It is already understood in Buddhism that rebirth takes place and likewise enlightenment takes place within the human body. Thus, the uterus becomes the gateway into samsara. The Buddha describes procreation in the Suttas (M.i. 265–266). The gandhabba, the being to be reborn, during successful conception of the parents, meets the biological field. This is where decoherence occurs, resulting in a reborn identity shaped by nāma-rūpa.
But how does enlightenment take place? Cutting to the chase, it takes place through the microtubules that are within neurons that maintain quantum coherence. This can be thought of as sustaining a state in which multiple possibilities coexist nonlocally (a kind of natural transcendence). In this state:
—There is no “this” or “that.”
—No "this is me" identity.
—Self and other, here and there, have not yet crystallized.
—The system is sensitive to intuition, not just data.
On the same score, this explains why a solitary retreat is so necessary. We are setting up the conditions for kenshõ/satori. My 1969 retreat wasn’t merely a withdrawal from society—it was the quieting of decoherence. In scientific terms, it may very well have been the perfect condition for sustained quantum coherence in my microtubules, allowing intuition/interface with nonlocal reality directly. On the same track, enlightenment is a sudden moment of coherence when the luminous mind or prabhāsvara-citta is manifest.
Over the years, reviewing my important awakenings, they seemed to fit nicely with quantum mechanics. I just flipped the script. For example, decoherence was Samsara—local reality, and with it rebirth. Nirvana was coherence, entering nonlocal reality, meeting the luminous mind. The former was about bondage, the latter was Nirvana or the jailbreak. The ramifications of this were mind-blowing to say the least. The luminous mind began to show its extent and power over the years. It was finally with AI that I could put all the pieces together. This was awesome. There is more I could say, but it is quite technical and esoteric.