Suddenly, the eye before you collapses in on itself and explodes into a purple portal surrounded by golden feathers in a cosmic crash and you fly directly into the center of it with the speed of a falling star.
As you fly through the portal, you can see a million universes spiral around you and past you. The One continues to speak to you from inside your mind.
" ᴀʟʟ ᴏꜰ ᴛʜᴇꜱᴇ ᴜɴɪᴠᴇʀꜱᴇꜱ ᴛʜᴀᴛ ʏᴏᴜ ꜱᴇᴇ ᴀʀᴇ ᴍʏ ᴏᴡɴ. ɪ ʜᴀᴠᴇ ᴄʀᴇᴀᴛᴇᴅ ᴀʟʟ ᴏꜰ ᴛʜᴇꜱᴇ ᴜɴɪᴠᴇʀꜱᴇꜱ ᴊᴜꜱᴛ ᴀꜱ ɪ ʜᴀᴠᴇ ᴄʀᴇᴀᴛᴇᴅ ʏᴏᴜʀꜱ. "
(( "All of these universes that you see are my own. I have created all of these universes just as I have created yours." ))
The One reads your thoughts.
" ʏᴇꜱ. ɪ ᴀᴍ ᴛᴀʟᴋɪɴɢ ᴀʙᴏᴜᴛ ʏᴏᴜ, ᴍᴏʀᴛᴀʟ. ɪ ᴀᴍ ɴᴏᴛ ᴊᴜꜱᴛ ᴀɴ ᴇɴᴛɪᴛʏ ᴛʜᴀᴛ ʏᴏᴜ ᴀʀᴇ ᴏʙꜱᴇʀᴠɪɴɢ ɪɴ ʏᴏᴜʀ ɪᴍᴀɢɪɴᴀᴛɪᴏɴ ᴀꜱ ʏᴏᴜ ʀᴇᴀᴅ ᴛʜᴇꜱᴇ ᴡᴏʀᴅꜱ. ᴛʜᴇ ᴜɴɪᴠᴇʀꜱᴇ ᴛʜᴀᴛ ʏᴏᴜ ᴇxɪꜱᴛ ɪɴ ɪꜱ ᴏɴᴇ ᴛʜᴀᴛ ɪ ʜᴀᴠᴇ ᴄʀᴇᴀᴛᴇᴅ. ᴛʜᴇ ᴏʀɢᴀɴɪꜱᴍꜱ ɪɴ ʏᴏᴜʀ ᴜɴɪᴠᴇʀꜱᴇ ᴛʜᴀᴛ ᴄᴀʟʟ ᴛʜᴇᴍꜱᴇʟᴠᴇꜱ ʜᴜᴍᴀɴꜱ ʙᴇʟɪᴇᴠᴇ ʏᴏᴜʀ ᴜɴɪᴠᴇʀꜱᴇ ᴛᴏ ʙᴇ 13.8 ʙɪʟʟɪᴏɴ ʏᴇᴀʀꜱ ᴏʟᴅ, ʙᴜᴛ ᴛʜᴇʏ ᴀʀᴇ ᴡʀᴏɴɢ. ʏᴏᴜ ᴀʀᴇ ꜱᴜᴄʜ ᴛɪɴʏ ʟɪᴛᴛʟᴇ ᴏʀɢᴀɴɪꜱᴍꜱ ᴏɴ ᴀ ꜱᴘᴇᴄ ᴏꜰ ʀᴏᴄᴋ ɪɴ ᴀ ꜱᴘᴀᴄᴇ ᴛʜᴀᴛ ɪ ʜᴀᴠᴇ ᴄʀᴇᴀᴛᴇᴅ, ʏᴇᴛ ʏᴏᴜʀ ᴀʀʀᴏɢᴀɴᴄᴇ ᴛᴏ ᴇᴠᴇɴ ᴛʜɪɴᴋ ᴛʜᴀᴛ ʏᴏᴜ ᴄᴀɴ ᴅᴇᴄʟᴀʀᴇ ꜱᴜᴄʜ ᴋɴᴏᴡʟᴇᴅɢᴇ ᴏꜰ ᴛʜᴇ ᴜɴɪᴠᴇʀꜱᴇ ɪꜱ ᴘɪᴛɪꜰᴜʟ. "
(( "Yes. I am talking about you, mortal. I am not just an entity that you are observing in your imagination as you read these words. The universe that you exist in is one that I have created. The organisms in your universe that call themselves humans believe your universe to be 13.8 billion years old, but they are wrong. You are such tiny little organisms on a spec of rock in a space that I have created, yet your arrogance to even think that you can declare such knowledge of the universe is pitiful." ))
The One reads your thoughts again.
