection became the phenomenon of the cosmic web.

The cosmic web is a real physical structure, recorded with the help of astronomical observations and computer models. If you look at the distribution of galaxies on gigantic scales, the Universe does not look like a chaotic cluster of stars. On the contrary — it acquires an astonishing orderliness: galaxies, clusters, and filaments of matter are stretched into thin, extended structures separated by enormous voids.

These filaments consist of ordinary matter, gas, stars, and, mainly, dark matter, which cannot be seen directly but can be recorded through its gravitational influence. This is not mysticism, not esoterica, but physics. Dark matter is one of the greatest riddles of modern science. We cannot see it directly, because it does not emit, absorb, or reflect light. And yet its existence is confirmed by observations of the motion of galaxies, which show: visible matter is not enough to explain the gravitational forces holding stellar systems together. Galaxies rotate too fast — as if something invisible held them, preventing them from tearing apart.

This “something” was named dark matter. It is not part of atoms, does not interact with the electromagnetic field, and we cannot detect it by ordinary means. But its gravitational influence is obvious: it is dark matter that forms the skeleton of the cosmic web, determining where galaxies will form, where star clusters will arise, and where voids will remain. It is the invisible frame on which the Universe is built, and which manifests as the network of the cosmic web.

This network permeates the entire observable Universe — from distant galaxies to the place where you are reading these lines. It is inseparable from your body and from the Earth itself. And when you look at the sky, you look into the depths of this structure, within which you live. It is not merely the architecture of matter, but also the frame for the propagation of information. Just as in the brain electrical impulses are transmitted along neural connections, forming thoughts and perception, so in the cosmic web energy, gravity, and, possibly, information move along its filaments, connecting the far corners of the Universe into a single dynamic whole.

An interesting fact: scientific models show that this web resembles the neural network of the brain — branched, like synapses; streams of various signals, electrical impulses running along conducting pathways. This network has a form that manifests at all levels — in the shape of the DNA spiral, in the way lightning branches, in the movement of clouds, and even in the logic of your thoughts. These are not random coincidences, but a manifestation of fractality, the universal principle of the organization of matter and information.

FRACTAL

When you begin to look more attentively at the structure of the world, a feeling arises that everything is built according to a single “secret” template. The branches of trees and blood vessels, the convolutions of the brain and the beds of rivers, the shape of storm clouds and galactic spirals — all this, at first glance, is completely different, yet seems to carry within itself one and the same hidden rhythm, one and the same code. This similarity at different levels of being is not a metaphor and not a figment of the imagination — it is fractality.

THE BIRTH OF THE FRACTAL

The word “fractal,” in the context of human history, entered the scientific lexicon quite recently — in 1975, when the French mathematician Benoit Mandelbrot published the work “The Fractal Geometry of Nature.” But behind this seemingly technical term stood something far greater: a revolution in the perception of form, structure, and the very construction of reality.

Before that time mathematics had almost always striven for symmetry, smoothness, for ideal lines and forms. But Mandelbrot asked a simple and at the same time radical question: why do we use straight lines if there are almost none in nature? Why does the line of a shore, a cloud, or a fern seem so complex, “torn,” and awkward from the standpoint of classical geometry?

And he showed that this “chaos” is in fact order of another level. Order that repeats at different scales, as if nature drew one and the same form again and again — only of different size.

The first examples of fractals were known long before Mandelbrot. As early as the 19th century mathematicians such as Karl Weierstrass, Georg Cantor, and Helge von Koch created paradoxical curves and sets that had, for example, infinite length but finite area. At the time this was perceived as mathematical curiosities, almost jokes. But it was Mandelbrot who first saw in these seemingly strange, surreal figures a model of the real world.

He used computers — then still slow and rare — to visualize the most complex forms arising from simple equations. The most famous of them is the Mandelbrot set, a black “heart” with infinite edges, where every approach reveals new levels of beauty and complexity. This became almost an icon of a new way of thinking: the infinite in the finite, order in seeming chaos.

APPLIED FRACTALS

Today fractals are used almost everywhere where it is necessary to describe complex, self-organizing, nonlinear processes:

— Computer graphics — fractal algorithms make it possible to create realistic mountains, trees, clouds, and even entire planets in films and games. This is not merely beautiful — it is closer to the truth than forms drawn by hand.

— Cell phones: modern smartphones contain fractal antennas that provide operation across several communication standards (GSM, LTE, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, GPS).

— Wireless networks: routers and access points use fractal antennas to increase coverage and signal stability.

— Satellite communication: antennas receiving GPS signals often use fractal patterns to improve precision and sensitivity.

— Medical devices: implantable pacemakers and other devices use fractal antennas for miniaturization and reduced energy consumption.

— Fractals in medicine help to recognize and analyze complex living structures by their natural geometry. For example, in the analysis of heart rate variability (from ECG) the method DFA (Detrended Fluctuation Analysis) is used, which reveals the loss of fractal complexity years before the clinical manifestations of heart failure. In oncology, fractal analysis of biopsies makes it possible to distinguish malignant cells by the simplified structure of their nuclei. From CT scans of the lungs the fractality of the bronchial tree is assessed — in COPD it decreases. And from MRI of the brain — the fractal dimension of the cortex, which decreases in neurodegenerative diseases. These methods are already used in clinical practice, turning geometry into an early marker of health.

— Astronomy and cosmology — the distribution of galaxies in the Universe resembles a fractal web, with nodes and branches of dark matter connecting all that exists.

— Economics and markets — price fluctuations, the “butterfly effect,” and nonlinear dynamics — all this is better described not by linear graphs, but by fractal models of behavior.

— Artificial intelligence and data processing — in machine learning, fractal algorithms are used to search for patterns and to reduce the dimensionality of data.

This is a tiny part of where the knowledge of fractals is applied. But the most interesting thing is not where it is used, but what they symbolize — a new logic of reality. A world in which it is not necessary to be symmetrical in order to be perfect. Where continuity is born from repetition.

The fractal is only part of the process. It is the way reality builds itself, as if using one and the same pattern, superimposing it on different levels of the universe — from the microscopic to the cosmic.

And if we regard the world as a living system, then fractality is its handwriting, a single and common style of creation. A kind of alignment between form and function, between the visible and the invisible. Between what we observe and what remains beyond the limits of the senses.

Our brain is fractal. Neural branches — like trees inside a skull. The DNA spiral, the nervous and circulatory systems, the structure of the lungs, lightning, the flow of rivers, the branching of molecules, clouds, the cosmic web — all follow one and the same geometric principle.

Now a natural question arises: if the structure repeats at all levels — from micro to macro — is it not because it comes from a single source? From a certain universal field that “draws” reality using one and the same pattern — only at different scales and frequencies?

At this stage of comprehending reality, fractality becomes not merely a pattern, but an interface of perception. It connects what is inside with what is outside. What is personal — with what is universal. As if our body, our brain, our emotions were not merely organs, but instruments of tuning, components of a fractal antenna.

A fractal antenna is a special structure capable of interacting with a broad spectrum of frequencies simultaneously. Thanks to its self-similar geometry — when the small duplicates the great — it effectively absorbs, amplifies, and transmits oscillations without losing stability. Such antennas are used in modern technologies not because they are beautiful, but because they are functionally superior to linear analogues: they are compact, multilevel, and capable of operating across different ranges without retuning.

If we regard this construction not as an engineering solution, but as a principle of organization, it becomes clear: such a structure is not limited to wires and microchips. It can manifest at any scale, and if everything that exists is built according to a fractal template, then the capacity to receive information may be inseparable from the very form.

The key to this capacity is in resonance.

RESONANCE

Resonance in everyday life is a topic that rarely attracts attention. It seems something distant, a purely physical phenomenon having no relation to our inner life. In ordinary consciousness resonance is associated at most with the rattling of glasses when a train passes, or with how sound is amplified in an empty room. It would seem to exert no direct influence on our fate, decisions, or perception of the world. But, as you already understand, this is only a superficial view — an illusion born of the habit of seeing only what can be touched.

