MORE ABOUT DIMENSIONS
There seems to be some confusion
about what a dimension is, what a dimension is not, and how additional
dimensions, if they exist, relate to the three dimensions of space and one dimension
of time that we think we know so well. It is not unusual these days to hear
someone who has seen a strange object zip across the sky, say: “UFOs must come
from another dimension”, or someone who has had a near-death experience may say
that they “saw an alternate reality in an extra dimension.” Statements like
these illustrate what I mean by confusion about what a dimension is, and about
what the word “dimension” means.
This confusion about
dimensions is due largely to the fact that the concept of dimensionality has been
poorly defined, even by mainstream scientists and mathematicians. One thing I can
say about dimensions with some confidence, is that dimensions of space and time
are not what most people think they are. After many years of research and
defining how the measurement of the dimensions of space and time change with
relative motion, Einstein concluded that space
has no existence apart from being a structural feature of physical reality.
He said: “Time
and space are modes by which we think and not conditions in which we live.”
Conclusion: The dimensions of space and time are just measurable aspects of the
form of physical reality, not “things” in the sense that mountains, trees, and other
physical objects are.
When I write or speak
about the extra dimensions of the TDVP model of reality, typical questions that
I am asked include the following:
“If space is not a real
thing like the atmosphere or an ocean, why are there three dimensions of space?
Why not two, or four, or some other number? Why do you say there are also three
dimensions of time and three dimensions of consciousness? If these extra
dimensions actually exist, what exactly are they? Where are they? And why don’t
we see them the way we see the three dimensions of space?”
I will try to answer these
questions here, but first, I first want to be absolutely certain that you know what
I mean when I say the word dimension.
Dimension
is a common word, a word that ordinary people use all the time. Everyone knows
what is meant by the word when it is used in regard to the size of a room, or the
dimensions of a box to be shipped. In general, the dimensions of a physical
object are length, width, and height or depth. But the same word is also used to
describe qualities or aspects of reality that have nothing to do with the dimensions
of space and time. For example, you might hear a psychiatrist speak of
dimensions of mental health, or a musician refer to the emotional dimensions of
a beautiful symphony or a patriotic march. These uses of the word are legitimate
and understandable, but, for clarity in TDVP, and in these discussions, the
word dimension must be defined with one, and only one, very specific meaning:
A dimension is the measurable,
directional extent of a finite distinction, i.e., a measure of the extent
of a finite object or group of objects.
The measurement of any
other feature of objective reality is not a dimension. For example, measures of
mass are measures of content, not extent. There are also measures of impact and
intent, but in these discussions, when I use the word dimension, I am referring
to a measure of extent, nothing more, nothing else. Dimensions are measures of
extent, and only measures of extent.
With this brief introduction
to the subject of dimensionality, I will proceed trying to remove as much of the
confusion about dimensions as I can by answering the specific questions about
dimensions listed above.
Clarifying
the Terminology and Answering the Questions
Realization that what
we call dimensions are actually just measures of the geometric structure of
reality, makes it clear that it is incorrect to say that something, e.g., a
UFO, can come from a dimension, or that anything exists in a dimension.
Saying that UFOs come from another dimension is like saying that a 3-D object comes
from length. Similarly, saying that an alternate reality exists in
another dimension is incorrect because nothing can exist in a dimension,
instead, every real thing exists in a multi-dimensional domain of three or more
dimensions.
Dimensions are simply measurements
of the extent of an object or objects contained in a given volumetric domain. UFOs,
regardless of where they might come from, suddenly appear in our 4-D spacetime awareness
when the domain of our perception is expanded to include the energies of the
content of an extra dimensional domain, energies not normally in the range of
our organs of vision. And what appear to be alternate realities are probably glimpses
of more detail of the complex reality that exists in domains with more
dimensions than we normally perceive. With that, I will try to answer the specific
questions that have been asked regarding the extra dimensions of the TDVP model
of reality.
Why are there three dimensions
of space? Why not two, or four, or some other number? (This
question is not asked as often as the others in the list, but I am addressing
it first because the answer is the basis for the other questions and answers.)
If space had less than
three dimensions, there would be no physical universe, because at least three dimensions
are required to contain objects with mass and energy. Physical objects are
composed of rotating mass and energy vortices, and the stable, uniform rotation
of a finite object can only occur if the object is symmetric around three rotational
axes equally distant from each other, i.e., 90 degrees apart, on any 360-degree
circumference drawn on the surface of a sphere constructed around the object.
