Now, to start off, what I need you to visualize is a lemon. Imagine that the inside of the lemon is a sort of gel that is thick enough to hold objects in place. Floating inside that gel, I now need you to visualize millions and millions of tiny, hollw glass balls. This gel-and-glass-ball-filled lemon is what I refer to as "the construct".
The construct is, generally speaking, a representation of life...but to be more specific, and for the purposes of this example, the construct is a representation of the universe as a whole.
Firstly, think of the outer shell, or skin, of the construct as the very fabric of time. Now, time does indeed have a lateral continuity, like a timeline...however, the movement along that line can be slowed or sped up, and the line is not only a one dimensional image. It stretches backwards and forth, as well as upwards and downwards...so, in essence, time forms the basis of the universe.
Inside we have the gel. The gel represents two things, one of which is a visible interpretation, the other being somewhat of a metaphysical idea. The gel is the dead space in the universe. The space between galaxies. Within those galaxies, it is also the space between stars, planets, moons, sattelites, rocks and dust (and I suppose, if you're of the left persuasion, garbage as well). But not only is it just dead space, it's possibility. At one point or another, something may pass through those vacant spaces, altering their existance forever; the butterfly effect could occur. It could be something as small as a grain of sand, or as large as a meteor. But, there is the chance that one day two pieces of rock will collide in that vacancy, releasing gases which were trapped inside their rocky cores...thus, the beginnings of a new planet are formed.
So, inside that vast and stretching mass of time, we have possibility. Some possibilities have already taken their physical course, while others lie in wait. There is, however, one thing that remains certain: possibility of, well, just about anything is barely beneath the frame of infinity. Whether these things manifest is undertermined, however, there is always the chance that they will.
Within the possibilty of the clearly-dead-but-not-so-lifeless space of time, we can find galaxies. Millions and millions of galaxies, all unique and ever changing. Like everything else, a galaxy can have multiple meanings. In this case, a galaxy is not only the physical representation of a "case" for planets and other signs of life(*), but is also, in itself, life. It is very much like the bodies of humans, holding in many things, some of which seem less important, but in reality, every little piece plays it's part.
Now, the term "quantum pinch" refers to the shape at the ends of the universe. As mentioned earlier, time is linear, but is not restricted to one dimension. Imagine you are using a pen to make a line across the skin of the lemon. Now, you could make the line go straight from one side to the other, or you could move back and forth, up and down, etc. This changes how time functions. If the pen is to move backwards toward the start point, time is reversing, if you move straight up or down, time is stopping, and making "squiggles" back and forth slows time. This is all based off one line, but there are millions of different lines that could be made on the outside, therefore, there are different routes that time can take. It is my theory that all of these routes co-exist at once, and having the ability to jump from one line to the other, you can, in essence, travel gaps in time. Say the line that we exist on is 10 cm long. It moves straight across, with no going backwards or sideways. Now, assume that the point in time we are at right now is 5 cm along the line. On a line that moves sideways, the 5cm mark may be further back, due to the stretching out of the line. If you were to move from our timeline to that timeline, it would appear as though you have travelled back in time.
Now here's the tricky part; every single galaxy functions off of every single one of these lines at once. Say there are 1000 lines on the outside; 100 different routes for time to take. Now say there are 1000 galaxy's inside. This means that there are 1 million different timelines happening at once. Each planet would have 1000 different routes it could take. Of course, that number is in all likelihood much, much greater. Here, the shape of the lemon comes into play again. As time progresses, the space between the lines increases, due to the bulging center of the lemon. Therefore, near the start and end of time, it will be easier to move between the lines, as they are all closer and their paths are relatively the same. The further time progresses near the center, the more divergence the timelines have between each other, and so the harder it becomes to find the timeline you need to go to.
So, how exactly do we travel from one timeline to another? Give me some time to think about that one.
The construct is, generally speaking, a representation of life...but to be more specific, and for the purposes of this example, the construct is a representation of the universe as a whole.
Firstly, think of the outer shell, or skin, of the construct as the very fabric of time. Now, time does indeed have a lateral continuity, like a timeline...however, the movement along that line can be slowed or sped up, and the line is not only a one dimensional image. It stretches backwards and forth, as well as upwards and downwards...so, in essence, time forms the basis of the universe.
Inside we have the gel. The gel represents two things, one of which is a visible interpretation, the other being somewhat of a metaphysical idea. The gel is the dead space in the universe. The space between galaxies. Within those galaxies, it is also the space between stars, planets, moons, sattelites, rocks and dust (and I suppose, if you're of the left persuasion, garbage as well). But not only is it just dead space, it's possibility. At one point or another, something may pass through those vacant spaces, altering their existance forever; the butterfly effect could occur. It could be something as small as a grain of sand, or as large as a meteor. But, there is the chance that one day two pieces of rock will collide in that vacancy, releasing gases which were trapped inside their rocky cores...thus, the beginnings of a new planet are formed.
So, inside that vast and stretching mass of time, we have possibility. Some possibilities have already taken their physical course, while others lie in wait. There is, however, one thing that remains certain: possibility of, well, just about anything is barely beneath the frame of infinity. Whether these things manifest is undertermined, however, there is always the chance that they will.
Within the possibilty of the clearly-dead-but-not-so-lifeless space of time, we can find galaxies. Millions and millions of galaxies, all unique and ever changing. Like everything else, a galaxy can have multiple meanings. In this case, a galaxy is not only the physical representation of a "case" for planets and other signs of life(*), but is also, in itself, life. It is very much like the bodies of humans, holding in many things, some of which seem less important, but in reality, every little piece plays it's part.
Now, the term "quantum pinch" refers to the shape at the ends of the universe. As mentioned earlier, time is linear, but is not restricted to one dimension. Imagine you are using a pen to make a line across the skin of the lemon. Now, you could make the line go straight from one side to the other, or you could move back and forth, up and down, etc. This changes how time functions. If the pen is to move backwards toward the start point, time is reversing, if you move straight up or down, time is stopping, and making "squiggles" back and forth slows time. This is all based off one line, but there are millions of different lines that could be made on the outside, therefore, there are different routes that time can take. It is my theory that all of these routes co-exist at once, and having the ability to jump from one line to the other, you can, in essence, travel gaps in time. Say the line that we exist on is 10 cm long. It moves straight across, with no going backwards or sideways. Now, assume that the point in time we are at right now is 5 cm along the line. On a line that moves sideways, the 5cm mark may be further back, due to the stretching out of the line. If you were to move from our timeline to that timeline, it would appear as though you have travelled back in time.
Now here's the tricky part; every single galaxy functions off of every single one of these lines at once. Say there are 1000 lines on the outside; 100 different routes for time to take. Now say there are 1000 galaxy's inside. This means that there are 1 million different timelines happening at once. Each planet would have 1000 different routes it could take. Of course, that number is in all likelihood much, much greater. Here, the shape of the lemon comes into play again. As time progresses, the space between the lines increases, due to the bulging center of the lemon. Therefore, near the start and end of time, it will be easier to move between the lines, as they are all closer and their paths are relatively the same. The further time progresses near the center, the more divergence the timelines have between each other, and so the harder it becomes to find the timeline you need to go to.
So, how exactly do we travel from one timeline to another? Give me some time to think about that one.