Quantum Physics and Consciousness [1]

Right now, as I sit here and write, about 65 billion neutrinos are streaming through every square centimeter of my body—my brain, my heart, my entire being. They come from the Sun, born in the fusion of hydrogen into helium, and yet I feel absolutely nothing. These ghost‑like particles cross the universe without caring about what they encounter.

I know they pass straight through the Earth as if it were transparent. They move through mountains, oceans, even the iron core of the planet, and emerge on the other side without slowing down. Physicists tell us they could cross a wall of lead one light‑year thick without being stopped. And the unsettling truth is this: there is no shield, no bunker, no place in the universe where I could hide from them. I am constantly being bombarded, and there is nothing I can do to prevent it.

So I ask myself: what are these particles called neutrinos, where do they come from, and why do they reveal something so shocking about the nature of reality?

My understanding of neutrinos

The neutrino was discovered by Clyde Cowan and Frederick Reines. It’s a subatomic particle with no electric charge and spin ½. Experiments in Canada and Japan showed that neutrinos do have mass, though incredibly small—less than a billionth of the mass of a hydrogen atom.

In the Sun’s core, at more than 15 million degrees Celsius, hydrogen atoms fuse into helium, releasing energy. In the first step of this chain, two protons collide, one transforms into a neutron, a positron appears, and a neutrino is released. Without this reaction, the Sun could not shine.

The neutrinos crossing me right now left the Sun only eight minutes ago, racing at nearly the speed of light.

How I connect neutrinos to consciousness

I remind myself to separate what science knows from what belongs to philosophy or mysticism.

1. What science knows:• Neutrinos are extremely light, fast, and barely interact with matter.

• They come from the Sun, supernovas, the atmosphere, and even the Big Bang.

• They do not affect my neurons, physiology, or states of consciousness. Out of the trillions that pass through me every second, only one might interact with a molecule in my body during my entire lifetime.

2. Philosophical reflections I draw:• Neutrinos remind me that most of reality is invisible to my senses. They challenge my intuition about what is “real.”

• They serve as a metaphor for subtle forces described in traditions—prana, chi, pneuma, baraka. Not the same as neutrinos, but the idea resonates: invisible, penetrating, universal.

• They are “solar whispers.” Even if they don’t affect my brain, they prove the Sun is alive and fusing. And my consciousness depends completely on sunlight, warmth, photosynthesis, and circadian rhythms.

3. Speculative science:• Some theories suggest consciousness might connect to deep quantum processes. I’ve read about Penrose and Hameroff’s Orch‑OR model. But none of this involves neutrinos directly, and none has been proven.

4. Mystical‑philosophical lens:• Thinkers like Bohm, Vedanta, Sufism, and Buddhism remind me that reality is deeply interconnected.

• In that sense, neutrinos feel like messengers of the universe’s core, constant reminders of unity.

My conclusion

From science, I know neutrinos don’t alter my consciousness.

From philosophy, they show me that reality is far greater than what I perceive.

From mysticism, they symbolize the invisible forces that sustain the visible.

For me, neutrinos expand my sense of existence in a living, dynamic, invisible universe. They invite me to stretch my awareness beyond the limits of perception.

Back to the basics

When I think about neutrinos, I also return to the oldest human question: What is the world made of?

The ancient Greeks imagined zooming infinitely into matter. Would I reach something indivisible, or could I keep dividing forever? They proposed atoms—tiny grains of matter. They were right, but the story is stranger than they imagined. Atoms are divisible, made of smaller things, which are made of even smaller things. And at the deepest level, I find something so strange it defies all intuition.

I will continue.