Dear Sensei Tony- I loved your book, The Three Principles of Oneness. Is Oneness the secret religion of quantum physicists? It’s Joseph.

Hi Joseph- How very perceptive of you! As you mentioned, I’ve written an entire book on the subject (https://www.asksenseitony.com/store). But let me summarize it here for you.

While most of the scientists and philosophers I will list here started out as atheist/materialists - through their open and honest scientific inquiry into the nature of reality they have all come to, in one way or another, the conclusion that has been taught for nearly three thousand years in Buddhism. As you may know from reading my book, Buddhist study has revealed insights about the nature of the universe and consciousness that science has only recently begun to discover for itself. It’s an exciting time in history because “how things work” and “why things matter” are being brought together in a new way for modern man. The essence of what this means is that we can boldly go where scientific materialism could not.

This has mainly come about from the exploration of quantum mechanics which I personally studied in depth for my first Masters Degree. Quantum theory reveals a basic Oneness of the universe, suggesting that all existence and consciousness is interconnected and part of a singular reality. This Oneness, first clearly revealed in Buddhism, is bringing about a challenge to traditional Western views, which often were seen as separating the spiritual from the scientific.

This cosmic perspective encourages a holistic view of existence, where consciousness and reality are seen as unified rather than separate. This sense of separation being understood as the root cause of suffering and first identified in Buddhism.

This scientific revolution allows science philosophers like, Robert Wright, to claim that Buddhism is true. That is why, in our training program for Buddhist clergy (https://www.asksenseitony.com/seminary), we emphasize an understanding of how science can help us to reach folks with the good news of liberation that aren’t typically drawn to religion.

For your edification I am including a brief list of some of the scientists and science oriented philosophers who are advocates of this viewpoint. I hope this was helpful and enjoy your study!

• Anil Seth (predictive processing; unified perceptual inference)

• Andrew Newberg (neurotheology; brain–spiritual experiences)

• Antonio Damasio (core consciousness; unified feeling-of-what-happens)

• Alfred North Whitehead (process philosophy; unity of experience)

• Bernardo Kastrup (monistic idealism; one consciousness)

• Carl Jung (collective unconscious; unifying psyche ideas)

• Christof Koch (consciousness as unified information; IIT-adjacent framing)

• David Bohm (implicate order; “wholeness”)

• Donald Hoffman (interface theory; one conscious interface style framing)

• Eric Kandel (mind as unified adaptive system; memory/brain integration)

• Erwin Laszlo (Akashic/holistic resonance themes; one field/oneness framing)

• Erwin Schrödinger (unity of physical law; consciousness-related monism interest)

• Federico Faggin (frequently associated with “oneness/one mind” style consciousness ideas: he argues consciousness is fundamental, and has described experiencing unity and non-separation as part of his thinking)

• Francisco Varela (enactive/cellular cognition; integrated, unified mind frameworks)

• Giulio Tononi (integrated information theory; single integrated field of experience)

• Heinrich Päs (physics reveals the oneness of the universe)

• Henri Bergson (unity of consciousness / élan vital themes)

• Joseph E. LeDoux (unified appraisal/integration of mind)

• Karl Friston (free energy principle; unified generative models)

• Karl Pribram (holonomic brain theory; unified organization)

• Michael Levin (organism-level control/coordination; unified mind/agency analogies)

• Rupert Sheldrake (morphic resonance; unity/orchestration themes)

• Roger Penrose (consciousness/objective constraint views; linked to oneness)

• Stanislas Dehaene (global neuronal workspace; coherent broadcast of awareness)

• Stanislav Grof (holotropic states; unity experiences)

• Thomas Metzinger (ego-model theory; unity of the self-model)

• William James (stream of consciousness; monism-adjacent views)

• Wolfgang Pauli (collective unconscious; unifying psyche/physics ideas)

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