This is my attempt to describe the fundamental nature of the universe as intuitively as I possibly can. This is the highly condensed version which I don't expect you to fully understand. Whatever you don't get, just ask me, and I'll be happy to elaborate! [In my universe, none of these things exist: 1) caused gravity, 2) Electromagnetic radiation, 3) a "Big Bang", or 4) Einsteinian Relativity.]


1. Size: Finite. We can say that it is infinite just because we don't know how large it is. In other words, it is indeterminably large. The other use of the term, infinite, meaning of "absolute extent" does not make much philosophical sense. It is more of a language game than a meaningful concept.

2. Shape : A continuous volume. This means that all points in the universe are surrounded by other points. There is no "edge". No points are priviledged. Think about the 3-D equivalent of the surface of a sphere. There is no way to visualize this shape. If you were to shoot a beam of light into empty space, it would theoretically hit you in the back after many, many ages!

3. Substance: My universe is composed of an extraordinarily dense, yet extraordinarily fluid dynamical medium.

4. Gravity: This is the fundamental action of the substance of my universe. In other words, gravity is not caused. We can think of gravity as being a spontaneous 4-D pressure that is directed radially inward towards a single point. Just think of this in terms of being in a 2-D universe. To a 2-D being, a 3-D force will seem to be instantaneous. That is, the force will be able to operate on many points in 2-D space all at once. (I know this is a badly worded explanation. I will post more detailed explanations later.)

5. Atoms and Electromagnetism: Atoms are fundamental units of spatially bounded pure energy, and they are created via the intense pressures within gravity fields. They consist of a shell (electrons) and a core (protons and neutrons). We call the main force that keeps the shell and the core together: magnetic attraction. When the shell is forcefully separated from the core, it naturally seeks to come back into stability. The act of coming back into stability is called electric current. Electric current is nothing other than the substance of the universe passing through itself at extremely high speeds, leaving a magnetic field in its wake. (The strong and the weak atomic forces should also be included in this section. They are also "binding forces" that keep atoms together.)

6. Light: When the structure of an otherwise stable atom is fundamentally altered, it lets out an extraordinarily intense amount of energy. The energy is released tangentially to the surface of the atom. This leads to indefinitely propagating, ever enlarging transverse waves of energy that move through the medium of the universe until the energy is fully absorbed by the surrounding atoms. [Note that light energy is different from electric current because light waves do not involve net motions of the substance of the universe. Energy waves are simply transfers of pure kinetic energy, and not of substance itself.]


Bottom line: My universe is a indeterminably large, continuous volume that consists of an extraordinarily dense and fluid substance. Gravity is the fundamental action of the universe that creates spatially bounded units of pure energy called atoms. Electricity and magnetism are functions of an atom's tendency to find its state of most stable configuration. When atoms are fundamentally altered, its internal energy escapes into the surrounding medium in the form of ever-expanding transverse waves.