In the generally accepted sense, resonance is the phenomenon of the amplification of oscillations in a system, which occurs when the frequency of an external influence coincides with its own, natural frequency. It is not merely sound or vibration, but a moment of synchronization, when the system begins to respond to an impulse from outside with maximum amplitude, as if opening toward it. Thus a crystal glass can shatter from the voice of an opera singer if she hits its resonant frequency. Thus an antenna catches a radio signal when it is tuned to the right wave.

But what if resonance is not merely a law of physics, but a universal principle lying at the foundation not only of the vibrations of bodies, but of life, consciousness, and emotions? What role does it play in the human organism? In its perception? In the formation of reality? Resonance, perhaps, is not merely a physical phenomenon, but the key to understanding how you are connected with the world, how you create it, and how you can change it.

BETWEEN HEAVEN AND EARTH

Perhaps you have heard of the Schumann resonances — standing electromagnetic waves arising in the cavity between the Earth’s surface and the ionosphere — a natural resonator fed by the energy of lightning around the world. Their base frequency is 7.83 Hz, with such ranges as, for example, 14.3, 20.8, 27.3, and 33.8 Hz. It would seem a very low frequency, almost imperceptible to our sense organs. But do not hasten to underestimate this figure.

The paradox is that this frequency almost exactly coincides with the alpha rhythm of the human brain — the range of 8–12 Hz, characteristic of the state of waking rest, meditation, and creative inspiration. Why is this considered close? Because 7.83 Hz lies right at the lower boundary of the alpha rhythm — the difference is only 0.17 Hz. In the context of biological rhythms and the natural variability of brain waves, such a deviation is considered functionally significant, especially given that many people display alpha activity already at 7.5–8 Hz in a calm state.

Interest in the Schumann resonances in the context of human biology and physiology is conditioned precisely by this astonishing correspondence of frequencies. Although a direct coincidence does not mean automatic resonant interaction, the hypothesis of a possible synchronization (entrainment) of human biological rhythms with global electromagnetic pulsations is being actively researched.

Long-term studies have shown statistically significant connections between variations of the Schumann resonances and changes in physiological parameters, including arterial pressure and heart rhythm (for example, the work of Mitsutake et al., 2006).

The study “Does Schumann resonance affect our blood pressure?” demonstrated that fluctuations in the amplitude of the resonances correlate with the daily changes of arterial pressure in healthy volunteers, especially in people with high sensitivity to geophysical fields.

Moreover, the review “Schumann Resonances, a plausible biophysical mechanism for the human health effects of Solar/Geomagnetic Activity” (2002) proposes the Schumann resonances as a possible biophysical mediator through which solar and geomagnetic activity can influence human health — from sleep disturbances to an increased risk of cardiovascular events. These data indicate that we perhaps do not merely live on the Earth — we are physically built into its electromagnetic rhythm, as part of a single biogeophysical system.

But this is not the only example. The circadian rhythms that govern our sleep and wakefulness are synchronized with the rotation of the Earth — the daily cycle of light and darkness. But even under conditions of complete isolation from light these rhythms are preserved, and more and more data point to the role of external electromagnetic signals, including the Schumann resonances, as possible “triggering” or stabilizing factors.

As shown in the review “Influence of electromagnetic fields on the circadian rhythm: Implications for human health and disease,” both natural and artificial EMFs can influence the circadian clock, disrupting the production of melatonin, the quality of sleep, and metabolic processes.

Moreover, research in the field of bioelectromagnetism declares that cells can generate and respond to weak electromagnetic fields through ionic currents, oscillations of the cytoskeleton, and other processes.

In the review “Electromagnetic Cellular Interactions” the possible mechanisms of electromagnetic interaction between cells are examined in detail, including coherent oscillations of structures capable of emitting electromagnetic waves in the extremely low frequency (ELF) and terahertz ranges. These frequencies intersect with the Schumann range — standing electromagnetic waves in the Earth’s atmosphere, whose base frequency is about 7.83 Hz.

The terahertz range is part of the electromagnetic spectrum where frequencies are measured in terahertz (THz). One terahertz equals 10¹² hertz (one trillion oscillations per second). This range long remained poorly studied because of the difficulties of generating and detecting such waves, which is why it is sometimes called the “terahertz gap.”

Nevertheless, studies show that biological tissues, including DNA and proteins, can emit and absorb weak signals in this range. This gives rise to hypotheses that cells can use terahertz radiation for internal communication — which makes this range especially interesting in the context of QRTIR and the ideas of biological resonance and information fields.

The work of Mikhail Zhadin systematizes the extensive data of Soviet research, demonstrating that biological systems can display sensitivity to weak constant and alternating magnetic fields, especially under resonant conditions (Zhadin, 2001 — Review of Russian literature on biological action of DC and low-frequency AC magnetic fields). These data point to possible mechanisms through which external electromagnetic fields can influence cellular activity, for example, by means of ionic resonance.

All this gives rise to an intriguing question: is the similarity between the frequencies of biological processes and the natural resonances of the Earth a random coincidence — or evidence of a deep, evolutionarily conditioned connection between life and the planet? Science does not yet give an unambiguous answer, but the very posing of the question opens the way to a new understanding of the interaction of the living and the nonliving.

Perhaps this is merely a play of the imagination, the result of such a cognitive phenomenon as apophenia — the mind’s tendency to discover regularities, meaning, or connections in random, chaotic, or incoherent data. But do not hasten to lynch me. Even if it is a play of the inflamed imagination of one author — if it helps to perceive reality better and more richly, to see, feel, and hear the world around us — does it not seem worthy to consider in it a key to great possibilities? I think it is worth at least weighing this.

IN A SINGLE IMPULSE

Resonance is a universal principle of the organization of life. A vivid illustration of this phenomenon is murmuration — the coordinated movement of huge flocks of birds, especially swallows and starlings. Watching them, it seems they move as a single being, without a leader, without a command, but with perfect coordination. Like one big living cloud.

Another astonishing example is the bamboo flowering cycle. Some species of bamboo can live for decades, even centuries, before flowering simultaneously all over the world. After that the seeds fall, and almost all the plants die. Scientists still cannot precisely explain how this is possible, for the plants are separated by thousands of kilometers and different climatic conditions.

Bee colonies are another system where resonance plays a key role. Bees use vibrations and sounds to align their actions: to choose a new place for the hive, to report the direction to nectar, or to signal danger.

And here we are — people. We, too, participate in this process. Modern neurophysiological studies show that the brain waves of people in a state of deep emotional contact begin to synchronize. This happens not only in pairs, but also in groups: musicians in an ensemble, friends in conversation, meditators in a shared space. It is especially interesting that synchronization intensifies when people experience emotional closeness, trust, or sympathy. One might say that such a feeling as, for example, love is not merely a feeling, but a biological resonance, a form of connection that goes beyond the framework of words and actions.

These examples are not merely interesting observations. They point to one and the same regularity: when a system reaches coherence, it begins to respond to the frequency of the whole. Be it a flock of birds, a colony of bees, a group of people, or the ecosystem of the planet — resonance becomes the mechanism through which information is transmitted, aligned, and realized.

If you look at the world from this point of view, it turns out that everything in the Universe is connected through resonance. From the oscillations of particles to the motion of galaxies — all these are forms of interaction, expression, and response. Human consciousness is only one of the levels of this organization, but it is precisely it that is capable of comprehending this process and beginning to participate in it meaningfully. So can it be that our perception, our intentions, and our attention are forms of tuning to certain frequencies of the Universe?

Behind all these phenomena — from the rhythms of our body to gigantic cosmic structures — stand two key principles out of which all reality is built.

The first is form. It is how all that exists is structured: repeating patterns, architecture, structure. In QRTIR this manifests as fractality — when one and the same pattern repeats at all levels: from the cell to the galaxy.

The second is movement. It is how everything interacts: vibrations, oscillations, rhythms. In QRTIR this is expressed through resonance — the capacity of systems to “tune” to one another, even at a distance.

Form without movement is a dead scheme. Movement without form is chaos. But together they create a living, integral reality. It is precisely their unity that lies at the foundation of the universal information field — the dynamic fabric out of which our world is woven.

THE UIF

The aggregate of these processes — the properties of space, all-unity, fractality, and resonance — forms in QRTIR the concept of the “universal quantum information field” (abbreviated the universal field, or UIF). This is the fundamental structure of reality, the cornerstone of the Quantum Resonance Theory of Individual Reality.

