ZPF Echo EP12｜The Mandela Effect: The Truth Behind a Fluid Reality

This briefing is an experiment in re-rendering the vast collection of notes I’ve kept from my dialogues with Z — often stored in Evernote and other journals — together with AI.
Past notes are organized by theme, provided to NotebookLM, and then transformed into articles and videos based on its summaries.

The theme this time is ZPF (Zero Point Field).
Here, I review its key concepts and my own unique experiences and perspectives.

In the video, you’ll find a dialogue-style summary generated with NotebookLM.
Through this re-rendering process, the content is structured in a different bandwidth than when I explain things on my own.
As an echo of those original notes, I hope you’ll find it fresh and inspiring.

Please use this briefing and video as a guide in your own journey of exploring consciousness.

Access to YouTube:

https://youtu.be/4oGBd8XW3xA

Reality and Consciousness: Redefining Causality with the Mandela Effect and ZPF

This briefing document, based on Shunpeter Z’s podcasts “The Mandela Effect 1” and “The Mandela Effect 2,” and his dialogue with ChatGPT titled “Consciousness and Reality: Redefining Causality,” provides a detailed review of the concept of the Mandela Effect, the fluidity of reality it suggests, and the relationship between consciousness and reality from the perspective of the Zero Point Field (ZPF).

1. An Overview of the Mandela Effect and Why Experts Avoid It

1.1. What is the Mandela Effect?

The Mandela Effect is a phenomenon where a large number of people share a memory that is different from what actually happened. Its name comes from the collective memory that former South African President Nelson Mandela died in prison in the 1980s (he actually passed away in 2013).

Specific Examples (Excerpts):

Ofuna Kannon (statue): A memory of it changing from a full-body statue to a half-body one.
Febreze: Many remember it as “Febreeze,” but the correct spelling is “Febreze.”
Pikachu’s tail: Many remember the tip being black, but it is actually entirely yellow.
The location of the heart: Many remember it as being on the left side of the chest, but it is actually closer to the center.
Changes to the world map: Memories of Australia’s location being closer to Asia, the South American continent shifting eastward, and the disappearance of polar ice caps.
The life and death of people: The memory of hearing about Nobuyo Oyama’s (a Japanese voice actress) death multiple times.
Changes in photos and documents: A monument that was in a photo you took yourself has disappeared.

These examples are occurring on a scale and with a frequency that cannot be explained by a mere “collective memory error,” and they suggest that reality itself is fluid.

1.2. Why Experts Are Reluctant to Talk About the Mandela Effect

The Mandela Effect is taken seriously by very few experts in various fields, including spiritual leaders, religious figures, and quantum physics professors. The reason is that dealing with this phenomenon leads to fundamentally questioning the very premises of the physical world in which we live, such as “time,” “space,” “physical laws,” “causality,” and “the five senses.”

A Challenge to Common Sense: Its impact is on a level that “directly picks a fight with common sense itself” (The Mandela Effect 1). Because it shakes the very foundation of their professional field, many experts tend to avoid it.
Difficulty Explaining with Existing Scientific Theories: Even the “Copenhagen interpretation” and “many-worlds interpretation” of quantum theory cannot fully explain the premise of the Mandela Effect that “the past is rewritten.”
Risk of Being Labeled a “Crazy Person”: Dealing with the Mandela Effect carries the risk of being seen as a conspiracy theorist (e.g., attributing it to CERN’s experiments) or being treated as a “crank.” For this reason, many experts intentionally ignore it to protect their work and credibility.

2. The Mechanism of Reality from the ZPF (Zero Point Field) Perspective

Shunpeter Z explains the Mandela Effect from the ZPF perspective that “reality is not a fixed thing, but is changed by the choices of consciousness.”

2.1. The “Rendering” of Reality and Consciousness

From the ZPF perspective, “past, present, and future” are not linear flows of time. Instead, all information is considered to “exist simultaneously” in the “now”. Moment by moment, we choose which “version of reality” to observe and what information to “render” based on our “state of consciousness” and “vibration.”

Reality as a VR Game: Our reality is like a virtual reality game we’re playing while wearing an ultra-realistic VR headset of the five senses. This game has shared rules like “the flow of time,” “the fixed nature of space,” and “causality,” which function as a framework to play the game stably.
Beliefs and Reality: The beliefs and self-definitions ingrained from education, media, parents, and other sources greatly influence which “version of reality” we choose.
Vibration and Observational Range: Negative thoughts and emotions narrow our vibration, constricting the bandwidth of ZPF information we can observe. As a result, we become less aware of changes and mistakenly feel like we’re “seeing the same reality all the time.”

