a Quantum Creator Tip on how to become different: how to change.
how do we tune into our quantum dna — the smallest bits that make us up — to activate change in a lasting, meaningful way?
a cool thing about us (humans, earth) is that we are made of quantum matter. importantly, quantum matter behaves differently than the physical matter we’re used to seeing.
what we know about quantum particles is that, until they are observed or measured — until there’s some kind of physical interaction in a place and moment in time — they exist in infinite possible states. quantum matter occupies limitless possibilities until it’s observed or measured. in quantum mechanics, this state of limitless possibility is referred to as superposition.
what that means for us is that even if we feel stuck, even if we perceive sameness in our lives, the truth is that within our quantum dna we already hold limitless possibility. we are built for rapid transformation. if we tap into our nature of superposition, we can change very quickly. (check out a previous Quantum Creator Tip for more on embodying superposition)
another really cool fact about humans is we have mirror neurons, which allow us to learn thru observation, witnessing, and experiencing the experiences of others. this is directly connected to the fact that we’re social creatures — we grow thru contact, thru resonance, through witnessing one another.
so if we want to create lasting change at the dna level — change that doesn’t just snap back into old patterns — this is what we can tune into. by using our biology in our favor, and aligning with our quantum nature, we can activate transformation that truly sticks.
we learn thru contact and connection: thru witnessing others, stories, and knowledge sharing.
one way to approach being new or different is to find people who are already embodying those desired behaviors. they might be in our circles, in our wider communities, or even people we don’t have direct access to, but who are sharing their process publicly. if we’re able to witness process, we’re able to learn from it.
i’d also say it’s important to have people in real life that we’re learning from. because what often gets lost in curated, public shares are the even more important places of learning — the decisions and ways we act when we’re not in our best moments, not polished, not edited for public view.
so it’s helpful to have a variety of people we can look to and connect with, while remembering that we’re each here to be ourselves: to offer our unique gifts, strengths, and vision. we can’t just look at one person and try to emulate exactly what they’re doing. it’s about taking bits and pieces and weaving them together in our own way.
as we do this — learning thru witnessing — we’re also practicing. we try out new actions, new behaviors, new interactions. and it’s that practice that affirms new beliefs over time and creates new pathways in our neural networks.
if you think about blazing a trail thru the forest: old beliefs and patterns are the well-worn paths… cutting a new one takes time and energy. at first the forest grows back over it, until enough repetition makes the new trail clear. that’s what it’s like to create new attitudes and beliefs, and to make long-lasting change.
the first thing to know is that we learn thru mirror neurons — thru witnessing and experience — and it helps to have people we can look up to and emulate. but if we don’t have someone modeling the change we want, we can also mirror ourselves.
this takes deep practice, self-awareness, and discipline. we’re all capable of it… we’ve probably already done it in some way before. this is where tools like self-reflection, journaling, recording, ritual, affirmations, and visioning come in. they help us imagine new ways of being and reaffirm them to ourselves again and again.
just like cutting those new pathways in the forest, it takes consistency and self-awareness to keep walking the new trail. spiritual tools can support us in that process: helping us stay grounded, connected, and disciplined while change is happening on a quantum level. because it does begin subtly, almost imperceptibly, before it blooms outward into physical reality.
that’s why grounding practices and having people in real life as models are so important. it’s how our biology is set up to learn. when we use our biology to our benefit — and pair it with our own inner tools — we don’t make change harder than it has to be.
here’s something fascinating about change: the tiniest movements in the present can shift the entire future. a micro-adjustment now can be completely reality-shifting later. think of sending something into space — a tiny, 0.001-degree shift in trajectory changes the destination by lightyears.
we don’t have to physically leap across galaxies. all we have to do is align with the future, in the present: shift slightly… stay with the discomfort… be disciplined enough to hold the new course.
this is how lasting change is made.
because what our quantum nature means is that here in the present, all these angles, all these possible states already exist — real, valid, coexisting. as quantum creators, we have the ability to shift ever so slightly in the now, and become totally different. material reality may take time to catch up, but if we hold steady, it will.
that’s how we become an active agent in our change.
found images: soap bubbles at night over a lily pond
