{"id":678,"date":"2019-07-22T15:44:15","date_gmt":"2019-07-22T15:44:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cftheater.info\/blog\/?p=678"},"modified":"2020-05-09T13:46:39","modified_gmt":"2020-05-09T13:46:39","slug":"the-i-and-the-emergence-of-life-by-frank-w-andres","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cftheater.info\/blog\/the-i-and-the-emergence-of-life-by-frank-w-andres\/","title":{"rendered":"THE ‘I’ AND THE EMERGENCE OF LIFE by Frank W. Andres \u00a9 Copyright, Frank W. Andres, 2019. All Rights Reserved."},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The\n‘I’…and the Emergence of Life<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

a\nminibook<\/p>\n\n\n\n

by\nFrank W. Andres<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Bulletin!!!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We\nthink we know how life started!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It\nwas the ‘I’…that did it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Every\natom has consciousness…<\/p>\n\n\n\n

a\ncrazy idea?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

There\nare seven disciplines and areas of thought<\/p>\n\n\n\n

that\npoint to this phenomenal assertion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We\nare 85 percent certain this is true.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This\nleads to cures for cancer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The\nessence of Life<\/p>\n\n\n\n

is\na stream<\/p>\n\n\n\n

of\nhydrogen ions!!!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This\nis a Minibook…..Instead of expressing an idea and then blowing the\nnumber of pages up, up towards three hundred just so we can charge\n$25 as is currently the fashion, we are presenting the kernel of an\nidea….in the hopes that ideas can be transmitted more rapidly and\nbreakthroughs can occur now, not next century. There is a fifty\npercent chance that humanity will not make it through this\ncentury….it is important that we make as much progress as fast as\nwe can…so as to avoid an untimely demise.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\n Introduction<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

\tWe\nare scientists…we are not Creationists! We are philosophers…we\nare not Bible slammers! Our ideas proceed from the book, Man and<\/em>\nCosmos<\/em>…The Science of Everything<\/em>…by the author of\nthis minibook.. The first draft of that book was written during the\n1970s…it was based on the hypothesis that humans are animals. This\nhypothesis has been found to be scientifically verifiable from the\ndelineation of the human genome…and the comparison of that genome\nwith those of the great apes….On the basis of that analysis, humans\nare 99.3 percent identical to chimpanzees. If this is true…and it\nis…then the social sciences must be rewritten and placed on a\nbiological base. Such an empowered science of man and woman is\nurgently needed in a century in which there is a fifty percent chance\nthat human civilization as we know it…may be extinguished. \n<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\tUtilizing\nthe Science of Everything…we have come up with an astonishing\nhypothesis…It appears that every atom in the Cosmos…possesses\nconsciousness!…If there is theological precursor for our\nideas…then it is shamanism…a world-wide religion that existed\n30,000 years ago. That theology held the belief…that consciousness\nexists in all living things…That theology was confused by the\npractice of utilizing hallucinations brought about by food and\nsensory deprivation in the arctic regions where that theology\narose…these practices spread worldwide, utilizing the application\nof drugs in warmer areas to induce hallucinations. This religion was\nbased on the concept of ‘spirits,’ which were seen in hallucinatory\ntrances…which led to the religions found world-wide today. \nShamanism is consistent with our Cosmic theology in that it believes\nthat consciousness exists in all things…It is different because it\nbelieves that much of the ‘plant-animal’ world goes to a ‘spirit\nworld’ after death…A shaman in a trance…often has a spirit guide\nanimal who helps him traverse the spirit world…to heal sickness,\ncontrol the weather, or influence the hunt…and visit relatives and\nfriends of those in a community… shamanism seems to deal mainly\nwith fear that exists in a hostile environment in which people may\nlive…and with the fear of death and loss of loved ones….<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\tA\nCosmic theology such as ours…also identifies two worlds…however,\nwe see one world built up out of the other…The Cosmos is composed\nof particles… that world possesses its own basic laws and\nprinciples such as Equality of entities, Truth, Beauty, Will, and\nLove….The plant-animal world built from these particles represents\na second level…with its own priorities such as survival of the\nfittest and avoidance of death in general….Entities in the Cosmic\nworld are eternal…death is not an issue….As abhorrent as death is\nto the plant-animal world… that world actually is rife with\ndeath…much of it in fact is built upon it..There is only one\nsun…As far as our plant-animal world is concerned…all energy in\nplant-animal life comes from it…so if entities do not convert sun\ninto energy, they must eat each other to obtain that energy…In\nshamanism the difference between these two worlds is blurred…in the\nhopes of ameliorating fears of death…Shamans have constructed a\ntheology that allows the plant-animal life to continue in a\nway…somewhere else…after death….<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\tIn\nour conception of things…the plant-animal world and the Cosmic\nworld intersect every day…in that many of the concepts from the\nCosmic world Equality, Truth, Beauty, Will and Love…are valid and\npowerful when utilized in the plant-animal world in relationships\namong people and nations…they intersect also in the fact that it\nseems that one priority of the plant-animal world is to find one\nother individual…to connect closely with… This close intimate\nassociation with another individual is usually in a sexual\nrelationship that produces offspring…A close connection between two\nentities in the plant-animal world is usually indispensable in\nmeeting the needs of plant-animal life based upon\nreplication…Plant-animal life is transient…a species must\nreproduce to survive…Such a deep, close sexual connection in the\nplant-animal world…is actually similar to the Cosmic conception of\nLove…Will is Cosmic Power which propels Cosmic activity…Love is\nCosmic Connection which unites Cosmic activity in Law…Love is Form\nwhich contains, restrains Will and Power…Close relationships on\nearth, even if it is momentary for some animals…might provide\nconnection between ‘I’s that is so close and tight…that the binding\nof these particles and entities may continue after plant-animal\ndeath…Consciousness never dies in the Cosmic world…yet what\noccurs on earth may impact what happens to entities after\nplant-animal death…close, intimate connections on earth…might\nallow I<\/em>‘s to remain in the Light…in active parts of the\nuniverse in a Cosmic eternity….and not be condemned to remain in\nrealms of dark energy and dark matter in the universe…condemned to\ndarkness and restricted activity…forever….<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\tAs\nwe say…our hypothesis concerning the ‘I’…that is, concerning the\nCosmic world…that all atoms possess consciousness… rises from a\nScience of Everything…in which the disciplines concerning man and\nwoman are placed on a biological base and become one with the\nphysical and biological sciences…In this way all disciplines can\nwork together, talk to each other… When this is done, there are\nseveral different disciplines and areas of thought that speak to the\npossibility of the existence of the ‘I’ in all living\nthings…philosophy, evolutionary biology, the cosmology of physics,\nneurological science, the biology of the cell, and theology. \nScientists are reluctant to pursue research that may be contaminated\nby the ideas of a mediaeval Church much less a viewpoint that is\npantheistic, animistic in nature. However, it would be tragic, no,\nway more than tragic…if a cure for cancer were to be long delayed\nbecause of things right before them…that they are not allowed to\ntouch. With this in mind…let us consider the origins of life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\tOh,\nI know…we think of ourselves as being so thoroughly modern… yet\nthere is truth in ideas that have been discarded…I know…we are\ntrying to move out from a Dark Age…there are so many ideas and\ninstitutions that have placed a stranglehold on pulses of energy\ntowards progress, towards a bright future for man and womankind…and\nthose negative forces still abound …There is Creationism, there is\nDonald Trump…the world seems to be bolting off at full speed into\nthe beautiful blue of the future…yet so many ideas and practices\nare still there..slowing progress…a large part of modern society is\nseemingly being left further and further behind with archaic\nideas….this is tearing the fabric of society apart…It would be\neasier to get everyone on board if science were moving smoothly…but\nideas that we proudly champion as being modern have encountered\nobstacles…new breakthroughs are needed and ironically we must not\nlet our deprecation of certain ideas from the past… hold us\nback…perhaps we should take a second and review things…perhaps\nsome things we have thrown on the junk pile actually may possess\ndiamonds of thought that can help us break through and fly into the\nfuture….<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\tYes,\nDarwin has shown that we are just animals and that life is merely\nreplication of atoms….randomly combining in some ways that are\nsuccessful in the face of the world…other ways not so\nsuccessful…Things seem to be controlled, produced by…just blind\nluck….We are all agreed that there is not some old wise man up in\nheaven somewhere watching over us…yet…there is<\/em> the\nCosmos…and there is the bizarre flabbergasting fact that each of\nus… possesses something inside of us…’looking out’…each of us\ncan see that he or she is the center of the universe….and that each\nanimal whether it can understand such a thing…is experiencing the\nsame thing…This is something we must accept even though there is no\nlogic or common sense to unravel the conundrum…..However, the fact\nis…if we can set aside our fear of sinking back into what has been\ndismissed as being pagan conceptions…we may find an idea or two\nthat can accelerate us even faster into the future….<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\tThere\nis the idea of the ‘I’. Heretofore, in building a cosmic theology,\nwe have looked to the single-celled animals existing in ancient\nseas…to sift out truth concerning our consciousness…As recounted\nbelow, we have noted how plant-like things became animal-like things\nalmost instantly…this led to the realization that maybe something\nsimple like a hydrogen ion may have been added to the organism that\nallowed it to perceive, think, and act….Now let us go back even\nfurther…back to the first stirrings of life itself…Biology in\nthis respect is like geology…what is happening today, has happened\nin the past, and will continue into the future…Consciousness\ndoesn’t just sit there…’looking out’…it perceives, thinks, and\nacts….the first ‘I’ probably could do this too…Let us go\nback…way back…to the very beginning…If we can see evidence…if\nwe can see the possibility of the ‘I’ operating way back at the very\nbeginning…this would increase the probability even more …that our\nhypothesis concerning the ‘I’…is true…..<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\t\t\t\t\n Let Us Review<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

