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Quantum thinking does not replace
archaic or classical thinking. Archaic thinking may be useful when making
decisions about esoteric or spiritual principles. Classical thinking may
be useful when making simple decisions in controllable environments. Quantum
thinking is useful when making complex decisions in situations with limited
information, relationship pressures and ambiguous objectives.
Archaic, Classical & Quantum Thinking
The differences between archaic, classical and
quantum thinking centre on beliefs - on assumptions about reality. Archaic
perspectives assume that reality is governed by spirits, demons and gods.
Classical perspectives assume that reality is governed by statistical laws.
Quantum perspectives assume that reality is not governed, rather reality
behaves as an emergent complex system.
In archaic thinking, we can influence reality
by appeasing or bribing esoteric agencies. In classical thinking, we can
influence reality by applying natural laws. In quantum thinking, reality
is chaotic and ultimately unpredictable, yet we can influence reality
by understanding and applying systemic and quantum rules.
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Four quantum properties may apply to
consciousness. 1, quantum coherence (e.g. Bose-Einstein condensation) may
underlie ‘binding’ or unity of consciousness (Marshall, 1989). 2, non-local
entanglements (e.g. ‘Einstein-Podolsky-Rosen correlations’) may underlie
associative memory and non-local emotional interpersonal connection. 3, quantum
superposition of information may underlie preconscious and subconscious
processes, dreams and altered states. 4, quantum state reduction (quantum
computation) may underlie transitions from preconscious to consciousness.
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Research in quantum physics shows that much
of our visible reality is illusion. Our cosmos is composed of invisible,
unpredictable and paradoxical energy. At a macroscopic (classical) level,
we can predict how accumulations of energy will behave over time. But at
a sub-microscopic (quantum) level we cannot predict the behavior of a
single electron for a single moment. (See
chaos coaching)
Consider quantum tunneling; electrons can pass through
impenetrable barriers by already existing on the other side. Can this be real? This
paradox is used in superconductivity. Quantum tunneling may become a feature of
super-fast computers and other practical applications. What do you believe?
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People like us, who believe in physics,
know that the distinction between past, present, and future is only a
stubbornly persistent illusion. Albert Einstein
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Consider superstring theory; everything in the universe
- all particles, forces and even space-time itself - consists of minute
strings that vibrate and spin in a multi-dimensional superspace. Can this
be real? Are you a composite of sub-atomic, multi-dimensional energy fields?
What do you believe?
Consider the simultaneous existence of parallel universes.
If reality is quantum-mechanical, then our universe should have much more
structure than a collection of classical entities.
The universe may be better called a multiverse. What do you believe?
Quantum Thinking, Beliefs & Reality
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... the structure of the multiverse is
determined by information flow, and the universality of computation ensures
that by studying quantum computational networks it is possible to obtain
results about information flow that must also hold for quantum systems in
general.
David Deutsch,
Centre for Quantum Computation, Clarendon Laboratory,
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Why is the amount of antimatter in the universe so small?
Research at Brookhaven in 1965 revealed a slight violation of symmetry in
the decay of neutral kaons (sub-atomic particles). As a result of
this violation, a slight excess of matter survived the Big Bang. This world
and your body may exist because of a quantum violation that few people have
ever heard of. Can you believe in kaon decay?
The Pauli Exclusion Principle states that identical fermions -
a type of matter - cannot be in the same place at the same time and with the
same orientation. This prevents your body ... and the universe ... imploding,
although nobody seems quite sure why. Can you believe in the Pauli
Principle?
Soul is said to be an immaterial essence of every
individual. Soul is an inner spiritual principle, a source of bodily
functions and mental activities. All human cultures include beliefs in a
soul that exists apart from the physical body. Can you
believe in Soul? (See
Psychobiology of Soul and
Soul of Soulwork)
Beliefs are not facts. Your reality is what you
assume to be true, based on what you believe. Your beliefs are either
summaries of your experience, or (more likely) pre-digested summaries
that you accepted from people you trusted. Your beliefs can support your
happiness ... or your
depression.