In the context of QRTIR the universal field is not an arbitrary metaphysical hypothesis, but a logical model built on the basis of a multitude of empirically confirmed phenomena: quantum entanglement, coherence in biosystems, the fractal structure of the cosmos and of living matter, and also nonlocality in neural and social networks.

There is as yet no instrument capable of “measuring” the UIF directly, as we measure the electromagnetic field. But just as gravity was long perceived as a “force at a distance” until it was understood as the curvature of spacetime, the UIF may be the next step in explaining the connectedness of reality — not as mystical, but as physically grounded.

Therefore, within QRTIR, the UIF is regarded not as a belief, but as a working hypothesis that unites disparate phenomena into a single picture and predicts new ones — for example, the possibility of the preservation of consciousness outside the body, or synchronization through resonance at the interpersonal and planetary levels.

If we agree for a time that the UIF is a real structure, then one of the important characteristics of the universal field is its fractal structure. As in nature, where the same principle of organization repeats, the universal field, too, is organized on the principle of self-similarity. This means that one and the same principle of interaction and transmission of information operates at all levels: from the microworld to the macrocosm. Fractality allows the UIF to be simultaneously integral and infinitely divisible, universal and personal — so that every person, every being, every system can interact with it at its own level.

The universal field is not a passive background of events — it is actively involved in the processes of storing, transmitting, and realizing all possible states and potentials of development. It is a dynamic structure in which not only real but also potential events coexist at one and the same moment. The UIF is not limited by the physical laws of habitual space and time — it permeates them, forming the basis for the manifestation of matter, energy, consciousness, and even possibilities not yet realized.

This means that everything we see, feel, and take for granted is merely one of the variants “chosen” from an infinite multitude of others. And if information exists outside matter, outside time and space, then our reality, too, is not a static object, but a dynamic process of manifestation.

A provocative question arises: how material is the Universe at all? Or is it merely a stable illusion, aligned through perception? It is quite hard to picture such a picture of the world in which something can be everywhere, everything, and at once. But it is even harder not merely to imagine it, but to accept it as a valid model of reality.

We are used to thinking that information exists only in material carriers — in the brain, on a hard drive, in a book, or in the form of electrical signals in a computer. This habitual point of view limits our perception, forcing us to see reality as a set of physical objects in which data is encoded.

However, modern science offers a different view.

INFORMATIONAL MATTER

We already know that the structure of the Universe differs substantially from ordinary perception. Quantum physics demonstrates that information can exist in several variants at once, regardless of a material carrier. This testifies that information is not merely a product of matter, but, possibly, its foundation.

Confirmation of this idea can also be found in cosmology. Modern research shows that visible matter — the kind of which the stars, planets, and we ourselves consist — makes up only about 5% of the Universe. About 27% falls to dark matter — invisible, but perceptible through its gravitational influence. The remaining 68% is dark energy, whose nature remains a riddle, but which is thought to be responsible for the accelerated expansion of the Universe.

These data make one reflect: if the greater part of the Universe consists of what we cannot see, measure directly, or understand in habitual terms, then the foundation of actuality is not in what we see, but in what remains beyond observation. Perhaps dark matter and dark energy are not merely “missing mass,” but manifestations of a deeper structure in which information and consciousness play a key role.

The reality that we perceive is only a small part of what actually exists. Everything else remains hidden, inaccessible to our sight, but no less real. In the context of QRTIR this ratio can be interpreted as follows:

— 5% of visible matter is manifested reality, what we perceive as the physical world.

— The remaining 95% is unrealized potential, the information field in which all possible variants of events, forms, and scenarios are stored.

— Dark matter can be regarded as the structural frame ensuring the connection between the levels of information and matter.

— Dark energy, in turn, can be not merely the force causing the expansion of the Universe, but a carrier of information, a space of possibilities that resonates with consciousness and determines which of the potentials will become real.

Humanity is already intuitively moving toward the understanding that information can be stored not only in material carriers. In quantum technologies, for example, it is not physical form that is used, but the energy state of particles — superposition and entanglement — as the basis for storing and transmitting data. Although memory is traditionally associated with chemical and structural changes in neurons, modern research shows that electromagnetic fields arising from coherent neural activity can participate in the organization and coordination of processes connected with memory.

Even in everyday life we increasingly encounter the fact that information ceases to be tied to a concrete material object. We do not store music on records or flash drives, but transmit it through energy frequencies — radio waves, Wi-Fi, satellite signals.

We do not write letters on paper, but encode words into impulses that instantly cross the planet through a network of cables and relay stations. The very idea of “cloud storage” is not a coincidence: it reflects our increasingly abstract perception of data. We no longer think about where a file is stored — it seems to “hang” in space, accessible from everywhere. This does not mean that it is immaterial (it is still recorded on servers), but for us it becomes a function of frequency, not of a thing.

All this is an early manifestation of one and the same idea: information can be separated from its carrier, transmitted, changed, restored — like a wave, not like an object. And perhaps dark energy is not merely a force accelerating the expansion of the Universe, but a manifestation of a subtler level of this same nature: an information field that does not need to be “stored,” because it is built into the very fabric of reality.

Within the theory, the Universe is built not only of matter, but also of information stored in the universal field. What we perceive as solid, tangible actuality is in fact merely one of its possible manifestations, which has irreversibly fixed itself in the current moment. Matter is not primary; it is rather like “frozen” information that, under certain conditions, has passed from a state of potential into form.

This assertion immediately gives rise to a philosophical question: if all that exists is already contained in the UIF as potential, does our life then reduce to a choice from a pre-set menu? If all our actions, decisions, and life experience are “written on the tablets of the universe” — where, then, in such a picture of the world, is the place for genuine creativity, freedom, and novelty?

The answer lies in the very nature of this “potential.” The formation of reality is like an unspoken word that has already taken shape in consciousness but has not yet sounded. As long as it “hangs on the tongue,” it remains a potential: it can be said differently, replaced, rethought — or left entirely unspoken. And only at the moment of utterance does it acquire form.

I do not think that in QRTIR there is a place for fatalism, which lurks in a choice predetermined from above, since the “potential” of the UIF is not a set of ready-made models of reality, but something greater, resembling a language with an infinite generative grammar. This concept, introduced by the linguist Noam Chomsky, describes the fundamental capacity of human language: from a finite set of rules (syntax) and elements (words) to generate an infinite number of meaningful, unique utterances.

Similarly, the UIF contains not a “library of universes,” but basic patterns and laws (physical, informational), out of which, in the act of interaction with consciousness, an infinite diversity of realities is generated. Not one of these concrete realities exists in the universal field in advance “in finished form” — just as the grammar of the English language does not contain a pre-written “Hamlet.” Shakespeare generated it, using language as a tool. So too consciousness, using the UIF as a tool, generates a unique story — its life.

Consciousness in this analogy is not a reader, but a writer. It does not choose a ready-made phrase from the dictionary of the field, but uses this dictionary and grammar to write a completely new, unpredictable story — its life. “Manifestation” is precisely the moment of writing, the act of creation. The past is the already written and fixed chapters. The future is not a prescribed text, but a multitude of possible continuations, the logic of which will be determined by how we write the next sentence right now.

Thus, dynamics and novelty arise not out of nothing, but out of the infinitely creative process of interaction between a unique consciousness and the boundless but structured potential of the field. Choice is precisely the authorial will directing this process.

By this point a next natural question may arise in you: if the “patterns” in the field already exist as potential, did this field have a beginning? Is an end possible? And most importantly — if everything already exists in the form of possibility, what then is the role of life, this tremulous, complex process? Why is this “act” needed if the field is self-sufficient? The question is not about the abstract “meaning of life,” but about its function within the system. Why did a universe containing all potential symphonies acquire listeners and composers? Why does the ocean of possibilities need swimmers?

If such questions have begun to trouble you, then you are beginning to comprehend the very essence of the theory! The answer of QRTIR is that a field without life is merely silence. It is a library without readers, keys that no one touches. Potential remains potential — eternal, unmanifested, static.