\tI\nhave written the following several times before in other places…but\nfor some of you this is the first time…so let us review…For\nothers…you may skip to new sections of this minibook…<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\tTo\nbegin with, we are encountering three types of \u201cI\u201d….there is\nI…that is, there is me…I do things and I am writing this\nminibook…then there is I<\/em>…this is an I coupled with an\nidea…I have an idea, that is, I realize, that there is something\ninside my head ‘looking out’…this is consciousness…then thirdly,\nthere is ‘I’… this is a particle…something physiologically inside\nmy brain that is performing the ‘looking out’….<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\tSo…what\nis an ‘I’ particle?…I believe that every atom has an ‘I’…Just as\nyou have something ‘looking out’…I believe that every atom has a\nparticle within it…capable of…’looking out’. Scientists are\nforbad contemplating such things…However, as I have said…six\ndifferent disciplines and areas of thought I have studied…point\ntoward such a hypothesis….The fight against cancer has been\nthrottled because crucial steps have been blocked…I believe that\nthis fight can gain renewed vigor…if the power of the ‘I’ particle\nis allowed to open the way….I know this ‘I’ particle hypothesis is\nsurprising ….but science is being slowed in recent decades because\nof the futility of our instruments…things are either too small…or\ntoo fast to be measured correctly…or be discerned at all. I have\nproposed the use of an interdisciplinary approach to overcome the\ninadequacies of our instruments. When we utilize such an\napproach…we uncover surprising things….<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\tLet\nus start with philosophy and theology….In my book, Man\nand the Cosmos.<\/em>..I\nhave a chapter entitled…’Man and a Cosmic Theology.’ That chapter\nbegins with the following ideas…<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\tThe\nstrategy of the seventeenth century French philosopher, Ren\u00e9\nDescartes (1596-1656), is important in organizing my book, Man\nand the Cosmos<\/em>…He\nbelieved that one should begin with what is most ‘clear and distinct’\nto his or her mind…and then proceed outwards into the world…When\nhe considered what was most ‘clear and distinct’ to his mind…he\nproclaimed…’I think; therefore, I am.’ What he began with…was\nhis mind… that is, things in his mind were most clear…most\ndistinct to him. Therefore, when I reexamined the social\nsciences…well, we know we are animals now… we look at DNA…we\nare 99.3 percent the same as a chimpanzee…so the social sciences\nmust be redone…they must be placed on a biological base…So I\nutilized Descartes’ approach…and started with philosophy…the\nscience of the mind…then moved out to psychology, the physiology of\nthe brain…then to anthropology, the building of tools which\nconnects the mind with the external world and allows the mind to\nimpact all around it…then there is sociology, the larger tools of\nsociety, its institutions and grand systems of interconnection…\neconomics, we learn that goods move one way, money the other…thus\nflows of money becomes a similacrum for biological activity..out, out\nto theology, where all collapses into materialism…yet a new kind of\nmaterialism…one that embodies mind…and so…we find ourselves\nback at the beginning again!…Around and around as we work arduously\nat the conversion process in the grand project of viewing humans as\nanimals…starting with things that are most clear and distinct to\nus…Out, out, out… to things less clear and distinct….where…in\nthe end…surprisingly…all is one….<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\tThere\nis a second thing Descartes probably meant…with the proclamation\n…’I think; therefore, I am’…The second thing that he probably\nmeant here was…that he was making an empirical observation!…He\nwas making an empirical observation that sneaks up on a person…then\npow!…suddenly, you realize that this observation is hard\nevidence…And just as he was able to deduce a whole philosophy from\nthis one hard fact…this one sentence…this one syllogism…we too\ncan start with it…we can write a book reworking the social\nsciences…and we can hypothesize amazing things.\t\t<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\tThe\nstartling observation that Descartes made…was new…Somehow, no one\nhad really noticed it before…Each person on earth is in a position\nto make this observation…we all do…yet in a sense we shrug it off\nand continue on our way. What he observed was...I<\/em>\nam thinking, I<\/em>\nam seeing, I<\/em>\nam acting…I <\/em>am\ninspecting the world around me. That I<\/em>\nis different from my ordinary I…as I have said, it is an I coupled\nwith an idea…a revolutionary idea…that idea is: I have empirical\nevidence that there is a part of me…that is different from\neverything else around me…at least to begin with…There is a part\nof me that is surprisingly important…This is an idea that lives in\nmy private thoughts…I would never share such an egotistic thought\nwith even my closest friends… There is a part of me that can\nelevate me to the lofty seat of a king or queen…maybe like a small\ngod…Gee…what is this thing?… We all could use a thing like\nthis,,,that…and we all have it…Okay,, what it is…is an\nidea…that idea is…that there is something inside of me…that is\nCosmic… probably eternal. Why would I think something like\nthis?…because I…I<\/em>…dammit…am\n‘looking out! I.<\/em>..am\nthe center of the world…of the whole Cosmos!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\tI<\/em>\nam…I <\/em>exist…and this is not merely an illusion caused by a\ncollection of neurons. I am ‘looking out’…and this fact is\nincontrovertible. As I say…I <\/em>am the center of the world. I<\/em>\nam like a god. Such a realization obviously leads to an enthusiastic\nacquisition of self respect…All of this is a bit blasphemous \u2026\nno, it is a whole lot blasphemous…500 years ago…I could well have\nbeen burnt alive at the stake for having the audacity to say such a\nthing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\tHowever,\nit appears that the whole thing is true…and, the whole thing is\nstartling. Why are we so humble? We each think…know<\/em>…that\nwe…I<\/em>…am the ‘eyes’ of the universe. If we are\nextinguished…if all I<\/em>‘s are extinguished…the universe\nwould disappear…Bishop George Berkeley went through all of\nthis…but he missed the most important part…Yes, as he\nsaid…everything is relative because our I<\/em>‘s are all in\ndifferent positions with respect to the world around us…and all\nperception must be adjusted for differences in perspective…But he\nmissed the most important thing…what Descartes saw right there…at\nthe beginning of his philosophy…Everything is different from\nme<\/em>…from my perspective…because I have an I<\/em>…generated\nwithin by an ‘I’…as I have said…quotation marks refer to a part\nof the brain…that is ‘looking out’.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\tWe\nare humble, but our experience tells us we should be otherwise…\nwell, we should be proud of ourselves…based on that experience…we\nare certainly very special…Of course, we can look around, see\nthings and make generalizations…We can conjecture that other\norganisms, such as our friends, may have I<\/em>‘s also…so maybe\nwe aren’t so special….As concerning those other organisms…we can\nnever be really certain…What I mean is…I<\/em> am the center of\nthe universe…each of my friends…feel the same way!?….This is\ncrazy…We can never be fully in another person’s shoes…because,\nyes, he or she has an I<\/em> just like mine…but she,\nhe…thinks…he, she…is the center of everything, too….I would\nhave never thought…That person!…thinks he, she, it…is as\nimportant as I…the nerve!…But it must be the case…All of these\nI’<\/em>s…and what it must mean…is inexplicable! \n<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\tWell,\nthat is a conundrum we must leave alone..because like Descartes,\nthere is only one truth we really know is true…really, really know\nis true…and that…is that…I<\/em>…anyway, for sure…am\n‘looking out’. Yes…that is for sure…The rest of you….God bless\nyou… are on your own.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\tSo\nthere is empirical evidence for the existence of the ‘I’…and if\nanother person doubts that I possess such a thing…well, he or she\ncan just simply ask me…and I shall reassure him or her…that it is\nindeed true…Yes, indeed…I do possess an I.<\/em>..So in this\nway, a thorough-going scientist can merely go around the world…and\nevery ask every blessed person…if it is indeed true…Are they\nindeed ‘looking out’…are they truly the center of the universe?..\nAnd yes, that scientist would indeed have empirical evidence of some\nsort of such a thing ..and while that does not actually prove that\nmany I<\/em> ‘s exist…still, …if democracy has any validity at\nall…if in fact everyone you ask…has voted…and has sworn on a\npile of cosmic rocks…that what he or she is saying is true…well,\nit would seem that it is unanimous!…it would seem that there are 7\nbillion I’<\/em>s out there…this is all empirically proven to be\ntrue!…sort of…, in so far as democracy…may be able to render\nTruth.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\tLet\nus move on to a second point…We can see that all life dies… …so\nwe shall, also. Thus, it appears that our I<\/em> will be\nannihilated…and there is nothing we can do about it. What we are\nforgetting is that we have empirical evidence of another\npossibility…another truth. We have an I<\/em>…and we are the\ncenter of everything. If this I<\/em> were expanded trillions and\ntrillions of times…that great I.<\/em>..would be a god. See how\nphilosophy has led straightway to theology…skipping all the steps,\nall the disciplines in between…we skip directly to the\nconclusion…Like Descartes…we have an ontological proof that God\nexists…I believe that this is where the concept of God came from…\nfrom a belief we possess…that we possess an I<\/em> …that is too\nimportant to be extinguished…it is a gut feeling that we have…You\nsay …this proves nothing…that I might think there is a green\ngenie in the corner over there…But this…is different…<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\tGiven\nthe startling realization that every animal on earth has an I <\/em>like\nmine…’looking out’…this gives us a hunch that we can empirically\nverify our hypothesis…about the I<\/em>…because we have reason\nto believe that this ‘I’ in our brain is a particle…Well, in the\nvery, very, very beginning everything was energy…but within\nmicroseconds some of that energy became contained… isolated,\nconfined within…particles…Yes the universe we can see is composed\nof contained energy…composed of particles…so this I <\/em>of\nmine must be a phenomenon related to a particle…or particles…so\nwe have a place to start…<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\tIf\nmy I<\/em> is related to a particle…then there is a possibility\nthat we can prove our hypothesis scientifically at the Large Hadron\nCollider at CERN…What do we know about this I<\/em>…so that we\nshall know what we are looking for when we start running experiments\non particles?….If we are looking at particles…then the ‘I’ is not\n‘spirit’ like the shamans came up in hallucinogenic trances…What\nelse do we know about this ‘I’?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\tCould\nit be …that if we learn enough about this so called ‘I’…we might\nknow enough to solve major problems in the world…like cancer?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\n The\n‘I’<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

