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What If the Universe Was Just an Illusion?

What If | November 20, 2025



What if the Universe is an illusion? What if your reality is not what it seems to be? What if you are you’re just a 2D projection stretched on the surface of a black hole? And what does a black hole have to do with all this? I know what you think. This isn’t real. How can we live in a hologram if everything around us is three-dimensional?

Transcript and sources: https://insh.world/science/what-if-you-lived-inside-a-hologram/

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Planet Earth: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_-HhCwYD7rc&list=PLZdXRHYAVxTJCzxwmCq0NNpYq9N9wyb2l
The Cosmos: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gfuJyVkMH_g&list=PLZdXRHYAVxTJno6oFF9nLGuwXNGYHmE8U
Technology: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CS3bBO05fpU&list=PLZdXRHYAVxTIeRY3JtgXgoGqSEB7kDdKO
Your Body: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QmXR46TrbA8&list=PLZdXRHYAVxTJNsV9FFeNAKl2ySsHj8GZO
Humanity: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fdCDQIyXGnw&list=PLZdXRHYAVxTIFnvmOeWbv-Mt8zFxSCSvZ

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  4. @jutifoster0701

    November 20, 2025 at 2:10 pm

    Theory:

    There's no such thing as other galaxies. It's an invisible mirror that can make you think. It's impossible. There's one galaxy. There's only one Milky Way. It's just an illusion in our eyes.

  5. @joelmcclain9151

    November 20, 2025 at 2:10 pm

    What I've heard from a guy named Ismael Perez is we are 9 dimensions lower than what is called base reality–so we are in a 3D simulation directed by Heaven. But for the record I don't subscribe to all the info from Ismael Perez–but I do believe the historical info videos from Trey Smith.

  11. @ksburner01

    November 20, 2025 at 2:10 pm

    Time doesn't exist. Time was created by humans. The only thing that does exist is the current moment. Past and future are in our minds and so therefore is time since you need past and future to have time.

  21. @Jose-mj9mb

    November 20, 2025 at 2:10 pm

    We don’t know until you encountered it yourself 😂 everything that our brain can’t process or handle is manipulated just like money, drugs, people etc, and that’s just day to day things. Imagine something like space, human evolution, the government. Certain things just aren’t meant to be told or revealed our reality is the people we surrounded ourself’s with and everything outside those boundaries are fake. Most of the population just claim and false ideas instead of leaving each other with hope and greatness to help one another that’s why we are told lies because we can’t handle the truth and the liars can’t either it’s just how our conscious works! Our lives are already set up from the day your born till your laying down died. We are taught from human evolution and learn from observing every little detail, just shows how we easily are manipulated and grow everyday, a lot of people just tend to stop growing. Just remember to always stay positive and train your brain. We aren’t even close to knowing the truth. Life is beautiful until you realize how bs this society is set up. Others will call it grateful and others will say it’s poisoning. I choose its both some days I’m grateful others I’m sickening how this world is but at the end of the day nothing is real but my day to day life. I realized you can only trust yourself. Remember to separate yourself from these illusions and impact your live into the future so it can be passed on generations so there lives can be someday much better. This world is a combination of good and evil can’t either one be eliminated. Rather focus on the good more! Don’t let your demons control your whole life. Let’s learn every day!

  25. @skmagicmalaysiajiksooebran4941

    November 20, 2025 at 2:10 pm

    The universe is an illusion and ALLAH is the Absolute Reality, AL HAQQ

    No matter what the theory is, there must be a LORD who KNOWS, WANTS & IS ABLE to create, design and arrange everything. Its not logical to think that the universe exist without LORD, THE FIRST UNSTARTED ONE, who KNOWS, WANTS & IS ABLE to start every creation

    Just like its not logical to think that the comment you read now emerge without someone who KNOWS, WANTS & IS ABLE to type it.

    The universe has boundaries thus it has weaknesses thus it is dependent. Its existence depend on THE ONE, THE FIRST who started its creation

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