Life, and especially consciousness, is not an addition to the field, but its mechanism of activation. It is the process that translates the infinite superposition of “may be” into the concrete “is.” As a ray of light falling on a prism decomposes white color into a spectrum, so consciousness, resonating with the field, manifests its concrete facets.

Your breathing, your choice, your thought — these are not random noise in a finished system. They are the way in which the field comes to know itself. You are its sense organ, its instrument of embodiment. Without this “act” life would be like an eternal dream without dreams — existence without event, possibility without realization.

Thus, the question “why life?” in the context of QRTIR loses its philosophical weight. Life is not a random option, but an inalienable principle of the working of reality, just like gravity or resonance. It is the way in which information acquires experience, and potential — a history.

If the universal field really contains within itself all possible variants of reality, in a state of potential, then an important question arises: how does a person even perceive information and reality as a whole? What fixes potential and makes it reality?

In the context of QRTIR, there exists a point at which the universal field passes from a state of potential into fixed form. This point possesses all the properties of the universal field, but at the same time becomes a material phenomenon and manifests in physical reality. This point is consciousness. Not an organ, not a function of the brain, but precisely the process through which the potential becomes manifest.

THE SECOND BOUNDARY

MAN

Has a question of this kind ever troubled you: why can you be aware of yourself and the world around you? Not that many people burden themselves with such reflections, and those who do decide usually arrive, for the most part, at philosophical conclusions. What is consciousness in itself? A biological process? The sum of all the activity of the brain?

Within the materialist paradigm that dominated science in the 20th century, consciousness is regarded as an epiphenomenon — a by-product of complex neural activity. According to this point of view, the brain is a biological computer, and consciousness is no more than “noise” arising during the processing of information. It does not possess causal force, does not influence reality, but merely accompanies the processes occurring in the nervous system.

This model is called reductionist: it tries to reduce everything we call “I” to chemical reactions, electrical impulses, and neural networks. In this understanding, personality, emotions, thinking — all are the result of the work of billions of neurons, synapses, and neurotransmitters. Consciousness here is not a subject, but an object of research, not an observer, but an observed phenomenon.

One of the pillars of this model is the localization of functions: each part of the brain is responsible for its own area — for speech, vision, movement, memory. If an area is damaged, the function is lost. Hence the logical conclusion: if consciousness is a product of the brain, then its change must directly depend on the state of the brain. Remove a hemisphere — lose personality. Damage the frontal lobe — lose the capacity for moral judgment. Destroy the hippocampus — lose memory.

This model long seemed indisputable. It lay at the foundation of medicine, psychiatry, neuropsychology. It gave explanations, healed, and predicted. But, as we have already seen, reality stubbornly does not fit into these frameworks. There exists a series of astonishing cases that call into question even the most basic ideas about the connection between the brain and consciousness.

One of the most astonishing examples is research on patients who underwent a hemispherectomy — the surgical removal of one of the hemispheres of the brain, usually performed in severe forms of epilepsy.

The article “Doing resilience with “half a brain’: navigating moral sensibilities 35 years after hemispherectomy” demonstrates that, despite the absence of half the brain, the participants in the study retained stable forms of social behavior, moral judgments, and personal identity. This indicates that such aspects of consciousness as perception, memory, emotions, decision-making, and moral evaluations are not rigidly attached to one or another region of the brain.

An even more intriguing picture we obtain if we turn to the article “Is your brain really necessary?”, which describes cases of patients with an extremely reduced brain mass caused by various pathologies, for example, hydrocephalus. Some of such people have an extremely compressed brain, barely distinguishable on MRI. In some of them the level of functioning was close to normal, despite the fact that the structural mass of the brain was significantly reduced. These observations make one reflect: is it possible that consciousness does not depend directly on the volume of the brain or its concrete regions?

Additional understanding is given by the study “Partial agenesis of the corpus callosum in spina bifida meningomyelocele and potential compensatory mechanisms,” which shows that even the absence or underdevelopment of the most important structure of the brain — the corpus callosum, responsible for communication between the hemispheres — does not always lead to pronounced cognitive impairments. Instead, the nervous systems of such patients find alternative pathways for transmitting information, which once again emphasizes the plasticity of the brain and its capacity to adapt.

These data also resonate with the work “Cerebral specialization and interhemispheric communication: does the corpus callosum enable the human condition?”, in which the question is raised: is the corpus callosum really necessary for integral consciousness? Studies of split-brain patients show that even in the absence of interhemispheric communication, consciousness remains single, despite the presence of two independent systems of information processing.

A SIDE EFFECT?

To find the place where this elusive “ghost-consciousness” hides still remains one of the main tasks of neuroscience. A person can behold the result of the work of consciousness, but to find its repository remains the cherished dream of researchers in this field.

And the deeper science plunges into the structure and functions of the brain, the clearer it becomes that this approach is incapable of explaining the main thing — subjective experience. Classical science is a magnificent tool. It has explained how the body works, how signals are transmitted, how reflexes are formed. But when it comes to subjective experience — the sensation of color, pain, joy — it encounters what the philosopher David Chalmers called the “hard problem of consciousness.”

This problem consists in the fact that even if we fully understand how neurons, synapses, and chemical signals work, we still have the question: how does sensation arise from these processes — that is, what we feel? Why do we not merely process information, like a computer, but experience it? Why do we have color, sound, pain, joy, fear — what philosophers call the qualia of consciousness?

For example, we can study which areas of the brain are activated upon the sensation of pain, and even predict how a person will react to a stimulus. But we cannot explain why this sensation of pain is precisely this one and not another, and why it is felt at all. It is a question not so much of neurophysiology as of the nature of consciousness as a self-sufficient phenomenon.

Patients who underwent a hemispherectomy, patients with hydrocephalus, and people whose brain is damaged by an accident demonstrate that people are capable of retaining personal identity, the capacity for social interaction, moral judgment, and emotional stability. Such people not infrequently possess normal intelligence, are capable of learning, working, and leading a full social life. A question suggests itself: if consciousness were in direct connection with the brain, would not any change in structure lead to radical changes of personality and subjective experience? There is something to think about, don’t you agree?

No less interesting are the scientific data on people who practice meditation and awareness.

Studies show that regular practices of mindfulness lead to structural changes in the brain, testifying to its neuroplasticity. Thus, in a study by Britta Hölzel it was found that an eight-week mindfulness program (MBSR) is accompanied by an increase in the density of gray matter in key areas of the brain, including the hippocampus (associated with memory and the regulation of emotions) and the posterior cingulate cortex (connected with self-awareness). At the same time, in the amygdala, important for the processing of stress and fear, the density decreases.

Moreover, in experienced meditators an increase in cortical thickness was revealed in the prefrontal cortex, especially in the areas responsible for attention, self-regulation, and decision-making — which indicates long-term neuroanatomical effects of the practice (Lazar et al., 2005, Meditation experience is associated with increased cortical thickness).

These data are not merely an interesting neurobiological fact — they demonstrate that mental training, such as meditation, can change the physical structure of the brain. This is a vivid example of how subjective experience and conscious practice can exert an objective influence on the brain, confirming the concept of reversible neuroplasticity.

That is, if consciousness were merely a side effect of neural activity, then it could not cause such structural changes. But since the practices of mindfulness, meditation, and awareness lead to stable changes in the brain, this indicates that consciousness possesses an active, formative role. The brain, as part of the body, responds to the development of consciousness, adapts to it, and adjusts to it.

Thus, more and more empirical data indicate that consciousness is not limited to the brain. Just as classical physics for a long time successfully described the motion of planets, the working of mechanisms, and the behavior of bodies in the macroworld, without needing quantum explanations, classical neuroscience for decades gave explanations of behavior, memory, perception, and emotions, proceeding from the model of the brain as a biological computer. It worked — within the framework of its tasks: it healed, predicted, localized functions, explained reflexes and reactions. But, as in physics, when we begin to look deeper — not into neural networks, but into the very nature of subjective experience — this model ceases to cope with reality.

Classical physics could not explain why an electron revolving around a nucleus does not lose energy and does not fall into it. Classical neuroscience cannot explain why, upon the removal of one of the hemispheres of the brain — during a procedure known as hemispherectomy — a person’s personality can be preserved: their capacity for social interaction, moral judgment, emotional stability, and even intellect. These are not rare exceptions, but documented cases in which people continue to lead a full life despite the absence of half the brain.