Common consequences of clinging to obsolete beliefs include:
- Emotional Stress: You experience
overwhelming anger, sadness or anxiety
- Depression: You attempt to retreat
from a life that does not make sense
- Relationship Chaos: You use toxic
relationship and communication skills
- Age Regression: You demand that the
world follow your childish expectations
- Addictions, Compulsions & Obsessions:
You attempt distraction and escape
Probably, you accepted most of your beliefs about
the world from your early authorities - your parents, relatives and
teachers. Hence many of your assumptions about reality may be based on obsolete
concepts and are in urgent need of revision. Quantum coaching can help you
update your beliefs.
Quantum Coaching & Human Potential
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The great law of culture is: Let each
become all that he was created capable of becoming.
Thomas Carlyle (1795-1881)
Create yourself out of nothing!
Then recreate yourself! Make up your mind!
Martyn Carruthers (still here) |
For millennia, our ancestors pondered the creation of
order. They told simple stories to describe the emergence of order
from primordial chaos. These archaic chaos theories are rejected by
classical science, yet provide interesting metaphors for understanding
modern
systems theories, quantum thinking and
chaos coaching.
Can you, for a moment, end a classical
obsession of trying to understand the world by statistical evaluation?
Instead, you can evaluate dynamic relationships between members of
complex systems. The principles of quantum thinking can both challenge
and assist you to update your view of reality.
Quantum Thinking & Leadership
The principles of
entanglement offer
radical insights into how the world works. If observing a system affects
the system, your observations are forever out of date. If,
when evaluating a system, you become entangled in that system, your evaluations
will be biased. If by predicting a system's future behavior, you affect that
system's behavior - your predictions may be self-fulfilling.
When you plan, direct, or control human systems,
are you using tools derived from archaic (esoteric) thinking, classical
(statistical) thinking or from modern (quantum) thinking? Quantum
thinking can help you create effective management solutions for unexpected
problems and limited information.
Quantum Thinking & Systemic Coaching
Are you attempting to change or transform human
systems such as families, teams or organizations? Are you trying to use
esoteric forces or logical, linear plans to affect change? Are the results of
your initiatives somehow uninspiring and shallow? Do you know why?
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Systemic diagnosis can help you perceive
organizations as interactive human systems, rather than as esoteric entities
or classical machines. Systemic coaching can help you manage and change human
systems ... for example if you join a system and then change yourself ... you
change the system.
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Quantum Coaching & Systemic Entanglements
Quantum entanglements allow simultaneous action at a distance,
at speeds in excess of light. Human entanglements often show up as compulsions and
inappropriate behavior. Systemic
entanglements are often experienced as chronic inappropriate emotions ...
see identity loss. Some
entanglements are:
- I am entangled with an ignored victim (I
experience chronic anger)
- I am entangled with an ignored hero (I
experience chronic anxiety)
- I lose access to my own identity (I
experience chronic dissociation)
- I am entangled with two people in conflict (I
experience chronic conflict)
- I am entangled with an ignored dead person (I
experience chronic sadness)
- I am entangled with someone I have hurt (I
experience chronic guilt or depression)
Systemic entanglements can ruin individual lives and
harm entire relationship systems. We offer effective and timely solutions
for these entanglements and other relationship problems.
Quantum Thinking & Systemic Coaching
Members of human systems follow systemic, not classical,
rules. Some rules are explicit yet it may be against the rules to discuss
certain rules. Perhaps consider a military unit, a hippy commune and
your family as you ponder these examples of systemic rules ...
- Boundaries: Which boundaries can be flexible
and which must be rigid?
- Coalitions: Who can align with whom for what
benefits? Who cannot align with whom?
- Communication: How may communication rules
and meta-rules be used?
- Culture: How does the system identity itself?
(religion, status, ethnicity, ...)
- Development: At what developmental stage is
the system frozen?
- Entanglement: Is there differentiation or are
members entangled with each other.
- Hierarchy: How must
authority be displayed? Who is really in control?
- History: What traditions and history
must remain in active memory?
- Maturity: What emotional ages
(emotional
maturity) must members express?
- Metaphors: What symbolic interactions
can occur between members?
- Power: Who makes important decisions for the
system and for each sub-system?
- Roles: Who must make
trouble? Who must rescue? Who must distract?
- Values: What regulates the values of the
system and each sub-system?
Quantum thinking and systemic coaching offer
you ways to assess and change your reality.
Coaching
in Chaos .
Morphogenetic Fields
Martyn Carruthers worked in health physics
and radiation protection for 18 years before founding Systemic Solutions
- a practical synthesis of quantum thinking and human systems coaching.
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