The Theory of the Point

A friend of mine, referring to my book during a conversation, said to me, "And to think that it all started with a point..." Whether consciously or not, his comment was very precise. If someone were to remember only one thing from my book, it would be about the importance of the point, of Singularity.

The "Theory of Everything," which aims to unify quantum mechanics and relativity to explain our Universe, is widely discussed. However, I also find it relevant, from a metaphysical standpoint, to discuss the "Theory of the Point." This small point that is the Consciousness of Being. Imagine I want to describe a circle and, after extensive research, I discover that the circumference equals twice the radius multiplied by Pi (an irrational number). This formula implies that my circle could be located anywhere in the Universe, provided we know where it is centered. A similar problem arises with the Theory of Everything that tries to find a universal formula without knowing the point of observation, here the Consciousness.

In our everyday lives, we need a center to locate ourselves, and this center is the point of our consciousness of Being. Everything else is just information, and information can create illusion if we do not have an absolute reference. First, our consciousness of Being is unequivocally in the Present; I cannot exist in the past or the future. Secondly, the consciousness of Being is pure and complete, meaning that Being admits no attributes or complements. This is what Eckhart Tolle defines as "Presence."

The Point Theory also emphasizes the role of the observer in quantum mechanics. Without an observer, everything seems chaotic, but when someone observes, the chaos actually reveals itself as ordered. And behind an observer, there must be Consciousness. My personal point of consciousness establishes the center of my universe and defines what is my Everything, just as the center of a circle determines its position and extent. Determining the point of observation from the Consciousness of Being organizes all the information around me and becomes my reality. Since no reality can be greater than that encompassed by Being, we understand that the singular Being of the point equals the Everything, or that the Everything is the Singularity explained by virtually infinite information.

Even if I extend the radius of a circle infinitely, I will know nothing more about the point of its center, and there will be no more information than what is already contained in the number Pi. Similarly, the Fullness of the Consciousness of Being is fully present in the singularity of the moment, in the Present, and any additional information you might seek will not better explain Being, even if you devote an eternal life to it. Everything comes back to the Point.