\tAs\nI say…what scientists do know…is that four percent of the\nCosmos…the word ‘Cosmos’ with a capital ‘C’ refers to a cosmos\nwhich possesses consciousness… Scientists know that everything in\nthe four percent of the Cosmos that is blowing up…and out…that\nis, the part of the Cosmos that is in the Light…is made of\nenergy…and the amount of this energy is conserved… is\npreserved…energy is never destroyed…there always has and always\nwill be the same amount of energy in the universe…Nikola Tesla\nbelieved that the cosmos was filled with an ocean of energy…He\nbelieved that this energy is concentrated at certain points into\nvortexes…which we call particles which are combined into atoms\n…or are conveyed in packets which are particles which can move\nquickly transmitting, impacting other particles with forces…In this\nway…all of the energy that we see is encased in parcels called\nparticles…energy in packets is able to interact with other\nmatter…with other particles…the rest of the ocean is dark and\ncannot…All matter and forces which can be identified in the\ncosmos…is encased in particles… therefore, if there is something\ninside my head…’looking out’…it must be a particle…let’s call\nthis an ‘I’ particle, or an ‘I’ …for short.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\tSo\nI have an ‘I’…Does all life have an ‘I’?…Actually I believe that\nevery atom possesses an ‘I’…however, only in animals is the ‘I’\nobviously allowed to be ‘expressed’….The change, the difference in\nthe behavior between animals and everything else began with vegetable\nplankton…That is, at first, plankton floated like a leaf on or\nbeneath the sea or other bodies of water…they all were passive. \nSuddenly some plankton became active…they began to search for\nfood…they began to avoid predators…According to scientists\ntoday… plankton such as these…that move…are not really\nanimals…because they are not eucaryotes…technically, an organism\nmust possess a nucleus, in which genetic material is kept…to be\nproperly called an ‘animal’…However, this change from non-movement\nto movement…to propelled movement was astonishing…it was enough\nof a change for us to at least say that the new organism was at\nleast…’animal-like’….It was the first indication that\nsomething…in the cell wall of the plankton…was, is ‘in charge’. \nOf course, the fact is…that something was in charge of the internal\nactivity of the plankton…all along….But this tremendous change in\noutward behavior occurred with little change in bacterial\nDNA…Something was added that was of major significance in\nitself…What was added must have had abilities capabilities of its\nown..it had to be able to perceive, think, and act…it required only\nthe addition of a few appendages in a plankton to empower these\ninnate abilities…to transform these abilities operating in a minute\nway into a way that was larger…probably not a whole lot larger to\nbegin with…Evolution transformed these minute abilities into\nempowered ones..into the outward behavior of an organism.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\tThe\n‘I’ in plankton somehow ‘called forth’ …allowed the formation\nof…brain. It allowed the evolution of the brain around that minute\n‘I’… it allowed plant-like things to change into animal-like\nthings…it allowed organisms to become active, aggressive…instead\nof passive…it increased organisms’ chances for survival. \n<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\tWhen\none speaks of cognition, one says that it is like turning on a\nlight…when one speaks of intellect…of knowledge…we say..let\nthere be light. That is why at first it was tempting to conjecture\nthat ‘I’s are photons. This possibility is interesting…as photons\nare able to combine and become one…which would allow us to jump\nahead in our thinking… individual ‘I’s might combine to become\ngod-like ‘I’s in stars and nebulae… Our heads were spinning with\nthe possibilities that light might have…if photons were ‘I’\nparticles.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\tBut…photons\ndon’t have the enough components that would be necessary to perceive,\nthink, and act…the abilities that ‘I’s impart to plankton…It is\nmore likely that ‘I’s are in atoms, and that every atom has one…If\nthis is true, then atoms cannot become one larger atom…they can\ncombine to form molecules but not one larger ‘I’…Thus, all atoms\nand ‘I’s…were one..only at the moment…of the Big Bang…before\nthere were particles…before there were atoms….This is the\nconclusion you come to…God must have existed only at the very very\nvery beginning…when you look for a big ‘I’…for a God.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\tSo\nlet us think this through…if a particle is to be an ‘I’ particle,\nthen it must do more than sit there…’looking out’…It must\nperceive, think, and act. Thus an ‘I’ particle must have components\nlinked to it that can perform three functions. Perhaps quarks in an\natom could perform these functions. So an atom could have a particle\nyet to be discovered…maybe like a ‘p’<\/em> particle… that could\nbe ‘looking out’…and is empowered by the three quarks that exist in\nevery atom…The quarks…although two have similar spins…may\nperform different functions…thus, each atom may have the potential\nto do a lot…if the conditions are right. Why don’t we notice more\nof these powers…when we examine atoms?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\tWell,\nfor one thing…all of this operates at a level beneath the\nradar…beneath the power of our instruments…this is stealth at its\nmost challenging…that is why quantum mechanics has not progressed\nvery much since 1925…We have a whole lot of trouble… studying the\nnuclei of atoms. We have made progress…discovered a lot of\nparticles by using cyclotrons…that is, by smashing nuclei to\npieces…we have ended up with a lot of particles but we have no idea\nwhat these particles do in the nuclei of atoms…Could an ‘I’\nparticle be hiding in the debris?… does the Cosmos require a\nprodigious amount of energy to produce an ‘I’ that we can see?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\tThe\nquestion is…how can an atom express itself…display and utilize\nits powers…if electrons are in the way? The nucleus of an atom\ncould communicate with the world around it…if the electron cloud\naround it…could be removed. This leads one to consider the\npossibility of ions…that is, atoms where electron fields have been\nstripped away…such stripping would be easier to secure completely\nin the instance of a hydrogen atom that has only one electron to get\nrid of…<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\tA\nhydrogen ion!…Immediately things come to my mind…If one is\nlooking at a plant…a vegetable plankton…there are already a lot\nof hydrogen ions at hand…primarily in the compartments and activity\nof photosynthesis… if one of these hydrogen ions in the\nphotosynthesis compartments could have become ‘activated’\nsomehow…could have become ‘in charge’ …somehow…it would already\nhave been connected to an ‘axon’…a column of hydrogen ions\nconveying energy through the modules….converted to convey\ninformation instead…this column of hydrogen ions would have already\nbeen connected to photosynthesis light receiving areas…thus, this\nhydrogen ion, this organism, would already possess a rudimentary\n‘eye’! The conveyance of information by means of hydrogen ions in\nplankton would thus predate and be precursors for the courier ions in\nour brain…calcium, sodium, and potassium ions…<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\tIn\nparamecium<\/em>…a spike of a brain has developed in its cell wall\nabout what we can hypothesize to be an ‘I’ particle…From the time\nof paramecium<\/em> on…brain continued to evolve to augment the\ninnate powers of the ‘I’ particle…until it reached the extent of\nthe wondrous mind of man and woman…<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\tHow\nis an ‘I’ added to living material to make an animal now? We don’t\nknow…but it must be relative easy to do…witness: that each of\n600 million sperm in one human emission all seem to possess an ‘I’. \nDo human eggs have ‘I’s? We know that human eggs can produce viable\noffspring without sperm…although they are barren. So each egg must\npossess an ‘I’. Therefore, the sperm and egg must both have\n‘I’s…Why doesn’t the baby have two ‘I’s? Perhaps the two ‘I’s\ncombine to become a single ‘I’ at an early state…which would have\nproblems empirically…because two atoms cannot become one…More\nlikely one ‘I’ is eliminated…by giving it an electron.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\tThere\nis so much to think about…We have reason to believe that ‘I’s are\neternal and that there is such a thing as conservation of ‘I’s…’I’s\nare never lost…they can be ‘constrained’…that is, their power\nlimited by electron fields around the atom…or they can be\n‘revealed’…when electron fields are removed…or no electrons are\nleft at all…If an atom has more than one electron…things may end\nup in an ‘in-between’ situation…neither completely ‘concealed’ nor\ncompletely ‘revealed’…As one or more electrons may be\nremoved…some electrons may still remain…As I say… the\nnucleus…would be partially ‘revealed’…This partial revelation may\nleave you with ions..such as exist in the human brain…like sodium,\ncalcium, and potassium ions…which may result in partial\n‘revelation’ of the powers of the abilities of the ‘I’. Instead of\nbeing ‘in charge’…an ion, with its associated electromagnetic\nwaves…may have the power…to move information…transfer,\ndeliver… ideas …in the electromagnetic waves that accompany the\nmovement of ions…transfer ideas from perception areas, for example,\nto a hydrogen ion where it can be ‘thought’ about…which then can\nlead to ‘action’…. \n<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\tThe\nfact is…if ions possess consciousness that is ‘revealed’…then\nions in a star…can come close to being one…yet they have nuclei,\ntherefore, they can never really be one…perhaps they can flash back\nand forth…from the ability to ‘look out’ as one…to individual\npoints of consciousness…\t<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\tAll\nof this is very exciting…there are so many possibilities to think\nabout…The major thing is…If all energy possesses I…<\/em>if\nevery atom possesses an ‘I’…then our entire concept of\n‘materialism’…has changed. \n<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\tSo\nthe difference between plant and animal is…plants have no ”I’\n‘looking out.’ But it appears that ‘I’s have been at work for a\nlong time before the appearance of animal-like plankton….when one\nlooks at the complexity of the inside of a human cell…reactions,\ninteractions taking place at the rate of ten per second…It is true\nthat enzymes increase the speed of reaction and interactions by one\nhundred millions of times….nevertheless, it is tempting to say that\nsomething is guiding all this…furthermore, the study of cells\ndirected towards a cure for cancer has been slowed in several\nareas…these areas are where we would expect the ‘I’ particle to\nreside…Oh, I know… anything we do not understand we ascribe to\nGod…we might as well ascribe it to an ‘I’ particle. But hear me\nout…cancer is too important a topic…to ignore possibilities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\tWell,\nthe activities of a cell are very complicated…but in my minibook, \nThe ‘I’ and a Cure for Cancer,<\/em> I proposed a model for this\nactivity…then I presented a hypothesis as to where an ‘I’ particle\nwould fit in….If an ‘I’ particle is in charge of the activity in a\ncell…if it identifies many of the particles and molecules moving\nabout in the cell…and then ‘thinks’ and decides where they need to\nbe sent, what additional molecules need to be made with the help of\nDNA…then this ‘I’ would be a position to identify particles and\nmolecules which are related to the first phases of cancer…when such\nparticles or molecules are identified…scientists can equip the ‘I’\nwith DNA to identify these early cancerous intrusions…and take\naction aganst them…or immediately cause the death of the cell…In\nthis way, cancer could be stopped right at its inception…<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\tAs\nI say, there are several different disciplines and areas of thought\nthat point to the possibility that all of this is true…it appears\nthat the piling on of possibilities that this is true has increased\nthe probability of its being true to about 60 or 70 percent…<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\tNow\nif we go back further in the evolution of the cell…way back to the\nemergence of life…if we can find a possibility…in fact a strong\npossibility that hydrogen ions were involved in the creation of\nlife…then the probability that hydrogen ions may possess\nconsciousness…no, beyond that…that all atoms possess\nconsciousness…would increase even more….<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\n The Origin of Life and an\nEarlier Hypothesis<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

