Molecules, Miracles, Passion
& The Unity Field

by Gregg Braden

"If God created the world, his primary concern was certainly not to make its understanding easy for us."

Albert Einstein...
to physicist David Bohm in February, 1954

With the birth of history’s seventh millennium, the significance of our relationship to God now takes on even greater meaning as it shapes the scientific foundations of our future — perhaps the keys to our very survival! For the first time in recorded history, science has placed at our fingertips the ability to permanently change our genetic code, shift the patterns of our planet’s weather, engineer entirely new forms of life and copy existing ones as cloned replicas — powers that have historically been left to God and the forces of Nature. Each of these technologies holds the promise of improved standards of life, unprecedented opportunities of healing, and ultimately, the survival of our species. If used unwisely, however, all carry the power of tragic consequences, lasting for periods of time measured in hundreds of generations.

As we coax from Nature her innermost secrets, we are faced with what may well become the greatest challenge of our species. Now, the same science that unravels Creation’s mysteries, must answer the question as to where the power of such knowledge "fits" into our lives. In doing so, we open the door to solving what is perhaps the deepest mystery of all the very nature of consciousness, our souls and our relationship to the cosmos. In coming to terms with the consequences of our technologies, for the first time we must clearly define our relationship to life itself, one another, and ultimately our creator.

QUESTIONS THAT MUST BE ANSWERED

Shortly after the Cuban missile crisis of October 1962, then-president John F. Kennedy challenged the greatest minds in western technology to successfully send a man to the moon and bring him back safely. Eight years later, on July 20th 1969, the world listened to the short, crackly bursts of a human voice from the lunar surface. "That’s one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind". Neil Armstrong’s words echoed within the hearts and minds of the family he had left behind on another world. In that moment, as a species, we reached out to another world.

Prior to July of 1969, the idea of placing a man on the moon had certainly been considered. While it was assumed that we would achieve such a technological feat at some point, it took the president of the most technologically advanced nation in recorded history, challenging his nation to the feat, before the resources were dedicated and the miracle of placing a human on the moon was achieved.

We may be at precisely such a crossroad today, in an adventure of a different kind. While our machines describe the nature of the universe "out there", they do so in terms of data and statistics. As useful as each piece of information may be, each may have missed the subtler aspects of a unifying force that we have yet to capture, photograph or measure. For some scientists, the intangible nature of this force is precisely the sticking point.

Quantum theorist John Wheeler illustrates this viewpoint through his guidelines in determining what is real and what is not. "No elementary phenomenon is a real phenomenon," he states, "until it is an observed phenomenon." For others, it is precisely the uncharted nature of these qualities that make the mystery of the cosmos very personal.