“You’re not quite dense” — “Du bist nicht ganz dicht”

Why We Are So Addicted to Technology

What if “beaming” is not science fiction, but a metaphor for something we are already doing? In Star Trek, beaming means translating a physical body into a pattern of information, transmitting it, and reassembling it elsewhere. A precise metaphor for the movement of consciousness itself. Especially when we die: the physical dissolves, and consciousness frees itself from the constraints of matter. But this movement is not limited to death.

Whenever we shift from dense perception into subtle perception — from form into field, from identity into space, we begin to access something deeper. You could call it the zero-point field of consciousness, or the hidden architecture behind reality. As our sensitivity refines, we start to sense that reality is not fixed. It is structured through frequencies — or more precisely, through consciousness itself.

Becoming Less Dense

As a child, my mother sometimes said, “You’re not quite dense” (in German: “Du bist nicht ganz dicht”). She meant it as criticism, something between foolish and crazy. But in retrospect, she may have pointed to something I only discovered decades later: field consciousness.

Children are not fully “solidified” yet. They are fluid, open, less fixed in identity. They move more naturally between inner and outer worlds. In that sense, they are closer to the subtle field from which experience arises. Growing up often means becoming denser, more defined, more fixed, more separated. Spiritual exploration, then, is not about escaping reality. It is about rediscovering fluidity within it.

Over the course of my life, I have explored different “technologies” to reconnect with these states: meditation, music, ritual, and also psychoactive plants. All of them, in their own way, can expand perception and open access to layers of experience that are usually filtered out. In such states, I began to sense something like a blueprint of reality — an underlying architecture from which the visible world continuously emerges.

Why Are We So Addicted to Technology?

We are deeply drawn to technology. But why? Because at a certain level, it resonates with something fundamental within us: the world of frequencies. Technology operates through patterns, signals, information fields. And in that sense, it mirrors aspects of our own deeper nature. We, too, are not just solid bodies, we are dynamic fields, living patterns, flowing information.

But here is the paradox: While technology reflects our subtle nature, it often disconnects us from direct experience. Instead of deepening embodiment, it fragments attention. Instead of refining sensitivity, it dulls it. Instead of connecting us to nature, it simulates connection. And perhaps most importantly: instead of bringing consciousness into the density of the body, it pulls us away from it.

We are here to bring awareness into the physical

Part of being human is not to escape density, but to inhabit it consciously. We are here to bring awareness into form. Into the body. Into matter. Otherwise, something essential remains incomplete. We could say: there are two movements available to us. One is expansion: becoming less dense, more open, more fluid. The other is embodiment: bringing that openness into the density of lived experience. Without expansion, we remain trapped in form. Without embodiment, we become ungrounded and disconnected. The art is to develop and hold both in your awareness.

If this resonates with you, you may enjoy my new book “Completion — Beyond Seeking. Into Wholeness”, which explores the shift from striving to a direct experience of wholeness and inner freedom.