\tThe\nthing is, not too long ago scientists took gases that were thought to\nbe in the atmosphere 4 billion years ago…along with water in the\nocean, zapped the concoction with high levels of energy…they used\nelectricity, which acted like a lightning bolt…and poof they got\namino acids.! So it appeared that life was easy to make way 4\nbillion years ago…<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\tThe\n gases that were thought to be in the atmosphere 4 billion years\nago…were CO2, CH4, NH3, and H2….it was thought that these gases\nwould have been absorbed into the sea…In water, simple organic\nmolecules, that is, molecules containing carbon were likely to have\nbeen produced under primal conditions…where there was a constant\nmassive assault by cosmic rays…there was no ozone layer in the\natmosphere to protect the earth at this point…so there would have\nbeen a potent brew of chemicals in the ocean assaulted by a constant\nexposure to high energy electromagnetic radiation from the\nheavens…this would have presented a scenario in which life could\nhave emerged…Scientists took these ideas and performed\nexperiments…<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\tIn\n1953, chemists Harold Urey and Stanley Miller at the University of\nChicago reproduced the early atmosphere of earth that was believed to\nhave existed 4 billion years ago…they did this by taking a chamber\nand placing only hydrogen, water, methane, and ammonia inside it. \nThey boiled the water and instead of exposing the mix to ultraviolet\nlight, they used an electric discharge, to simulate lightning…After\na week, they had a residue of compounds settled in their\nsystem…organic compounds had been formed! … most notably amino\nacids…they formed easily…That same year the structure of DNA was\nelucidated, revealing a way in which some compounds …nucleic\nacids…could replicate and keep life going…the base pairs within\nDNA are made of simple carbon based compounds with nitrogen and\nphosphorus thrown in….The components of DNA were later synthesized\nfrom these same gases that were thought to be present in the early\natmosphere…<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\tMany\nother scientists followed Urey and Miller’s lead…took those same\nchemicals that were thought to be in the primal atmosphere and\ncreated an array of chemicals essential to life that exists on earth\ntoday…Among these were HCHO (formaldehyde), HCOOH (formic acid),\nHCH (hydrogen cyanide)…these can readily undergo further reactions\nwith H2O<\/p>\n\n\n\n

