Consciousness, Karma, and the Universe as Science Retells Its Story
Quote from Kai Chan Andrew on 09/22/2025, 9:38 pmThe life we live is not merely a sequence of events stitched together. The soul is inherently free and creative, yet it enters the world clothed in the body, temporarily forgetting its memories. In this process, we navigate countless experiences constrained by the waves of karma, sometimes growing through suffering, ultimately moving toward liberation and the freedom that comes with it.
The Universe as a Vast Field of Information
The universe we inhabit is far more than a mere material world. Ancient sages described it through the concept of the Akashic Records, a cosmic memory archive that holds every thought, emotion, and action across the past, present, and future. Invisible yet accessible to the soul at will, these records contain not only the life of an individual but also the collective consciousness and the unfolding of humanity itself. Imagine a vast library in which every choice and experience is meticulously inscribed, preserved eternally.
This extraordinary idea has been intuited by mystics for centuries, and modern science presents a remarkable parallel. The holographic universe theory suggests that the three-dimensional world we perceive may actually be a projection of two-dimensional information. In other words, reality as we experience it could be seen as a “projection” based on information, like images on a cinema screen. Quantum information theory goes even further, proposing that the essence of the universe is not the particles themselves, but the information that describes their states. The fundamental units of the universe are not matter but flows of information that are concretized through observation and choice.
Furthermore, epigenetic research provides concrete evidence connecting karma with modern science. Studies of descendants of Holocaust survivors reveal that extreme stress experienced by one generation leaves epigenetic marks that affect DNA expression patterns, influencing neural circuits and stress responses in subsequent generations. Experience is not only passed down as memory or story but is encoded biologically, imprinting itself like waves on the body and mind of future generations.
All of these observations convey a singular message: the universe is not merely composed of matter and energy. It is a field of information and consciousness, where our actions, choices, experiences, and emotions are recorded in an immense network, interacting and influencing one another, shaping the future. Karma is not merely a mystical notion but can be understood scientifically as the storage, resonance, and interactive dynamics of information within consciousness.
Karma Imprinted in Brain and Behavior
Karma is often misunderstood as divine judgment or fate, yet it is simply the returning wave of the actions and intentions we set into motion. Every choice, every deeply held thought or emotion, leaves a trace in the universe and within ourselves. These traces shape our patterns of experience and behavior, influencing the future we create.
Modern science explains this principle through the language of neuroplasticity. The brain is not a fixed structure; it adapts and rewires itself through experience and learning. Repeated habits, thoughts, and actions strengthen specific neural circuits, while unpracticed or suppressed circuits weaken. Negative patterns, repeated daily, reinforce themselves, automating undesirable responses. Conversely, positive habits such as gratitude, compassion, and meditation strengthen neural pathways, creating a self-reinforcing cycle of well-being.
Behavioral psychology confirms this principle. The Stanford marshmallow experiment demonstrated that children able to delay gratification—exercising self-control—achieved greater social and economic success as adults. This underscores that each action leaves traces in the brain and mind, influencing future choices and life outcomes. Karma, then, is not merely a religious belief but an empirically observable principle: the thoughts and actions we sow shape neural circuits, guiding future behavior, decisions, and ultimately, the quality and trajectory of our lives. “As you sow, so shall you reap” is a law being realized in our brains moment by moment.
The Language of Vibrations and Waves: Karma and Consciousness
When we look deeper into the soul, we find it is not a static entity but a constantly vibrating wave. Emotions, thoughts, and actions all carry distinct frequencies and wave patterns, interacting not only within the individual but also with the external world. Low-frequency waves generated by fear, anger, or attachment produce instability and conflict, while high-frequency waves of awareness, peace, love, and gratitude foster harmony and balance.
These waves interfere and resonate with one another, shaping relationships and social realities. Negative emotions ripple out to influence others, while positive energy spreads through a group. Good and evil, growth and suffering, all emerge from these interactions of vibrational waves.
