Imagine two particles, born from the same spark of light, travelling in opposite directions, across space, across time, and yet, remaining mysteriously bound.

In 1997, at the University of Geneva in Switzerland, a team of physicists conducted an experiment that would challenge the very fabric of what we think we know about reality. It wasn’t mystical. It wasn’t speculative. It was science and it was extraordinary. They began with a single particle of light, a photon, and split it into two. These twin photons were what scientists call entangled: they shared the same quantum state, the same signature. In essence, they were two and one at the same time. Each photon was then sent down a separate fibre-optic path, carefully constructed light tunnels that stretched over 11 kilometres in opposite directions. At the end of each path, the photons were presented with a choice: left or right, this way or that. But here’s where the mystery unfolds. Though separated by a distance of over 22 kilometres, the two photons made the same decision simultaneously. Not a moment later. Not with delay. Not by chance. Instantaneously. And it happened again. And again. And again. Repeated under rigorous conditions, the experiment consistently showed the same result: the photons responded as if they were still one, as if the space between them didn’t matter. As if distance was an illusion.

This phenomenon is known as quantum entanglement. And while it may sound like science fiction, it is one of the most well-documented and mystifying realities of quantum physics. Even Einstein, in his discomfort, called it “spooky action at a distance.” Because if two particles can communicate instantly, faster than the speed of light, then something deeply fundamental is at play. Something that defies classical logic. So, what does this mean for us? If two photons, once connected, remain linked forever, even when pulled apart across great distances… what does that say about us?

If everything in the universe came from one singular beginning, the same cosmic point of origin, then aren’t we, too, entangled? Maybe this is why we sometimes feel another person’s joy or pain across oceans. Maybe this is why intuition flickers without explanation. Maybe this is why, in our quietest moments, we sense that we are not alone, that we are, in some invisible way, always in relation to one another. Because what was once united, remains connected. Quantum physics does not just speak in equations. Sometimes, it whispers truths that the heart has always known. Truths we are only beginning to remember.

At Awoken Mind, we honour that mystery, the space where science meets soul, where logic meets wonder. Because in the end, the universe isn’t just a collection of separate things. It’s a vast, intelligent field of connection and we are part of its dance. Forever entangled. Forever one.

Author: Izabela Strzelecka