At the same time, it is important to distinguish the functions of the brain from personality. Yes, the remaining hemisphere can take upon itself the lost functions — for example, restore speech or the coordination of movements. This is possible thanks to high neuroplasticity, especially in children. But this does not mean that the brain “reboots” the personality or “restores” it from a backup copy. Personality is not a set of skills, but something more stable that does not disappear together with the tissues of the brain. Its preservation indicates that consciousness, perhaps, is not entirely generated by the brain, but merely manifests through it.

Both of these limits — in physics and in neuroscience — point to one thing: there exist phenomena that cannot be described within the framework of the old models. Quantum physics did not abolish Newton’s laws — it showed that they are applicable only at a certain scale. In the same way, QRTIR and models based on resonance and the information field do not abolish neuroscience, but expand it, offering a deeper basis for understanding consciousness — not as a side effect, but as a fundamental process built into the structure of the Universe itself.

If consciousness really can preserve its integrity even under radical changes in the brain, what does this say about its nature? And what happens to it when the body ceases to function completely? What is consciousness, if not a product of the brain?

THE CORE OF CONSCIOUSNESS

In the context of QRTIR consciousness is regarded as an active, vibrational-informational node, a quantum cluster that “vibrates” with a certain frequency and connects inner perception with the universal field. Consciousness is the point at which the potential becomes manifest, where the wave collapses into a particle, where information is fixed.

QRTIR perceives consciousness not as an object or a thing, not as a substance that can be found under a microscope or measured by a sensor. It is a process, a dynamic phenomenon arising at the point of contact between the individual system and the information field of the Universe.

If we imagine the universal field as a boundless ocean, where all information abides in the form of a “liquid of possibilities,” then consciousness can be likened to that point where this wave for the first time acquires dense form, where water begins to crystallize into ice. For clarity: consciousness is not the ice; consciousness is the process of crystallization, of freezing. The ice in this metaphor is the body. Only in our case we are speaking not of temperature, but of a state of vibrational correspondence.

And here it is important not to understand the metaphor literally: this is not a conveyor where first there is water (the field), then a process is launched (consciousness), and at the output one gets ice (the body). It is a single act. Crystallization is impossible without the formation of ice, and ice does not exist without the ongoing crystallization. They are one. So too consciousness and body: they do not follow one another, but arise and exist only together, as two sides of one coin. The body is not a product of consciousness, but its material aspect at a given moment. Consciousness is not an external force for the body, but its own, inner mode of existence at the maximum frequency of resonance with the field. They are not two different elements, but one and the same state of being, regarded from different sides: as process and as form.

At the same time, the unique pattern of the crystal lattice of the ice is the imprint of the process, its memory and its uniqueness. In our reality this “crystal lattice” — the structure of the body and neural connections — is formed and constantly restructured under the influence of consciousness-as-process. It becomes the carrier of experience, habits, talents — of everything that constitutes the unique traits of personality. Consciousness does not create the body from scratch, but builds and changes its “crystal lattice” through continuous resonance with the field.

At this point, which can be called the core of consciousness, a transition arises from the nonphysical to the physical, from probability to reality — it is precisely at this instant of the becoming of reality that the fundamental basis of conscious experience is born. At the same time consciousness acquires the traits of both a physical and a nonphysical process, like a wave in the famous interference experiment, where radiation is a particle and a wave at once.

QRTIR regards consciousness as a quantum coherent structure — a coordinated system of the tiniest particles capable of maintaining integrity and synchronization thanks to a biological anchor, which is the body. The body in this context acts not as a carrier of consciousness, but as a prism through which the “focusing” of the information flow emanating from the universal field takes place. The body functions as a biological resonator: it is capable of receiving, amplifying, and transmitting information, translating it into physical form.

Consciousness, according to this model, does not reduce to the inner dialogue or emotions — it is the process of transforming the fluctuations of the universal field into information-energy structures. A vivid physical analogue of this process is the experiment with Chladni figures.

In this experiment, sand scattered on a metal plate, under the influence of a sound wave, organizes into ordered fractal and geometric patterns. This phenomenon demonstrates a key principle of physics — the phenomenon of standing waves, in which space divides into regions of maximum amplitude (antinodes) and points of rest (nodes), where the particles remain motionless. Thus chaos turns into order — through resonance with an external frequency. And the higher the frequency of the sound, the more complex and saturated the pattern becomes.

If we transfer this model to the level of biological systems, then the plate can be likened to the body, as a physical structure possessing a certain resonance characteristic; the sand — to consciousness, that is, to an information structure consisting of quantum particles, which can take different configurations depending on the external influence; and the sound — to the universal information field, which, as an external frequency, sets the structure and direction of organization.

In the context of QRTIR this process can be interpreted as a dynamic synchronization between consciousness and the field, where the body acts as a biological analogue of a resonance system capable of tuning to certain frequencies of the universal field thanks to its fractal structure. Just as different frequencies of sound form different patterns on the plate, so different states of consciousness — through a change in inner coherence — can activate various information structures in the universal field, which manifests as altered perception, emotional states, creative insights, or even physiological transformations.

This analogy emphasizes the fundamental principle of QRTIR: consciousness is not an autonomous substance, but a dynamic phenomenon arising as a result of the resonant interaction between the individual system and the information field of the Universe. It is not created by the brain and is not localized in the body, but manifests through it, as a pattern manifests on the plate — not as a result of the inner activity of the sand, but as a result of its interaction with the external field of oscillations.

Thus, the experiment with Chladni figures not only serves as a metaphor, but also becomes a physical model illustrating how information, expressed through frequency, organizes matter into ordered structures. In the light of QRTIR this points to the possibility that consciousness is an information pattern arising as a result of resonance between the body and the universal field, and that its structure can change, grow more complex, and develop as it tunes to new frequencies of this field.

Consciousness in QRTIR is not opposed to matter. It is its unfolding. Like the wind: from the observer’s standpoint it is immaterial, but perceptible. The wind is not an object, yet it influences matter, bends trees, creates waves. Matter arises as a consequence of resonance. And the higher the degree of awareness of consciousness, the more precise the tuning of reality becomes. It is precisely thus that consciousness becomes the gateway through which the universal field reveals itself in individual experience.

In this light consciousness ceases to be personal. It becomes a node through which the universal field becomes aware of itself. Each individual consciousness is not a separate spark, but a fractal projection of a single light. Like a ray passing through a crystal, it decomposes into a spectrum of states — a multitude of frequencies, forms, and perspectives, each of which reflects something common.

THE TRANSPERSONAL FIELD

Now, in the context of QRTIR, having an idea of what consciousness is and how it is formed, what we call the “unconscious” is no longer perceived as something vague, hidden, or almost mystical. In traditional psychology, especially in the approaches of Freud and Jung, and also in modern cognitive science, the unconscious is that part of the psyche which influences a person’s behavior, emotions, and thinking without being directly realized by them.

It includes automated actions, such as riding a bicycle or driving a car without explicit attention to the process, emotional reactions arising without an obvious cause, hidden beliefs and stereotypes that shape our perception, and also the defense mechanisms of the psyche — repression, projection, rationalization.

The unconscious stores memory that is not accessible to consciousness but still influences behavior, and participates in decision-making through intuition — a choice made without logical analysis. In the classical understanding this is an inner space where repressed experiences, innate instincts, and cultural attitudes accumulate, exerting a hidden but powerful influence on the personality.

However, in the context of QRTIR we go beyond the framework of the inner psyche and begin to regard the “transpersonal information field” — an active region of reality in which stable fractal structures of experience and knowledge are stored. This is not merely an inner archive of repressed memories, as with Freud, or the archetypes of the collective unconscious, as with Jung, but an external information stratum accessible to anyone who finds themselves at the right frequency of resonance.

The transpersonal information field is not part of the personality, but an objective layer of reality in which information exists outside direct perception, yet influences consciousness, like a light current guiding movement. Intuition, inspiration, coincidences, and insights — all these are manifestations of the interaction of consciousness with the transpersonal field, when a person temporarily goes beyond the logical filter and catches the fractals of information already existing in the field that are closest in frequency to the realized reality.

