Paranormal world – Higher Dimensions

How many dimensions are there in the universe? As dilettantes we are aware of four: 3 in space and the 4^th one being ‘time’. We cannot see instances on the ‘time’ axis, i.e. we can't see future & past occurrences?

There are three facets of dimension: a) awareness of that dimension; b) ability to see in that dimension; c) ability to traverse that dimension.
Let’s assume we humans were 2-dimensional. We would have been flat pieces on the ground unable to see or comprehend the 3^rd dimension – the height axis. So any object floating in air wouldn’t exist from our view point.

Till couple of hundred centuries ago, we knew about a) & b) of 3^rd dimension, but not c) – we couldn’t traverse the 3^rd dimension, i.e. we couldn’t fly. At the beginning of life, organisms could see things flying in air, but could never reach it. As birds evolved they were able to fly to that floating object, but we humans could not. But today technology enables us to traverse the 3^rd dimension.

But what about the 4^th dimension – time? We know about a), but not b) & c).

Let’s assume a man is born who can perceive the 4^th dimension. What it means is that he can see incidents in future & past. Imagine how unnerving it would be! That’s why scientists say that the world will become paranormal if we can sense higher dimensions. This is just the 4^th dimension; what about a person who can see the 5^th or even higher dimensions? The world will be stupendously amazing or maddeningly scary! Maybe the seers who could see future in our scriptures had the ability to perceive the 4^th dimension. Maybe someday technology will help us traverse the 4^th dimension just like it helped us with the 3^rd dimension.

As an aside, does it mean the scriptures explained incidents from the past in the form of simple illustrations because the writers knew the uninitiated human minds cannot comprehend the complex science behind it? Fables spoke of seers who could close their eyes and see the past and the future. This sounds absurd to the critical minds. Several decades ago the ‘time’ dimension would not have much sense to common people, but now it does. Similarly there could be nuances of physics that current intellect cannot fathom, but future minds may. And then a generation will reach a point where each and every ‘magic’ from our scriptures would make sense scientifically. In the interim, we can keep an open and dispassionate mind about the magic in our scriptures and just focus on the essence.

This dimensionality opens up intriguing questions such as are Hell, Heaven and Netherland real places which can be reached only through certain dimensions? Is there a dimension(s) that can be seen only by soul (or the energy source within the body) that leads them to one of the aforementioned astral regions at the end of time? Maybe that’s how the sages from the scriptures travelled to & fro between Earth & Celestial places because of their ability to discern multiple dimensions that are not visible to the untrained mind.

At very high dimensions, it is said that the distances between points are not that skewed as compared to low dimensions. This means that there is always a route from one point to the other and the distance between points do not vary drastically. So, a person with access to many dimensions can reach Jupiter via one dimension and reach Heaven through other without much fuss. Could the seers of the yore have had this access? Who knows?

For the science aficionados this possibility of multiple dimensions and the mystery it entails is super fascinating. As for the spiritually inclined, well, it’s really intriguing to know whether there is a 'God' dimension of the highest order that gives you b) & c) – that is, the ability to see God, & travel to his eternal abode! After all, the term 'faith' that every religion preaches could be this axis/dimension.