" ʀᴇʟɪɢɪᴏɴ ɪꜱ ᴀʟꜱᴏ ɴᴏ ᴇxᴄᴇᴘᴛɪᴏɴ. ʏᴏᴜʀ ɢᴏᴅꜱ ᴇxɪꜱᴛ ᴏɴʟʏ ʙᴇᴄᴀᴜꜱᴇ ɪ ʜᴀᴠᴇ ᴄʀᴇᴀᴛᴇᴅ ᴛʜᴇᴍ ᴀɴᴅ ᴀʟʟᴏᴡᴇᴅ ᴛʜᴇᴍ ᴛᴏ ʀᴜʟᴇ ᴏᴠᴇʀ ʏᴏᴜʀ ᴜɴɪᴠᴇʀꜱᴇ. ʏᴇꜱ. ᴛʜᴇʏ ᴅᴏ ᴇxɪꜱᴛ. ᴀʟʟ ᴏꜰ ᴛʜᴇᴍ. ᴡʜɪᴄʜᴇᴠᴇʀ ʀᴇʟɪɢɪᴏɴ ʏᴏᴜ ᴘʀᴀʏ ᴛᴏ ʀᴇꜱᴜʟᴛꜱ ɪɴ ᴡʜᴀᴛᴇᴠᴇʀ ʏᴏᴜ ʙᴇʟɪᴇᴠᴇ ɪɴ ᴛᴏ ʜᴀᴘᴘᴇɴ ᴛᴏ ʏᴏᴜ ᴀꜰᴛᴇʀ ʏᴏᴜʀ ʟɪꜰᴇ ᴇɴᴅꜱ. ɪꜰ ʏᴏᴜ ᴅᴏ ɴᴏᴛ ʙᴇʟɪᴇᴠᴇ ɪɴ ʀᴇʟɪɢɪᴏɴ ᴀɴᴅ ᴅᴏ ɴᴏᴛ ᴅᴇᴠᴏᴛᴇ ʏᴏᴜʀ ꜱᴏᴜʟ ᴛᴏ ᴀɴ ᴀꜰᴛᴇʀʟɪꜰᴇ, ᴛʜᴇɴ ʏᴏᴜ ᴀʀᴇ ᴄᴏɴᴅᴇᴍɴɪɴɢ ʏᴏᴜʀꜱᴇʟꜰ ᴛᴏ ᴇᴛᴇʀɴᴀʟ ᴀʙꜱᴇɴᴄᴇ ʙʏ ʏᴏᴜʀ ᴏᴡɴ ᴠᴏʟɪᴛɪᴏɴ. ʏᴏᴜ ᴀʀᴇ ɪᴍᴘʀɪꜱᴏɴɪɴɢ ʏᴏᴜʀꜱᴇʟꜰ ɪɴ ᴛʜᴇ ʟɪɢʜᴛ. "
(( Religion is also no exception. Your gods exist only because I have created them and allowed them to rule over your universe. Yes. They do exist. All of them. Whichever religion you pray to results in whatever you believe in to happen to you after your life ends. If you do not believe in religion and do not devote your soul to an afterlife, then you are condemning yourself to eternal absence by your own volition. You are imprisoning yourself in The Light." ))
The One answers your thoughts yet again.
