Wormholes and The Thinking Universe

Wormholes

The thinking Universe

I just came across a very interesting video by Sabine Hossenfelder a science educator heavily influenced by Einstein, exploring the question whether or not the universe can think.

Can the universe think? - Of course, but we should not define thinking as people do ("verbal self communication"). Thinking from the universal perspective is based on the presence of causal impressions as per the Hindu and Buddhist teachings. It is only modern day scientific thought that sees thinking as a product of human brains.

Wormholes

Although the subject is interesting, but too speculative to be 'scientific', what caught my attention was about the theoretical existence of wormholes which are often featured in popular science fiction movies such as Stargate.

Feel free to watch all of Sabine's video, but the interesting part about the wormhole description is around 4 minutes into the video here and only goes for a minute or so, but is well worth watching. Her definition of wormholes will sound much like some of our practitioners experiences of the chidakasha practice.

Wormholes are a portal, not an imaginary tunnel of some distance through which we travel. Our chidakash experience is therefore similar to Sabines' theoretical speculation. From a spiritual point of view, dreams, daydreams, and vivid imagination can be experienced as wormholes inside the Mind. They are not tunnels through physical space but doorways within the inner world—places Mind can move through inside Awareness without the body going anywhere. These doorways help us shift from one way of seeing and feeling to another.

Scientists, on the other hand, describe wormholes—also called Einstein-Rosen bridges—as tunnels that could connect faraway parts of space. They are like shortcuts through the universe. Physicists such as Sabine Hossenfelder explain that wormholes appear in the mathematics of space and time, but we do not yet have the kind of matter needed to keep them open. For now, they remain a theoretical possibility, not something usable in physical life. Spiritually, however, the concept is entirely viable. Just as wormholes might link two distant points in space, inner experiences such as dreams or meditation can connect radically different states of experience, all unfolding within Awareness.

What we call the world around us is really the mind building a picture using sights, sounds, and feelings. In dreams or imagination, that input changes, and the mind constructs a whole new world—sometimes as vivid, or even more convincing, than waking life. It is not Awareness that moves, but experience that changes within Awareness. In such states, you may feel like a completely different person, often without remembering who you were before. It is like playing a character in a movie: you never went anywhere, yet everything about your world and identity feels transformed.

This same shift occurs between death and rebirth. As physical life ends, the old sense of self dissolves and a new identity arises. The body-mind complex fades, and another emerges, beginning a new cycle. What “dies” is not only the physical body but also the identification with ego—the “I” we imagine ourselves to be. The attachment to this self-image dissolves, mirroring physical death and giving way to a new form of awareness or existence. 

In lucid dreams or focused daydreaming, you know you are dreaming while it unfolds, and the mind grants some measure of control. Many traditions use this to explore deeper layers of Mind, what some call subtle or spiritual dimensions. Yet these journeys rarely last long. Attachment to the familiar self—the one bound to the body and everyday life—pulls us back. When focus fades, energy drops, or interest wanders, we snap back into ordinary waking awareness. 

One effective way to explore these inner doorways is through Chidakasha Dharana, a yogic practice. To try it, sit or lie down and close your eyes. Gently look into the space behind your closed eyelids—the dark screen before you. Without effort, simply rest your attention there, calm and quiet. Allow whatever arises—flashes of light, feelings, or images—to come and go without chasing them. This silent practice opens the way to inner journeys without forcing anything. In time, the mind may naturally step into another space, as though entering a tunnel to another world—yet all of it unfolds within Mind itself.

These wormholes are not imaginary—they are real doorways into inner worlds when approached with care and awareness. The body stays rooted, but experience transforms completely. Dreams, reverie, imagination, and practices like Chidakasha Dharana reveal the vast flexibility within Consciousness. Just as theoretical wormholes might connect distant regions of the cosmos, these inner journeys connect distant states of being—sometimes radically different versions of self and the reality we assume to be solid.

When the boundary of identity softens, perception opens. Through these openings, we glimpse life beyond the ordinary. These are not just metaphors but gateways we pass through again and again—whether in dreams, meditation, or in the great transitions between lives.