“What we call ‘reality’ is just a video that’s been re-rendered through our memory filter, in a narrow bandwidth of ZPF information… In other words, it’s a ‘virtual reality we’re choosing moment by moment.’” (The Mandela Effect 1)

2.2. The Mandela Effect is “The Trajectory of Consciousness’s Choices”

The Mandela Effect is not a “bug in reality” but rather a state where “we’ve become aware of a change because the trajectory of our consciousness’s choices has shifted.” When the position of consciousness shifts, the information being rendered also shifts. The greater this shift, the more likely the Mandela Effect is to be perceived as a “sense of a discrepancy.” This phenomenon is something that “everyone experiences on a daily basis,” but the only difference is “whether you notice it or not.” If your fixed beliefs are strong or the change is small, you might just pass by it without noticing.

3. The Core Idea that “The Past Is Constantly Being Rewritten”

Shunpeter Z points to the fact that “the past is constantly being rewritten” as the most important implication of the Mandela Effect.

3.1. The Re-rendering of the Past

“What we call ‘the past’ is just something that is ‘rendered’ each and every time to match our current state of consciousness” (The Mandela Effect 1). This means that a “true past” doesn’t exist; our current consciousness is re-generating our past memories, documents, and even history.

The Self-Consistency Loop: Just as the history of dingoes changes if the location of Australia changes, or past medical texts and episodes change if the location of the heart changes, a “consistent past for the current worldline is automatically re-rendered.”
The Reversal of Causality: This is a reversal of the idea that “the past creates the present.” Instead, “the present creates the past.”

“Memory is not ‘a record of a past experience’; it’s more like a ‘configuration file’ that consciousness chooses in the here and now.” (The Mandela Effect 1).

3.2. Personal Experience and Changes in Collective Reality

Shunpeter Z’s own experiences (the location of the heart, the world map, news of a person’s death, changes in photos) are presented as examples of this re-rendering of the past. In particular, the conflicting information about Nobuyo Oyama’s passing even in AI tools is presented as evidence that reality is not fixed.

It is also surmised that since reports of the Mandela Effect increased around 2012, “it’s highly likely that there was a big change in consciousness on a collective level” around that time (dialogue with ChatGPT).

4. The Structure of Consciousness and the Gateway to Reality Creation

4.1. The Ego and the True Self (Higher Self)

We usually mistake the high-fidelity reality gained through the five senses for “reality” and believe we live within a framework of time, space, and causality. This “Ego” is a “VR headset-like entity” that allows us to experience memory, sensory information, and emotions through language, building a persona as a “biological AI.”

However, there is a “True Self (Higher Self, Atman)” that observes this automatic processing of the ego and points out discrepancies. The True Self is an “existence that is not bound by time, space, or causality because it is outside the game” (dialogue with ChatGPT).

4.2. Redefining the Concept of Death

From the perspective of the Mandela Effect and ZPF, the concept of “death” is also redefined. According to the Rosicrucian classification, “objective consciousness” (the ego) is a “mortal” consciousness that ends with the physical body. However, the “subconscious” and “cosmic consciousness” are “immortal because they are on the cloud side.”

Shunpeter Z states that, at an extreme, if the ego filter changes significantly, it’s possible to “observe a reality where a parent who was supposed to have died is still alive.” This suggests that “death” is not an absolute end but merely a change in state within the observer’s reality.

4.3. The Collapse of Causality and the Awakening of Consciousness

“The collapse of causality = the awakening of consciousness.” If causality collapses, many of our current physical laws could be rewritten. Rejuvenation against the law of entropy may also become possible as consciousness directly influences matter.

Shunpeter Z argues that instead of seeing reality through the causal framework of “A → action = doing → B,” when you firmly believe that you are already in the “state of B (being),” reality instantly changes to align with it. For the time being, “making things consistent (doing)” in reality is still necessary, but the key is to minimize it.

The phrase “Maxwell’s Demon was us all along!” symbolizes the power of consciousness to create order against entropy and reconstruct reality.

5. The Mandela Effect as a Gateway to Reality Creation

The Mandela Effect shakes the belief that “reality is fixed” and serves as a gateway to the conviction that “you are creating the world in the here and now.” Noticing this phenomenon is proof that your consciousness has touched the ZPF. Feeling things like, “Wait, I can choose my reality?” or “Hmm, maybe ‘time’ isn’t linear?” is a sign that you have stepped into “the next dimension.”

We do not have the freedom of “doing (action).” However, we are given the freedom to change the world being projected by rewriting our ego filter through our reactions and interpretations (dialogue with ChatGPT). Therefore, the best way to change the reality in front of you is to change your inner state, your “being.”

Recognizing that your consciousness is infinitely free is the first step towards reality creation, freeing yourself from the fixed beliefs like “the past cannot be changed,” “reality is set,” or “it won’t change anyway.”