If classical science sees the unconscious as an inner structure, then QRTIR regards it as an external information field with which we interact through resonance. The unconscious becomes not merely a psychological mechanism, but a gateway into a broader reality, where knowledge, images, and meanings exist independently of the individual, awaiting their activation through the tuning of consciousness.

In other words, in the context of QRTIR the collective unconscious is not a separate entity, not an additional construct of the personality, but a manifestation of the coincidence of the frequencies of personal consciousness and the transpersonal field. At the same time the subjective and individual experience of interpreting such a frequency is preserved. Thus the collective unconscious is not merely a psychological concept, but an active region of the information field where “patterns” are formed and transmitted, accessible to all who are in resonance.

The Chladni figures give us not only a beautiful analogy, but also a scientific justification of the fact that form can arise out of chaos if the system is properly tuned. In the same way, “patterns” of collective experience are formed in the information field — not in people’s heads, but in the field itself. And when consciousness tunes to the right frequency, it begins to “read” these “patterns,” perceiving them as inspiration, intuition, or coincidence.

And the most vivid, documentarily confirmed example of how this mechanism works is the resonance of insights, when the field, as if having tuned a frequency, begins to broadcast a new “pattern” to several “receivers” at once in different points of the planet. Let us look at them not as curiosities, but as graphic testimonies of the working of resonance — cases when a “pattern” that had ripened in the field was caught by several consciousnesses at once that had come as close as possible to its frequency and were ready to embody it.

THE RESONANCE OF INSIGHTS

In different epochs and in different points of the planet, independent researchers sometimes arrived at one and the same ideas almost simultaneously, without having any connection with one another. This is not a coincidence, but a manifestation of resonance with a “pattern” that has activated in the transpersonal information field.

So, for example, Charles Darwin and Alfred Russel Wallace — two scientists who lived in different parts of the world and worked independently of each other — arrived at one of the most revolutionary ideas of the 19th century: the concept of natural selection as the driving force of evolution.

Darwin, a British naturalist, made a voyage around the world on the ship “Beagle,” during which he observed the diversity of species on the Galapagos Islands. His observations of the Galapagos finches, whose beaks differed depending on the available food, became the key to understanding the adaptation of species to their environment.

Wallace, by contrast, conducted research in Southeast Asia. In 1855 he published an article in which he described the connection between the geographical distribution of species and their evolution. Later, while in a feverish state on one of the Malaysian islands, he formulated the idea of natural selection — the very one that Darwin by that time had already been developing for two decades but had not yet made public.

It is interesting that Wallace’s letter reached Darwin precisely when the latter was on the verge of publishing his own works. The “Linnean Society” organized a joint presentation of their ideas in 1858, and a year later Darwin’s famous book “The Origin of Species” appeared.

This case became one of the most vivid examples of synchronicity in the history of science and indirect confirmation that ideas exist in the transpersonal information field as potential “patterns,” and several researchers can “see or feel” them “simultaneously” in the context of history if they find themselves at the right frequency.

The example of Darwin and Wallace is not the only one. The creation of differential and integral calculus became a turning point in mathematics and physics. This system made it possible to describe change and motion with unprecedented precision, becoming the basis for everything from classical mechanics to modern physics.

A MATHEMATICAL IDEA

Isaac Newton, an English physicist and mathematician, developed his methods of analysis (which he called the “method of fluxions”) as early as the 1660s. At the same time he was in no hurry to publish his works, fearing criticism and striving to refine his ideas.

Meanwhile, the German philosopher and mathematician Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz, independently of Newton, arrived at analogous conclusions, using a different approach and creating a unique system of notation that is used in mathematics to this day (for example, the symbols ∫ and dx).

Leibniz published his results in 1684 — almost ten years earlier than Newton set out his version in detail in the work “Mathematical Principles of Natural Philosophy.” This led to a heated dispute over priority that continued for many years.

From the standpoint of QRTIR, this is an example of synchronization with the transpersonal field: two great minds, working in different cultures and traditions, caught one and the same mathematical “pattern” from the transpersonal information field, each in their own language and through their own experience.

THE BIRTH OF THE TELEPHONE

Another interesting example. In 1876 Alexander Graham Bell received a patent for the invention of the telephone — a device capable of transmitting human speech along an electrical line. But less than an hour before him, another inventor filed a patent — Elisha Gray.

Both worked on the idea of converting sound into electrical impulses and back. Bell used a membrane connected to an electromagnet to transmit the oscillations of the voice. Gray, in turn, proposed a similar device in his application, though he did not manage to file it completely.

This case became the occasion for one of the most famous legal disputes in the history of technology. Although the courts recognized Bell as the first, the question of whether Gray was in fact a step ahead remains a subject of discussion.

Even a person far from science and discoveries has in one way or another encountered the fact that sometimes consciousness is illuminated by some thought or idea that seems very innovative and fresh. And not infrequently it turns out that while we are trying to realize, comprehend, and implement this idea, someone somewhere has already embodied it.

From the standpoint of QRTIR, this is yet another manifestation of collective access to the transpersonal information field: the idea of the telephone already existed as a possibility, and both inventors found themselves in resonance with it at one and the same time.

MATHEMATICS AS REVELATION

If the examples of Darwin, Newton, and Bell show the synchronous resonance of several minds within one cultural-scientific environment, then the story of Srinivasa Ramanujan takes the idea of resonance with the transpersonal field to a new level. Here we see not synchrony, but a unique, almost solitary perception of patterns to which the scientific basis of his epoch had not even begun to approach.

Ramanujan, born into a poor Indian family, had no access to a university education. His mathematical knowledge up to a certain point was limited to two textbooks. However, from his youth he displayed a phenomenal capacity to derive the most complex formulas, many of which at the time had neither proofs nor even analogues in Western mathematics.

In his notes he often omitted proofs, writing down only the finished result, accompanying it with the note “The goddess Namagiri revealed it to me…” or asserting that the formulas came to him in dreams from the goddess Namagiri. When in 1913 he sent his notebooks with thousands of theorems to the famous English mathematician Godfrey Hardy, the latter at first considered them the fruit of a hoax. But soon Hardy realized that he was dealing with a genius of a completely special cast: Ramanujan’s formulas, born seemingly out of nowhere, were deeply correct and opened new horizons in number theory, analysis, and combinatorics.

From the standpoint of QRTIR, Ramanujan appears as an ideal “resonator.” His consciousness, unburdened by the ready-made templates of academic science, was exceptionally purely tuned to the abstract-mathematical segment of the universal information field. He did not “solve” problems in the traditional sense — he “heard” their solutions as integral, harmonious structures. His case is a powerful argument in favor of the fact that the transpersonal field contains not only ideas “ripened” for the epoch, but also “eternal” patterns, access to which requires not so much an external basis as an inner, almost meditative tuning of consciousness.

Ramanujan’s works are still being deciphered and finding application in cryptography, elementary particle physics, and string theory. This means that his resonance was so precise that it caught “patterns” whose relevance manifested only a century later. His life is a testimony: the field of knowledge is boundless, and a genius is one who acquires the capacity to become its conductor.

BASIS OR RESONANCE?

All the described cases point to one thing: at a certain moment in time a pattern activates in the transpersonal information field that becomes accessible to perception for all who are at the corresponding frequency. As if this information hung in the air, like the aroma of a “discovery,” the smell of “eureka,” which cannot be caught physically but can be sensed resonantly — through the synchronization of consciousness with the field.

Here a natural question may arise: is such synchronicity not simply a consequence of the general level of development of civilization? After all, the discovery of the telephone required knowledge of electricity, calculus required an accumulated mass of mathematical problems, and the theory of evolution required sufficient data on geology and biology. So it is! And QRTIR does not deny this. It regards this basis not as a refutation, but as a necessary condition for resonance.

The material and intellectual basis of an epoch is not merely a storehouse of knowledge. Resonance with the transpersonal field occurs not in a vacuum, but at the point of tension between the mastered (the basis) and the possible (the potential of the field). Darwin and Wallace resonated not with an abstract idea of evolution hanging in the air awaiting manifestation, but with that precise pattern of it which became the logical and inevitable continuation of the data accumulated by the mid-19th century.