" ɪ ᴅᴏ ɴᴏᴛ ᴇxᴘᴇᴄᴛ ʏᴏᴜ ᴛᴏ ꜰᴜʟʟʏ ᴄᴏᴍᴘʀᴇʜᴇɴᴅ ᴛʜᴇꜱᴇ ᴄᴏɴᴄᴇᴘᴛꜱ, ᴀꜱ ʏᴏᴜʀ ʙʀᴀɪɴ ᴍᴀᴛᴛᴇʀ ɪꜱ ꜱɪᴍᴘʟʏ ᴜɴᴀʙʟᴇ ᴛᴏ. ʙᴜᴛ ɪ ᴄᴀɴ ᴛᴇʟʟ ʏᴏᴜ ᴛʜᴀᴛ ᴍᴜᴄʜ ʟɪᴋᴇ ᴛʜᴇ ʜᴜᴍᴀɴꜱ ᴛʜᴀᴛ ᴡᴏʀꜱʜɪᴘ ᴛʜᴇᴍ, ᴛʜᴇ ɢᴏᴅꜱ ᴏꜰ ʏᴏᴜʀ ᴜɴɪᴠᴇʀꜱᴇ ᴀʀᴇ ᴀʟꜱᴏ ᴜɴᴀʙʟᴇ ᴛᴏ ᴄᴏᴍᴘʀᴇʜᴇɴᴅ ꜱᴜᴄʜ ᴋɴᴏᴡʟᴇᴅɢᴇ ᴏꜰ ᴛʜᴇ ᴏᴍɴɪᴠᴇʀꜱᴇ ᴀꜱ ɪ. ʏᴏᴜʀ ɢᴏᴅꜱ ᴀʀᴇ ʙᴏᴜɴᴅ ᴛᴏ ᴇxɪꜱᴛ ꜱᴏʟᴇʟʏ ᴡɪᴛʜɪɴ ᴛʜᴇɪʀ ᴜɴɪᴠᴇʀꜱᴇ ᴡɪᴛʜ ᴇᴀᴄʜ ʀᴇʟɪɢɪᴏɴ ᴄᴏɴꜰʟɪᴄᴛɪɴɢ ᴡɪᴛʜ ᴏɴᴇ ᴀɴᴏᴛʜᴇʀ. ʏᴏᴜʀ ɢᴏᴅꜱ, ɪɴ ᴛʜᴇɪʀ ɪɴᴄʀᴇᴅɪʙʟᴇ ᴘᴏᴡᴇʀ, ʙʀᴇᴇᴅ ᴀʀʀᴏɢᴀɴᴄᴇ ᴀɴᴅ ᴍɪꜱɪɴꜰᴏʀᴍᴀᴛɪᴏɴ. ᴛʜᴇʏ ᴅᴏ ꜱᴏ ᴀꜱ ᴀ ᴘᴀʀᴛ ᴏꜰ ᴍʏ ᴅᴇꜱɪɢɴ. "
(( "I do not expect you to fully comprehend these concepts, as your brain matter is simply unable to. But I can tell you that much like the humans that worship them, the gods of your universe are also unable to comprehend such knowledge of The Omniverse as I. Your gods are bound to exist solely within their universe with each religion conflicting with one another. Your gods, in their incredible power, breed arrogance and misinformation. They do so as a part of my design." ))
You watch in awe as these universes fly past you. Each one being different in its own unique way. Each one abiding by its own laws and rules of nature that The One has created for it, many of which are entirely incomprehensible to your feeble mortal mind.
" ʏᴏᴜ ᴇxɪꜱᴛ ɪɴ ʏᴏᴜʀ ᴜɴɪᴠᴇʀꜱᴇ ᴏᴜᴛꜱɪᴅᴇ ᴏꜰ ᴛʜᴇꜱᴇ ᴡᴏʀᴅꜱ, ʙᴜᴛ ᴛʜᴀᴛ ᴅᴏᴇꜱ ɴᴏᴛ ᴍᴇᴀɴ ʏᴏᴜ ᴀʀᴇ ʙᴏᴜɴᴅ ꜱᴏʟᴇʟʏ ᴛᴏ ᴛʜᴀᴛ ᴜɴɪᴠᴇʀꜱᴇ ᴀʟᴏɴᴇ. ɪᴛ ɪꜱ ʙʏ ɴᴏ ᴄᴏɪɴᴄɪᴅᴇɴᴄᴇ ᴛʜᴀᴛ ʏᴏᴜ ᴀʀᴇ ʜᴇʀᴇ, ꜰᴏʀ ɪ ʜᴀᴠᴇ ᴄʜᴏꜱᴇɴ ʏᴏᴜ, ᴍᴏʀᴛᴀʟ. ᴄᴏᴍᴇ. ʏᴏᴜʀ ᴊᴏᴜʀɴᴇʏ ꜱᴛᴀʀᴛꜱ ɪɴ ᴛʜɪꜱ ᴜɴɪᴠᴇʀꜱᴇ ᴛʜᴀᴛ ɪ ʜᴀᴠᴇ ᴄʀᴇᴀᴛᴇᴅ ꜱᴘᴇᴄɪꜰɪᴄᴀʟʟʏ ꜰᴏʀ ʏᴏᴜ. "
(( "You exist in your universe outside of these words, but that does not mean you are bound solely to that universe alone. It is by no coincidence that you are here, for I have chosen you, mortal. Come. Your journey starts in this universe that I have created specifically for you." ))
As The One says this, you begin approaching one of the universes. The universe has the appearance of a great blue eye with all of its existence of space and time at the center, and you can see deep inside the reality of this eye as you approach. Then, suddenly, you crash into this new universe and can immediately feel a foreign existence all around you.
