Are We Printing Ourselves Into Spacetime?

3D cinematic visualization of spacetime prints, interacting beings and karma as a connecting dimension

What if each moment of a life is a new “spacetime print”? This visual thought experiment connects changing experience, interaction, karma, attachment and Nibbāna without claiming that karma is a physical dimension.

The Observer, the Self and the Quantum World

Observer and reality concept with a human mind, universe and meditative awareness

By Don Dhairya Guptha Sumithraarachchi What if the “self” is not a permanent thing at all — but a pattern continuously reconstructed from changing experience? This HICONY thought experiment brings together three very different questions: what quantum physics means by an observer, what Buddhist philosophy means by anattā (not-self), and whether the continuity of a … Read more

Does Earth Really Move Through Space? Spacetime, Motion & Abhidhamma

Earth represented at successive positions along a conceptual spacetime world-line.

By Don Dhairya Guptha Sumithraarachchi Introduction Earth and its changing position through spacetime. When we throw a ball, we instinctively imagine it travelling through something. The ball moves through air. Air molecules resist it. Eventually, the ball slows down. Now consider Earth. Earth rotates. It orbits the Sun. The Sun travels around the Milky Way. … Read more