Quantum Mechanics Of Consciousness

TL;DR

This paper develops a phenomenological quantum model of consciousness using spin-like observables, proposing a triplet of conscious states and a superconscious state linked to universal consciousness, with implications for understanding sleep and individual experience.

Contribution

It introduces a novel quantum spin-based framework for modeling consciousness, including the superconscious state as a universal, non-individualized quantum state.

Findings

Deep sleep corresponds to a singlet state with no individual trace.

The superconscious state is modeled as a universal, non-individualized quantum state.

A one-to-one correspondence between individual and universal states is established.

Abstract

A phenomenological approach using the states of spin-like observables is developed to understand the nature of consciousness and the totality of experience. The three states of consciousness are taken to form the triplet of eigenstates of a spin-one entity and are derived as the triplet resulting from the composition of two spins by treating the subject and the object as interacting two-state, spin-half systems with external and internal projections. The state of deep sleep is analysed in the light of this phenomenological approach and a novel understanding of the status of the individual consciousness in this state is obtained. The resulting fourth state i.e. the singlet state is interpreted to correspond to the superconscious state of intuitive experience and is justified by invoking the concept of the universal consciousness as the underlying source of all individual states of experience. It is proposed that the individual experiences result from the operations of four individualizing observables which project out the individual from the universal. The one-to-one correspondence between the individual and the universal states of experience is brought out and their identity in the fourth state is established by showing that all individualizing quantum numbers become zero in this state leaving no trace of any individuality.