Becoming Supernatural: How Common People are Doing the Uncommon

In this chapter, Dispenza contrasts Newtonian physics and quantum physics to explore two different models of reality: space-time and time-space.

According to astrophysicists, there is an infinite amount of space in the known universe. Newtonian physics (or classical mechanics) is based on “[t]he measurement of the time it takes an object to move through space” (220)—in other words, its foundation is known and predictable outcomes based on an object’s physical properties, including force, acceleration, direction, speed, etc. are apparent. In the “space-time” model, humans experience time as they move through space and experience three-dimensional reality through the senses. Dispenza posits that the space-time model of reality creates separation between an individual and their desires.

Time-space, by contrast, is the nonphysical quantum world, made of unknowns, possibilities, energy, and the “multiverse” (as opposed to the “uni-verse” people inhabit). While the universe contains an infinite amount of space, the multiverse contains an infinite amount of time.

Dispenza argues that people are “enslaved” to the material dimension because they define themselves by their experiences in the material world, placing their focus more on matter and less on energy. He reviews that stress draws from the electromagnetic field around the body. This makes an individual feel more like matter and less like energy, and thus the outer world feels more real than one’s inner world.