..\nto form CH3COOH (acetic acid), NH2CH2COOH (glycine), CH3CHCOOH \n(lactic acid) and NH2CHCOOH (alanine)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

OH\n CH3 \n<\/p>\n\n\n\n

These\nmolecules in turn can produce<\/p>\n\n\n\n

NH\n\u2013 CH2COOH (sarcosine)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

CH3<\/p>\n\n\n\n

which\ncan readily become<\/p>\n\n\n\n

NH2\n\u2013 C \u2013 NH2 (urea) and NH2CHCOOH (aspartic acid)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

O\n CH2<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\n COOH<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\tThese\nmolecules presented an array of tools from which building blocks of\nlife can be made \u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\tMost\nscientists believe that life began with the help of RNA because RNA\nwas a molecule that could act like an enzyme, that is, it could\npowerfully help shape patterns of chemical activity…and it had the\n‘code’ of life within it…it ‘knew’ what shape molecules should take\nto create life….Yes, RNA and in fact DNA that later developed were\nbreathtaking advances in life giving molecules…Yet there are two\nproblems with this hypothesis…first as an enzyme, RNA only has the\ncapacity to accelerate patterns that already exist…one is left with\nthe standard reliance upon a random occurrence of events to form\nthose patterns in the first place… wherewith the probability of\nrandomness creating anything is very slim…in the face of the second\nlaw of thermodynamics….which states that anything that possesses\norganization is destined to lose that organization inexorably,\ncontinually…unless forces of some sort are exerted to the\ncontrary…<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\tWhich\nbrings us to the second problem…RNA is a very complicated and\nsophisticated molecule, the evidence for which does not emerge until\napproximately 3 billion years ago….what happened during the billion\nyears of life before that?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\tIt\nhas always amazed me the confidence scientists have had that the\ndelineation of the RNA and DNA genomes of humans would provide the\nbreakthroughs, the cure-alls we are desperately seeking for cancer,\nAlzheimer’s and other deadly diseases…Basically, DNA is a\nmemory…and while RNA can accelerate patterns of activity as we have\nsaid…it too is basically a memory…knowing what is in the medicine\ncabinet of the cell is very helpful in combating disease…but it is\nlike being lost in a desert with a memory but with no will or ability\nto do anything with that memory….If we do not know how cells\noperate…we simply cannot rely upon randomness to supply information\nabout the past or help with cures of horrible diseases in the\nfuture…We must know more and we must know now…<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\tA\nmajor problem is that proteins seem to be of fundamental importance\nto life…yet they did not appear until after life had been around\nfor one billion years…Why are proteins so important to life? The\nfirst step in the action of a protein is its binding to another\nmolecule. Proteins as a class of macromolecules are unique in being\nable to recognize [that is, perceive] and interact [that is, think,\ndecide, then take action] with a highly diverse collection of\nmolecules. Scientists at the present time do not believe that\nchemicals can possess or express ‘intentionality’, that is,\nWill…that they cannot perceive, think, or act…however, they\nbelieve that some proteins, especially enzymes, which can act as\ncatalysts in biological processes…can somehow act as if they can\nperceive, think, and act. Examples of how enzymes facilitate and\naccelerate biological interactions are… Myoglobin tightly binds a\nheme group when its polypeptide chain is partly folded…The\nacquisition of heme enables myoglobin to carry out its biological\nfunction, which is to reversibly bind O2. Proteins also combine with\nother proteins to produce highly ordered arrays, such as the\ncontractile filaments in muscle…Another example is the\nbinding of foreign molecules to antibody proteins which enables the\nimmune system to distinguish between\nself and nonself…The fact is…enzymes help things happen…but\nmost important to all of this is…speed….enzymes can accelerate\nactivity trillions of times… hydrogen ion gradients can sit around\nin a tide pool for a while and do a little this and that…but\nwithout tremendous speed…the next level of life…that of\norganisms…simply cannot exist!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\tThe\nquestion is…Amino acids and proteins were necessary for enzymes to\nappear…enzymes that are necessary for speed…if proteins did not\nshow up until fairly late in the game…how were the basic functions\nof life first performed and by what molecules?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\n Building\na Model for the Emergence of Life<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