Applications of the CoDD
to the dynamics and combinations of electrons, quarks, protons, and neutrons, reveal
that because of this, they have an intrinsic ½ spin. From this it follows that
finite, rotating objects with an integer multiple of ½ spin (that includes the
Fermions, the “particles” that make up atomic structure) are volumetric phenomena
that can only exist in dimensional domains with three or more dimensions. This means
that stable elementary particles are symmetrical objects rotating in three dimensions,
and since dimensions reflect the structure of the field of matter and energy,
space has at least three dimensions. But could space have more than three
dimensions?
The TDVP quantum description
of the process of moving from one dimensional domain to the next, i.e., from an
n-dimensional domain to the n+1-dimensional domain, is a process that I call dimensional
extrapolation. This process reveals a surprising mathematical invariance:
After each series of three projections from domain to domain, the unit of
projection, which is also the base unit of the additional dimension creating
the n+1 dimensional domain, must change to a different, more complex type of
number. Otherwise, the projection does not leave the n-dimensional domain; it
is just a movement from one point to another within the n-dimensional domain. The
projection extends out of the three-dimensional domain of physical space, e.g.,
if, and only if, the unitary projection is transformed from one quantum
equivalence unit to one ‘imaginary’ unit. Then, and only then, the projection
leaves the space domain. Therefore, there can be three, and only three,
dimensions of space.
Note for those
interested in the math and physics of this invariance:
The proof of this very significant conclusion involves applications of the
Calculus of Dimensional Distinctions, the Pythagorean Theorem, Fermat’s Last
Theorem, infinite descent proofs, and the discovery of the existence of gimmel,
the quantized, non-physical part of quantum reality that creates stable nucleons
and the life-supporting atoms of the Periodic Table of Elements.
Also, of note for those
interested in the math: All of the unitary
projections from one dimensional domain to the next are members of the set of
the primitive roots of unity. When these projections are calculated sequentially,
a marked increase in complexity occurs in the form of the unitary projection with
each third projection. This correlates with the increase in the physical
complexity of the contents of the dimensional domains after each series of three.
Why do you say there
are also three dimensions of time and three dimensions of consciousness?
Answer: Because of this
dimensional domain invariance, in any n to n+1 projection, as described above. When
the process of dimensional extrapolation is applied to move the focus of unitary
projection from the sixth dimension to the seventh, the unit of projection
changes again, from imaginary to complex. The change in complexity of the
projection unit reflects the increase in complexity of the content of the new triad
of dimensional domains. This difference of complexity is apparent in the change
in complexity that occurs moving from the three dimensions of space into the
dimensional domain of time. The change is even greater when moving from domains
of spacetime into the dimensional domain
of consciousness.
If these extra
dimensions actually exist, what exactly are they, and where are they?
Bear in mind that
dimensions have no existence of their own. They are simply measures of extent, reflecting the manifold
complexity of the content of the dimensional domains they encompass, i.e., the
shape of the field of reality existing within the domain. And the extra
dimensions of reality are not things existing somewhere else. If you expand
your consciousness to include one more dimension beyond your current awareness,
then you find that the new dimensional domain contains everything you were
aware of before, and more. It’s like moving from the focus of reading an
interesting book, to suddenly realizing that there is a greater reality all
around you.
Why don’t we see them
the way we see the three dimensions of space?”
This question reveals how
deeply in our minds the confusion about what a dimension is and is not, is rooted.
No one can “see” a dimension because dimensions are not things the way a
house, tree, or any object distinguished from the rest of reality is. You do
not see dimensions; you see the contents of a dimensional domain. Consider, for
example, a tree growing outside my office window. It is made up of a variety of
atoms and molecules vibrating at frequencies that reflect light vibrating at frequencies
that my eyes, optic nerves, and brain cells can receive, process, and interpret
as an image of a tree.
The range of frequencies
that my physical eyes can receive is limited to a narrow band of vibratory
frequencies, and it appears, from my research into the nature of consciousness,
that the physical senses are just fragmented parts of a potentially much
greater awareness of the vast vibratory reality existing all around us in
higher dimensional domains.
Dimensions and
Consciousness
In the last blogpost, I
quoted physicist John Archibald Wheeler, who said: “Useful as it is under
everyday circumstances to say that the world exists ‘out there’ independent of
us, that view can no longer be upheld. There is a strange sense in which this
is a ‘participatory universe’.” Application of the CoDD dispels much,
if not all, of this strangeness. As mentioned above, it shows us some
surprising things about the structure of sub-atomic physical reality. For
example, it reveals that elementary particles are not rigid particles, and
explains why quarks combine in threes to form protons, which are the most
stable objects in the physical universe. A greater understanding of this
mutability of physical reality at the quantum scale could lead to truly
remarkable advances in every field of science.
