You Are In Two Places at Once

Because we are both physical and quantum, human beings live multidimensional lives. At this moment you are in two places at once. One is the visible, sensual world, where your body is subject to all the forces of nature out there. The wind chaps your skin and the sun burns it; you will freeze to death in winter without shelter; and the assault of germs and viruses makes your cells sick.But you also occupy the quantum world, where all these things change. If you get into the bathtub, your consciousness doesnt get wet. The limitations of physical life count for much less in the quantum world, and often for nothing. The cold of winter doesnt freeze your memories; the heat of a July night doesnt make you sweat in your dreams.Put together all the quantum events in your cells and the sum total is your quantum mechanical body, which operates according to its own unseen physiology. Your quantum mechanical body is awareness in motion and is part of the eternal field of awareness that exists at the source of creation.The intelligence inside us radiates like light, crossing the border between the quantum world and the physical world, unifying the two in a constant subatomic dialogue. Your physical body and your quantum mechanical body can both be called home they are like parallel universes that you travel between without even thinking about it.Physical Body: A frozen anatomical sculpture I sees itself as made of cells, tissues, and organs; confined in time and space; driven by biochemical processes (eating, breathing, digestion, etc.)Quantum Mechanical Body: A river of intelligence constantly renewing itself I sees itself as made of invisible impulses of intelligence; unbounded in time and space; driven by thoughts, feelings, wishes, memories, etc.Adapted from Ageless Body, Timeless Mind, by Deepak Chopra (Three Rivers Press, 1998).