\tThe\nproblem is… scientists now know that 4 billion years ago the<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Earth’s\natmosphere was primarily CO2…there is no way that amino acids and\nthen a parade of proteins and RNA and DNA could have emerged\ninitially from conditions in an atmosphere such as this..and there is\nno evidence that such molecules existed at the beginning. Also, most\norganisms that exist today possessing photosynthetic properties\nutilize regular daylight or infrared light..so the hypothesis that\nhigh frequencies of energy like cosmic rays or ultraviolet light or\neven lightning bolts were required to inititate life…is probably\nwrong…We need to go back to square one…<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\tWe\nare attempting to build a model depicting how life first arose. The\nfirst question we need to address is…What exactly is life?… \t<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\tLife\nis nothing more than chemical reactions occurring in a pattern and\nthen this pattern is replicated again and again…The normal reaction\nto this is to say No!…life is more than this…but then we are\nconfusing consciousness with life…isn’t a tree just chemicals\nparading in a pattern over and over again?…Well, yes..and\nno…somehow trees bend and seen to reach for the light…and animals\ngo beyond that…Right…animals possess consciousness….that is\nmore than a parade of chemicals…unless the chemicals have\nconsciousness within them…this is the crux of the matter….<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\tFor\nnow we are just looking at patterns…if we are looking for the\norigin of life…we are looking for a way that chemicals started a\npattern and then replicated it…So how do we go about building a\nmodel for what might have happened 3.9 billion years ago? First,\nthere must been a way for chemicals to be isolated in a space\nseparate from the rest of the ocean but a part of it…Scientists\nbelieve that isolation by means of a cell wall was essential at this\nvery first stage…I do not think a wall built by the entity in\nquestion is essential…chemicals can be isolated by many physical\nmeans in or on the edges of the ocean…in sands or in tide pools….<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\tSecond,\nin this isolated space there had to be molecules that were present\nroutinely in the ocean at the time…. \n<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\tThen\nwhat happened? What was the first step…that started all of\nthis…on the road towards Life? \n<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\tWell,\nwe have gone through this before…but it is worth repeating …About\nfifteen years ago I got this idea that we can learn more about\nconsciousness if we go back in evolutionary history to when vegetable\nturned into animal…something was floating like leaf in the ocean\nand boom!..it began to move…away from what might eat it to what it\nmight eat instead….this evidently happened quickly without much of\nan addition in DNA…something was added…and because everything in\nthe universe is a particle, probably a particle or group of particles\nwas added…at first I thought it might have been light…as it turns\nout that guess probably was not as bad as I then thought…we will\nreturn to this thought…the problem with light with a photon is that\nwhatever was added must have been able to perceive, think and act…a\nphoton doesn’t seem to be capable of all of that…an atom is more\nlikely…as there are three quarks, each of which might serve a\ndifferent series of duties…but an atom is a center of consciousness\nwhy haven’t we seen or heard more…probably because with electrons\nabout it…it is ‘concealed’, cut off from the world about it…if\nelectrons are stripped away…it would become an ion and it might be\n‘revealed’…able to interact with other things….<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\tAs\nI say…we must stop being afraid of the word ‘intentionality’ when\nwe talk about consciousness in the universe….sure it is weird to be\nsaying that a rock has potential intentionality…potential\nWill…but we have accept the fact that the entire subject of\nconsciousness is weird…everyone of us is ‘looking out’…we think\nwe are the center of the universe…it appears that every animal \n‘looks out” in the same way even if every animal is not equipped\nwith a brain to recognize that fact….<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\tWell,\nas we saw before… all of this led to the hypothesis that a hydrogen\nion would be the most likely candidate to be an ‘I’…the seat of\nconsciousness..\tFor hydrogen ions to\nhave participated in the creation of life…three things would have\nto be true. In general..First, there would have to have been a\nbountiful supply of hydrogen ions around four billion years ago…as\nwe have said, in an isolated, protected place where life could\nemerge…. Second…there would have to have been pathways over\nwhich, through which, by means of which chemicals could have been\nparaded by hydrogen ions to be perceived, for the ions to think\nabout, and then for action to be taken to process these chemicals and\ncreate the first life….Then third, using these first simple\nchemicals that were on some sort of pathway to and from hydrogen\nions, these specks of consciousness must have been able to have\nformed in an easy way molecules that could generate and store energy\nthat would be required to produce and sustain life…and\nsimultaneously be building structures leading to the formation of the\nfirst cells…To determine how these three things happened is a\nchallenge as all of this occurred 4 billion years ago…still there\nis hope that there are vestiges of this early work among chemicals\nand patterns of chemical reactions in cells today…as they say in\nthe field of geology…what is occurring today, has occurred in the\npast, and shall continue to occur in the future…The fact is…it\nseems that once certain patterns have appeared in the emergence of\nlife…these patterns have tended to remain as they were, or have\nbeen altered slightly to create new patterns…in ways that the\nevolution of the cell can be discerned…<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\tIn\nmore detail…First we must find that it was possible that hydrogen\nions were in abundance in oceans 4 billon years ago…then we must\nconsider what were the five major abilities and objectives hydrogen\nions must have possessed and pursued to create life?\t<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\tFirst…Shapes…they\nmust been able to identify things…they may have done this by\nidentifying structures….the three dimensional array of molecules is\nhow chemicals are identified…which is called ‘conformation’…the\nrelationship between the three-dimensional structure of molecules and\ntheir biological activity…for scientists shape of molecules seems\nto be very important in the identification and interaction among\nmolecules.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\tYet\nthere is another possibility operating within the purview of\nidentification and interaction of molecules…in the human brain, if\na hydrogen ion is in charge…then information is paraded by it by\nmeans of ions moving in neurons…how would the ion receive\ninformation from these ions…well, ions flowing in neurons generate\nwaves electrical and magnetic…it seems likely that the hydrogen ion\nis ‘reading’ the information directly from these waves…thus at the\nvery beginning of life, hydrogen ions probably identified molecules\nabout it in the same way…first in a hydrogen atom with electrons\nthe nucleus communicates with its electrons in this wave oriented\nmanner…then when electrons are removed, the ion is able to\nperceive, identify molecules about it in the same manner….via waves\ngenerated by all atomic activity….<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\tSecond…Energy…hydrogen\nions must have been able to make things happen…To\ncreate, to have an impact on things, one needs energy…so when they\nwere pushing things around…one had to have found, obtained energy\nand somehow stored it somewhere and then was able to grab it and use\nit when it was needed…that is, there must have been the capability\nof generation and storage of metabolic energy…\t\t \n \n<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\tThird…Structure…as\nwe have said…if hydrogen ions are to do something…they need a\nlaboratory…a place where chemicals can be isolated from the\nsurrounding world….structure is needed for particles and molecules\nto interact with hydrogen ions….structure is also required in order\nthat things that are created can be preserved… progress can be made\nwithout loss of things that are built…As I have said…scientists\nthink that a cell wall was one of the first things built…I think\nthat all of this took place between grains of sand or in pocket of\nwater in tide pools or somewhere…forget a cell wall for a\nmoment…say we have an isolated space…one still needs\nstructure…a cell is filled with filaments …particles and\nmolecules are moved by force along lines, along highways from the\noutside world along paths inside the isolated space…where hydrogen\nions can examine particles and molecules and identify them and make\ndecisions…we can use that over there …we have too much of\nthis…we need more of something else…so pathways were number\none…these pathways would have made it possible for hydrogen ions to\nparade past…or have molecules parade past them…in this way the\nhydrogen ions could have worked with different molecules….<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\tEventually,\namino acids were created for this purpose… created by hydrogen\nions…these worked very well for this purpose…we need to know how\nthey worked so we can see if there were counterparts in the very\nfirst early stages that performed the same functions…amino acids\nhave one part of them that is the same…to which are attached a\nlittle this and a little that which gives them a shape which can be\nused to identify them and a shape that can be used to build\nthings…by combining with other amino acids…and eventually amino\nacids were used to build proteins..and DNA and RNA were built to be\nmemories…that is they were patterns, templates that could be used\nto assist in the building of these proteins…Were there any things\nthat might have corresponded to all of this…at the very first\nearliest stage of life? That is, if amino acids did not exist at the\nvery very beginning…there must have been something like them which\nperformed similar functions…we must find these…<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\tSo\nto return to what hydrogen ions would have had to possess to do their\nwork…<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\tFourth…memory…storage,\ntransmission, and expression of genetic material…no..at this early\nstage there must have been a counterpart to what later developed into\ngenetic memory…what might have worked would have been molecules\nbuilt to last a while, placed in a sequence, which would have allowed\nhydrogen ions to pass by them or among them and complete tasks in a\ngiven order…Again what would have structures like this been built\nof in this very very early stage of life?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\tFifth…a\nmodel for cognition would have had to have been made…along the\nlines of a tiny brain…at this very early stage of life….there\nmust have been ways for particles and molecules to be perceived…\nparticles and molecules entering an isolated area must have been\nmoved somehow into the vicinity of the hydrogen ions where the\nhydrogen ions could identify, think, make decisions, and then have a\nmemory that is a collection of building blocks at hand to make what\nis needed and a pathways to deliver what is made to where it is\nneeded…this is molecular physiology…the interaction,\nconformation, and metabolism in physiological processes…these are\nfancy words for…perceive, think, and act…As we have said…very\nimportant to all of this would have been the building of structures\nthat assisted hydrogen ions in performing things…and a means of\nacquiring the energy necessary to build and move these things…<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\tSo\nif consciousness was there when life was first formed…we should\nlook for hydrogen ions…and we should look for chemicals that could\nhave been formed easily from gases in the air that can be absorbed by\nthe ocean and water in the ocean itself…chemicals that could easily\nbe made into structures…structures that could aid the work of\nhydrogen ions…Well, it is a great help for a scientists to know\nwhat he or she is looking for…for decades answers may sit right\nbefore their eyes without progress because scientists are not asking\nthe right questions… We know what we are looking for….<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\tHere\nwe are looking for interactions and reactions among particles and\nmolecules that may have taken place very early in the creation of\nlife and are ‘held over’ in later stages of the development of\nlife….<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\t\t\t\t\tLight\nCreated Life!<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

\tSo\nwe know what we are looking for. First, we are looking for hydrogen\nions. The early atmosphere was made up mostly of carbon dioxide,\nalong with tiny amounts of methane, ammonia, nitrogen, and water\nvapor.. And of course, there was the ocean…there was water…lots\nof water…<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\tSo\nthe first thing…as we say…4 billion years ago there was a\nplenitude of two things on earth….there was a lot of ocean and a\nlot of atmosphere…the former of course was composed mostly of\nH20…and the latter was composed mainly of CO2…It just so happens\nwhen these water and air are combined we reaped the following…<\/p>\n\n\n\n

H2O\n+ CO2 yields HCO3- + H+<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\tWe\nsee this reaction everyday nowadays…this reaction is initiated,\naccelerated, and proliferated millions maybe trillions of times by\nthe action of enzymes in our bodies every day to acquire hydrogen\nions necessary for performing important functions in our bodies…Of \ncourse this reaction occurred at a much slower pace at the beginning\nof life….It is what we have been looking for…a gas in the air\nplus water yields a potent source for a surfeit of hydrogen ions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\tThen\nthere is a second thing…once hydrogen ions are generated in water,\nof course there is a propensity for these ions to immediately combine\nwith other hydrogen ions and create hydrogen gas…However, H2 when\nit is produced in water is never stabilized…it readily dissociates\ninto an electron plus a proton (that is, e<\/em>– + H+). In this\nway hydrogen gas alternated with hydrogen ions in a perpetual\nvacillation back and forth…a pattern replicated over and\nover…this was the earliest form of chemical replication…this was\nthe earliest form of life!…Hydrogen ions vacillating back and forth\nbetween H2 and H+ plus an electron…would have formed gradients with\nconcentrations of H+ appearing in isolated contained areas….as I\nsay, this flashing back and forth from H2 to H+ would have been a\nrudimentary sort of life…a pattern replicated…with consciousness\nembedded within it!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\tHowever,\nfor replication to take place in a more predictable manner…\nstructures had to be formed to help guide this flow of chemical\nreactions….It appears that the first structures that hydrogen ions\ncreated to assist in this replication were….sugars…<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\tWe\nsaw that carbon dioxide in the atmosphere plus water gives us a\nwealth of hydrogen ions….Well, carbon dioxide plus water…plus\nlight… gives us…sugar!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\tWitness!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

