The Eleven Dimensions of Space/Time

The following list represents a metaphysical exposition of the basic dimensions defining space/time as we experience it. Note that the number of dimensions here is the same as in what is known in theoretical physics as "M-Theory".

(defines a line, the selfsame line is a coordinate axis, the center of which is the Infinite Point)

(defines a plane, coordinate axis is at right angles to the primary, this axis bisecting the primary at the Infinite Point)

(defines the volumetric space of the sphere, coordinate axis of which is a direction at right angles to both the primary and the secondary, and bisecting them both at the Infinite Point)

(defines directions at right angles to the primary, secondary, and tertiary; can be modeled as the surface of the sphere, the center of which is the center of the sphere, the Infinite Point)

(rotation of the primary axis by degrees around the sphere, over time. The line rotates with the Infinite Point being the pivot upon which the rotation occurs, and is modeled simply as the rotation of a line within a plane section.)

(rotation of the secondary axis by degrees around the sphere, over time; together with the primary, can be modeled simply as the rotation of a plane section within the sphere, with the primary axis line as the pivot around which the rotation occurs.)

(rotation of the tertiary axis by degrees around the sphere, over time; together with primary and secondary, can be modeled simply as the rotation of a spherical construct relative to a starting, or reference, position, with the center of the sphere as the pivot around which the rotation occurs.)

(expansion/contraction of time, modeled as the oscillation of the surface of the sphere in a direction at right angles to the surface; spherical expansion represents energetic radiation in the following three dimensions while spherical contraction represents energetic absorption.)

energetic radiation/absorption along primary (oscillation along the line over time; can be modeled as a pair of points on the line, one on each side of the center, moving with equivalent but varying spacing between each of them and the center point. Note that different pairs of points can be moving at different "times" or frequencies along this axis.)

energetic radiation/absorption along secondary (with primary, is oscillation on the plane over time; simple example can be modeled as a shrinking or expanding circle on the plane)

energetic radiation/absorption along tertiary (with primary and secondary, is oscillation within the volumetric space of the sphere, over time, simple example can be modeled as a shrinking or expanding bubble or subsphere)

All eleven dimensions have a common center; that is, the center of the line, the plane, and the sphere are the same, as is true with the subsequent dimensions. Time transforms the static into the dynamic, which is one reason for labeling it a transformation dimension. Time enables spatial movement (rotation) of the first three dimensions; this movement is measured along dimensions five, six, and seven.

Time as a dimension can be modeled as a plane surface enveloping or enclosing a tridimensional space, and thus, time is curved. This envelope represents the domain of time, but actual time lapse from an individual's point of view is along the dimension, appearing as sequential movement. However, movement through time is, itself, multidimensional and not a simple "straight" line. It is the multidimensional aspect of time that enables perception of time moving "slowly" versus moving "quickly"; the closer conscious awareness is to the center, the more rapidly time appears to "flow".

Transformation dimensions, of which time is one, are not like the groups of three dimensions that follow them. The transformation dimensions enable other dimensions to exist, but they, themselves, appear to exist outside the infrastructure of the dimensions they enable. Time as a dimension is longitudinal to the three spatial dimensions, and that means the measurement goes across dimensional realities, such as alternate universes. Time, therefore, can be thought of as a hyperdimension; that term is synonymous with the phrase, "transformation dimension". What is conventionally accepted as the measurement of time is actually a measurement along dimensions five through seven within our space/time. We call such a measurement change over time. All measurements of time are actually measurements of change along one or more of the spatial dimensions, and the units of measurement used for spatial dimensions are equally useful for measurements of change over time. The movement of an hour hand around an analog clockface can be measured in centimeters or inches, for example. In fact, the analog clockface itself is a crude model of movement along the fifth dimension (movement of a line within a plane).

This discussion is continued in Part II.

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