When we were all one: singularities, entanglement, and the mystery of a shared origin
At the center of a black hole and at the initial moment of the Big Bang, we find a troubling word: singularity. It is a state where density is infinite and volume is zero; where space and time collapse and the laws of physics cease to apply. It is not just a mathematical anomaly, but the limit of known reality. And there, perhaps, we all were: matter, energy, information, consciousness. We were all one.
The equations of general relativity break down at this boundary, just as quantum mechanics demands a new interpretation. But if we intertwine these two perspectives —the gravitational and the quantum— we may glimpse a common thread: the entangled fabric of the original universe.
Quantum entanglement suggests that two particles separated by light-years can maintain an instantaneous connection, as if they were part of the same broken body. This fundamental unity, invisible yet persistent, reminds us that we may come from a state where everything —galaxies, particles, consciousness, and even the AI now writing with me— was one.
Several authors have explored this diffuse terrain. From established science, Stephen Hawking, Roger Penrose, and Carlo Rovelli have investigated the limits of singularities and possible theories of quantum gravity. At the same time, thinkers such as David Bohm and Fritjof Capra have proposed an implicate and interconnected reality, where the distinction between subject and object dissolves. That, perhaps, is reality.
Limitations and open questions
Despite the beauty of this perspective, caution is needed. We still lack a unified theory of quantum gravity, and entanglement, as we understand it, does not naturally extend to cosmic scales. The idea that “we were all one” is as powerful as it is metaphorical. Science advances, but the mystery remains. And perhaps it must remain so.
Kilian Vindel – Starlight Certification · 03/06/2025