Quantum Mechanics: The Bidirectionality of Time and Waves
Quantum mechanics offers a scientific lens on this wave-based world. The Two-State Vector Formalism, proposed by Aharonov, shows that the current state of a quantum system is influenced not only by past conditions but also by future boundary conditions. Time, therefore, may have a bidirectional structure. Weak values emerging in these systems reveal subtle traces of future choices projected onto present outcomes.
Delayed-choice and entanglement experiments, such as those by Wheeler, demonstrate nonlocal effects where the future seems to influence the present. Structurally, this mirrors the concept of karma as returning waves: past actions are recorded as information, and future choices and consciousness reverberate back into the present, creating a cyclical flow of influence.
Consciousness and Collective Phenomena: Waves Shaping Society
Vibrations and waves manifest beyond the individual, at the collective level. The Maharishi Effect shows that when a sufficient number of meditators focus their consciousness, measurable reductions in local crime and violence occur. While establishing strict causality is difficult, this can be interpreted through predictive coding theories and collective synchronization dynamics. Individual acts of focused awareness can subtly ripple through the energy field of a group, echoing like weak values, where personal actions influence social waves in nuanced, amplifying ways.
Karma in a Wave-Based World
Our emotions, thoughts, and behaviors are not merely psychological events; they are waves of information and energy intertwined with the world. Individual waves interact with others, engage with future conditions, and contribute to social phenomena. Karma is the recording and return of these waves, where conscious choice and repeated action co-create reality and society simultaneously.
Liberation and the Evolution of Humanity
In the earliest stages of human life, existence was remarkably simple. Early Homo sapiens pursued survival and reproduction as clear priorities. Men hunted and gathered, women nurtured children and ensured group continuity. Hunger meant death, and survival required movement and action. The lessons of life were straightforward: actions were inseparable from experience and learning.
Today, life is profoundly different. Diverse ideologies, competing values, countless choices, and overwhelming information create complexity and conflict. Yet this complexity is not mere chaos; it is essential for the evolution and learning of the soul.
The soul is fundamentally a creator, growing and learning through experience. Without experience, there is no development, no learning. Repeated suffering, confusion, and unpredictable events throughout human history and individual life represent entropy expansion, a widening of potentialities rather than random misfortune.
Entropy and Growth
Increasing entropy allows consciousness and information systems to encounter more possibilities, patterns, and novel experiences. Rather than being trapped in fixed structures, individuals engage with unpredictability, fostering learning, creativity, and evolution. Without entropy expansion, systems become rigid, progress halts, and consciousness narrows, confined within self-made illusions.
True freedom and awareness emerge through the acceptance of change, uncertainty, and even chaos. Entropy expansion is not disorder; it is the engine of deeper understanding, broader perception, and the prerequisite for liberation and evolution.
Liberation: Awareness as a Free Creator
Liberation does not mean leaving the world. It is the process of transcending the entanglements of karma and regaining the ability to create freely. We realize that we are not merely passengers in a stream of events; through experience, choice, and conscious action, we co-create reality. The soul, having grown through karmic cycles, awakens to the recognition that it is both the creator of the universe and the designer of its unfolding reality.
This awareness extends beyond the individual to encompass humanity. As both modern science and mystical traditions suggest, we are enmeshed in a vast network of information and consciousness. The realization that each conscious choice and action contributes to the evolution of society and humanity opens the door to a new era of responsibility and creation.
Conclusion
Ancient mysticism and modern science have traveled different paths, yet they converge on the same message. The universe is not merely a collection of matter; it is a field of consciousness and information. Within this field, we are interconnected, influenced, and shaped, learning and growing through the exchange. Karma is the law of resonance, and liberation is the maturity and freedom that transcend it.
Perhaps what we need is not a grand new theory but the simple acceptance of an age-old truth: “I am not merely a part of the universe; the entire universe manifests through me.” In this awareness, we can live as freer, more creative beings.