In Laws of Form,
G. Spencer Brown says that “Although all forms, and thus all universes,
are possible, and any particular form is mutable, it becomes evident that the
laws relating such forms are the same in any universe.” Application of the CoDD to analyze the formation
of stable atoms from the combination of quarks and electrons, shows us that physical
reality has the same structural form at the quantum level as the logical topological
structure of analytical geometry, which, when combined with the concepts of number
and equivalence, form the basis of pure mathematics. It also reveals the
existence of gimmel, the quantifiable non-physical link between the physical
universe and consciousness. With the discovery of gimmel, we finally begin to understand
why the physical universe has the same logical structure as consciousness and
pure mathematics. The dimensions of space, time, and consciousness are intimately
interconnected by mathematical invariances in every dimensional domain.
Consciousness is no
stranger to us. It is the only thing we experience directly. For this reason,
it is difficult to define. It is a fundamental part of reality, if for no other
reason, because it is absolutely impossible to know anything about the physical
universe without consciousness. As Max Planck said: “We cannot get behind
consciousness.” So, let’s have a deeper look at consciousness. The first
distinction we draw as conscious beings, is the distinction of self from other,
the difference between “in here” versus “out there”. Because of this
distinction, we think “I am in here, and everything else is out there”. But is
this really true, or is it just a belief based on limited information?
A fundamental
difference between consciousness and physical reality that we tend to overlook
is that “in here”, space and time are infinitely continuous and infinitely
divisible, while out there, the physical universe is finite and discretely
quantized. Before the discoveries of Max Planck and Albert Einstein, we assumed
that the physical universe existing “out there” was infinitely continuous and
infinitely divisible just like the “in here” of consciousness. We know now that
this is not true; and it becomes important to find out exactly how infinitely continuous
consciousness interacts with the finite distinctions of physical reality. This interaction
is largely hidden from us as human beings because it happens at the quantum
scale, extremely far below the operating range of our physical senses.
Applications of the
Calculus of Dimensional Distinctions with the Triadic Rotational Unit of
Equivalence (TRUE) as the basic unit of measurement, have shown that our
limited awareness of three dimensions of space, and a succession of moments on one
timeline, is the result of the limited functioning of our physical senses and
the organization of mass and energy in a stable form. Analyzing the combination
of quarks to form the proton, we find that this stability is assured by the
existence of a specific number of units of a measurable third form of quantum
reality that we call gimmel.
Gimmel is categorically
different than the other forms of reality because it has no physical mass or
energy. The existence of non-physical gimmel not only stabilizes physical
reality at the quantum scale, but it also causes it to take on the specific structural
form it does. That stable structure leads to the formation of certain elements (hydrogen,
oxygen, carbon, nitrogen, etc.) that make up the organic compounds that form the
basis for the development and support of living organisms. These living
organisms, because of the influence of gimmel, have some level of consciousness
and self-awareness from the first single-celled living thing, to the most
complex of all life forms.
Extra Dimensions? So
What?!
Finally, I think when
people ask about what the extra dimensions predicted by the TDVP model are, they
are really asking about what expanded awareness into the extra dimensional
domains of 5, 6, 7, 8, and 9 dimensions of reality reveals. Perhaps the
question should be: What would a person with his or her consciousness expanded to
receive energies from these extra dimensions see and experience? I touched on answers
to this question in the post of October 24, 2021, titled “DIMENSIONS OF SPACE,
TIME, AND CONSCIOUSNESS”. The reader might want to review that post in conjunction
with this post.
The answers I gave there
are controversial from the point of view of many mainstream scientists because people
who have experienced expanded states of consciousness during meditation,
spiritual inspiration, or in traumatic near-death experiences, are considered by
those who ascribe to simple materialism as their basic philosophical belief
system, to be psychotic or delusional. Despite the growing number of verified
cases of extra-sensory perception during NDEs and OBEs, reports of expanded
states of awareness are still generally considered to be paranormal and
subjective by mainstream science. However, TDVP provides, for the first time, a
comprehensive scientific framework that explains psychic abilities as natural effects
of expanded consciousness.
The real value and
purpose of having an improved model of reality is to develop a realistic map of
the path leading to the goal of human existence: Cosmic Consciousness; and that
path may start at the quantum level, where we find the first direct evidence of
the interaction of consciousness and physical reality.
ERC – 11/27/2021
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