「沒有他人，存在就無法確立」。個人認同的浮現與存在，都要經由他人「凝視」才得以確立，這概念正是量子力學的核心。

根據量子力學，當我們測量或觀查某次原子粒子時，此行為本身即會稍微影響、改變該粒子的運動方式。換句話說，粒子的運動符合觀察者（做測量的科學家或測量工具）的預期。首先，測量行為本身確立次原子粒子的存在，而不論所測量的是何種粒子，此一測量行為與測量工具也同時浮現，存在。

根據現代宇宙學理論，宇宙萬物－包括人類，都是由原子組成的。原子並非我們以往認為「堅實」或「固定」的機械性物質。在量子力學的視界彼端，原子只是一種能量，是生成與機率動態的過程，隨時流變，不斷生滅。一個原子是否存在要依觀察者而定，觀察者是處於該體系中的其他次原子粒子或資訊。若我們可以改變該原子所在的能量場結構，我們就能改變該原子。一旦確立了我們所居世界的實質，瞭解自身的本質，我們就能以同樣的認知來認識鉅觀的人類世界。

既然沒有所謂固定的物理實質，也就沒有固定的心理實質。我整個身體－包括頭腦都是由非生物的次原子粒子組成。這些粒子跟宇宙萬物一樣遵循物理定律，不斷遞嬗流變，是種持續演進的能量。而正是由於其他觀察者的作用，讓我們遊走在時空之流間，得以「創造」，「形塑」自身。隨著時間演進，所謂一致、穩定、單一的「我」並不存在。我們並非封閉穩定的整體；而是開放，不穩定，不一致，依情況而定的，總是處在過程中；總是以某種尚未定調的狀態，出現在他人的感官經驗中。

只要我們活著，身體的原子就會不斷流動進出。大約每六年，我們全身的骨骼，器官，肌肉組織…就以全新的原子汰換更新。追根究柢來說，正在打這個句子的「楊士毅」，已經不是一小時前開始打這段文章的「楊士毅」了。組成當下這個「楊士毅」的每個次原子粒子都可能改變，演進，受到自己身體與腦中各部份粒子的作用，或者環境作用影響。

唯有與他人互動，個人才算是完全存在。由於我們和他人共享能量場，我們的感受和意識隨著他人的視線而改變。如此繼續與他人和世界互動，我們實際上就時時刻刻都在改變自己和他人的物理實相。

從我們開始注視他人的那一刻起，我們觀察其結構、想法、感受、他們做某事的原因，如此一來，他之所以會有那樣的結構或存在方式，似乎就一目瞭然。

當人透過自己的眼光看世界，會以為自己的感官所經驗到的，就是世界上的一切。但其實不然。他所經驗的只是浩瀚無垠的能量場中，無限廣的光譜頻率中某一小段頻率範圍而已。

同樣的道理，當我與你互動，我可能會以為我已經瞭解你的一切，但這不是事實。我觀察、交流的行為本身，只能夠激發你的認同、你的物理實相極微小的一部份，而這實相之所以能浮現，只因我的存在，和對你的預期。

就像我們可能永遠無法窮盡宇宙邊界，或藉觀察詰問來客觀地瞭解宇宙究竟是由什麼組成的；我們也可能永遠都無法真正瞭解自己。

任何事物都不可能脫離客體/主體持續性的返照關係而獨立存在。同樣地，我們也不可能獨立自外於他人的「凝視」、看法、或存在。個人並非遺世獨立地存在，而是經由人與人的關係，參與集體活動，才得以生成，浮現。

沒有所謂客觀的事物。事物本身，不論花、樹、青蛙、馬、人，甚或企業、市場…都因某主體的覺知才得以生成浮現。客體性的各種型式是相對的，或者要與其他主體性相輔相成。某件事物最終生成的樣貌，總是取決於覺知該事物的主體。

The idea of “none-existence-without-others” – that our identities arise and come into existence only in accordance to the “gazes” of other people goes into the heart of quantum physics.

According to quantum mechanics, the very act of measuring or observing a subatomic particle slightly alters and changes the way that it behaves. In other words, the particles behave in accordance to the expectation of the observer – the measuring scientist or device of measurement. The very act of measuring is what brought the subatomic particle’s existence in the first place, and that whatever particle it is that you are measuring, the act of measurement, and the device of measurement come into existence/arise simultaneously.

In modern cosmology, we see that everything in the universe, including humans, are composed of atoms that are really not the “solid”, or “fixed” mechanical substance of matter that we are used to conceive.

Atoms, beyond the quantum horizon, are really just a process of an energetic, dynamic process of becoming and probability that fluctuates and come in and out of existence and emerge in accordance to other observers – other subatomic particles and information within a particular system. And that if you can change the structure and the energy of the field that the atoms are in, you change the atoms themselves.

Once you establish what the nature of reality that we live in is and who we are, the same idea can be expressed in the macroscopic world of humans.

Just as there is no fixed physical substance, there is no fixed mental substance. The wholeness of my body – including my brain are also made out of inanimate subatomic particles that obey the same physical laws as all other matter in the universe that express themselves as energy that are constantly evolving in a state of flux and fluctuation, and it is the participatory acts of other observers that are allowing us to “create” and “build” ourselves as we move through time and space.

There is not a unified, stabilizing, and single “I” that endures through time. We are not closed and stable totalities, but open, unstable, disunified, contingent, always in a process of being articulated and perceived in one form or another in states of indeterminacy.

While we are alive, atoms are constantly flowing in and out of our bodies. Every 6 years or so, our whole bodies – bones, organs, muscle tissues replace themselves with completely new atoms. Fundamentally, the “Frank” that is typing this sentence is not the same as the “Frank” that typed the beginning of this paragraph an hour ago, every subatomic particle that made up the “Frank” now has all been subjected to open ended change and development, due to the acts on the particles and parts of my own body and brain, as well as the acts of the environment.

So a person can never be conceived to be in fully existence without the interactions of others, and our feelings and consciousness change in accordance to the field visions of others who we share our energy fields with, and as we go on and interact with others and with the world, we are literally altering our own physical realities and the realities of others on a moment to moment basis.

The moment we start looking at another person, his or her structure, how he thinks or feel, why they do this and that, it suddenly brings into clarity why that person is structured the way he or she is.

When people look through the world with their eyes, their perceptions tell them that what they experience is all there is to the world. But it isn’t. It’s a tiny frequency range within an infinite spectrum and frequencies of an infinite field of energy.

By the same idea, when I interact with you, I might think that I know all there is to know about you, but I don’t. My act of observation and interactions can only activate a tiny portion of your identity and physical reality that arises only due to my presence and expectations of you.

Just as we may never find the edge of our universe or know objectively what it is by observing it and asking ourselves what it is made out of, we may never know who we really are.

Just as nothing can exist independent of this object/subjective ongoing feed-back relationship, we cannot truly exist without the “gazes”, opinions, and the presence of others. Individuals do not exist by themselves, as we only arrive and emerge from the collective activities we engage ourselves from the relationships we have with each other.

There is no objective object. Objects themselves, whether it’s flowers, trees, frogs, horses, a person, or even a cooperation or market, is always arising and becoming with the particular subject that is doing the perceiving. Different modes of objectivity are relative, or in accordance with other modes of subjectivity, and the outcome of an object is always subjected to the subject perceiving it.