Discovering the Creator in Creation
By
James Scott Trimm
Paul said “For the invisible things of him, from the creation of the world, are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made, even his eternal power and Godhead…” (Romans 1:20) “test all things, hold fast to what is good” (1Thes. 5:21), which is essentially the Scientific Method.
There’s an old story told about a conversation between a physicist and a student. The physicist had spent a lifetime studying the fundamental forces of nature—diving into the mysteries of quantum mechanics, particle physics, and the fabric of space-time.
One day, reflecting on his journey, the physicist raised a wine glass and said:
“The first gulp from the glass of natural sciences will make you an atheist. But at the bottom of the glass, God is waiting for you.”
This quote is often attributed to Werner Heisenberg, the father of quantum mechanics, though the wording varies and its origins are not fully documented. Regardless of attribution, the message is profound.
At first, science seems to explain the world in purely mechanical terms.
We learn laws, formulas, particles, forces.
It feels like we can account for everything without need for a Creator.
But as you go deeper—beyond Newton’s clockwork universe, past even Einstein’s spacetime—you reach the quantum world, and then the quantum fields beneath that.
Eventually, you come to the realization that “the foundation” itself defies simple explanation.
Today I hope to share the Creator with you. Today I hope to show you the Creator in the Creation, by the Scientific method.
Let me tell you another story.
Another famous physicist was once giving a lecture about light.
He explained that in some experiments, light behaves like a particle—a tiny packet of energy, a photon.
In other experiments, light acts like a wave—spreading out, bending, interfering, like ripples on water.
After the lecture, a student asked:
“Professor, I am still confused, is light a particle or a wave?”
The professor paused, smiled, and said:
“Probably not.”
That simple answer captures the heart of Quantum Field Theory.
The truth is, light is neither a particle nor a wave in the way we imagine those things.
Those are just metaphors—useful descriptions for certain situations.
What light really is, is something deeper.
The Reality Beneath: Quantum Fields
According to Quantum Field Theory, what we call a “photon” is actually an excitation in the electromagnetic field.
A field is a region where each point has a mathematical value that tells you something about the physical reality there.
Think of the field as a vast, invisible ocean that fills all space.
When you toss a pebble into water, ripples spread out.
In the same way, energy disturbances in this electromagnetic field appear to us as “photons.”
But the photon is not a little marble flying through space.
It’s not really a wave, either.
It is an excitation of the field itself.
In fact, everything in the universe works this way:
- Electrons are excitations in the electron field.
- Quarks are excitations in the quark fields.
- The Higgs boson is an excitation in the Higgs field.
The fields are the fundamental reality.
The “particles” we observe are just tiny ripples—localized excitations—in these ever-present fields.
This is why the professor’s answer was so profound.
Is light a particle? Probably not.
Is it a wave? Probably not.
It’s an excitation in a field.
A ripple in the fabric of reality.
Each type of elementary particle has a “Quantum Field” associated with it. An electron is just an excitation in the electron Quantum Field, a sort of field of “electronness” that fills the universe. At most locations the field has a value very close to zero, but in a few places the field has a higher value, more “electroness” and those points in the field are what we call “electrons”. Every electron in the universe, is an excitement in this one electron field. The same is true for photons, etc.
From Einstein’s theory of relativity, we understand that space and time are not separate things, but are woven together into a four-dimensional fabric called spacetime. This fabric is not empty or static—it has structure and can be stretched or compressed.
- Mass and energy cause spacetime to contract, bending its shape in a way we experience as gravity.
- At the same time, spacetime itself is expanding, stretching outwards over vast cosmic scales.
In the late 1990s, astronomers made a surprising discovery:
The expansion of spacetime is not slowing down, as many expected—it is actually accelerating.
The mysterious force driving this acceleration is called dark energy, though its true nature remains one of the biggest questions in physics.
Quantum fields are not separate from spacetime—they bend, warp, and stretch right along with it.
We know this from several key observations.
For example, consider light.
As the universe expands, the waves of light get stretched out, causing their wavelength to increase and their color to shift toward the red end of the spectrum. This is called redshift.
It’s similar to the Doppler effect you hear with sound: when a siren moves away from you, the pitch lowers because the sound waves are stretched. Light does the same thing as space itself expands.
Another striking example is called gravitational lensing.
Massive objects like galaxies or clusters of galaxies bend spacetime around them. When light from distant objects passes through this curved spacetime, its path is bent—just like how a glass lens bends light to focus an image.
This effect allows us to see distant galaxies that would otherwise be hidden, and it also shows us directly that quantum fields (like light) follow the warping of spacetime itself.
