Philosophical musings on Quanta & Qualia;  Materialism & Spiritualism; Science & Religion; Pragmatism & Idealism, etc.

Post 4. Continued . . .  

Alternative Theory of Reality & Deity

   
 A Proposed Alternative Theory of Reality

    . . . Both Material and Spiritual

The BothAnd principle is a corollary of the Enformationism thesis. It views the world as a process motivated and guided by antagonistic-yet-complementary powers. For example, Energy is the motive force for all physical actions, but its positive effects are offset by the, less well known, antithetical force of Disorganization, in the great dialectical process of evolution. The overall effect of Change in the universe is destructive, as encapsulated in the concept of Entropy (negative transformation). Yet, by balancing destructive Entropy with constructive Enformy (self-organization), evolution has proven to be a creative process. However, since the existence of “Enformy” has not yet been accepted by mainstream science --- except in the crude concept of “negentropy” --- any worldview based on such a flimsy foundation is likely to be dismissed by either/or empiricists as a bunch of Woo. Yet, all scientific & philosophical speculation inevitably begins with a leap of imagination. And this hybrid world-view is one such leap into the unknown. 
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Quora Quotes and End Notes:
 Quora Forums : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quora

Q : Reality of an imaginary mathematical entity

A : Viktor Toth, physicist

<< Photons are excitations of the electromagnetic field. The fundamental object is the one-and-only electromagnetic field . . . A way to interpret, or comprehend, the governing equations is by imagining every possible path that an imaginary “miniature cannonball” photon might take and assigning a probability to it. But this is all in our minds. It does not mean that an actual, physical photon goes every direction simultaneously. It does not even mean that an actual, physical photon exists as a miniature cannonball. It is just a mental image; a convenient mental tool, that’s all.” >>

 End Note 1. In my personal worldview, the “Deity Field” is akin to the “fundamental object”, and contains “every possible path” that our reality could take from First Cause to Final State. Of course, this divine entity is “just a mental image, a convenient mental tool” that I use to understand how the real world works on both the Real Physical level and the Ideal Metaphysical level of existence. Like the fundamental Quantum Field, G*D is something that we can't possibly comprehend without projecting our imagination beyond our physical limitations. Perhaps, you and I are simply “excitations” of the Deity Field choosing, from infinite possibilities, a single path through the real world.

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BothAnd :
the principle of complementarity, and of Holism

Energy :
the physical cause of change, both positive and negative.

Enformy :
the organizing principle of the universe.

Enformy : http://www.hilgart.org/enformy/enformy.htm

Woo Woo :
Woo-woo (or just plain woo) refers to ideas considered irrational or based on  extremely flimsy evidence or that appeal to mysterious occult forces or powers.

Image :
Imagination is more important than Knowledge

Choose Both

Negentropy :
The term negentropy has different meanings in information theory and theoretical biology. In a biological context, the negentropy (also negative entropy, syntropy, extropy, ectropy or entaxy) of a living system is the entropy that it exports to keep its own entropy low; . . .
In information theory and statistics, negentropy is used as a measure of distance to normality. . . .
a physical quantity closely linked to free energy.