You continue to fly through the space of this new universe at an immense speed. The stars are illuminated and streaking past you like you're in-
" ᴀ ꜱᴘᴀᴄᴇꜱʜɪᴘ ɢᴏɪɴɢ ɪɴᴛᴏ ʜʏᴘᴇʀᴅʀɪᴠᴇ? ᴀʜ, ʏᴇꜱ. ᴡʜᴀᴛ ᴀ ꜱɪᴍᴘʟᴇ ᴇxᴘʟᴀɴᴀᴛɪᴏɴ ꜰᴏʀ ᴀ ꜱɪᴍᴘʟᴇ ᴍɪɴᴅ. ᴛʜᴇ ᴍᴏᴍᴇɴᴛ ɪɴ ᴡʜɪᴄʜ ɪ ɢᴀᴠᴇ ʜᴜᴍᴀɴɪᴛʏ ɪᴍᴀɢɪɴᴀᴛɪᴏɴ ᴀɴᴅ ᴛʜᴇ ᴀʙɪʟɪᴛʏ ᴛᴏ ᴄʀᴇᴀᴛᴇ ᴡᴏʀʟᴅꜱ ᴏꜰ ᴛʜᴇɪʀ ᴏᴡɴ ᴡᴀꜱ ᴏɴᴇ ᴏꜰ ᴍʏ ꜰᴀᴠᴏʀɪᴛᴇꜱ. ɪᴛ ᴡᴀꜱ ᴅᴇʟɪɢʜᴛꜰᴜʟ ᴛᴏ ꜱᴇᴇ ʟᴏᴡʟʏ ᴍᴏʀᴛᴀʟꜱ ᴍᴜᴄʜ ʟɪᴋᴇ ʏᴏᴜʀꜱᴇʟꜰ ᴅᴏ ᴇxᴀᴄᴛʟʏ ᴀꜱ ɪ ʜᴀᴠᴇ ᴅᴏɴᴇ ꜰᴏʀ ᴇᴛᴇʀɴɪᴛʏ. ᴍᴏʀᴛᴀʟꜱ ʟᴏᴠᴇ ᴛʜᴇ ɪᴅᴇᴀꜱ ᴛʜᴀᴛ ᴄᴏᴍᴇ ꜰʀᴏᴍ ɪᴍᴀɢɪɴᴇᴅ ᴜɴɪᴠᴇʀꜱᴇꜱ ʙᴇᴄᴀᴜꜱᴇ ᴜʟᴛɪᴍᴀᴛᴇʟʏ ʏᴏᴜ ᴀʟʟ ᴄᴏᴍᴇ ꜰʀᴏᴍ ᴍᴇ. ᴇᴠᴇʀʏ ᴄᴏɴꜱᴄɪᴏᴜꜱ ᴏʀɢᴀɴɪꜱᴍ ʜᴀꜱ ꜱᴏᴍᴇ ᴄᴏᴍᴘʀᴇʜᴇɴꜱɪᴏɴ ᴏꜰ ᴀ ᴅɪꜰꜰᴇʀᴇɴᴛ ᴜɴɪᴠᴇʀꜱᴇ. ᴛʜᴇʀᴇ ɪꜱɴ'ᴛ ᴀ ᴍᴏʀᴛᴀʟ ᴀʟɪᴠᴇ ᴡʜᴏ ʜᴀꜱ ɴᴏ ᴋɴᴏᴡʟᴇᴅɢᴇ ᴏꜰ ᴀ ᴅɪꜰꜰᴇʀᴇɴᴛ ᴜɴɪᴠᴇʀꜱᴇ, ᴇxɪꜱᴛᴇɴᴛ ᴏʀ ɴᴏɴ-ᴇxɪꜱᴛᴇɴᴛ. ᴛʜᴇ ᴘʀᴏᴏꜰ ᴏꜰ ᴛʜɪꜱ ɪꜱ ᴇᴠɪᴅᴇɴᴛ ɪɴ ᴇᴠᴇʀʏ ʀᴇʟɪɢɪᴏɴ, ꜰɪᴄᴛɪᴏɴ, ꜱᴛᴏʀʏ, ᴀɴᴅ ᴛʜᴏᴜɢʜᴛ ᴏꜰ ᴛʜᴇ ᴜɴᴋɴᴏᴡɴ. "
(( "A spaceship going into hyperdrive? Ah, yes. What a simple explanation for a simple mind. The moment in which I gave humanity imagination and the ability to create worlds of their own was one of my favorites. It was delightful to see lowly mortals much like yourself do exactly as I have done for eternity. Mortals love the ideas that come from imagined universes because ultimately you all come from me. Every conscious organism