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I. INTRODUCTION: WHY SCIENCE HAS MISSED THE MOST IMPORTANT THING
Modern physics, including quantum mechanics, acknowledges that the observer influences the observed. Yet the very nature of the observer is not included in its equations. It is at this juncture that the necessity for a new paradigm I am proposing arises—the theory of a mental field, in which individual consciousness is not merely a neural process, but part of a broader structure that interacts with other consciousnesses and with reality, forming an omniscient mental field.
Modern science has achieved colossal success in understanding matter, energy, space, and time. However, a key element of reality remains under-investigated—consciousness. Despite neuroscience’s attempts to describe subjective experience in terms of brain biochemistry, the phenomena of awareness, intuition, and especially inter-subjective connections have yet to receive a satisfactory explanation.
II. THE OMNISCIENT FIELD: A UNIVERSAL RELIGIOUS CONCEPT
Surah Qaf, 50:16
«We have certainly created man and know what his soul whispers to him, and We are closer to him than his jugular vein.»
Despite geographical and cultural differences, the fabric of human history is woven with the threads of religions, which act like antennas, receiving similar answers from a single, omniscient mental field to the eternal questions: who we are, where we came from, where we are going, and how to distinguish light from darkness. And with them, a similar conviction: we are heard, each and every one of us. This synthesis of ideas is evident even in people not involved in organized religion.
Zoroastrianism, which emerged in ancient Persia around 1500–1200 BCE, Islam (7th century CE), Christianity (1st century CE), and Buddhism (6th–5th century BCE) serve as striking examples of this synthesis of ideas. Although Zoroastrianism and the Abrahamic religions (Islam and Christianity) have a monotheistic basis, while Buddhism leans toward non-theism, their common ground lies in universal human aspirations for knowledge and the search for answers. In this analysis, I wish to focus on the convergent concepts of a «Creator» who hears, revealing not merely parallels but profound logical connections where these ideas of omniscience and omnipresence form the very framework of existence. Such a synthesis, drawing on historical influences and philosophical resonances, allows us to see how these religions, like branches of a single tree, draw from a common root of human experience, offering a unique perspective on the unity of a certain all-knowing mental structure that has, until now, not been formulated into a coherent theory.
These aspects are linked to the concept of omniscience, which in theistic religions implies that G-d knows not only external actions but also a person’s inner world: their thoughts, intentions, desires, experiences, their sorrows and joys, their mistakes, convictions, and motives. In Buddhism, as a non-theistic tradition, the approach differs, but parallels exist in the concept of supernatural knowledge. This analysis is based on the key texts and theological interpretations of each religion, demonstrating how this knowledge serves as an ethical compass: it encourages responsibility, since nothing is hidden.
The convergences between these religions indicate that humanity, again and again, receives from a single omniscient (mental) field the idea of all-knowingness—a source that penetrates thoughts, desires, and actions.
My goal is to show that these convergences are not random but reflect a deep resonance with a mental field, where religions are merely different languages describing the same phenomenon—the phenomenon of a mental field that penetrates our thoughts, the soul of each of us, and connects everyone together.