CO2\n+ H2O + photons yields [CH2O] + O2<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\n carbohydrate\n oxygen<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\tFrom\nthe same folks that gave us hydrogen ions, with the help of light\ngave us sugars…sugars give us building blocks to aid replication of\nchemical reactions… plus sugars can store and move energy from one\nplace to another …there is a problem with the breakdown of sugars\nto obtain energy as glycolysis takes a great amount of time without\nenzymes…thus there would have been great pressure for hydrogen ions\nto create amino acids and proteins to create enzymes…that is,\ncatalysts that could accelerate biological interactions and reactions\nmany many times…thus there was a need for nitrogen and\nphosphorous…to form enzymes…or rudimentary nucleotides could have\nbeen made…because RNA can act as an enzyme…<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\tPerhaps\none recognizes this pattern…this creation of structures and\nmovement of energy…why, it is the essence of a process rife on our\nplanet filled with life today…it is photosynthesis….yes, it\nappears photosynthesis was there at the very beginning of creation of\nlife…Yes, light indeed… did help create life!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\tSugars!\n The reason that molecules are ‘organic’ is that they have carbon as\nan important part of their composition…often part of their\nbackbones… Carbon is ionic and can easily break apart and combine\nagain… often in long chains…called ‘polymers’…polymers are the\nsecret to life…molecules can build to immense size then collapse\nquickly…chains of reactions can occur quite quickly and easily….<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\tSo…\nthe ocean was filled with H+ 3 billion years ago…which is what we\nwere looking for….In addition, photosynthesis seems to have been\nthere at the very beginning,…Photosynthesis is a process used by\nplants and other organisms…some organisms have processes which seem\nto be closer to what was happening at the very\nbeginning…photosynthesis is used to convert light energy into\nchemical energy…By light is meant any frequency of radiation from\ninfrared to ultraviolet…most photosynthesis on earth is now\nperformed with the assistance of light that we can see …however,\nsome organisms use infrared radiation..half of the radiation that\nhits the earth is infrared light…so it is reasonable to think that\nthe first life used infrared light….this chemical energy was stored\nin the sugar molecules that photosynthesis created, then transported\nto other areas to be released later to perpetuate replication at\nfirst…later to feed an organisms’ activities…As we have said…at\nthis very very very early stage…breaking sugars down to obtain\nenergy would have taken long periods of time…prompting the\ninitiation of action for hydrogen ions to really change\nthings..obtaining nitrogen and phosphorous to build amino acids,\nproteins, and ultimately enzymes to move the energy process\nfaster…..<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\tAll\nof this means that life had to have first occurred near air in the\nocean where water and CO2 could combine to produce hydrogen ions and\nsugars…however, since the breaking down of sugars was necessary to\nobtain energy to accomplish things…it is possible that once life\nwas begun it may have moved to the bottom of the sea near vents that\nexuded gases from the center of the earth… nitrogen and phosphorus\ncould be obtained…<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\tOur\nmodel then, simply…is…hydrogen ions arising naturally from a\nreaction between water and carbon dioxide…followed by a process\ncalled carbon fixation which produced a three-carbon sugar\nproduct…which in turn provided structures and means to move\nenergy…obtaining energy from sugar molecules was a slow\nprocess…which led to the push to create molecules like amino acids\nwhich could be used to build proteins that could speed processes and\neventually replace the rudimentary structures made of sugar with\nstronger longer lasting structrues made of proteins.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

How\nDo We Get to Amino Acids?<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

\t\nSo we have seen that the push was on to create molecules that could\nspeed the generation of energy…how was this done?…Scientists\ngenerally agree that the first life on earth appeared sometime before\n3.9 billion years ago…The origins of life are known to have come\nafter the presence of liquid water on earth… Once large pools of\nwater had formed…it was possible for life to exist. Cynobacteria,\nsome of the earliest types of procaryotic bacteria… have left\nremains, which have been found in Australia dated back to between 3.4\nto 2.8 billion years ago…Ancient as their origins are…these\nbacteria were already biologically complex, with cell walls\nprotecting their protein-producing DNA…This was one billion years\nafter life first emerged. \n<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\tSo\nwhat happened during these one billion years?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\tWell,\nwe know that hydrogen ions were present at the emergence of life…\nand they were working with sugars right away in a photosynthesis sort\nof way…<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\tA\nstream of hydrogen ions was not a stream of entities operating all\nalone…there was a lot of interaction in two respects…First, a\nstream of hydrogen ions possessed consciousness…flashing back and\nforth from being ‘revealed’ and active in the world around them…to\nbeing ‘concealed’ as hydrogen gas…these ions were able to\ncommunicate with each other…process the building of structures,\nworking one after the other in a coordinated manner…when a hydrogen\nmolecule was H+ + e-<\/em> …that is, plus an electron… it\npossessed a wave which could move information along a line of\nions….patterns could ve created and then replicated…After a time,\nother hydrogen gradients emerged which could compete with the\noriginal ones…they could try new things and evolution would reward\noperations which worked the best…<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\tIt\nis possible that the famous ‘will to survive’ that all life seems to\nexhibit from the most minute of bacteria to the largest of\nbeasts…may have begun in the hydrogen ion gradient….perhaps when\na nucleus is ‘revealed’…the experience is exhilarating and an ion\nis reluctant to lose this stance toward the world…even when one ion\nis in command, the other ions in a gradient may take pride in\nparticipating in their roles in perpetuating life…In the end, when\nall ions become part of complete atoms again…these nuclei settle in\na peaceful, blissful existence that was never to be feared or\ndeprecated…until the opportunity arises again for the ‘I’ to\nexhibit its awesome ability for impact….<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\tBut\nhow do we get from sugars to proteins…well, it took a billion or so\nyears…so it wasn’t like the transition took place right away…<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\tWell,\nwe cannot fill all the gaps…but we do know a few things…For\nexample, once organizational tools were built out of sugar…they\nwere elaborated and made stronger, better, more efficient…DNA and\nRNA which appeared later are constructed and elaborated in a way that\nmimics how sugars elongate and elaborate themselves…The addition of\nnitrogen and phosphorous to the recipe for building structures made\nof sugars was crucial…they have given biological structures\nresilience, durability, and speed in replication….they have allowed\nlife to spread like a blanket around, across the planet so that every\nsquare millimeter is inundated with trillions of organisms…and\nfilled the atmosphere with oxygen… So is there any evidence that\nnitrogen and phosphorous were available in large quantities during\nthe one billion year period when the evolution from hydrogen ions and\nsugars to proteins occurred? \n<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\tFirst\nof all…in life today nitrogen and phosphorous are still difficult\nfor life to grab ahold of…for this reason in every sequence of\nreactions in which these elements are utilized…they are recycled\nback to be used again…some life gains energy and structures from\nlight…but most life devours other life…<\/p>\n\n\n\n

thereby\nacquiring these crucial elements…Even within an organism, proteins\nare constantly falling apart, yet amino acids tend to remain in\ntack…they are also kept within the confines of the organism\navailable for further use when new proteins are assembled…this\npreserves these crucial elements also…<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\tSecond,\nin addition to the recycling of these elements…additional supplies\nof them is required from time to time for life to survive…Were\nnitrogen and phosphorous available in the oceans when life moved from\na sugar based existence to one with amino acids and proteins?…<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\tAs\nfar as nitrogen is concerned…scientists have found well-preserved\nrocks that have been associated with early evidence for oxygenic\nphotosynthesis 2.7 years ago…the rock samples showed the first\ndirect evidence of the build up of a large pool of ammonium in and\naround the time that life was utilizing it in creating\nproteins…this ammonium would have provided an ample source of\nnitrogen to fuel the early biosphere…<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\tThe\navailability of phosphorous has not been documented as of this date.\n.It is the one piece of the puzzle still missing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\tIn\nthis way, our research hypothesizes that the parade allowing the\nemergence of life proceeded as follows….H+ gradients flashing back\nand forth from H2 to H+ plus an electron was the first life…such\nconcentrations of H+ is rife in life today to the extent that they\nare a major signature of life….These gradients utilized sugars for\nstructures and energy…which eventually led to the creation of amino\nacids, then proteins, then nucleotides…which allowed the production\nof eucaryotic cells and ultimately, multicellular life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\n The I<\/em> and Tools<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

