Abstract
A conscious moment occurs when an
individual is in a state of awareness of one’s self and the external
environment. The human brain has been extensively studied to understand the
phenomena of human thought and behaviour in the context of consciousness. Consciousness
has always been linked to the nervous system but there are several studies that
have recorded conscious behaviours in organisms without nerve cells. This paper
hypothesises that quantum energy generated consciousness emerges in each and
every living cell and traverses by means of electromagnetic radiation; an
oldest form of energy that exist in the cosmos and which utilizes the cellular
structures to flow by means of a coherent, invisible, powerful, recyclable process;
a connection with the cosmic energy bridge.
Key Words: Electromagnetic field, Cell,
Consciousness, Quantum, Cosmic energy
The cosmic
energy bridge connects the body with the cosmos
Introduction
Electromagnetic force and
gravitational force is some of the oldest forces of energy that exist. Cosmic energy
is the cause of the universe, which is a form created from nothingness but its
principle of action is expressed through change managed by entropy. At the
level of a biological cell, entropy reduction arises from internal self
organization, information storage and transfer, and the only way to support the
laws of thermodynamics is by balancing these free energy changes with metabolic
energy expenditures (Davies et al 2013) which might be true for all matter. The universe is a living, evolving, adapting universe,
which utilizes information to organize itself and to create ever-increasing levels
of complexity (Mitchell and Staretz
2011). Matter
is an asymmetric form of light, which moulds and creates e.g. a living cell, with
the capability to interact and capture energy from the cosmos.
The living cell is an organization of
elementary particles, which requires a symmetric energy state, for it to come
into existence. Cosmic energy obtained in the form of electromagnetic radiation
is highly conserved in the universe and a confederation of these two forms can
form a bridge which may hold the answer to consciousness. Information for the
formation and progression of the universe is stored in atoms as charge and
spin, with the electron providing low energy to support life and the nuclear
constituents such as protons and neutrons providing high energy for the stars (Teilhard de Chardin 1959). Photons are stable,
massless quantum objects that exhibit properties of both wave and particles with
observable facts, such as diffraction and interference, on the length scale of
its wavelength (Mead 2000; Okun 2006). Quantum tunnelling is a concept
derived from quantum computing wherein photons travel through specialized cell
organelles and elicits signalling by means of movement and interaction of photons
within the cell (Hameroff 1998a; 1998b) a process more rapid than any
biochemical or electrochemical process that exists in the cell and can be
compared to quantum computing. This paper is a compilation of quantum based
factors which hypothesises the existence of consciousness in every single living
cell via the cosmic energy that resides in the cosmos.
Electromagnetic
radiation and the formation of cosmic energy bridge
Phototrophic way of life in living systems
is by means of trapping of electromagnetic radiation energy, converting it to
chemical energy to use it for cellular maintenance and growth (Overmann
and Garcia-Pichel 2006). The effect of
electromagnetic radiations on biological systems depends on radiation strength
and its frequency; these properties play an important role in energy transfer.
Photon penetration was first demonstrated by Popo and Klimek by a process known as photon
sucking, which involves active absorption and re-absorption of emitted
radiation that supports biological regulation within the cells and tissue (Popp
and Klimek 2007). Vogel et
al demonstrated this phenomenon in bacteria, where some bacterial species suck
up radiations from their nutrition medium (Vogel and Sübmuth
1998). Photons that interact
with the cell, can be absorbed, scattered or reflected. The scattering
behaviour of the cell is an important feature, because it determines the volume
distribution of light intensity in the cell (Chung et al 2012; Tuchin 1997). Scattered photons are eventually
absorbed or escape in the form of diffused reflection, but absorbed photons
interact with organic molecules or photo molecules. Absorption of photons
occurs, when a charged particle moves from a higher energy excited state to
lower energy ground state i.e. hf = E2-E1, where h is the Plank’s constant, f
is the frequency of the photon, E2 is the energy of the excited state and E1 is
the energy of the ground state and brings about a release of a photon (Marston 1999) leading to an
optical window effect in the cell.
