Harmonizing Science and Religion Through Investigating Deeper Reality

This draft investigates the harmonization of science and religion by exploring the deeper nature of reality, proposing an unconventional, non-materialistic worldview. Synthesizing diverse evidence, it outlines a deeper understanding of reality and consciousness, aiming to reorient science from materialism and foster a new stage of human civilization. The investigation finds consciousness has a non-physical origin, supported by parapsychological phenomena like past-life memories. Quantum physics, via the double-slit experiment and entanglement, reveals matter and space are not fundamentally substantial but illusions. The Consciousness-Collapse Virtual Reality (CCVR) hypothesis posits spacetime as a virtual construct and quanta as information collapsing into definite states upon interaction with consciousness. Supported by remote observation, this model suggests perception occurs in discrete time steps, co-creating objective reality via neuron-centered entanglement networks. Profound parallels exist with Buddhist teachings: emptiness (śūnyatā) aligns with reality's virtual, illusory nature. The tathāgatagarbha, or pure consciousness, is identified as the ultimate underlying mechanism, manifesting phenomena in quantum-timescale steps. Elementary particles are described as seven non-physical vortices, resonating with emerging physics theories. Buddhist cosmology represents deeper realities and a vast multiverse. Integrated with Analytic Idealism, the unified CCVR model provides a framework for mind-matter interaction, parapsychological phenomena, and core religious metaphysics. This worldview promises mutual understanding among religions, a post-materialist scientific paradigm, and societal altruism, fostering fulfillment.