The Science That Stole Time and the Great Consciousness Field Theory: Deconstructing Physical Cosmology and the Return of Transcendental Consciousness
Introduction: Stolen Time and the Philosophical Contradictions of Materialism
Modern natural science has relied on numbers and time as absolute foundations to quantitatively measure and causally analyze the world. In physics, the entire process of defining the dynamical states of matter and establishing laws relies on the measurement of physical quantities, and the ultimate yardstick of that measurement is time. However, as revealed in Carlo Rovelli’s The Order of Time, at the deepest levels of modern physics, we cannot find the independent, one-directional flow of time that we experience in everyday life. Time is not an objectively existing physical entity in the universe; rather, it is closer to a thermodynamic phenomenon that emerges from the relational entanglement between things.
This physical discovery perfectly aligns with the concept of time established by Immanuel Kant in his transcendental epistemology. To Kant, time is not an objective physical object existing outside of the subject, but a “transcendental form of intuition (a priori form of intuition)” that the subject already possesses internally to receive sensory phenomena and categorize them intellectually. In other words, numbers and time are internal products of the subject, and their existence within human consciousness is an immovable fact.
Nevertheless, modern physicalist science has unauthorizedly taken this transcendental time and number, which are inherent in human consciousness, and used them as tools to declare that the external world consists solely of physical matter. Atheistic scientists like Richard Dawkins and Stephen Hawking have used their own subjective consciousness as a tool to deny transcendent intelligence and God. Yet, they overlooked the fact that time, the very yardstick of the scientific logic they rely on, is a product of human consciousness. This means science “stole” time from human consciousness and abused it to paint the world with materialism. Now, we have reached a turning point where this stolen time and number must be returned to their rightful owners: the realms of philosophy and spirit.
The Epistemological Collapse of Relativity and the Illusion of Mass
Albert Einstein’s iconic mass-energy equivalence formula from his special theory of relativity asserts that matter and energy are essentially identical:
E=mc2
In this equation, the speed of light $c$ functions as an absolute constant defining the physical limits of the universe. However, in physics, the physical quantity of speed ($v$) is fundamentally defined as the change in distance ($s$) over a unit of time ($t$):
v=dtds
Therefore, the speed of light $c$ cannot be physically defined or exist without the prerequisite parameter of time. If, as pointed out by Kant’s epistemology and modern relational physics, time $t$ is merely a transcendental form of subjective perception, then the speed of light $c$, defined in reliance on time, also cannot possess independent external reality.
If the speed of light $c$ does not hold, the equivalence equation
E=mc2
structurally collapses, and mass $m$—the inherent quantity of matter defined by this equation—can no longer be identified as a physical substance. Ultimately, a physical universe devoid of numbers and time cannot be granted reality, leading to the conclusion that the vast material universe we believed objectively existed is nothing more than a high-dimensional illusion projected by the subjective forms of perception.
| Physical/Philosophical Concept | Classical Materialist View | Great Consciousness Field Theory & Transcendental Epistemology View |
|---|---|---|
| Time (t) | An absolute physical axis flowing objectively in cosmic space | A transcendental form of intuition possessed by the subject to receive phenomena |
| Speed of Light (c) | An absolute constant defining the speed limit of the external physical world | A relational phenomenon mediated through the subject’s time perception structure |
| Mass (m) | The substantial quantity of matter independently occupying space | An epistemological illusion indefinable without transcendental scales of numbers and time |
| Space (s) | A receptor of external reality where physical objects exist | An internal transcendental tool of the subject enabling external perception |
Observer Sovereignty and the Metaphysical Reversal of Brain-Based Epistemology
The rise of quantum mechanics and the double-slit experiment in the microscopic realm exposed that the subjective act of observation is the key variable determining the state of physical targets. While the compromise of the Copenhagen interpretation treated the observer merely as an external factor disrupting the objective world or as a co-partner of subject and object, sophisticated modern quantum epistemology converges toward the “absolute authority of the observer,” where observation must stand as the subject. Unobserved physical states exist merely as non-physical waves and probabilistic possibilities, collapsing and fixing into concrete particles of the phenomenal world only through the subject’s act of observation. This is equivalent to proving via scientific tools that the subject-centered phenomenal world proposed by Kant is an manifest truth.
