The Nature of Alternate Universes

Introduction

In this section we will discuss the main concepts I have developed regarding the Nature of Alternate Universe. Or, as I like to call it: “The Orchard of Multiple Universes.”

The Seeds of Alternate Universes

In my view, each Universe is like a tree, and the collection of multiple universes is like an orchard.

When we create an orchard we start with seeds. Each seed appears to be identical. Each seed has the same DNA. Yet each seed is distinct. Same with each universe. Each Universe, at the beginning, appears to be identical, yet each "universe seed" is a different entity.

In the orchard we take each seed and plant it. Over time, the seed grows and develops, eventually creating a large tree. Similarly, each Universe grows and develops, and in time becomes a complex organism.

Also, in the orchard we can plant each seed in a different location, or even at different times. Over time, this will result in adult trees that may be very different from the others – even though the seeds were identical. In a similar way, each universe can be created at different locations in space, or begin at different points in time. After a period of years, this will result in mature universes which look very different from each other, even though the initial universe seeds are identical.

Thus, the Nature of Alternate Universes is really an Orchard of Multiple Universes. Each Universe comes from the same basic “seed”, and in many ways each universe will appear to be the same. Yet because each universe is a living organism, then each universe can grow and develop in different ways (depending on particular circumstances). This is the basic nature of the multiple universes.

In the following sections we will expand on some of these concepts.

Alternate Universes: Similar yet Different

In my view of alternate universes, each universe begins as identical. Like seeds coming from the same tree, each Universe begins the same. Each universe is identical. Yet each universe is distinct.

Then, as time progresses, each Universe develops in its own way. Again, using the tree analogy, we can take each seed from the same tree and plant them in the same general area. Yet as each tree grows, each one will develop slightly differently. The differences may be subtle, or the differences may be major, depending on which two trees we compare.

And so it is with Alternate Universes. At first glance, these alternate universes may seem nearly identical, like many apple trees in an orchard. And yet up on closer inspection, each universe, like each apple tree in the orchard, will have developed in different ways.

Seeds and Each Universe, Seeds of Your Soul

The main analogy of "identical seeds from the same tree" is representing this: each Universe being identical at the time that Universe is created.

Yet we also have different types of seeds: that of your soul. Again, think of the seeds of the tree. Each seed has the same basic DNA. Each seed is essentially identical. Each seed will grow into a new plant or new tree very similar to any other one from the same type of seed.

And so it is with your soul. When “you” are created, there are actually a thousand versions of “you”. Each “you” is like one of these seeds. Each “you” is created at the same time, with essentially the same DNA.

Then, like the seeds which blow in the wind and become planted in different areas, each “you” is scattered among the different universes.

There, when you reach that Universe, you become planted. It is in that Universe where that seed, that particular “you”, is allowed to grow and develop.

Similarities in Each Universe: Due to DNA

It will be true that most aspects of each Universe will be similar to those aspects of other Universe. This is particularly true for two universes which are planted close together in space or in time.

This is very similar to our apple orchard. If we take a hundred seeds, all from one original tree, and plant them over several acres, we will get numerous apple trees, each one looking very similar to the other. Each seed has the same DNA, and therefore naturally each mature tree will look similar. In the same way, each Universe started with the same type of “seed” and therefore most factors of any mature universe will look similar to those factors in any other mature universe.

Similarities in Each Universe: Due to People

There is another reason why each universe will appear similar: the people which live in the universe. Remember that there are multiple versions of each person, and we can think of this as another form of “seeds” which are spread throughout space and planted in different regions.

Each person arrives in each universe with the same personality and desires, and arrives in that universe at the same point in time (relative to the birth of that universe). Therefore, it is natural to expect that for most decisions and actions, the person will act the same way in each universe. And if most of the other people act the same way as they do in their other universes, then the overall net result is that history of events will develop in the same way in each universe.

Therefore, most aspects of each universe will be similar to those same aspects in the other universes. Again, this is for two main reasons: 1) the DNA of the Universe Seed is identical in each, and 2) the personalities of all people in each universe are identical to the personalities of the same person in the other universes.

Different Conditions Produce Different Results

Although each Universe will be similar (due to the DNA of the Universe Seed, and due to the identical personalities of all people in each universe), each Universe CAN evolve differently.

Consider our apple trees in the orchard. Although each tree is basically similar, each tree can develop differently. No two trees are absolutely identical. There is some variation in the number of branches, the position of branches, and the placement of leaves. Then there are external factors such as type of soil, amount of water, intensity of sunlight, in addition to general weather conditions. All of these factors will influence how one tree will develop over another. Therefore, for all these reasons, no two trees will be identical even when coming from similar seeds.  

Each Universe will evolve in the same way. While most factors of each universe are similar those factors in the other universes, there are plenty of variables which allow each universe to evolve differently.

The main variables are the individuals. Above we said that for a particular person the same personality exists in each universe, and therefore most of the times the choices will be the same. However, this is not always the case.

You know yourself how many times you have made one major choice over another, and how often you wonder what would happen if you made that other choice. Well, a similar dilemma happens for each of “you” in the other universe. In some of those universes the other versions of “you” will make the same choice you did. Yet in other universes, some versions of “you” made a different choice. And because of that choice, the life of the other you evolved much differently.

Furthermore, expand this concept to the millions of people who live in a particular region at one point in time. Each person making choices. Each “him” or each “her” making decisions. Collectively, these decisions affect events close in time and close in region…and as we trace time from a particular year of choices, we can see the evolution of history, as a whole.

Then we compare these other universes to our own. Given one moment in time, in each universe, some of the identical personalities make the same choice as they did in our own, while other identical personalities choose another way. Then look at the collective whole of these decisions, and see the history evolve. Thus, much of the history of each universe will be similar to ours (based on choices which are the same as in ours) yet many aspects of the history will be different from ours – based on choices which are different from those choices made in our universe. 

Summary of the Nature of the Multiple Universes

In brief, this is the summary of the nature of the multiple universes: We have an Orchard of Multiple Universes. Each Universe starts from the same “seed”. Therefore, as each universe develops, much of any one mature universe will appear the same as another universe.

These seeds can be planted in different points in space, as well as different points in absolute time. This will contribute to differences in the evolution of each universe.

There are also multiple versions of “you”. As a another type of “seed”, there are many versions of you which are planted in each universe. Each person is born with the same DNA and personality, yet each person is separate entity, living in this separate world, and able to make individual choices.

Most of the time, the choices made by “you” in each universe will be the same, because of your basic personality. Yet there are many major choices in life where other versions of "you" made a different choice...and leads you down a different path. Furthermore, this new path will create completely new set of choices. In that way, the life of the “you” in the other universe may be different from the life you personally know in your universe.

 

When comparing universes, much of the universe will appear the same as the one you know. This is particularly true for universes which exist close in space, or were planted close in time, to the universe you are in. However, due to individual choices in each universe, there are many aspects of a specific universe which is different from our own.

Go to the next blog on this discussion: Multiple Universes and their Placement in Time