The unities – not a clue what you’re
on about.
Fair enough. It’s not like they’re
an important part of modern life, is it.
I wouldn’t know.
Well, be that as it may, there’s
no getting round the need to return to something a little more compact and collected
if we’re to make any headway whatsoever.
Call me, Merry, when you’re ready
to explain what on earth you’re on about.
Oh, excuse me Zina. How
thoughtless of me.
No worries bro.
The unities.
[Sigh]
I could explain but that wouldn’t
be half as much fun.
So instead you’re just going to project
the data into my head – is that it?
There’s a thought… but then again –
much better to figure it out for yourself.
I really don’t have time, Merry.
Excellent. That’s one of them – there
being no time bar the present.
Really – none at all?
Absolutely. No past, no future –
just the livestream of now.
And here?
Perfect. That’s the second.
So no jumping between different
film locations. And no sub-plots either.
Damn you’re good. That’s number
three. Unity of action. Only one plot line.
Sounds a bit dull, if you ask me.
Yes, which is why we did away with
them – by the time you get to Shakespeare at least. His plays don’t really
happen in one day, and there’s plenty of stuff going on on the side.
All in one day – that’s even more
extreme.
Well yes. Iron discipline. The three
unities – a microcosm – one day – one plot – one place.
Why so rigid?
Well, when you’re dealing with
infinity you need a bit of structure, don’t you, to put it mildly.
Er…
Otherwise things just get
hopelessly complicated.
If you say so.
We actually operate under rigid
unities of our own, you know.
We do?
Absolutely.
Like what?
One body.
Come on, Merry – get real.
How could there be more than one body?
There couldn’t, or can’t at least,
if that’s one of your fundamental unities.
But it’s physically impossible –
in any case.
Yes, if that’s one of your
unities.
You mean to say it ain’t a
fundamental?
Absolutely. It’s more like a
convention.
A convention?
A rule of the modern man or woman
operating in modern reality.
Er… frankly I find that hard to
accept.
Naturally.
I’ve never seen you in more than
one body, nor experienced it myself.
Correct. But that’s not to say it
never happens – just that your mind will filter out anything that doesn’t
conform to the rules of the system you’re operating within.
And is this purely conjecture – on
your part – or do you have any proof that this actually happens?
That’s the second unity.
What?
The unity of truth and proof.
Huh?
That reality is monolithic. That’s
there’s only ever one true version – or one conclusive proof or set of proofs, what you sometimes refer to as objective reality.
That makes sense, doesn’t it.
Yes, operating within this system
we’re in, perfect sense.
And you think that there could be
more than one truth or set of proofs?
Absolutely.
How?
Well, there could be bifurcation
for a while – or maybe completely divergent branches of a once unified reality.
Or conversely – there may have been branches of a reality stream which were separate,
ie. different, which then converge at some point – giving us what we have now.
How likely is any of this?
Ah ha – there’s the third unity.
What?
The unity of probabilities. The sigma law.
What sigma law?
The law of likelihoods or probabilities
– dealt with so beautifully by Douglas Adams with his Heart of Gold probability drive
space ship.
The one that travelled anywhere
without actually needing to move – just based on the probability, no matter how
distant, of actually finding itself there?
Exactly.
Oh. This is too much.
Isn’t it just. But that’s exactly
what we have to consider – that if infinity is not a dead letter – if it’s
actually part of the fundamental nature or make up of reality – then comfy probabilities,
convenient cause and effects – are largely window dressing.
Window dressing? Why on earth
would you say that?
Because the banana skin of
infinity would be, or is, lurking throughout – and every smooth transition that
we attribute to linear, logical causation is little more than a failure to see
the true nature of infinity revealing itself – affecting things – bending,
morphing, twisting reality like a skilled guitarist in order to produce the
next notes, the next riff, the next masterpiece – which fundamentally originates
in his heart, in his soul, in his connection with something ineffable, sublime
and indefinable, rather than being the result of synaptic impulses in his fingers,
wrist or arm.
Oh, oh my poor reason.
So, as you see, Zina, there are
things we take for granted – which seem to hold true, which provide us with a
convenient framework, a kind of matrix or structure within to operate – like a
football match on a predefined pitch, with two 45 minute halves, and a bunch of
rules that make the game playable without needlessly stifling creativity or
sporting prowess.
And you think that we should do
away with these rules and conventions?
Perish the thought, no, of course
not, no, I don’t.
Oh. I thought for a moment there
you were…
Me? Attacking the bedrock of
reality? Absolutely not.
Then what?
Unities come and unities go. There are times when reality shifts phase like those astonishing cymatic sound patterns – when a new tone or frequency is heard.
Ah. And that’s what might be
happening now?
Might be, yes, without a doubt –
might be, yes, without a doubt – might be, yes…
Without a doubt – thrice the
brinded cat hath mewed. Are you ok Merry?
Not sure. If there’s a phase shift
in the works – then I’m bound to let go of whatever world we’ve been locking in
place – inertially – and allow the flow to manifest whatever alternative is now
forming.
If… It’s all just conjecture
Merry. Much more likely that you’ve just been thinking too hard, you’re
overwrought mentally – you’re…
0 finally 1 oops 0 thought it
would never happen 1 hey ho - this is going
to take some explaining.
Merry – you’ve er… bifurcated.
0 don’t be so sure 1 apparently so
0 it could just be your perception, couldn’t it 1 or a localised time-y blip
I’m getting a funny itchy feeling
in my belly. Not the kind of feeling I’ve ever experienced before – in fact –
something tells me 0 the cat’s out the bag 1 infinity hath struck 0 yippee 1
awkward – but I suppose it had to happen sooner or later 0 time not being what it is
So how do we get back to unity if
we’re bifurcating
If we’ve bifurcated – why would we
want to
After all, what is unity?
Perhaps we need to just allow
things to flow merrily along wherever they must
This could end badly – the waters
of infinity could lead to a kind of hyper-inflated version of reality in which
there are endless competing versions
Indeed – a little creative
insanity
But in all seriousness…
‘Give me a break! You can’t just “in
all seriousness” shove this genie back into the bottle of one plot
Can’t I? We’ll see about that
Hey – what are you doing Zina?
1 OM
0 OM? Are you off your rocker?
1 OM
0 We’ll see about that… dum di dum
di dum dum taba ta zan di moo bi tay sor!
1 Wow – you’ve managed to get all
the atoms and molecules reconfigured
0 the flower of life – nice isn’t
it.
1 divine. Definitely worth an OM
or two.
0 feel free to OM away – this train
has barely left the station. Something tells me the journey is going to rediscover
the lost or forgotten alpha omega trail
1 the alpha omega trail – that unites
all with a capital A in a single
alphabet of double helix spiralling uniformity?
0 something like that – we’ll see –
won’t we – if we play it by ear
1 if we go with the unities of much
ado about nothing
0 the preposterous singularities
of chaos jamming with infinity
The concert to die for
The notes – we’ve spent a lifetime
making
1 un
0 know
1 ing
0 ly
0=1
dum di dum
0=1
actually I disag
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