Humans as Multidimensional Beings

In thinking about the survival of human consciousness beyond the limits of our corporeal existence, I was reminded of Edwin Abbott’s book, Flatland, and the concept of perceiving dimensions beyond the 3 physical dimensions that we normally inhabit. In Flatland, the protagonist is a square who through the course of the story is visited by a sphere who proceeds to acquaint the square with the concept of a third dimension in Spaceland. In contemplating this story and the concept of spirits as energy in my preceding post, it occurred to me (as I’m sure it has to many others previously) that our spirit or consciousness may be another facet of a multidimensional being beyond our physical 3-dimensional existence. During our physical existence, our consciousness may be constrained – only to be released upon our physical deaths. Beyond that, our spirits may expand to some higher order dimension.


As a non-physicist, I don’t feel as if I’m doing this subject justice, but the possibility is just too intriguing to let go of it completely. Current theories in physics, such as string theory and M-theory predict that physical space in general has either 10 or 11 dimensions, respectively. In other words, that’s 7 or 8 spatial dimensions in addition to length, width, and height. The physical sciences are a long way from demonstrating the physical realities of these other dimensions, but they do offer a lot of possibilities for additional aspects of our spirits. Ghosts, apparitions, and psychic phenomena may therefore represent the intersection of one or more of these other dimensions with our 3-dimensional world. Returning to the example of Flatland, the sphere that visited the square resident of Flatland provides an apt analogy for this. To any resident of Flatland, the sphere would appear as a circle of varying circumference depending on the plane at which the 2 intersected (the intersection of a sphere and a plane in geometry being in fact, a sphere). Likewise, the intersection of a ghost or spirit with our 3-dimensional world would be a limited 3-D representation of that entity.

As always, this topic is open for comment or discussion!