There are various different models available which explain some of the unusual properties of reality as we experience it. The Holographic Model was initially put forward by physicist David Bohm who worked closely with Albert Einstein at Princeton University. Bohm started out working in the field of quantum mechanics and relativity theory. Together with Karl Pribram - a neuroscientist from Stanford University - Bohm established the holographic theory :
While Bohm's holographic approach was coming from research in the field of quantum mechanics, Karl Pribram was studying how memories are stored in the brain and Pribram's holographic theory postulated that the human brain stores memories in a similar way as information is stored in a hologram. One reason for both approaches coming together was that the same mathematical techique - called Fourier transform - is used in the process of creating a hologram just as it is used in the brain to process any sensory information. By bringing both approaches together, the holographic model of reality emeged.
One property of a hologram is that when you shine a laser at it the reflection of the laser beam will show a 3-dimensional image of whatever picture is stored in the hologram. If you break the photographic plate that holds the hologram into many little pieces each individual piece stores the information of the entire picture. All that is lost in this case is a part of the resolution, so the smaller the piece, the fuzzier the produced 3-dimensional image gets but it always shows the entire image that the unbroken whole hologram showed in the beginning. (It is important to mention that this effect only applies to holograms which require a laser beam pointed at them to produce the image. Any "conventional" holograms on e.g. post cards use a different form of holographic technology which will not show the entire image when cut into pieces).
This article will not go into any further depth on how holographic photography works but further information on holographic photography can be found at this link
One conclusion drawn from this model is that reality might be more like an image than a solid construct. The reality we see is probably only a 3-dimensional projection similar to a shadow just being the 2-dimensional projection of a 3-dimensional object.One of the unexplained phenomena of quantum physics is the apparent instantaneous communication of two physical particles which are separated by large distances. According to relativity theory nothing can travel faster than the speed of light but during these experiments the information between these two particles obviously travels instantaneously.
In order to explain this aspect David Bohm used the analogy of a fish tank : Imagine a fish tank with one fish in it and two TV cameras recording its movements from two different angles - one at the side of the tank, the other at the end - and two separate monitors in another room. It will appear from the two monitors that you are watching two different fish, apparantly both fish are in contact and communicating with each other to synchronize their movements. Only in the context of the fish tank and the setup of two cameras pointed at the same fish can they be understood as one fish.
According to Bohm's theory the 3-dimensional reality we experience is only the projection of a deeper reality and on this deeper level of reality communication is instantaneous. On this level all particles are interconnected because they are all part of the same hologram. Bohm thinks that any separation we experience in the world is only a misconception because all particles that make up our entire reality construct are interconnected on a deeper level of reality.
This model of reality can also explain various psychic phenomena like telepathy or even psychokinesis. If a person is able to consciously access this deeper level of reality through his mind, he could not only access the mind of another person but he could also move objects with his mind by manipulating the reality construct that projects the object into the 3D-reality.
Various experiments have shown that we seem to respond more to the model of reality he hold in our mind than to what we perceive as objective external reality. The first step to accessing deeper levels of reality might be to believe that these deeper levels actually exist.
For further information on this subject, the book "The Holographic Universe" by Michael Talbot is a highly recommended read. There is a free 30 minute interview with Michael Talbot available in the Resource section.
