HIDDEN INFLUENCES

In the Vedic tradition, this hidden influence of the metaphysical Logos was called the adrishta—the unseen influence, and rather than being viewed as an objective influence coming from any physical source, it was seen to be subjective and arising from the will of the gods or God, the hidden fields of universal consciousness that underlie the observable reality of the universe.

Such fields correspond to universal vacuum states inherent within the unified field. According to the ancients, each of these fields, or vacuum states, is characterized by its own modes of transcendental sound and light, which correspond to the virtual excitations of the field. These virtual excitations represent the hidden or unseen influences that ultimately govern the behavior of all observable things.

In this regard, we can assume the existence of two different types of hidden influence: local and nonlocal. A local influence propagates at the speed of light, while a nonlocal influence propagates faster than light—at the speed of thought. These two types can be attributed to the modes of transcendental light and transcendental sound, respectively. The Standard Model of quantum theory deals exclusively with the local modes of the quantum vacuum. These are invariably modeled as transverse waves that propagate locally at the speed of light.

There is no notion in the Standard Model that the quantum vacuum is also pervaded by modes of transcendental sound (which would correspond to longitudinal waves that propagate nonlocally at the speed of thought). Yet the axiomatic formulation of quantum theory allows such nonlocal influences, at least in principle.

In the 1950s a mathematical proof was developed on the basis of the axiomatic formulation of quantum theory: Bell’s Theorem, which pertains to any “hidden variable” theory that might hope to go beyond the Standard Model by providing an explicit description of the hidden influences that underlie the quantum fluctuations. Bell’s Theorem proves that any such theory will necessarily be nonlocal and must include hidden, nonlocal influences within its formulation. In other words, if we want to describe the hidden causes of quantum fluctuations, then in addition to invoking hidden local influences, which propagate at the speed of light, we must also invoke hidden nonlocal influences, which propagate faster than light. The ancients referred to these two types of hidden (virtual) influences as modes of transcendental light and transcendental sound, respectively.