The life we live is not merely a sequence of events stitched together. The soul is inherently free and creative, yet it enters the world clothed in the body, temporarily forgetting its memories. In this process, we navigate countless experiences constrained by the waves of karma, sometimes growing through suffering, ultimately moving toward liberation and the freedom that comes with it.
The Universe as a Vast Field of Information
The universe we inhabit is far more than a mere material world. Ancient sages described it through the concept of the Akashic Records, a cosmic memory archive that holds every thought, emotion, and action across the past, present, and future. Invisible yet accessible to the soul at will, these records contain not only the life of an individual but also the collective consciousness and the unfolding of humanity itself. Imagine a vast library in which every choice and experience is meticulously inscribed, preserved eternally.
This extraordinary idea has been intuited by mystics for centuries, and modern science presents a remarkable parallel. The holographic universe theory suggests that the three-dimensional world we perceive may actually be a projection of two-dimensional information. In other words, reality as we experience it could be seen as a “projection” based on information, like images on a cinema screen. Quantum information theory goes even further, proposing that the essence of the universe is not the particles themselves, but the information that describes their states. The fundamental units of the universe are not matter but flows of information that are concretized through observation and choice.
Furthermore, epigenetic research provides concrete evidence connecting karma with modern science. Studies of descendants of Holocaust survivors reveal that extreme stress experienced by one generation leaves epigenetic marks that affect DNA expression patterns, influencing neural circuits and stress responses in subsequent generations. Experience is not only passed down as memory or story but is encoded biologically, imprinting itself like waves on the body and mind of future generations.
All of these observations convey a singular message: the universe is not merely composed of matter and energy. It is a field of information and consciousness, where our actions, choices, experiences, and emotions are recorded in an immense network, interacting and influencing one another, shaping the future. Karma is not merely a mystical notion but can be understood scientifically as the storage, resonance, and interactive dynamics of information within consciousness.
Karma Imprinted in Brain and Behavior
Karma is often misunderstood as divine judgment or fate, yet it is simply the returning wave of the actions and intentions we set into motion. Every choice, every deeply held thought or emotion, leaves a trace in the universe and within ourselves. These traces shape our patterns of experience and behavior, influencing the future we create.
Modern science explains this principle through the language of neuroplasticity. The brain is not a fixed structure; it adapts and rewires itself through experience and learning. Repeated habits, thoughts, and actions strengthen specific neural circuits, while unpracticed or suppressed circuits weaken. Negative patterns, repeated daily, reinforce themselves, automating undesirable responses. Conversely, positive habits such as gratitude, compassion, and meditation strengthen neural pathways, creating a self-reinforcing cycle of well-being.
Behavioral psychology confirms this principle. The Stanford marshmallow experiment demonstrated that children able to delay gratification—exercising self-control—achieved greater social and economic success as adults. This underscores that each action leaves traces in the brain and mind, influencing future choices and life outcomes. Karma, then, is not merely a religious belief but an empirically observable principle: the thoughts and actions we sow shape neural circuits, guiding future behavior, decisions, and ultimately, the quality and trajectory of our lives. “As you sow, so shall you reap” is a law being realized in our brains moment by moment.
The Language of Vibrations and Waves: Karma and Consciousness
When we look deeper into the soul, we find it is not a static entity but a constantly vibrating wave. Emotions, thoughts, and actions all carry distinct frequencies and wave patterns, interacting not only within the individual but also with the external world. Low-frequency waves generated by fear, anger, or attachment produce instability and conflict, while high-frequency waves of awareness, peace, love, and gratitude foster harmony and balance.
These waves interfere and resonate with one another, shaping relationships and social realities. Negative emotions ripple out to influence others, while positive energy spreads through a group. Good and evil, growth and suffering, all emerge from these interactions of vibrational waves.