According to Schrödinger, high level of
organization in living cells can only be maintained because the cellular system
within the cell continually obtains order from the environment, through sunlight
(Chang et al 1998; Popp and Beloussov 2003). Herbert Fröhlich introduced the concept of
coherence in a living system, where he considered absorbed light as an ultra
weak radiation that is calm, with stable intensity and can superpose like a
laser (Hyland 2000). He also postulated that biological systems exhibit coherent
longitudinal vibrations of electrically polar structures (Fröhlich
1968; 1967).
Most communications within or between cells occurs via chemical or electrical
signalling. The first known cellular signalling was demonstrated by Alexander
Gurwitsch, where he showed an increase in mitosis in a set of chemically
isolated onion root cells present in a zone of actively dividing cells and
called it “mitogenetic radiation “which was electromagnetic in nature (Gurwitsch
1923; 1924; Gurwitsch and Gurwitsch 1924). Low frequency electromagnetic force
is known to affect various cell functions, including cell proliferation and
differentiation, apoptosis, DNA synthesis, RNA transcription, protein
expression, ATP synthesis and metabolic activity (Foletti et
al 1999; Lisi et al 2006; 2008).
Biophotons or ultra weak photon
emission is a well researched concept under the studies conducted by Popp and
his group, where cells are known to emit one to thousands of photons/s cm2.
Biological cells are known to show increased intensity of these emissions, when
they undergo physiological changes under chemical or physical stress (Slawinski
1990; 2003)
or a “flash of death” when the cells get damaged beyond repair (Slawinski
2005). The
cytoskeleton is expected to be a source of vibrations that generate cellular
electromagnetic forces at kilohertz to gigahertz range, which is also connected
to the metastatic growth of this network (Pokorný
2005; 2006; 2009). Cells obey the laws of physics, such as the first law of thermodynamics
and hence can be viewed as a thermodynamic machine but simultaneously it
locally acts against the second law of thermodynamics by creating structural
and functional order i.e. it creates and maintains information by expending
energy produced from nutrient in the form of ATP and GTP molecules. Living
cells can therefore be viewed as both micro-factories with nano-machines
performing individual tasks and biological computers whose nano-chips are the
various proteins and peptides in addition to DNA and RNA (Davies et al 2013).
Every living
cell is conscious….
At the first annual Francis Crick memorial conference
on consciousness held on 7th July, 2012, a group of scientists
formally declared a document entitled “Cambridge Declaration on Consciousness
in Non-Human Animals” which stated that the capacity of consciousness emerged
very early in evolution and those processes that support consciousness in
humans are likely characteristics of many living organisms (Low 2012). Lynn
Margulis, in the endosymbiotic theory of organelle evolution, suggested that
not only animals but every organized being is conscious (Margulis and Sagan 1995). Humberto Maturana was the first to propose
that living systems though cognitive systems are applicable to all organisms
with and without a nervous system (Maturana 1970). Consciousness is the ability to be
aware of and to be able to perceive the relationship between one’s self and
one’s environment. It is to be associated with the ability to process, store
and act on information gathered from the external environment (Miller and Bassler
2001)
while quantum consciousness proposes the existence and creation of a conscious
moment through a computational event (Hameroff and Penrose 2013). The
information of consciousness gained by the movement of the energy, resides in
patterns of matter and energy, which are built up in the cell based on prior
experiences with more interaction and knowledge.
The quantum hologram theory by Marcer
proposes that, life at the most basic level such as primitive cells exchange
information with the environment by utilizing quantum coherence of non-locality
(Hameroff 1998a) which is an attribute demonstrated by the photon activity. The
trapping of electromagnetic radiation and propagation of the energy in the cell
wholly depends on the organization of matter, which makes up the cell, its
components and biochemical systems. On disentanglement or release, the photons
are released and it merges with the electromagnetic radiation in the cosmos, an
involuntary cycle that cannot be changed or altered. . The photons interact within the cell, only
if its structure and cellular processes are primed; in the absence of these
structures, the propagation gets altered. Propagation by electromagnetic
radiation can be demonstrated in processes like, photobiomodulation or
low-power laser therapy, which is used to pump-up the cell when under stress,
by generating ATP. During this process the cell membrane and cytoplasm act as the first
barrier for penetration of electromagnetic radiation and protects the cell, by
mechanisms such as selective absorption, scattering, reflection and
re-absorption.