This subject-centered trend also demands a dramatic reversal in the interpretation of the “Second Nature” concept proposed by neurobiologist Gerald Edelman. Edelman proposed “brain-based epistemology,” asserting that high-order consciousness is formed based on selective systems operating inside and outside the individual—specifically developmental selection, experiential selection, and the dynamic reentry mechanism connecting different brain regions. He viewed human knowledge and thinking capacity as the result of neural-Darwinistic interactions of the biological brain.
However, when strictly reinterpreted from the perspective of the Great Consciousness Field Theory, the dynamic neural activities and reentry circuits described by Edelman are not the cause that generates consciousness. Instead, they are merely a sophisticated functional projection device constructed by consciousness itself to synchronize with the physical mechanism of the material world and undergo multi-dimensional experiences. The physical brain is not the origin of high-order consciousness, but a biological medium chosen by the vast consciousness to manifest itself.
Cheonbong Kim Young-gyo’s Great Consciousness Field Theory and the Multilayered Structure of Small Consciousness Fields
Writer and humanist lecturer Cheonbong Kim Young-gyo, through his book A Trio Reinterpreting the World: Philosophy, Science, and Religion, exposes the falsehood of modern civilization based on materialism and proposes the “Great Consciousness Field Theory,” asserting that the entire universe consists of a giant spiritual medium. Born in Gyeongbuk, South Korea, the author graduated from the College of Liberal Arts, served as a high school teacher, and later established the system of Buddhist studies at Dongguk University Graduate School. He comparatively studied Kantian epistemology, brain science, relativity, and quantum mechanics, discovering that this world possesses non-physical properties rather than physical ones, and sought to prove this.
The Great Consciousness Field Theory strongly criticizes the worldviews of Karl Marx and Vladimir Lenin—the physicalist dogmas that distorted the world into a space of struggle and material conflict—and declares that consciousness is the sole reality. The core premises and logical structure of this theory are as follows:
First, the universe arose after the birth of human consciousness; human consciousness emerged independently first, and subsequently, the body and the physical universe were born through the stimulation of the Great Consciousness Field. Second, humanity’s ancestors originally appeared in the Great Consciousness Field in the form of spiritual waves without a coarse physical body, and the physical flesh we know is a condensed product of that consciousness descending to the material dimension. Third, if the universe is made of a non-physical consciousness field, then negative phenomena such as greed, war, disease, death, and natural disasters found in human history cannot be completely resolved by external environmental improvements, but only through a radical, spiritual “revolution of consciousness” that aligns with the Great Consciousness Field. To accomplish this, a new dimension of religious reform is required, where philosophy, science, and religion stop rejecting each other and cooperate toward the grand integration of great consciousness.
The Great Consciousness Field Theory absorbs even Kant’s “Thing-in-itself (Ding an sich)”—which Kant relegated to an unknowable realm—into the interior of consciousness, revealing that it is not an isolated physical object outside the subject but a spiritual information form (wave) shaped by another infinitely expanded dimension of the subject’s consciousness. The Great Consciousness Field is not a single layer, but is stereoscopically structured into numerous lower “Small Consciousness Fields” that create dreams, imagination, memory, and waking reality.
