A Spiritual Dimension of Creation and Connectedness
Manifesting Your Dreams in the Implicate Order
And Jesus said to him, "If You can! All things are possible to him who believes.” –Mark 9:23
I have a mental model of the nature of reality—a paradigm if you like. In this model, there is a dimension of creation and connectedness. A spiritual dimension. This dimension is primary. It is the mover and shaper of our lives. This dimension creates our world of form—the three spatial dimensions plus the dimension of time. In other words, there is a spiritual dimension that projects or unfolds to create our material world of space and time.
The quantum physicist David Bohm hypothesized the existence of an “implicate” order which creates or projects an “explicate” order. The implicate is a place of wholeness—a place of creation and connection. In Bohm’s model, the implicate is much like a holographic film which then projects the hologram into the explicate order. In the implicate order, everything and everyone is connected. However, things can appear to be separate in the explicate order.
I believe that this implicate order is a spiritual dimension. It is the dimension that we are interacting with when we meditate, when we pray, when we hold thoughts, and even when we speak words into existence. I believe that our spiritual teachers and mystics have been instructing us on how to interact and work with this implicate order for centuries.
In my book, The Hidden Teachings, I have a chapter dedicated to the spiritual principle of “Your inner thoughts and feelings create your external reality.” As within, so without. This can seem very “woo woo” and new-agey to scientific materialists. However, even physicists are now acknowledging that our current space-time model of reality is incomplete.
“Space-Time is doomed.” –Nima Arkani-Hamed, world-renowned theoretical physicist
I agree with Nima. I believe space-time is doomed. Oh, it can still be used to successfully model our space-time universe. But is the space-time framework still the correct basis for describing all of objective reality? Or is there something deeper, something more fundamental that is the primary basis for reality?
If you hold for a moment that there is an implicate order, what would be the implications of such a thing? If it is a place of creation and connection, how do you interact with this dimension to create?
Our world’s mystics have the answer. They tell us about the possibilities of prayer and meditation. And they tell us that having faith, or trusting the Universe, is a key ingredient to manifestation.
This is not a new concept. The New Testament is full of Jesus’ encouragement for us to have faith. That if we believe, we can have whatever we desire.
“And all things you ask in prayer, believing, you shall receive.” –Matthew 21:22
“But,” you say. “I have many prayers that have gone unanswered. How do you explain that?”
I have a couple of responses to this very legitimate question. First, there is a nuance to manifesting your desires. You are working with the Universe. And the Universe always has a say in the timing for the manifestation. This is for your benefit. The Universe knows what your desires are before you even have a thought. Your thoughts will manifest into reality at the best time for your soul’s development. Your primary mission in life is for your soul to learn its highest and best life lessons.
Secondly, if fear or anxiety enters into your consciousness, this will slow down or prevent your thoughts from manifesting into reality. That is why we are told again and again to trust the Universe. Have faith in things unseen.
And the best way to have faith in the face of anxiety, is to go within. Go within and still the mind. Observe your anxious thoughts and let them go. You are not your thoughts. You are the conscious awareness. Realize that the Universe is working on your behalf, and be grateful for the outcome as if it has already occurred.
Because it has already occurred. It exists in the implicate order, and the Universe will project it into reality at the best time for you and your soul. The Universe is always conspiring on your behalf.
Believe in the outcome as if it has already occurred. Trust the Universe. Have faith in things unseen. Your thoughts and words have incredible power. And you get to choose how you use them.
Choose wisely, and remember to always let your light shine!
Sean