Charting the Multiverse
Solomon
you begin exploring in temporal space, you will begin to encounter facets
of existence you have only guessed at until now.
Our multiverse consists of all worldlines (or "timelines" as some call
them) to have originated from the moment in time which would, if it could
be said to exist, be represented by t=0. The very infinitecimal instant
which upon one side is pre-existence, on the other is the very beginning of
existence.
There are more multiverses than just this one, as well. The complexity of
the universe never ceases to build, there is no maximum complexity to be
attained nor any minimum complexity below which existence becomes
impossible.
There are various ways to plot the multiverse for those with an interest in
mapping out such things. The easiest way to think of it is as a fractal. It
begins where t=0, infinite primary rays spreading outwards like a shockwave
from that one moment. Picture a geometric point shedding a spherical shell,
the shell expands forever.
This is the primary set. Each point on the surface of this sphere flows
from zero to infinity (where it meets up with itself at zero again - the
snake swallowing its tail, in other words - a literal description and not
merely a primitive understanding). There are infinite numbers of spheres
overlapping one another as one's distance increases from t=0. Like layers
of an onion. A point on the surface of one sphere touches right up against
the points on the surfaces of each sphere that's precisely one geometric
point larger and one geometric point smaller than itself. Over the course
of many layers of spheres, these points trace out a line which one can
think of as a world-line. Each point along each worldline also goes on to
begin shedding an infinite number of spherical layers. That is how time
propagates - every point on the surface of every sphere mimics the original
in that they, too, begin shedding infinite layers of spheres forming still
newer worldlines and paths of world lines. This complexity never ceases.
Each new point occupies a spacetime polarity that is derived from its
predecessor, but completley unique to itself. That precise transtemporal
polarity will never occur again in any other moment of any other
world-line. You have but to assign a value to the polarity of a given
moment of a given timespace continuum in order to be able to begin plotting
a course through the temporal space from that moment in time.
A more fractal nature becomes apparent when one examines the contents of
the infinite worldlines which expand out from t=0 and the primary rays.
From moment t=0, worldlines began emerging in what you might consider
"clusters". Every moment in timespace has certain characteristics which
causes it to resonate with countless other moments in countless other
worldlines. Where the resonance is perfect, these groups of moments are
referred to most understandably in human lingo as "cyclic worlds". Here is
what is meant by the term:
- If you were to take this present moment in time and trace it all the way
back to t=0, you would have a unique path through timespace which defines
this moment in this timespace completely.
- One type of cyclic world is organic. In the timespace you now occupy,
life on Earth has followed a certain course throughout the history of its
evolution. Each species to exist on the planet today has an unbroken chain
of ascendancy from which it evolved, all going right back not only to the
original organism, but also to the birth of reality itself. In other
spacetimes that are cyclic to this one, the exact same line of evolution
was followed, but in a different direction. For instance, the lineage of
organisms to have evolved into humans in this worldline evolved into
something else in another - perhaps something similar or perhaps something
unrecognizably different. There Meanwhile, the organisms to have evolved
into dogs on this Earth have -also- evolved into something else. Every
lineage that exists on this Earth also exists on all other versions of
Earth which are cyclic to it, except that they evolved into something other
than what they did here. Where the coincidence is perfect, there is a
one-to-one correlation not just on a species level, but also on an
individual level. This means that all of your ancestors in this worldline
also existed in that worldline, they just existed as something else. This
means that in worlds which are perfectly cyclical to organic life on this
Earth in this worldline, there are versions of you which are something else
entirely. These, we call cyclic beings.
There are of course infinite variations on this. There are realms which
shared a cyclic connection with this worldline up to a point, and then
began branching off in other directions where there ceased being a
one-to-one correlation between either individuals, or species. Worlds that
bear no such correlation to each other are far more common than worlds
which are perfectly cyclic. The degree of precision needed to chart a
course through the multiverse to another worldline that is truly
-perfectly- cyclic to one's own native worldline - that kind of precision
is technically impossible. But you can get pretty close - you can get to
worldlines where humanity evolved as insects, for instance, rather than
mamallian rodentoid antecedents. In many of these worlds, there will exist
some one-to-one correlations to beings and species in this world, but not
all organisms or individuals will have counterparts represented in each
other's world. These are imperfectly cyclical worldlines. You can very
likely find worldlines in which you evolved as a human, but have none of
the same ancestors you have in this worldline, or where certain relatives
of yours were never born.
Let's get this straight - we are talking about -infinity-, here. No mere
mortal mind can ever hope to grasp the true nature of -all- of it. But some
of us do. Some of us have been navigating these seas for a very long time,
and sometimes we become attached to certain facets of certain realities we
have come to explore. We are attached to humans and most worldlines
containing them. In any case, I am well aware that these things I say are
outlandish and seem almost an insult to reason. That's as it must be -
infinity is impossible, so the odds say. When you have an authentic
impossibility manifesting itself in the form of a set of realities such as
this timespace, there are -no- impossibilities. The absurd becomes
mandatory and its absence incomprehensible.
Okay, that's enough for now. I know most of you won't believe this, and I
am quite grateful for that to be honest with you. ;-) You can't take things
too seriously - consider me a Usenet Performance Artist or even a troll, if
you like - but read what I write with a mind towards understanding. If you
can understand why it's written and let go of your own ego mind for but a
moment, you will have learned something. That's worth something to most
people, whether they learned something because of a truth-teller or because
of a rambling psycho - don't believe me, I'm glad for it. I hope to at
least have titilated your intellect somewhat.
Goodnight. :-)