| Level of Consciousness Field | Key Generative Phenomena & Mechanisms | Physical/Epistemological Representation |
|---|---|---|
| Great Consciousness Field | The ultimate programmer projecting cosmic physical laws and the quantitative order of universal time and numbers | The universe’s myriad things and the fundamental rules of nature |
| Waking Small Consciousness Field | The virtual reality most strongly fixed through sensory signals and the brain’s neural networks | The causal and solid material spacetime |
| Dream Small Consciousness Field | A realm where repressed internal desires and high-order conscious symbolic systems manifest without spatial-temporal constraints | Dreams within dreams; multi-layered symbolic worlds |
| Imagination Small Consciousness Field | An area assembling and creating unknown latent possibilities in highly variable information formats | Artistic creativity, intuitive inspiration, ideas |
This overlapping of Small Consciousness Fields is identical to the multi-layered illusion mechanism of a movie-within-a-movie or dreaming a dream within a dream. Humans navigate through these various layers of Small Consciousness Fields embedded in their own consciousness, often mistaking dreams for reality, or reality for an absolute physical space. Ultimately, the entire external physical world, including the universe, is a sophisticated program and spiritual hologram woven by human’s multi-layered consciousness within the Great Consciousness Field.
Harmonizing Eastern and Western Thoughts and Religious Synthesis: The Completion of the Unified Field of All Things
The insight of the Great Consciousness Field Theory—that the universe and matter originate from human consciousness—harmoniously converges with the great religious heritages and metaphysical idealisms of humanity, completing a true Unified Field of all things.
In Eastern philosophy, the core Buddhist phrase “Form is emptiness, emptiness is form (色卽示空 空卽示色)” preaches that the physical form we witness has no fixed physical substance and is essentially empty waves (空), and this empty space of possibility encounters causes and conditions (observation and cognition) to manifest as concrete physical phenomena. Furthermore, the four mirror metaphors presented in the Mahayana Buddhist text The Awakening of Faith in the Mahayana (大乘起信論), the introductory section of the Vajrasamadhi Sutra (金剛三昧經), and the teachings of the Diamond Sutra (金剛經)—which break down the four illusions of self, person, sentient being, and life span, transforming consciousness into wisdom (“Jeonshik-deukji”, 轉識得智), alongside the principle of “generating the mind without dwelling anywhere” (“Eungmu-soju iseng-gishim”, 應無소주 이생기심)—systematically explain that the universe is a projection of the mind and that no substantial matter exists to cling to. The “Hundred Dharmas of the Five Positions” (五위백법), which minutely categorizes the properties of all things in the universe, also clearly shows that matter functions as a subordinate regulator of the mind and mental factors.
In Western metaphysics, the pinnacle of G.W.F. Hegel’s philosophy, “Absolute Knowledge” (absolute Wissen), also aims for a state where the dualistic opposition between subject and object is terminated, and subject and object unify into one as we realize that the entire universe is the self-unfolding process of the giant Absolute Spirit. The creation of the universe through the “Word” (Logos) attested in the Gospel of John in the Christian Bible also indicates that dead matter did not exist first, but rather that spiritual vibration—high cognitive information and divine will—structured and brought forth the material world. Eastern idealism, Buddhist Yogacara and Dzogchen practice, the creationism of the Bible, and the observer theory of quantum mechanics thus harmoniously integrate under a single, massive banner: the Great Consciousness Field Theory.
Conclusion: The Grand Declaration of the Non-Physical Spiritual World
For a long time, natural science has misappropriated numbers and time from human subjective consciousness, leading humanity to misperceive the universe as a cold, inanimate arena of mechanical collisions. However, at the profound intersection of the limits of physical science and epistemological reflection, we have arrived at the realization that matter is merely a multi-layered virtual reality and projection shaped by consciousness.
The universe we firmly believed to be an objective external reality is a magnificent phenomenon produced by the refraction of the infinite spectrum of possibilities held by the internal Great Consciousness Field. The materialist dogma that dominated the physical world has been dismantled, and it is now self-evident that the eternal origin of the universe and human existence lies not in external inorganic elements, but in the noble ocean of internal consciousness.
As a result, humanity is not a miserable existence bound by a simple biological body and physical spacetime, but a spiritual sovereign who freely operates Small Consciousness Fields within the Great Consciousness Field, spinning life and death, reality and dreams. Therefore, we terminate the old paradigm of humanity imprisoned in physical limitations and futility, and solemnly declare to the world that the essence of this vast universe is not cold matter, but a grand spiritual realm of light and mind—an infinite arena of conscious awakening.
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