This morning I was struck with a strong sense of the United States being in a vacuum state. It has been a perilous time since the violent attack on the Capital on January 6th and the upcoming Inauguration on January 20th. Also called the ‘lame duck’ period between administrations, the energy typically feels less potent. But at this juncture, we are also transitioning from one era of civilization to another…the Aquarian Era. And so the energy this week feels like a quantum vacuum.
In quantum field theory, the quantum vacuum state is the quantum state with the lowest possible energy. Generally, it contains no physical particles. Within the quantum vacuum state are pulsing virtual particles popping in and out of zero point energy, then receding back into ‘nothingness’. These subatomic particles never return to rest but are always fluctuating − reacting to the empty space around them. This background sea of fluctuating light forms infinite possible outcomes, a field of all possibilities.
On a smaller scale, we experience this quantum vacuum state of possible outcomes every New Year’s Eve or each birthday. It is not often we experience a ‘Collective’ vacuum state, but here we are! As we stand in the fluctuating sea of popping virtual particles, what do we choose to energize? How do we envision our future? What type of world do we want to live in?