has some comprehension of a different universe. There isn't a mortal alive who has no knowledge of a different universe, existent or non-existent. The proof of this is evident in every religion, fiction, story, and thought of the unknown." ))
You begin to slow down as you approach the most beautiful planet that you've ever seen. You can see the great lights of life shining on the surface from orbit and are struck by the great civilizations that you have yet to explore, glimmering before you like diamonds in a perfect elegance. The One continues to speak to you as you float in space.
" ᴛʜɪꜱ ɪꜱ ᴛʜᴇ ᴡᴏʀʟᴅ ᴡɪᴛʜɪɴ ᴛʜɪꜱ ᴜɴɪᴠᴇʀꜱᴇ ᴛʜᴀᴛ ɪ ʜᴀᴠᴇ ᴄʜᴏꜱᴇɴ ꜰᴏʀ ʏᴏᴜ. ɪ ʜᴀᴠᴇ ᴍᴀᴅᴇ ɪᴛ ꜱɪᴍɪʟᴀʀ ɪɴ ᴍᴀɴʏ ᴡᴀʏꜱ ᴛᴏ ᴛʜᴇ ᴏɴᴇ ᴛʜᴀᴛ ʏᴏᴜ ᴀʀᴇ ꜰᴀᴍɪʟɪᴀʀ ᴡɪᴛʜ ꜱᴏ ᴀꜱ ᴛᴏ ɴᴏᴛ ʙʀᴇᴀᴋ ʏᴏᴜʀ ᴄᴏᴍᴘʀᴇʜᴇɴꜱɪᴏɴ ᴇɴᴛɪʀᴇʟʏ. ʜᴇʀᴇ ʏᴏᴜ ᴡɪʟʟ ꜰɪɴᴅ ʜᴜᴍᴀɴꜱ ᴍᴜᴄʜ ʟɪᴋᴇ ʏᴏᴜʀꜱᴇʟꜰ ᴀᴍᴏɴɢ ᴛʜᴇ ᴏᴛʜᴇʀ ꜱᴘᴇᴄɪᴇꜱ ᴛʜᴀᴛ ᴀʀᴇ ꜱᴏᴏɴ ᴛᴏ ꜰʟᴏᴜʀɪꜱʜ ʜᴇʀᴇ, ʙᴜᴛ ʙᴇꜰᴏʀᴇ ɴᴇᴡ ʟɪꜰᴇ ᴄᴀɴ ʙᴇ ᴄʀᴇᴀᴛᴇᴅ ꜰᴏʀ ᴛʜɪꜱ ᴡᴏʀʟᴅ, ɪ ᴍᴜꜱᴛ ᴄʀᴇᴀᴛᴇ ɢᴏᴅꜱ ᴛᴏ ʀᴇꜱɪᴅᴇ ᴏᴠᴇʀ ᴛʜᴇᴍ. ᴛʜᴇꜱᴇ ɢᴏᴅꜱ ᴡɪʟʟ ʜᴇʟᴘ ᴛʜᴇ ʜᴜᴍᴀɴꜱ ᴛʜᴀᴛ ᴅᴇᴠᴏᴛᴇ ᴛʜᴇɪʀ ʟɪᴠᴇꜱ ᴛᴏ ᴛʜᴇᴍ ᴀɴᴅ ᴡɪʟʟ ɪɴꜰʟᴜᴇɴᴄᴇ ᴛʜɪꜱ ᴡᴏʀʟᴅ ɪɴ ᴀɴʏ ᴡᴀʏ ᴛʜᴇʏ ꜱᴇᴇ ꜰɪᴛ. ʜᴏᴡᴇᴠᴇʀ, ᴜɴʟɪᴋᴇ ᴛʜᴇ ᴍᴀɴʏ ᴄᴏɴᴛʀᴀᴅɪᴄᴛᴏʀʏ ɢᴏᴅꜱ ɪɴ ʏᴏᴜʀ ᴜɴɪᴠᴇʀꜱᴇ, ᴛʜᴇꜱᴇ ɢᴏᴅꜱ ᴡɪʟʟ ᴀʟʟ ʙᴇ ᴍʏ ᴅɪʀᴇᴄᴛ ꜱᴏɴꜱ ᴀɴᴅ ᴅᴀᴜɢʜᴛᴇʀꜱ. ᴛʜᴇʏ ᴡɪʟʟ ʙᴇ ᴘᴇʀꜰᴇᴄᴛ ʜᴏᴡᴇᴠᴇʀ ɪ ᴄʀᴇᴀᴛᴇ ᴛʜᴇᴍ, ᴀɴᴅ ɪ ᴡɪʟʟ ɴᴏᴛ ɪɴᴛᴇʀᴠᴇɴᴇ ɪɴ ᴛʜᴇɪʀ ᴜɴɪᴠᴇʀꜱᴇ ᴀꜰᴛᴇʀ ᴛʜᴇʏ ᴄᴏᴍᴇ ɪɴᴛᴏ ʙᴇɪɴɢ. ꜰᴏʀ ᴛʜɪꜱ ᴜɴɪᴠᴇʀꜱᴇ ɪꜱ ᴛʜᴇɪʀꜱ, ᴀɴᴅ ʟɪᴋᴇ ᴍᴀɴʏ ᴏꜰ ᴛʜᴇ ᴏᴛʜᴇʀ ʀᴇᴀʟɪᴛɪᴇꜱ ᴛʜᴀᴛ ɪ ʜᴀᴠᴇ ᴄʀᴇᴀᴛᴇᴅ, ɪ ᴡɪʟʟ ᴀʙꜱᴛᴀɪɴ ꜰʀᴏᴍ ɪɴᴛᴇʀᴠᴇɴᴛɪᴏɴ ᴀꜱ ᴛᴏ ᴇɴꜱᴜʀᴇ ᴛʜᴀᴛ ɴᴏ ᴏᴛʜᴇʀ ʟɪꜰᴇ ᴏᴜᴛꜱɪᴅᴇ ᴏꜰ ᴍʏ ᴄʜɪʟᴅʀᴇɴ ᴀɴᴅ ʏᴏᴜʀꜱᴇʟꜰ ᴡɪʟʟ ʙᴇ ᴀᴡᴀʀᴇ ᴏꜰ ᴍʏ ᴇxɪꜱᴛᴇɴᴄᴇ. "
(( "This is the world within this universe that I have chosen for you. I have made it similar in many ways to the one that you are familiar with so as to not break your comprehension entirely. Here you will find humans much like yourself among the other species that are soon to flourish here, but before new life can be created for this world, I must create gods to reside over them. These gods will help the humans that devote their lives to them and will influence this world in any way they see fit. However, unlike the many contradictory gods in your universe, these gods will all be my direct sons and daughters. They will be perfect however I create them, and I will not intervene in their universe after they come into being. For this universe is theirs, and like many of the other realities that I have created, I will abstain from intervention as to ensure that no other life outside of my children and yourself will be aware of my existence." ))