A Finite Universe Model
Section 1 of 7
It can be said that the expanding Universe in which we exist lies somewhere between the boundaries of nothing and infinity. The physical space that it occupies is unimaginably vast and recent observations indicate that its rate of expansion is increasing. The questions concerning its origin and eventual fate have generated a host of physical and metaphysical creation theories. The most widely accepted theory within the scientific community holds that our Universe burst into existence from a microscopic singularity to occupy a space of infinite dimension. The singularity, or origin point, is defined as an area of zero dimensions and infinite density that, at the instant of creation, was the source of all the energy and matter that currently comprises our entire Universe. However, we are still left with the question as to how the origin point itself was created.
The concepts of nothing and infinity are metaphysical in nature and neither can be directly observed nor precisely defined. When asked to picture nothing, we tend to visualize the vacuum of empty space, but even if this space is completely devoid of all matter and energy, there is still the tangible reality of the space itself. At the opposite end of the size spectrum we have the concept of infinity - an entity so immense and all encompassing that it cannot be further increased in size. Try to visualize a forest so vast that adding another tree does not increase the total number of trees, or a journey so long that taking another step does not increase the distance traveled. While the concepts of nothing and infinity may be considered boundaries to our universe, they are not part of its physical reality.
Section 2 of 7
If the Universe was a linear three dimensional space then it would, inherently, have an origin point of zero dimensions and extend outward without bound to infinity. On the other hand, if we accept the premise that the metaphysical properties of nothing and infinity are not part of its physical reality, then a rational description of the Universe must begin with the proposition that it's physical space is not unbounded, but has tangible beginning and ending regions like the poles at the rotational axis of the Earth. As a rough analogy to our Universe, the Earth's north and south poles can be viewed as a pair of circular regions joined by the Earth's two dimensional surface, whereas, the poles that mark the boundaries of the Universe are two spherical regions joined by the Universe's three dimensional space. Just as the two dimensional surface of the earth is an integral part of an underlying three dimensional space, the three dimensional space of the Universe is an integral part of an underlying continuum of four spatial dimensions.
The polar regions that mark the boundaries of our Universe also serve as the anchor points of the underlying continuum. While the two polar regions are currently fixed at the Origin and Terminus boundaries of our Universe, they were both free to move throughout the full extent of the underlying four dimensional continuum when it was in the unstructured amorphous state that existed before our Universe came into being.
Section 3 of 7
Our Universe and its underlying continuum both share the same three primary structural components of spatial dimensions, energy and time. The spatial dimensions that provide the environmental structure of space are, in essence, individual one dimensional filaments spanning the distance between the surfaces of the two polar regions and from the polar surfaces to the polar centers. The spatial dimensions are elastic in nature and kept in continuous motion by the expansive pressure of an energy field of individual three dimensional point charges that fill the environmental structures of both the polar regions and interconnecting space. The effect of any change in the strength or direction of the expansive force exerted by the individual point charges is not instantaneous but controlled by the latency property of time.
The force field surrounding each point charge is flexible and its shape is affected by the expansive forces exerted upon it by the neighboring point charges. If the point charges are evenly distributed in a stable quiescent spatial region, they will assume a spherical shape which will result in the exerted force being equal in all directions and will cause the surrounding space to expand to a maximum volume determined by the point charge density. If the point charges are flowing from a region of high charge density to one of low density, the force fields surrounding the charges in the flow will assume a more ovoid shape, stretching in the direction of flow which will result in increased force exerted parallel to the direction of flow and decreased force exerted perpendicular to the flow. The degree of change in the shape of the point charges within the energy flow is proportional to the speed of the flow.
Section 4 of 7
Due to the three dimensional nature of the point charges that make up the energy fields within each of the two polar regions and interconnecting spatial region, the interaction between the energy fields and four dimensional spaces results in the creation of a three dimensional containment structure from three of the four spatial dimensions within each region. The remaining fourth dimension remains outside and isolated from the energy field within the containment structure.
The spherical nature of the containment structure within each polar region will cause the point charges of the energy field to form a vortex around the center point and gradually compress into a rapidly rotating sphere. The strength of the outward expansive force exerted by the surface point charges of the energy field is inversely proportional to the rotational speed of the energy flow within the polar region. The polar region’s energy field will be in one of two distinct states: 1. A fully energized state in which the point charges are densely packed into a rapidly rotating sphere; 2. A released state in which the point charges are contained in low density, slowly circulating flows. By contrast, the energy flows in the interconnecting spatial region are more like the random currents in a vast ocean, with the point charge density varying throughout the region.
The four connection points between the internal polar dimensions and those of the interconnecting space form four potential connection windows between the polar region's energy field and the energy field of the interconnecting space.
Section 5 of 7
The pressures of the energy flows and the flexing of the spatial dimensions within each region will eventually cause the isolated fourth dimension to contact the surface of containment structure which will result in the containment structure destabilizing and then reforming in a different combination of spatial dimensions. This process will occur independently within each of the three regions
When the active containment structures of a polar region and the interconnecting spatial region align, the associated connection window will open and form a conduit that allows energy exchange between the polar region and interconnecting spatial region.
When the conduit forms, the state of the polar region’s energy field will determine whether energy will be drawn from the interconnecting spatial region into the energy flow within the polar region, or if the energy stored in the polar region will be released into the interconnecting spatial region. Energy transfer will continue until the potential difference between the polar energy field and interconnecting spatial energy field equalizes. The energy conduit will then close, allowing the polar region and interconnecting spatial region to resume the random changes in their containment structures.
Section 6 of 7
If a fully energized (Origin) pole forms a conduit at the same time a released (Terminus) pole is in the process of absorbing energy from the interconnecting space, a contiguous connection between the two poles will be formed through the interconnecting space with a transition area forming between the expanding space surrounding the Origin pole and the collapsing space surrounding the Terminus pole. The rapid expansion of the interconnecting space caused by the release of energy from the Origin pole will force the two polar regions into a violent collision that will trap the isolated fourth dimension between them.
The force of the polar collision will generate a dense shockwave in the energy flowing outward from the Origin pole into the rapidly expanding three dimensional space connecting the two polar regions. This shockwave of energy is the birthplace of all the matter that currently exists within our Universe. Matter is a composite structure of the primary components of spatial dimensions, energy and time.
Section 7 of 7
Over time, the energy potential between the poles and interconnecting space will equalize and the conduits between the polar regions and interconnecting space will close. Without the expansive pressure of the interconnecting space holding the polar regions in place, the two poles will move away from each other, releasing the trapped fourth dimension and all three regions will reform into the amorphous four dimensional continuum structure. With the loss of the expanding linear structure of the the interconnecting space surrounding the Origin pole, all forms of matter will break down into their primary components of spatial dimensions, energy and time. The random structural processes within the parent four dimensional continuum will resume until conditions are again right for the birth of a new three dimensional Universe.
There have been universes that have come before ours and others that will follow after ours has ended. Matter is the only component that could be used to pass information between universes and, with its loss at a universe's death, the possibility of knowledge transfer is lost. With no information being passed to future universes, the metaphysical concepts of nothing and infinity, while not being part of our physical reality, exist at the boundaries of creation in the eternal lack of knowledge each new universe will have of its predecessors.