by Dennis R. Mannisto 30. May. 1998, rev. 9.July.98

It is my speculative contention that interaction with — control of, per se — the holographic quantum modeled universe [a.k.a., the holoverse] occurs fundamentally and simply. Most importantly, I contend that the holoverse responds without resistance as quickly, simply, and non-verbally as does the human body. To understand the mechanism[s] by which subjective consciousness exerts "control" —& thereby "manifests" the "reality" it chooses to perceive in agreement with the quantum observer effect— requires little more than development and expansion of that pervasive set of senses which few of us bother to remember exist within ourselves: proprioception, kinesthesia, somatesthesia, and the like. The sage’s advice to "be one with" the universe/holoverse encourages me to consider the "all that is" as an extension of myself, or myself as a discrete but inseparable component of the all-one. To "control" my immediate human body never requires me to use language to command that it pick up the coffee cup; I simply intend it, and the body carries out the action. It is through this qualified intentionality that I may "manifest" the action[s] that my body carries out. Similarly, all the black magic incantations will have equally little, if any, effect on the holoverse, for the same reason[s], i.e., language is not the controller. It is important to remember the qualitative subjective difference between actions I could or "should" do vs. those I actually do. Without that distinction our bodies would probably behave like caffeinated cartoons trying to keep up with the endless mindflow we all know too well. Something distinguishes "should" from "actual," and an absoluteness of intention springing from some kind of desirability intuitively seems the best basis for that distinction. An absoluteness of belief that my body will "act" as I intend generally frees me from logical / linear "computation" to consciously [forefront awareness] structure & coordinate the fulfillment of my intent. The Intent in conjunction with Belief suffice; my body has more skill in executing the action than my mind has or needs. I "trust" my body to know how to do whatever. Clearly I must acknowledge certain limitations of our bodies. Those of us who play the piano (this writer, e.g.) probably fail to play the violin with equal ease. Yet both the pianist & violinist can walk but are unlikely to run hurdles, or swim the English Channel. Each of us work to develop motor skills that require concurrent development of proprioceptive acuity. That any sensory acuity — exteroceptive or proprioceptive — can be improved at all offers hope for our harmonious interaction with the greater holoverse. We can acknowledge the limits of our perception, but enjoy the hope of improving it. With the observer effect in mind, and the hope of enhanced acuity of any extero- or intero-ceptive mechanism, we have the essential ingredients for "miracles." Like infants who spend most of their day "learning" their body & its capabilities, ultimately awakening to the fact that the body IS them, we can also reiterate the process. We may take the second turn on the widening spiral of awareness, exploring the holoverse from within and hope we learn that it is us, we are it, and yet our individual consciousnesses are born of it as much as we compose it. Perhaps our [or my] language lacks sufficient tools to convey the nuances & primacy of my notion. In the vernacular we often hear or read about "getting a sense of" something. It is this intero-ceptive "sense of" the universe as me [&/or "of" me, &/or "of which" I am] that has taken much of my attention. Using the lesser [my body & its development] as an analogy or smaller turn of the spiral of development, and comparing it to the greater [the "body" of the holoverse] seems to help me understand the approach I [little ol’ me] must take to achieve harmony with "I am" [the holoverse as body of grand consciousness.] Yoga, Qigong, Tai Chi, Sufi movement work, provide many alternative means of physical self-awareness. Without engaging in more than popularized abridgments of them, I can only assume that they resemble the effects that decades of physical discipline at the piano have had on me. I must also presume the dearth of information as to why yogi’s, et al engage in physical discipline exposes either an absence in their understanding, or that they cannot adequately express the rewards for living the discipline; do it & you’ll find out why. I don’t know. But I feel that the persistence of the various traditions reveals the importance of developing physical self-awareness. For myself, simple workouts at the piano have taken me many places. Most particularly, the piano work has revealed — by personal experience — that I can experience my body in many ways, including both the sense of absolute mastery, and also absolute conscious separation from a body that acts/does/behaves as if completely independent of me, the observer. From this range of experiential information I have gleaned a few modest insights. I can choose the relationship I have with my body: I am it, it is me. Or I am I, and it is it. I and it can agree & harmonize, or can easily & without unpleasant consequence disagree. It & I can learn from each other as if separate, or can learn as if one entity. My physical parts have both wholeness and discreteness — one body vs. a left hand and a right — as do some features of my consciousness.