The 0-Point

The 0-Point is, in some ways, the metaphysical version of the Big Bang. Birnbaum states that the 0-Point was the cosmological tipping point leading to the Big Bang, a metaphysical split in the cosmological order caused by Potential.

When this 0-Point occurred, it created primordial quantum physics. As we will study in later chapters, quantum physics is the primary tool of Potentialism – its most obvious physical manifestation. It is how we can most easily see the influence of Potential in the physical universe. Using quantum mechanics, Potential forced into being the existence of a universe that exploded out – allowing the rest of physics to come into being.

The 0-Point, it is important to note, was when Potential made its first, perhaps most important change – it morphed from the purely metaphysical realm into the physical realm. That is, Before the Big Bang, Potential existed only within the Cosmic Womb and had no physical form. With the Big Bang and the start of the universe, for the first time, Potential could cross this metaphysical line to become something more than just a concept – it became what we call our physical reality, guided by the rules of Q4P∞ → C+ → E+.

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As a metaphysical phenomenon, the 0-Point did more than just create the physical universe. As a concept that is metaphysical in nature, it gave rise to the necessary duality of our universe: Matter and anti-matter; light and dark; male and female; the metaphysical yin and yang of existence; and even the concepts of good and evil.

While this point is far out of scope for this introductory book, it bears mentioning so you can understand the totality of what the stakes were at the 0-Point event of creation. What is important is the concept of duality in general, as we will see this arise a lot during this book.

In science terms, we will stick to easy concepts like light and darkness, matter and void, and creation and destruction. These are all things we can see with our own eyes at work in the universe. Just keep in mind that this duality goes way beyond just what we can see in the world. And why shouldn’t it? It makes good sense that everything in the world follows the same rules, whether something is visible and measurable or not.

Obviously, a proof of something of this scope is more philosophical in nature. However, Birnbaum provides an excellent inductive proof of this broader metaphysical concept for those wishing to explore it further. For now, we’ll continue

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to focus on the material world and Potentialism’s impact on and guidance of it.

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