Dimension is a measurable extent of space, defined as an independent direction in which an object or point can be located or extended. [1]
Within Afterlife Theory, the term dimension refers not only to a geometric axis, but to the entire surrounding space. Dimension is a term one might use to describe what is happening to consciousness during on OBE. When an OBE takes place, one finds their point of view outside their body. To describe this, one might state that their conscious center has just changed dimension. What was formally very small has suddenly become very big. This "bigness of mind" may be desribed as a dimension - meaning the entire surrounding space.
Throughout Afterlife Theory I often refer to dimension. I am not referring to a distince within space, or a coordinate or direction. When I say dimension, I am referring to the entire surrounding space - as a totality - not the elements within that space. One can liken it to the three-dimensional space within virtual reality software. The space we model within is referred to as a dimension. The other way the term dimension is used is to describe the dimensional change of consciousness. When used like this, it refers to consciousness changing dimension from (0D) point, to (3D) space, as in OBE. It also refers to consciousness changing dimension from (0D) point to (4D) space-time, as in afterlife. Dimension and dimensional change are important concepts within Afterlife Theory.
• Traditional defintion refers to dimension as a coordinate, line, measurement or direction.
• Afterlife Theory uses the term to describe one's entire surrounding space, like the workspace within virtual reality software.
• Environment
• Unbounded Space
• Unlimited in all directions X, Y, and Z
• OBE
• 3D Realm
• Virtual Reality Software
• Dimensional Change (of consciousness)
[1] In mathematics and physics, a dimension is formally defined as the minimum number of independent coordinates required to specify a point in a given space (e.g., three for physical space, four for space-time). In linear algebra, it is the number of basis vectors spanning a vector space; in physics, dimensions may include temporal or compactified spatial axes.