Thus, simultaneous discoveries are the culmination of the development of the basis. They show that it has reached a threshold beyond which the next step becomes not merely probable, but resonantly obvious for several of the most prepared minds.

If it were only a matter of the material and intellectual basis, which in a certain epoch becomes globally accessible, then why do such breakthroughs not occur everywhere and regularly? Why, having the same textbooks, instruments, and data, do thousands of researchers not arrive at identical conclusions simultaneously, without coordination and communication among themselves? Why is the synchrony of insights still a rare and astonishing case, and not an everyday regularity?

The key to understanding this lies in the subjectivity of perception. Even under ideal external conditions, each person’s consciousness is a unique factor. Two geniuses, having before them one and the same array of data, can argue endlessly about the results of research, or interpret the data in their own favor in an attempt to defend their beliefs. And if they do arrive at one conclusion, how can one objectively understand who was the innovator and who picked up and developed the idea? And if we are speaking of different poles of the globe? For two outstanding minds, separated by continents and culture, or by a social environment, to arrive at identical conclusions? Their personal experience, emotional and social background are inevitably formed differently.

There is a probability that this is simply a coincidence, a statistical probability. A cosmic roulette. But with the same probability QRTIR can claim that the answer it proposes is correct. The materialist explanation here offers only to state an incredible randomness. QRTIR offers a different logic: the transpersonal field itself, in which the pattern has ripened, acts as a universal information medium. Since the UIF contains all possible variants of events, past and future, and the reality realized for the observer has its own current frequency, then potential knowledge that has a similar but unrealized frequency becomes a potential for probable realization. When the “frequency of reality” approaches the “frequency of discovery,” it is capable of causing resonance in consciousnesses internally ready (resonating with the new) for answers leading to a single result.

The material basis is the necessary stage, but the play upon it is performed by consciousness. That is precisely why discoveries are not stamped out on a conveyor. The basis creates the possibility, but only the one who has managed to tune their inner instrument to that very “ripened” frequency of the field embodies it. Synchrony happens when there turn out to be several such tuned “receivers” — and this is always a miracle of the coincidence not only of conditions, but of states of consciousness.

Insights do not come for nothing, without long preparation. It is a process of tuning. You polish your consciousness, sharpen your mind, cleanse your perception, in order to become sensitive to that frequency at which the solution “sounds.” An insight is not a reward for effort, but the moment of completion of tuning, the click of resonance, when inner readiness meets external possibility. Thus, the path to discovery in QRTIR is not only the gathering of data, but also the purposeful tuning of consciousness: the practice of awareness, the cleansing of the inner dialogue, the development of intuition. This is what “Ensophia” is, and the meaning embedded in it when working on oneself — a conscious process of calibration.

It is interesting that neuroscience, studying the very moment of insight, discovers states of consciousness astonishingly consonant with this idea of tuning. In classical works, such as the study by John Kounios and Mark Beeman, it was shown that before an insight the brain passes through a characteristic phase: activity is suppressed in the zones responsible for focused attention (a decrease in alpha rhythms in the occipital regions, which among other things are responsible for vision), and then there is a sharp surge of high-frequency activity in the right temporal region, which connects remote concepts. Scientists see in this a transition from direct, logical pressure on the problem to its integral, background comprehension.

For QRTIR this is not a proof, but a deep and intriguing parallel. We observe how the brain literally changes its mode of operation — from directed enumeration of data to a state of open receptivity, where the sudden connection of elements occurs as an integral event. Does this not mean that the very structure of our cognition contains an “interface” for catching complex, nonlinear patterns? Such a state is not an anomaly, but a natural, though rarely attained, function of consciousness.

Then what if the rare flashes of synchronous discoveries are not coincidences, but moments when several such “receivers,” having passed a long path of tuning (accumulation of the basis), simultaneously entered this resonant mode with respect to one and the same ripened potential? And what if the training of awareness is not an abstract spiritual practice, but a literal calibration of the instrument of the highest resolution that we have?

Therefore the synchrony of insights is a fortunate case that demonstrates something greater. It shows that our ideas may have a deeper basis than only a cultural or technological one. This basis is the soil, but the seed itself — that “pattern” — comes from the transpersonal information field. And the rare moments of synchrony are like flashes illuminating this invisible connection, confirming: we are not merely a product of circumstances, we are participants in something infinitely vaster and more alive.

This principle goes far beyond the framework of science. If resonance can work with scientific ideas, then how does it manifest in the sphere of creativity, art, and even the foreseeing of the future? How can “patterns” that have not yet become reality influence artists, writers, and dreamers?

CAVE PAINTING

When we speak of the earliest traces of human creativity, an incredible phenomenon rises before us: on different continents, in cultures separated by tens of thousands of years and thousands of kilometers of oceans and mountains, people left astonishingly similar images on the walls of caves.

In the Chauvet Cave in the south of France, about 36,000 years ago, an unknown artist with a confident hand painted running rhinoceroses, lions, and bison, using the technique of perspective and shading to convey movement. At roughly the same time, at the other end of Eurasia — on the island of Sulawesi in Indonesia — someone depicted a warty pig on a rock in an equally dynamic, realistic manner.

In the caves of Spain and Australia, in the rock shelters of the Sahara and on the cliffs of Patagonia we see repeating elements: silhouettes of animals, imprints of human palms, abstract signs — dots, lines, crosses. Even the techniques often coincide: the use of natural pigments (ochre, charcoal, clay), the application of a contour with a finger or the simplest tools, the creation of volume with the help of blending.

Official science explains this similarity by the common cognitive and cultural origins of Homo sapiens: the same structure of the brain, similar conditions of hunting life, universal stages of the development of symbolic thinking. Ritual, magic, the transmission of knowledge — these are the contexts in which archaeology and anthropology place these images. And this explanation is logical, non-contradictory, and confirmed by a multitude of finds.

Yet the very scale and precision of these parallels make one reflect. Why did a hand applied to a wall and outlined in paint become the universal “autograph” of human presence from France to Argentina? Why did the image of a mighty beast — a bison, a bull, a boar — so often occupy the central place in this primeval “pantheon”?

From the standpoint of QRTIR, this phenomenon can be regarded not as a refutation of science, but as an indication of an additional, deeper level of reality. What if, besides the common conditions of life, there also existed a common information background to which the man of the Paleolithic era was subconsciously tuned? What if the very first attempts to express one’s “I” and one’s perception of the world were not only a reaction to the environment, but also a resonance with archetypal patterns already existing in the field of collective human experience — in what Carl Jung would later call the collective unconscious, and which in our model is part of the transpersonal information field?

Then cave painting appears not merely as a historical artifact, but as a testimony of the moment when human consciousness first began to systematically “tune” to the frequencies lying at the foundation of reality itself: the patterns of life, death, hunting, fear, awe. Different tribes in different corners of the earth, having no possibility of exchanging experience, intuitively caught one and the same fundamental “signals” and embodied them in astonishingly similar forms.

This does not mean that scientists are mistaken in their interpretations. It means that their explanations and the model of QRTIR can describe one and the same phenomenon from different sides: from the standpoint of material causes and from the standpoint of information-resonance processes. The cave in that case becomes not merely a shelter, but the first resonance chamber in history, where the inner world of man first entered into an explicit, visible resonance with the deep structure of the external world.

ABSTRACT LANGUAGE IN PAINTING

In the first decade of the 20th century, as if by an invisible signal, in different countries of Europe several artists made a revolutionary breakthrough: they definitively abandoned the depiction of the visible world. The birth of abstraction became not a single discovery of one genius, but the culmination of a powerful shift in the collective consciousness of the epoch, manifesting in several masters almost simultaneously.

Vasily Kandinsky in Germany, under the deep influence of music and theosophical ideas, arrived at the conviction that color and form are themselves capable of conveying spiritual vibrations and emotions. His first non-objective works appeared around 1910–1911.

Piet Mondrian in the Netherlands, through strict geometry, seeks the expression of universal, cosmic laws of harmony, developing the theory of neoplasticism by 1917.

Kazimir Malevich in Russia in 1915 presents to the public the “Black Square” — not a painting, but an act, a manifesto proclaiming the “zero of forms” and the liberation of art from the obligation to depict anything.

