Philosophy and science has always tried to explain the world around us. The grand theories of everything have been a moving target; first it was earth, wind, fire, water and emptiness, these days it’s multiple universes and “strings”.

First, a broad description about a concept for multiple universes, the multiverse. In the multiverse there are unlimited copies of our world. Each copy has slightly different paths and every possibility exists. In one universe you are reading this article from the comfort of your home, in another universe your life took a different path and you are reading this on a beautiful beach.

The multiverse concept can be extended. I believe, while there is an unlimited number of universes, every universe is connected like the bones of a body. In other words, the events in one universe can affect the paths of neighbouring universes, similar to the bones in your fingers moving the bones in your arm. This also means any given universe is very similar to it’s immediately surrounding universes. For example, in one universe you are reading this in a sitting position, in an adjacent universe your posture is a little different, for example laying down. A consequence of this connectedness is your ability to affect and be affected by events. If, for example, you receive good fortune, your adjacent universes would also benefit from good fortune to a greater or lesser degree.

Sometimes, when an outside event affect us, it leads to fate. Which is more true? - “sometimes, somethings are meant to happen” or “sometimes, somethings are not meant to happen”. The answer is the latter, it tells you how close you are to your adjacent universes, often you are only a few seconds away. For example, say you plan to leave the house by 8am. First you oversleep and then you can’t find a clean shirt, two seemingly unconnected events within your control. Truth is, if you had bought an alarm clock and washed a shirt the night before you would still not leave the house by 8am.

It is important to note, when an event does not occur it can only be for one of two reasons; either the event is too early (without obstruction) or a separate event must occur first. Keep in mind, this event does not have to be in our current universe, as previously said, a prior event may be carried out in a neighbouring universe. For example, good fortune might spill over into our current universe which subsequently leads us to a beautiful beach. It is this sequential nature which contributes to our perception of time.

Despite the above explanation, not all paths in our life are fated, there are at least two other possibilities; events may occur which do not change any paths in adjacent universes, and events between neighbouring universes maybe be intentionally coordinated. By harnessing all of the above, we could achieve a version of “time travel”, more accurately, it would be a shift to a different version of history.

History, perception of time and sequential events. What are they? Why do we believe events are moving forward or we even have a history? Is it memory which gives us history? - Are you sure?

As we grow older we learn and gain memories. In theory, we started with a relatively blank genetic memory from which our memories develop. Doesn’t it seem kind of odd we got something from nothing? Our only explanation is the universe simply existed before we were born. Well, we can equally suggest time is moving backwards. Our memory is not growing of the things which happened, it is growing from a list of inventions. It is best described by the “where?” game children play; “where did the computer come from?” - from the shop.. “where did they get it from? - from a distributor… “where did they get it from?” and so on, all the way down to explaining mineral mining, if you ever get this far! You see, for every experience you create an explanation or a blank to be filled, it gives you the sense of cohesion and reality, I call it the theory of invention. The older we get, the more we learn, the more we invent.

The theory of invention also leads to instantaneous creation. This is where events seemingly occur from nothing. Take an empty box, be 100% sure it is absolutely empty. Close the box and wait. When you open the box a fly is inside. How did it get in? Already you have thought of reasons why; maybe there’s a hole in the box, or it crept in just before we closed the box. The interesting part is, when we have crossed out every possible reason, we ultimately determine we are looking in the wrong box… that’s right, we introduce (“invent”) other paths to solve the problem of cohesion.

To shift to a different version of history, we must ask how the concept of invention relates to the events of one universe seeping into it’s neighbours. Then we must ask, do we really want to do it?