\tOne\nthing we learn from archaeologists…the same thing that we have\nlearned from pragmatists and a psychologist like William James…the\nhallmark of consciousness is the appearance of tools….good ideas\nare the ones that work…that is, the best ideas are tools…Humans\nwith their great minds are able to innovate and create tools\nfashioned from the natural world around them…and create things that\nhave never been seen before…However, we must not forget that things\nlike instinct and parts of animal bodies…actually parts of anything\nthat we deem to attach the appellation of ‘life’…all of these\nthings are tools…relics from the past…evidence of consciousness\nconstructing things that ‘work’…building things all the way from\nthe atomic to the macro level that can impact, move the world around\nit…the world that surrounds such a miracle of creative ability….<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\tRandomness\ncreates nothing…as is stated by the second law of\nthermodynamics…Systems which display an organization can only\ndegrade…never build back up by themselves…It may be a rule\nuniversal in nature…that wherever, whenever organization is\nseen…consciousness at some level of Cosmic power has been at\nwork….this does not mean that there is an old man with a beard, a\nkindly father sweetly at work watching oer our world and our\ncosmos….No, in fact it would be the Cosmos, itself…with a capital\nC indicating consciousness of the grandest inclusive, space\ncommanding sort…that is building itself…every day…<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\tAll\nis spreading outwards…outwards…always…towards dissipation,\ndisorganization, and death of intention….<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\tNo!…I\nwould never bet in favor of such an ultimate dissolution of\nthings…Where there is will there is a way….Where there is\nWill…there are tools….there is hope….there is Law…there is\nLove….there is Cosmos…there is Consciousness…with a capital\nC<\/em>……<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\n Conclusion<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

\tAs\nI say…we must stop being afraid of the word ‘intentionality’ when\nwe talk about phenomena in the universe….sure, it is weird to be\nsaying that a rock has potential intentionality…potential\nWill…but we have to accept the fact that the entire subject of\nconsciousness is weird…everyone of us is ‘looking out’…We each\nthink we are the center of the universe…it appears that every\nanimal ‘looks out” in the same way even if every animal is not\nequipped with a brain to recognize that fact….The fact is… every\ncell in our body…every microorganism seems to have consciousness\noperating at the atomic level within it….<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\tFor\nexample, as we have said…one question is…how did life graduate\nfrom H+ and sugars to amino acids and proteins? Well, as we have\nsaid…concentrations of hydrogen ions were the first life…they\nwere conscious, able to work together to construct tools…once\norganizational tools were built…they were elaborated made stronger,\nbetter, more efficient…As we have said…DNA and RNA are\nconstructed and elaborated in a way that mimics how sugars elongate\nand elaborate themselves…The addition of nitrogen and phosphorous\nto the recipe for building structures made of sugars…has given life\nresilience, durability, and speed in replication….has allowed life\nto spread across the planet so that every square millimeter is\ninundated with trillions of organisms…..The five second\nrule…rubbish…There is an entire world that exists near the atomic\nlevel…there is a minute dust that covers the planet and embedded\nwithin that dust is life…bacteria, microbes far below the\nvisibility of the eye…once something touches that dust, bacteria is\ntransferred….just one piece of evidence of the pervasiveness,\ndurability, intransigence, the power of Life….<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\tHumans\nmay have the power to pollute their world… perhaps even annihilate\nthemselves…but most life lives beneath the radar…a world of life\nthat is stealthy…as far as our perception is concerned…Sure, ants\nand cockroaches may still live after a nuclear holocaust…but the\ntruth is…Life has always really existed in full bloom, in\nextravagance at, near the atom level…near the molecular\nlevel….and every star is filled with hydrogen ions…that flash to\nand from one great I<\/em> to the many…this is a replication that\nis eternal…this is a replication that is always…the sure sign…\nof tools….the sure sign…of consciousness at work…<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\tIn\nour introduction, we said that several disciplines and areas of\nthought when brought together increase the probability that the\nhypothesis that every atom possesses consciousness is true. Now we\ncan add one more area of thought…the emergence of Life…this\nincreases the probability that our hypothesis is true to about 85\npercent….As we have said, there is the possibility of empirical\nverification of the existence of the ‘I’ particle…from experiments\nat CERN utilizing the Large Hadron Collider….if what we are looking\nfor is not demolished in the process….People say the world is not\nready for such speculations as are provided here….We say we must\nfight cancer now….in a most powerful way …we cannot wait another\nthousand years until scientists are able to put theological concerns\naside and finally confront a Cosmos where the most amazing things are\ntrue…There are miracles occurring everyday…as every person is\nable to ‘look out’…There is room for more miracles…if we allow\nthem to be…in our science….<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\tThere\nis one last thing…scientists feel they are close to understanding\nnot only what atom nuclei are composed of…but how these constituent\nparts operate…how these parts work together… As I have said, atom\nsmashers… smash atoms to smithereens…most of the knowledge we\nseek is obliterated…there are other more clever ways we are\ndeveloping that we hope will reveal more about this tiny tiny but\nmost important world…as the entire Cosmos was is composed\noriginally at this level….the most important operations work at\nthis level…But wait…now there may be another way to assist in\nthis investigation of this invisible world…Each of us possesses an\n‘I’…and this ‘I’ is ‘looking out’ from the center…of an\natom…Might we not merely ‘look out’…This would be a most clever\nform of investigation…What do we see…do we see ‘strings’…\nmultiverses? …quarks…or do we just see…energy?…perhaps the\nbasis of everything is…as it was in the beginning…entirely\ncomposed of energy….encapsulated, parceled out, given different\nresponsibilities and powers…but just energy…and we can see\nthat…we can see everything we seek…by merely…’looking\nout’…examining the nuclei of atoms…from the inside…out….<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\nBibliographical Notes<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

\tSo\nif consciousness was there when life was first formed…we should\nlook for hydrogen ions…and we should look for chemicals that can be\nformed easily from gases in the air that can be absorbed by the ocean\nand water in the ocean itself…well, it is a great help for a\nscientists to know what he or she is looking for…for decades\nanswers may sit right before their eyes without progress because\nscientists are not asking the right questions…we know what we are\nlooking for….<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\tThe\nmajor sources we used for information were texts all of which are no\ndoubt out of print now…which are no doubt replaced with newer\neditions and selections….Our hypothesis here was built not from\nideas found in original pieces of work by other investigators….they\nwere built from facts found in any basic textbook in the fields of\nchemistry, biochemistry and cellular investigation….what has led\nour investigation are not new facts per se although new things are\nbeing discovered every day…it is more what the investigator is\nlooking for…things that have been there all along…if one were\nlooking for them…if one were allowed to look for them…<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\tSome\nof the sources that were used in this minibook were the following…<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\tFor\ngeneral information the following were essential…<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\tMolecular\nBiology of the Cell…Third Edition.<\/em>..by Bruce Alberts, et\nal…(New York: Garland Publishing, 1994)….<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\tBiochemistry,\nFourth Edition<\/em> by Lubert Stryer….(New York: W. H. Freeman and\nCompany, 1995)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\tChemistry…Third\nEdition,<\/em> by Steven S. Zumdahl (Lexington, MA: D. C. Heath and\nCompany, 1993)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\tFor\ninformation concerning specific items and areas concerning cell\nactivity and documented evidence concerning early manifestations of\nlife, the following were used….<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Photosynthesis earlyearthcentral.com\/early_life_page.html\\<\/a> <\/p>\n\n\n\n

https:\/\/www.physicsoftheuiniverse.com\/topics_life_early.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

http:phy.org\/news\/2017_11_life_limited_phosphorous_recycling_ suppressed.html <\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

https:\/\/bioengineer.org\/aminonium_fertilized_early_life_on_earth\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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