Alternate Worlds
I have been researching a little on various theories of parallel worlds recently. The question of other worlds, and how they may interact with mine, the one that is real and solid to me, was brought up by a friend.
One theory goes that there may be a world parallel to the one in which we (and though using the pronoun in plural, I must admit that I mainly am referring to myself in this case) live. Another states that there can be an infinite number of worlds existing simultaneously, that every time there is the possibility of more than one outcome, the other possibilities may actually happen in separate realities. Or rather, perhaps, that reality may split infinitely every time there is the possibility of different outcomes so that a new worlds are created, dependent on the same past, but independent of one another from the point of the split. Some refer to worlds linked like this as a multiverse - so that there are in fact several universes in different dimensions. It is all very difficult to grasp.
Everyone who reads this must, I assume, exist in one world. Is my diary by some considered to be an alternate universe, a version of their reality which has supernatural elements, such as vampires, which are not native to their own world? And if it is - is it, in fact, a separate world, or is it merely a different view upon the very same world, different aspects of the same reality that we see?
Perhaps some people exist in more than one world. It may be able to find a way of breaching the fabric of reality in order to get in touch with other worlds. A number of literary works suggest that it is; that some people are able to enter other worlds which are similar in some ways to their own, and yet different (they may, for instance, have a different level of technological advancement or elements which to one of our world would seem fantastic). Perhaps it is possible to gain access to alternate universes only if they do not include another version of one’s own self. Perhaps it is not possible to physically go there but to communicate with inhabitants of a given world if certain criteria are met. If open to the right impulses, one may be able to find a connection to people of other universes.
The thoughts on different worlds brought something somewhat more graspable to the surface of my mind. I have touched upon the subject before (or discussed in length, one might argue) of the night world and the day world as I perceive them, of my being in both worlds alternately. There is also another aspect of it - When I escaped the lab, did I not, almost exclusively, go from one world to another? I think it may be the case for many people. When one’s existence changes drastically in every possible way, is it not in fact nearly the same as passing from one world to another? (And I dread to think of an actual alternate world in which G.R.A.E. did never escape the lab.) Perhaps we all travel through various worlds throughout our lives, if not by entering actual other worlds, then by making choices for ourselves or by being subjected to changes.
One theory goes that there may be a world parallel to the one in which we (and though using the pronoun in plural, I must admit that I mainly am referring to myself in this case) live. Another states that there can be an infinite number of worlds existing simultaneously, that every time there is the possibility of more than one outcome, the other possibilities may actually happen in separate realities. Or rather, perhaps, that reality may split infinitely every time there is the possibility of different outcomes so that a new worlds are created, dependent on the same past, but independent of one another from the point of the split. Some refer to worlds linked like this as a multiverse - so that there are in fact several universes in different dimensions. It is all very difficult to grasp.
Everyone who reads this must, I assume, exist in one world. Is my diary by some considered to be an alternate universe, a version of their reality which has supernatural elements, such as vampires, which are not native to their own world? And if it is - is it, in fact, a separate world, or is it merely a different view upon the very same world, different aspects of the same reality that we see?
Perhaps some people exist in more than one world. It may be able to find a way of breaching the fabric of reality in order to get in touch with other worlds. A number of literary works suggest that it is; that some people are able to enter other worlds which are similar in some ways to their own, and yet different (they may, for instance, have a different level of technological advancement or elements which to one of our world would seem fantastic). Perhaps it is possible to gain access to alternate universes only if they do not include another version of one’s own self. Perhaps it is not possible to physically go there but to communicate with inhabitants of a given world if certain criteria are met. If open to the right impulses, one may be able to find a connection to people of other universes.
The thoughts on different worlds brought something somewhat more graspable to the surface of my mind. I have touched upon the subject before (or discussed in length, one might argue) of the night world and the day world as I perceive them, of my being in both worlds alternately. There is also another aspect of it - When I escaped the lab, did I not, almost exclusively, go from one world to another? I think it may be the case for many people. When one’s existence changes drastically in every possible way, is it not in fact nearly the same as passing from one world to another? (And I dread to think of an actual alternate world in which G.R.A.E. did never escape the lab.) Perhaps we all travel through various worlds throughout our lives, if not by entering actual other worlds, then by making choices for ourselves or by being subjected to changes.