Quantum Mechanics: The Bidirectionality of Time and Waves
Quantum mechanics offers a scientific lens on this wave-based world. The Two-State Vector Formalism, proposed by Aharonov, shows that the current state of a quantum system is influenced not only by past conditions but also by future boundary conditions. Time, therefore, may have a bidirectional structure. Weak values emerging in these systems reveal subtle traces of future choices projected onto present outcomes.
Delayed-choice and entanglement experiments, such as those by Wheeler, demonstrate nonlocal effects where the future seems to influence the present. Structurally, this mirrors the concept of karma as returning waves: past actions are recorded as information, and future choices and consciousness reverberate back into the present, creating a cyclical flow of influence.
Consciousness and Collective Phenomena: Waves Shaping Society
Vibrations and waves manifest beyond the individual, at the collective level. The Maharishi Effect shows that when a sufficient number of meditators focus their consciousness, measurable reductions in local crime and violence occur. While establishing strict causality is difficult, this can be interpreted through predictive coding theories and collective synchronization dynamics. Individual acts of focused awareness can subtly ripple through the energy field of a group, echoing like weak values, where personal actions influence social waves in nuanced, amplifying ways.
Karma in a Wave-Based World
Our emotions, thoughts, and behaviors are not merely psychological events; they are waves of information and energy intertwined with the world. Individual waves interact with others, engage with future conditions, and contribute to social phenomena. Karma is the recording and return of these waves, where conscious choice and repeated action co-create reality and society simultaneously.
Liberation and the Evolution of Humanity
In the earliest stages of human life, existence was remarkably simple. Early Homo sapiens pursued survival and reproduction as clear priorities. Men hunted and gathered, women nurtured children and ensured group continuity. Hunger meant death, and survival required movement and action. The lessons of life were straightforward: actions were inseparable from experience and learning.
Today, life is profoundly different. Diverse ideologies, competing values, countless choices, and overwhelming information create complexity and conflict. Yet this complexity is not mere chaos; it is essential for the evolution and learning of the soul.
The soul is fundamentally a creator, growing and learning through experience. Without experience, there is no development, no learning. Repeated suffering, confusion, and unpredictable events throughout human history and individual life represent entropy expansion, a widening of potentialities rather than random misfortune.
Entropy and Growth
Increasing entropy allows consciousness and information systems to encounter more possibilities, patterns, and novel experiences. Rather than being trapped in fixed structures, individuals engage with unpredictability, fostering learning, creativity, and evolution. Without entropy expansion, systems become rigid, progress halts, and consciousness narrows, confined within self-made illusions.
True freedom and awareness emerge through the acceptance of change, uncertainty, and even chaos. Entropy expansion is not disorder; it is the engine of deeper understanding, broader perception, and the prerequisite for liberation and evolution.
Liberation: Awareness as a Free Creator
Liberation does not mean leaving the world. It is the process of transcending the entanglements of karma and regaining the ability to create freely. We realize that we are not merely passengers in a stream of events; through experience, choice, and conscious action, we co-create reality. The soul, having grown through karmic cycles, awakens to the recognition that it is both the creator of the universe and the designer of its unfolding reality.
This awareness extends beyond the individual to encompass humanity. As both modern science and mystical traditions suggest, we are enmeshed in a vast network of information and consciousness. The realization that each conscious choice and action contributes to the evolution of society and humanity opens the door to a new era of responsibility and creation.
Conclusion
Ancient mysticism and modern science have traveled different paths, yet they converge on the same message. The universe is not merely a collection of matter; it is a field of consciousness and information. Within this field, we are interconnected, influenced, and shaped, learning and growing through the exchange. Karma is the law of resonance, and liberation is the maturity and freedom that transcend it.
Perhaps what we need is not a grand new theory but the simple acceptance of an age-old truth: “I am not merely a part of the universe; the entire universe manifests through me.” In this awareness, we can live as freer, more creative beings.