Author: Bob Hoyng

  • Living in the Moment

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    Bob Hoyng
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    I spent decades with a mind that wouldn’t shut up. Intrusive thoughts, existential questions, endless loops of regret and anxiety. Meditation helped, philosophy helped, but something was still missing. Then came the moment of alignment I describe in Nothing Becomes – one quiet moment that changed everything. But here’s what I didn’t fully address in…

  • Dual Descriptions and the Shape of Convergence

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    The Value of Alternative Descriptions I came to an important realization while thinking about the relationship between physical and informational descriptions of reality: even if information is “just” describing an underlying physical substrate, that doesn’t diminish its value as a framework. Physics already accepts this principle through “dual descriptions” – different mathematical formulations that describe…

  • Paperback Now Available

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    Bob Hoyng
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    Just an update, the paperback version of Nothing Becomes is available from Amazon now! I’m excited to have the book fully available now, and look forward to hearing from readers about it, especially when I start visiting local bookstores and libraries in the next few months!

  • The Meaning Behind the Image

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    Bob Hoyng
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    From the cover of the book to the publishing company materials, I’ve used the image above as a recurring motif. It carries a deep meaning – one rooted in my vision of the void – and I wanted to share that here. I call the image Emergence. It weaves together three distinct ideas: The outer…

  • Nothing Becomes Release Date

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    Bob Hoyng
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    Substrate Books is proud to announce the upcoming release of Nothing Becomes, a book that explores the miracle of existence through the lenses of cosmology, consciousness, and quiet attention. This is not a book of answers – it’s a book of presence. A vessel for questions that don’t resolve, but resonate. Release Date: Nothing Becomes…