Ommiterre Libellus - Principia Discordia

« … in every place, body can be present;
and void is said to be that where the presence of body, though not actual, is possible; …»
Aristotle
10 The Universe is infinite in as much as nothing can ever reach beyond its end, time is eternal in
that the Universe does come back to inhabit the same timespace where it was before - but in a different
state that does not superpose. The speed at which the Universe circles along the donut of potential
existence is 60 seconds a minute, 60 minutes an hour, time as we know it. Time does repeat itself but it is
not possible to relive the past because although the spacetime continuum may actually eventually bend
back on itself, any single piece of matter can only be in a single place along that spacetime continuum.
When the Universe comes back to the absolute timespace coordinate it was before, everything has
changed. Every single moment in time truly is unique and will never repeat itself.
11 The ray of light that travels at the speed of light in the direction opposite to the movement of the
Universe, can eventually be perceived as moving towards the Universe faster than the speed of light
coming from the opposite direction in which it left. Although it is the same photon of light, it can be
measured going away on the right at the same time as it can be measured as coming back on the left. One
photon, two measurements, two perceptions of it, both measurements are real and exact but are
duplications. To get the true full picture, it would be necessary to be able to distinguish the two
measurements from one another - for now this is impossible. This is why it is such a challenge to weigh
the Universe, it is rather challenging to fully ascertain that no measurment is ever a duplicate. The
Universe appears the same in every direction because things that have travelled extremely far in one
direction are actually easier to measure by examining them coming back in the other direction.
12 Although everything is theoretically possible in an infinite eternal Universe, by definition not
everything is. Only one combination of every infinite possibility actually happens. Otherwize, it would not
be a possibility, it would be a fact. Potential shall not be confused with actual. In a Universe of infinite
possibilities, it is possible that an infinite amount of possibilities never materialise. It is the nature of
infinity to not allow for finite conclusions.
13 And this, my dear friends is the truth about life, the Universe and everything? At least as long as
one remains made up of matter and of energy. Because, there is also still something else. You remember I
talked to you about that place where the Universe as we know it does not exist. Well, that place exists and
I have been there and back. "Where is the Universe" is a valid interrogation, but as equally valid is the
question of "Where is NOT the Universe?".