Quantum theory is approaching the point where its proponents will realize that the observation of matter is not only dependent upon the observer, but that the observation of matter is one and the same thing as the entity called matter, leading to the conclusion that matter exists only because of the observer.

Matter is a thought. Just as my feeling for kumquats is a thought, or our trust of a friend is a thought, so matter is simply a thought. Even the brain is not a thing, it is a concept, or thought.

In reality, thoughts are all that exist.

Given that any mind at all exists, then that gives two possibilities. Either many minds exist, or else only one Mind exists. If multiple minds exist, then this is the reality, and the condition of there being only one Mind is unreality. Conversely, if the reality is that there is only one Mind, then the condition of multiple minds is unreality.

Now our own thought seems to claim that there are many minds and that specifically, one of those many minds is our own mind.

Some thinkers, denying the claim that each one of us has an individual mind, declare that in reality there is but ONE Mind, and that each of us is simply an idea in that mind. These thinkers declare that the only mind we each have to think with, is this one, only Mind.

The thought that we call matter, is a concept of the the ‘many-mind’ theory. So if we accept the theory that there are many minds, we will have to accept the assertion that matter exists.

If, incidentally, we can honestly accept the assertion that there is only one Mind in all of existence, then we can accurately conclude that matter is not a necessary ingredient in this reality. If “no matter” IS the case, by the way, we still have what we have...that is, an experience in which it SEEMS that we have tv shows, kumquats and cars, nightgowns and Nerf balls. It’s just that now, we can have dominion over this belief of matter, by adhering to the understanding that there is only one Mind.

Conceive for a moment of the entire universe as if the whole thing was all in a paper bag, all atoms, all thoughts, all energy, everything else. In other words, conceive of the universe as ONE whole thing.       

.... then it is true that on the most fundamental level, only one event of the universe occurs at a time. And consider that each of these events... is the "situation" or “state” that this entire universe is in at any one particular moment in time.

That is, if you look at one slice of the universe at any one moment (or in other words, if you look at the 'state' that the ENTIRE universe, as a whole, is in, at any one moment of time,) then that 'state' can be called one 'event'. And this is the most basic and most definitive definition of 'event'.

And clearly, only one 'state' is possible at one time (without attempting to postulate "other universes", which is folly because we include those "other universes" as part of THE universe). Hence, only one thing is happening at a time, on the largest, most definitive level.

By the way, it becomes interesting to think about how long each of these 'states' or instantaneous pictures of the universe lasts. Is it one-billionth of a second? Is it '10 to the minus 5 millionth power' part of a second? Of course not. It's much shorter than that. It must be a time interval with no length actually, to make any sense.

Of course, a time interval of no length makes no sense either.

And if the sum of time intervals of no lengths actually adds up to a universe which obviously DOES have some span over time, what the heck is going on? (let me answer that later)

And of course, we may see then that the events that "take time" are those on our larger everyday level, and events that take basically zero time are those on the ultimate micro level and include the entire universe at once.

What is an event on the macro, everyday level? -a dog's bark is an event, isn't it?

Well, “woof” lasts maybe a fifth of a second. But if the bark had been cut off prematurely, it might have lasted only a twentieth of a second, but it would still have been considered a bark or a partial bark, right? So how short can an event like this be, before it is no longer considered an event? There is probably no limit. And come to think of it, taking this train of thought to its end, should remind us that the most REAL event is the one that took the shortest time, that is, the one that we mentioned before, which seems to have no actual length of time, or zero time.

Thus we may postulate that the most real (if not the ONLY real, by some standard) events are those which involve the state of the universe at any one specific point in time. (or NO time, if you will)

Hence, there is really only one event taking place at a time.

So, what the hell does THIS matter?

Ha ha ha, I hear ya. But there IS an important consequence for mankind actually. It is extremely good news and involves each individual's ability to determine her or his own experience. It is the point to which quantum physics is currently heading, and will continue to head, one way or another.

Quantum physics is a facet of physics which is recognized as legitimate by the world's physicists, and shows that 'events' are somehow affected (if not completely determined) by the observer who observes them. Taken to its extreme conclusion, this would be very good news for all of us.

Unlimited divisibility of time- this means that (of course) you can divide a minute down to a second, or a second down to a nanosecond, and so on, until the time interval is as short as you want it, and then you could even divide that interval down farther to make a shorter time interval. There is no limit on how short a time interval can be.

When we come to understand well enough the implications of the unlimited divisibility of time, we will realize that the only thing which is real is what we can fairly call the ‘present moment’. Since this is so, we ourselves can determine every aspect of our individual experience. That’s the good news.