ABSTRACT

But the framework that we construct to hold every­ thing outside of ourselves is essentially of the following form :

You are the centre of your universe. Everything and every event that you are considering is related to you here and now. Starting from this, your point of place and time, you imagine eight straight lines stretching out toward infinity in eight directions as divergent as possible. These lines-call them destinations or directions or dimensions or coordinates as you please-consist of four opposing pairs, right and left, up and down, forward and back, future and past. Somewhere along or between these four dimensional lines that cross in your brain you can find a place for anything that you need; your pencil, the discovery of America, the sun, and next Friday.