Cytoskeletal structures such as microtubules
in the brain cells have demonstrated this message transfer via the Orch OR
theory penned by Roger Penrose and Stuart Hameroff (Hameroff and Penrose 2013). The cytoskeleton is expected to be a source of
vibrations that generate cellular electromagnetic forces at kilohertz to
gigahertz range, which is also connected to the metastatic growth of this
network (Sahu et al 2013a; 2013b). Penrose
and Hameroff claim that constant formation and reformation of tubulin states in
the cytoskeleton are governed by quantum mechanical effects within each tubulin
interior and these effects function as a quantum computer using "quantum
bits" that interact non-locally with other tubulins and with quantum
holograms. When enough tubulins are entangled long enough to reach a certain
threshold, a "conscious event" occurs (Hameroff
1998a; 1998b). Evolutionary
comparison of the cytoskeleton and its structures suggests that consciousness
existed from the very beginning and has been propagating by means of the
cytoskeletal network of the cell by means of quantum computing (Pereira 2015).
Pop and Klimek have shown the principle of
photon sucking by which radiation becomes partially re-absorbed as soon as it
is emitted by the tissue or cell (Popp and Klimek 2007). As per the laws of physics, a molecule
cannot absorb low energy photons to emit high energy photons, but this can be
overcome by the cell through the property of multi-photon excitation, which
results in emission of a higher energy photon, if two low energy photons are
absorbed (Sun et al 2010).Transmission of photons is ultra fast in comparison
to any of the cellular biochemical processes, where searching, processing and
retrieval of stored information from previous experiences are analyzed and then
used to activate the processes required by the cell, which advances
consciousness in the cell. Upon death, biological cells are known to show increased
intensity of biophoton emissions, when they undergo physiological changes under
chemical or physical stress (Slawinski 1990; 2003) or a “flash of death”
when the cells get damaged beyond repair (Slawinski
2005) which concludes
the involuntary cycle of the flow of electromagnetic radiation within the
cellular structures and merges with the cosmos.
Quantum based consciousness traverses
within every cell and therefore can be hypothesised a support mechanism for important
cellular functions such as cell proliferation and differentiation, apoptosis,
DNA synthesis, RNA transcription, protein expression, ATP synthesis and
metabolic activity. Quantum consciousness therefore enables the cell to
understand and judge perceptions, which gives the cell a prospect to behave as
per will which is released into the cosmos. The relationship between the
universe and consciousness can therefore be explained by the concept of
cosmic-symmetry wherein a cell comes to know the real world (King 2011) through
the uninterrupted flow of radiation that prevails in the universe.
We
are all wired and so is the universe!!
Conclusion
Single celled organisms demonstrate
the presence of intelligence in its lowest form, which has evolved to a higher
state as a form of adaptation by means of cell division and cell
differentiation in higher organisms depicted by similarity in social behaviours
(Marijuán et al 2013). Every single biological
cell is conscious and goes through the voluntary and involuntary cycles of
consciousness generated by means of the quantum processes within the cells. Consciousness
emerges in each and every living cell and traverses by means of electromagnetic
radiation; an oldest form of energy that exist in the cosmos and which utilizes
the cellular structures to flow by means of a coherent, invisible, powerful,
recyclable process; a connection with the cosmic energy bridge. Quantum consciousness
though present within a cell becomes much more complex with multicellularity
and cell diversity. Cellular
functioning can be accomplished when the flow of consciousness is smooth, alert
and expansive, but gets deformed when consciousness is taut, disordered and
apart.
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