I myself am a believer in the God Head/Trinity of the “Father, Son, Holy Spirit” as stated in the Holy Bible.
I cannot speak to Hameroff or Penrose’s beliefs, but the theory only offers a physical process that can connect our mind/consciousness/Soul to the quantum universe which I believe could very well be The “Heavens” where the biggest part of God resides.
Look at the Old Rabbi’s thought’s about the beginnings of our universe, specifically their ideas on what happened before the creation event, the great “Tzimtzum” or “Contraction”.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tzimtzum
I also believe the ideas expressed in the “Sefirot”,
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sefirot
are very similar to the ideas expressed in modern string theory which has 10 to 11 dimension “or 10 to 11 emanations in the Sefirot”, depending upon who you reference.
Now on to your Spiritual questions.
“WHY did they need to have their hands ON them”
I am not sure if the laying on of hands is required for someone to receive the “Holy Spirit” those at Pentecost do not mention the laying on of hands, and what about Paul on the road to Damascus.
“HOW does this “receiving of the Holy Ghost” (or Holy Spirit) interact with our mind and change our mind, our thinking?”
In light of what Hameroff proposes, I believe the “Holy Spirit” connects to the body/mind/soul through each of the body’s cells’ “cytoskeleton”, think about the instant healings of Jesus, something had to be going on at the cellular level for these miracles to happen.
But the real action takes place inside the “Neuron’s” micro tubules that form the neuron’s cytoskeleton.
My question
~ "WHY did they need to have their hands ON them ? " ~ was meant to imply that maybe there was a physical or electrical connection.
But more tyo the point, a spiritual connection that is transmitted through touch.
But then maybe it can NOT be done without teaching, instruction and divine guidance.
Notice:
" Now when the apostles which were at Jerusalem heardthat Samaria HAD RECEIVED the word of God,
they sent unto them Peter and John: Who, when they were come down, PRAYED FOR THEM,that they MIGHT RECEIVE the Holy Ghost:(For as yet he was fallen UPON NONE OF THEM:only THEY WERE BAPTIZED IN THE NAME of the Lord Jesus.)
THEN LAID THEY THEIR HANDS ON THEM,and THEY RECEIVED the Holy Ghost. "
Now also notice:
" Therefore leaving THE PRINCIPLES OF THE DOCTRINE of Christ,
LET US GO ON UNTO perfection;NOT laying AGAINthe foundation of repentance from DEAD works,
and of faith toward God,of the doctrine of baptisms,and of laying on of hands,and of resurrection of the dead,
And THIS WILL WE DO,
Why did Peter and John lay their hands on repentant persons in Samaria following their baptism in water?
Note that EVEN THOUGH the people had been PREVIOUSLY baptized in water,they did NOT YET have the Holy Spirit.
This plainly shows that the Holy Spirit is not given IMMEDIATELY AT OR BY water baptism
The
"laying on of hands" is the key that solves this apparent enigma.
The Holy Spirit IS GIVEN to a person
BY PRAYER AND THE LAYING ON OF HANDS of God’s ministry following baptism.Notice the sequence:first repentance;then water baptism;next the laying on of hands;then the receipt of the Holy Spiritas a result of the laying on of hands.
The receiving of God’s Spirit
"immerses" or "plunges" the person into the Church (the spiritual body of Christ)
and into the divine Family of God.
Then I asked
" HOW does this “receiving of the Holy Ghost” (or Holy Spirit) interact with our mind and change our mind, our thinking ? "
The "HOW" would be nice to know,
BUT it really does NOT matter "HOW", just so long as we ARE changed.
