Bioenergetics: the Future of Health

Quantum Biology

Let’s touch on that term “quantum.” It refers to the subatomic scale world of energy waves and particles, and it gets us into exceptionally subtle concepts like:

• A wave nature to the very fabric or fields of space. For visualization purposes, you could think of this like ripples in an ocean that we cannot see.

• How field interactions create “high pressure” regions that we refer to as energy particles.

• How particles come together to give us “space resonances,” allowing for wireless communication and the creation of more complex forms.

We don’t need to explore all those details here. Suffice it to say that quantum biology – exploring how quantum phenomena play a role in our bodies – is a growing area of study. And it’s become more accessible to the average person thanks to books like Life on the Edge: The Coming Age of Quantum Biology by Johnjoe McFadden and Jim Al-Khalili.

What’s interesting is that, traditionally, quantum phenomena – like interference, superposition, and entanglement – can only occur in simple quantum systems because of coherence. We’re said to lose this coherence as systems become more complex, like they do at the scale of cells and humans, which is why we supposedly don’t experience these same phenomena in our day-to-day lives.

Even this is increasingly debatable. For instance, where they once thought only quantum elements could be entangled, they have since entangled large molecules. What’s more, physicists have entangled vibrational states of tiny mechanical resonators that are larger than many human cells.

Regardless, we know that quantum operations happen at the quantum level within us. As McFadden says in Quantum Evolution: “although quantum-level phenomena are not visible in an object the size of a cat, the individual electrons and protons inside will continue to display quantum-level phenomena.”

Because of this, while we may not have an apparent “wave” nature at the human level, our tiniest bits still do. And if you can influence activity at this level through electromagnetic frequencies, you can influence the forming and breaking of chemical bonds. And that influences every activity in the body.

Is this possible?

It’s more than possible: it’s factual.

• The sun interacts with us through such frequencies and causes us to produce vitamin D.

• We’re meant to avoid high-frequency radiation for the damaging effects it can have on us biologically.

• An article on quantum biology called “Turtles Use Earth's Magnetic Fields and ‘Quantum Biology’ to Get Their Bearings” suggests that migration for many animals may rely on “a quantum process that involves photoreceptors [whose] response to light depends on their alignment relative to the magnetic field.”

• We used to think the shape of a molecule determined its smell, but now we’re finding that molecules with identical shapes can have different smells. We now believe their vibrations and even light emissions may help to determine their smell.

This means it’s not a question of whether quantum events are taking place in the body. We know they are, and we know they have results at the human level. So now our goal is to make these simple facts practical: how do we assess what’s happening at these subtle levels of the body, and how do we intentionally alter the body at this level to trigger an upward effect of healing?