The Multiverse Within the Thinkiverse

We often speak of living in a universe, as if the word described a single, objective domain that simply exists “out there.” In recent decades, the idea of a multiverse has taken root — the possibility that countless universes exist side by side, each with different physical laws and histories.

But step back for a moment.
Before any theory, diagram, or mathematical model — where does the multiverse live?

In thought.
In imagination.
In consciousness itself.

That’s where the Thinkiverse begins.

What Is the Thinkiverse?

The Thinkiverse is the totality of all thought-based constructions of reality — the world we think is real. Every belief, image, perception, and framework through which we interpret life arises here. It’s the mental universe that shapes our experience of the physical one.

It doesn’t oppose science or spirituality; instead, it reveals the space in which both appear.
Physics tells us how matter behaves. Psychology tells us how minds behave.
The Thinkiverse reminds us that without thought, neither world would exist for us at all.

The Mind as a Creative Field

Thought isn’t just a mirror of reality — it’s part of the creative field that gives reality form. As physicist David Bohm once observed,

“Thought creates our world, and then says, ‘I didn’t do it.’”

Bohm saw mind and matter as two aspects of a single movement — an implicate order that unfolds into the visible world. Thought, in his view, is active. It’s generative. And yet it hides its own creative fingerprints by pretending to be a passive observer.

This is the paradox of the Thinkiverse: we are the creators of what we experience, yet we forget that we are doing the creating.

The Multiverse Emerges Inside the Thinkiverse

The multiverse may describe infinite possible physical worlds, but the Thinkiverse contains infinite mental worlds — universes of interpretation, belief, and perception.

Each thought creates a branch in our personal multiverse.
Each belief defines a world we inhabit.
Each realization shifts us from one version of reality to another.

In that sense, the multiverse can only exist within the Thinkiverse. The Thinkiverse is the dimension that gives rise to the very idea of many universes. It is the cosmic imagination — the birthplace of possibility.

Why It Matters

Understanding the Thinkiverse isn’t abstract philosophy. It changes how we live.
If the world we experience is filtered through thought, then clarity of mind changes everything.
When we see through the illusions of our own thinking, we awaken to freedom — a lighter, clearer, more connected experience of life.

As awareness deepens, the Thinkiverse becomes less of a labyrinth and more of a playground.

In Closing

The Thinkiverse is not a theory to prove.
It’s a realization to experience.

Before there was any universe, there was the capacity to think “universe.”
Before there was a multiverse, there was the mind capable of imagining it.

That infinite capacity — the universe of thought — is the Thinkiverse.

References

Bohm, D. (1980). Wholeness and the Implicate Order. Routledge.
Chalmers, D. J. (1996). The Conscious Mind: In Search of a Fundamental Theory. Oxford University Press.
Tononi, G. (2004). “An information integration theory of consciousness.” BMC Neuroscience, 5(1), 42.
Spira, R. (2011). The Transparency of Things: Contemplating the Nature of Experience. New Harbinger Publications.
Kant, I. (1781). Critique of Pure Reason.
Husserl, E. (1931). Ideas: General Introduction to Pure Phenomenology.
Everett, H. (1957). “Relative State” Formulation of Quantum Mechanics. Reviews of Modern Physics, 29(3), 454–462.

Author’s Note

The term Thinkiverse was first coined by Richard J. Ruppenthal in 2025 to describe “the world we think is real” — the inner, thought-based universe through which all experience and possibility arise.

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Rick Ruppenthal | COACHING

The Multiverse Within the Thinkiverse