An empty cold dark vacuum filled with nothing but a single point. The point which symbolizes existence. The point which molecularly can be called an atom, a sub-atomic particle, its building block. That which might be the center or the corner.
The vastness of nothingness reaching out as far as the eye can see. I’m searching for something identical or hopefully similar to myself. I don’t want to be alone in this place which doesn’t exist. I reach out in agony, but feel no texture, no warmth. All I have is hope that I am not alone. Hope turns to belief. I am not alone. Others like myself do exist. They have to. I am unique, but I am not alone. The vastness of nothing somehow seems to shrink all around me and in the distance a troubled soul like myself is yearning for another.
And then the partner. Another point. Another center or corner.
Searching and yearning for another, yet unaware of others. The landscape of emptiness engulfs these wanderers until that fateful chance encounter. In an instant, uncontrollable sparks erupt mercilessly into every possible direction; filling in the cavernous and seemingly hollow depths of nothingness. A universe has just been given birth out of this Big Bang. Something is alive!
But how, and even more importantly, why did this happen? Who or what is this hopeful wanderer? Over the course of centuries, great scientists spent many sleepless and frustrating hours defining the physical world through the demanding vocabulary of math. The only language which transcends all borders of culture and ethnicity. They devised proofs and formulas to explain how natural phenomena function. How the universe is structured with each star, planet, and distant galaxy affecting each other’s motion. How current runs down an electrical wire being affected by resistors and capacitors. Since life is lived within the contexts of the physical world, it seems only fitting to use at least some mathematical principles to help guide us along the path from nothing to something.
A point (as defined by math) is the first dimension, a single piece of existence, our hopeful wanderer. Just floating there by himself minding his own business without a care in the world. Mainly because the world has yet to take shape, but it soon will. Within the realm of nothingness a single point, not in any way dissimilar from other single points, exists.
The interaction of two points, as they find each other within the overwhelming nothingness, creates the second dimension. Elements of the first dimension are used as building blocks for the second dimension. The reason the first dimension is needed is to create the second dimension. In a way, the first dimension exists only because the second dimension needs it. The second dimension could not exist within nothingness if it weren’t for its first dimension building blocks. Mathematically speaking, the first dimension really has no purpose other than to construct the second dimension. A fundamental relationship of mutual needs is at work here.
Almost as though they had no other choice, the two-dimensional building blocks react with each other as well; giving rise to the third dimension. Second dimension elements are used to build the third dimension, while the third dimension gives purpose and function to the second dimension. The entire physical world is experienced within the third dimension. The laws of physics, spoken via math, govern the universe. A kitchen table is a three dimensional object made up of two-dimensional components, which in turn is an assemblage of first dimensional ingredients floating within nothingness. The same relationship that 1D has with 2D, governs the interaction of 2D with 3D.
However, the intersection of multiple 2D elements occurring within the space of the second dimension will only produce more complicated 2D elements. Two drawings on a piece of paper are each 2D. Combining the two pictures only creates a larger picture, a more complex 2D entity. However, if the intersection of these very same 2D elements were to occur within the space of the third dimension, only then will 3D objects take shape. Drawing any number of intersecting lines on a piece of paper will never produce a 3D entity. Many 2D steel beams, all of which intersecting each other within the third dimension; creating the Eiffel tower in Paris, France. The context of the intersection plays as large a role as the actual intersection itself.
We now have a physical world, mathematically defined by the third dimension. Therefore anything we can think of existing is basically the third dimension. A leaf, a tree, a park, city, country, the world, the solar system, our galaxy, the universe, everything which we can possibly define and give a name to. The only difference between the events of today and the events of yesterday is when it happened. I could have played basketball yesterday, and read a book today. Or the book yesterday, and basketball today. In the end, both activities were carried out regardless of when. Time is a state of mind. Time is the definition of location. A set of vocabulary created in order to help explain the third dimension. Time is an intersection of 3D elements within 3D space!
All, which we can define and think of, is located within the third dimension. Time is one of the many terms that the third dimension uses to explain itself. I can use the exact same definition to describe the physical world right now, as I used to explain it five seconds ago. The only difference is when I’m explaining it, but nothing else changes. I will also use the same definition 5 seconds from right now. Time is simply one aspect, be it a very important and often mislabeled one, of the third dimension.
If time is the product of 3D intersections in 3D space, then what does intersecting 3D elements in the fourth dimension produce? Third dimension elements are the building blocks of the fourth dimension, while the fourth dimension gives the third dimension a sense of purpose. The third dimension is the physical world and all of us living in it. 3D is basically how life exists. Therefore, 4D is why life exists.
3D intersects itself so many times in 4D in order to be complete, that the concept of infinity arises. Similarly, infinite 2D objects intersect each other infinite number of times to create 3D. So by focusing on infinity in one dimension, one is actually talking about the next higher up dimension. The higher dimension is incommensurable with the lower dimension and forms infinity for it. And it is these infinite 1D intersections which create the vastness of 2D, which intersect infinitely with each other to build 3D, to form life, which infinitely intertwined explains to life then answer, the purpose, that which is 4D.
By defining something and giving it a name, it immediately becomes a member of the third dimension since it now has physical properties. The first dimension is called a point. The second dimension is a line. The third dimension is life. The fourth dimension is the subconscious process that produces conscious thoughts. A thought is the point of intersection of life within the fourth dimension. We must not label and define the fourth dimension as a produced thought, for this is simply the point at which subconscious turns into conscious within the fourth dimension. Walking down the street, or sitting on a park bench, all of a sudden the answer to a question comes to mind. The thinking that went on to produce the answer cannot be defined or explained; 4D cannot be labeled or defined as anything. However, life is shaped by the thoughts that the fourth dimension produces. An artist creates a masterpiece, similarly, surroundings are created by the active mind. The collective thought of every living being in the universe is why life exists. In order for thoughts to have existence, life is necessary, and hence life is the building blocks of thoughts.
Life is a collection of building blocks for thoughts to play around with and create any shape it wants. Life is how thought exists. Thought is why life exists.