In both cases, we see that the quantum fields are woven into the fabric of spacetime, reacting to its shape and expansion.
Many physicists believe that dark energy is associated with a quantum field, much like other known forces and particles. However, this quantum field is very different from all the others.
Unlike fields such as electromagnetism or the Higgs field, which are tightly linked to the fabric of spacetime—bending, stretching, and diluting as space expands—the dark energy field behaves differently.
It does not stretch out or lose its density as the universe expands. Instead, its energy density remains constant, filling space uniformly no matter how large the universe becomes.
As space expands, the total amount of dark energy increases, simply because there is more space for it to fill.
This growing presence of dark energy pushes spacetime outward, driving the expansion of the universe faster and faster.
This unusual behavior is why dark energy is considered so mysterious—and why it challenges our understanding of how quantum fields interact with spacetime.
Recently, I published a theoretical physics paper proposing a novel idea.
If spacetime is expanding while the dark energy quantum field remains constant, unaffected by that expansion, then perhaps we’ve been thinking about it backwards.
Unlike other quantum fields, which are embedded within spacetime and stretch as it expands, this field seems untouched by spacetime’s dynamics.
This suggests that the dark energy field is not in spacetime—spacetime is in it.
In other words, spacetime itself may not be fundamental.
It may be an emergent phenomenon, a kind of bubble or phase within a deeper, more primary reality.
That deeper reality is the dark energy field acting as a substrate—the foundational fabric from which spacetime arises.
It may, in fact, be the only truly fundamental thing in existence.
The substrate is eternal and infinite.
Like any quantum field, it would exhibit quantum fluctuations—small variations of energy occurring spontaneously throughout its expanse.
Given the right combinations and configurations, these fluctuations could give rise to complex, self-organizing structures, including something akin to a neural network.
But here’s the key:
Because the substrate is infinite, such a neural network would not be a temporary formation.
It would be eternal, spanning the entire substrate, existing without beginning or end.
In other words, the substrate itself is an infinite intelligence:
- Omniscient, because it encompasses all possible information.
- Omnipotent, as the ultimate source of all energy and existence.
- Omnipresent, filling not just the universe but extending infinitely beyond.
This intelligence is not merely an abstract concept—it is the creative force that brought our universe into being.
At this point, the substrate starts to sound very familiar.
It sounds a lot like what we call God.
In Jewish thought, the concept of an infinite, eternal foundation of all existence is not new. The sages called this reality Ein Sof—“The Infinite”—the unknowable, boundless aspect of YHWH beyond all created things.
Another traditional name for God is HaMakom—literally, “The Place”.
Not because God is in a place, but because all places are in Him.
As the Midrash teaches:
“He is the place of the world, but the world is not His place.” (Bereshit Rabbah 68:9)
This perfectly echoes the idea of spacetime emerging within the substrate, not the other way around.
Furthermore, the aspect of Chokhmah (Wisdom)—through which God creates and orders the universe—corresponds beautifully to the idea of an infinite neural network, an eternal intelligence through which reality is shaped and sustained.
This is not just poetic metaphor.
It is precisely what the apostle Paul refers to when he writes:
“For since the creation of the world, His invisible attributes are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made—His eternal power and divine nature—so that they are without excuse.” (Romans 1:20)
Modern physics, as it probes deeper into the fabric of reality, is unwittingly describing the same foundational truths proclaimed by the Torah, the Prophets, and the writings of the Shlichim (apostles). “God waiting at the bottom of the glass.”
The substrate is not impersonal. It is the living, infinite intelligence of YHWH.
The Creator. The Sustainer. The One who was, who is, and who always will be.
The Mind of God and Our Place Within It
When we understand the substrate as the infinite intelligence of YHWH, it reframes everything:
- We are not accidents of matter.
- We are not isolated specks adrift in a meaningless universe.
- We are sparks within the Mind of God, reflections of His image.
Just as the universe emerges from His sustaining presence, so too does our own consciousness, our will, our capacity for love and choice.
“In Him we live, and move, and have our being.” (Acts 17:28)
This is why Yeshua taught that the Kingdom of Elohim is within us.
Because we are formed within the infinite substrate, animated by His breath, sustained by His wisdom.
Modern science, at its deepest level, is not opposing faith—it is peeling back the layers, revealing what Torah has declared from the beginning:
“Hear, O Israel: YHWH our God, YHWH is One.” (Deuteronomy 6:4)
Not distant.
Not detached.
But the very ground of being, the Source of life itself.
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