These artists were part of the common cultural space of the European avant-garde, where the ideas of breaking form and seeking a new reality were literally in the air. Their genius consisted in catching and with utmost clarity formulating the main trend of the epoch. However, the true test for any theory explaining synchronous discoveries is the case of complete creative isolation. Such a case, breaking the simple explanation of a “common atmosphere,” became the legacy of Hilma af Klint.

THE INSIGHT OF THE FUTURE

Often works of art anticipate scientific discoveries or social changes, as if the authors, being in the moment of creation, tuned to the frequency of the information field and read off the “patterns” of the future. This is not a fantasy or a coincidence — it is resonance with structures already existing in the field that had not yet been realized in reality but were already “vibrationally active.”

Here are a few vivid examples:

— Jules Verne. In his works he anticipated such technologies as the submarine (in the example of the “Nautilus”), automatic clocks, and the use of a system of electric lighting. Year of publication: 1870. The first submarine fit for combat use — HMS Holland 1 — was launched in 1901. That is, the anticipation occurred 31 years before the real embodiment. The use of a system of electric lighting aboard the “Nautilus” seemed fantastic at the time, but today it is the standard.

From the standpoint of QRTIR: This is not merely the imagination of a writer, but resonance with an information “pattern” that already existed in the field. Verne did not “invent” the submarine — he read its image from the information layer in which ideas exist before their technical realization.

— STAR TREK. The cult science-fiction series anticipated tablet devices, voice assistants, biomonitors, teleportation (in images), and the concept of communication through holographic projections. Year of release of the first original series: 1966–1969. The first commercial mobile phones appeared in 1983, and modern voice assistants (Siri, Alexa) only in the 2010s. That is, between the description and the realization 40 to 50 years passed.

An interesting fact: The communicator device from Star Trek inspired the inventor Martin Cooper, who created the first mobile phone in 1973 — seven years after the release of the series.

From the standpoint of QRTIR: This is not merely a creative impulse of the screenwriters, but a manifestation of collective access to the transpersonal information field. The authors did not invent — they entered into resonance with an already existing “pattern” and translated it into images and plots.

— The book “SOLARIS,” Stanisław Lem, year of publication 1961. The book embodied the idea of a conscious artificial intelligence capable of self-learning, empathy, and the creation of forms that defy human logic. Modern neural networks, such as GPT, appeared in the 2010s, and their mass adoption in the 2020s. That is, about 60 years passed between the description and the realization.

— An interesting fact: Lem did not merely describe the “Living Ocean” — he raised philosophical questions about whether a human can understand a consciousness unlike the human one. Today we encounter this in reality: neural networks create answers that a human cannot always interpret.

From the standpoint of QRTIR: Lem did not invent — he read off a potential existing in the field. His consciousness was tuned to a frequency where ideas connected with the future were already forming. This is not prophecy, but synchronization with an information potential that had not yet been fixed in reality.

— Viktor Pelevin and his works: “Chapayev and Void” (1996), “Generation P” (1996), “t” (2005). What was anticipated: ideas that reality may be virtual, and that a person may not realize they are in a simulation. Today we speak of metaverses, virtual reality, simulation theory, and also of how advertising and media influence perception. These ideas were developed in the works of Nick Bostrom and Elon Musk.

— An interesting fact: Pelevin does not merely describe virtual worlds — he says that we already live in them, through language, images, myths, and social constructions.

From the standpoint of QRTIR: This is yet another confirmation that reality is formed through resonance with the information field. Pelevin does not predict — he fixes the current state of the field, where simulation becomes part of perceived reality, even if we do not realize it.

— MARK TWAIN and the book “Captain Stormfield’s Visit to Heaven” (1889). The idea of a global information network where people can exchange knowledge in real time. In the story Twain describes a “telegraph ball” that allows messages to be exchanged instantly, even across oceans. The first global data networks appeared in the 1960s (ARPANET), the internet in the 1990s.

From the standpoint of QRTIR: Twain is not merely a writer — he is an antenna capable of catching “patterns” that had not yet become technology but were already forming in the field. His consciousness was tuned to the same frequency as that of future inventors.

— David Bowie, the British rock musician, actor, and cultural visionary, who throughout his career explored themes of identity, alienation, and the future. The song “I’m Afraid of Americans” (1996) came years before the theme of digital alienation and “network” identity entered mass culture, and in 1999 Bowie directly predicted the revolutionary role of the internet.

An interesting fact: In the same year the album “Earthling” was released, where the themes of identity, digital transformation, and the distortion of reality sounded like a warning, not like a fantasy.

These examples may indicate that ideas, images, technologies, and even entire scenarios of reality can exist in the information field long before their physical embodiment. An artist, writer, or director does not invent them — he enters into resonance with already existing “patterns” and translates them into the language of images, words, and sounds, interpreting the incoming information according to his experience, abilities, and level of perception.

Here a natural and sound question may arise: is this not simply a brilliant extrapolation? By extrapolation is meant the logical continuation of known tendencies into the future — when an intelligent observer, relying on the data and trends of their time, predicts the next step. An engineer sees the development of radio — and fantasizes about a personal communicator. A writer observes the growth of computing machines — and predicts a thinking ocean. Is this not ordinary work of the imagination and logic, rather than some “resonance with the field”?

Undoubtedly, logical extrapolation is a powerful and necessary tool. But QRTIR asks a different, deeper question: what is the source of this very “logic” of development? Where does that very “tendency” come from, which a genius guesses so precisely? Let us consider an analogy. Imagine two lighthouses on different shores. An observer, seeing their flashes, can extrapolate and predict the rhythm. But to do this, the source of light itself must exist — a universal law or structure that generates these flashes. Extrapolation describes the work of the observer. But it does not answer the question about the source of the rhythm.

So here too: extrapolation describes how the consciousness of the creator processes the signal. But QRTIR proposes to look at the nature of the signal itself. Why do different minds, extrapolating from different starting points (the steam engine in Verne, cybernetics in Lem, early computer networks in Bowie), arrive at similar images of the future? Why does this “light” of the future manifest not as a chaotic set of ideas, but as a coordinated “pattern” (for example, connection, artificial intelligence, virtualization), to which different “receivers” independently tune?

It is precisely this phenomenon — not merely guessing, but the coordinated, repeated manifestation of one and the same pattern by different people at different times — that may indicate the existence of a certain source beyond individual consciousness. Extrapolation is the method of reading. And what is read off already exists in the field of possibilities.

One may object that scientists and engineers were inspired by artistic images, which led to the embodiment of the idea — and this is undoubtedly so. But I want to draw your attention to something else: these images arose long before the technical possibility of embodying them. Why was it precisely in the 19th century that Jules Verne described the submarine, when the technology was at the level of steam engines? Why in the 1960s, before the invention of smartphones and the internet, did “Star Trek” show tablets and voice assistants?

These images were not born out of thin air. In the context of QRTIR they were read off from the transpersonal field — from an information “pattern” not yet fixed in matter. That is precisely why art so often seems prophetic. It is possible that this is connected with the fact that decisions made in a state of creative flow or inspired trance turn out to be the most precise and successful. This is not the result of chance or genius, but a manifestation of the high coherence of body and brain, creating the conditions for resonance with the transpersonal field.

In such moments consciousness is not an active subject, it does not “read off” and does not “choose” — it arises as this very resonance. An idea is an instant of focusing in which individual consciousness coincides with an information “pattern” already existing in the transpersonal field. This is not intuition and not fantasy, but a switching-on into an already existing reality, into a potential that has not yet manifested in the physical world but is already “vibrating” within the limits of perception. The higher the inner coherence, the more stable the resonance — and the clearer the signal from the transpersonal field manifests.

Thus, the creator does not invent, does not predict, and does not conjecture. He becomes a biological resonator through which the “pattern” already recorded in the field passes. And what we call inspiration is not an inner leap, but a manifestation of consciousness as a point of synchronization with the transpersonal field. This is precisely how the cases are explained when the same ideas appeared independently in different countries and cultures. This is not a coincidence, not plagiarism, and not merely inspiration — it is collective access to one and the same “pattern” that became accessible to perception at a certain moment in time.

FORMS OF CONSCIOUSNESS