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I've recently had quite a bit of time to think, and this is one interesting consideration that has come to me:
According to Many-Worlds Theory, our universe (multiverse, I suppose, although the actual Multiverse theory is a completely different concept) is divided infinitely on points of decision. In other words, there are an infinite number of timelines in existence which collectively express everything which could ever happen. In one universe, for example, I finish this sentence; in another, I delete it; in yet another, I die before it can be finished. In still another universe, I never existed to begin with. So on and so forth. When someone offers you a cookie, the universe splits into an infinite number of responses: you take it, you refuse politely, you refuse rudely, you strike out at the offerer, a car flies through the window and immediately kills you both.
Hypothetically speaking, then, the vast majority of these worlds will be completely different from our own. Maybe Lillith doesn't eat children; maybe 'magic' as portrayed in fantasy novels is usable to all; maybe the dominant species is dragons; maybe we all live on Paris Earth.

It is a common claim among writers of fiction that they don't 'write' stories; rather, many writers feel that they find or are given the stories, their only role being to interpret or record these. There is also a very old tale (I don't know how old) that creativity doesn't technically exist in the form of creating new things and new ideas; that all 'creation' (writings, paintings, music) in fact springs from a large psychic 'well' to which all human beings are all connected in some way or another.

Finally, I believe that there is some pretty good evidence out there for the existence of psychic phenomena in some form or another. Without getting into that particular debate, I will point out that one of the many abilities attributed to psychics is clairvoyance -- literally meaning 'clear sight,' this allows the psychic to 'see' with what could be termed a mind's eye, thus enabling them to see things they otherwise could not, i.e. the contents of a sealed envelope, the underside of a card. Another ability is telepathy, which enables the psychic to 'read' another person's thoughts. A close variant of that is empathy, allowing one to sense others' emotions.

What could all these far-flung ideas mean? They don't even seem all that related. Well, let's go back, shall we?
Writers and artists claim that their work does not feel as though they themselves created it, but simply recieved it from some other source. Telepathy and empathy could allow one to pick up on the thoughts and emotions of others, apparently regardless of distance. Clairvoyance allows one to 'see' or 'percieve' physical things, also apparently regardless of distance, without the use of one's actual eyes. Finally, Many-Worlds Theory hypothetically allows for the existence of worlds completely different from our own, and the Multiverse theory actually expects other universes to have completely different physical laws. That opens the door for some pretty interesting worlds.

One theory as to the mechanics of psychic ability purports that as well as reality's many physical dimensions (plus time and such), there is perhaps another dimension -- that being known currently as Psi Dimension, which would be the dwellingplace of consciousness, holding and intertwining the consciousnesses of all living things in our universe.

What I'm getting at is this -- assume that all of these things are, in fact, true. What if this Psi Dimension is not localized to our own universe? After all, the physical dimensions would be needed in the In-Between to keep universes from colliding or overlapping; why not the others, such as time and Psi? If that were the case, then this Psi Dimension would pervade the entirety of the multiverse, connecting the consciousnesses of our own world with those of every other possible expression of reality. Think about that -- every single world that ever could be. No matter how farfetched, if you can imagine it, it's there, and if not, it probably still is anyway. If that is so, then perhaps writing, painting and songsmithery are not truly 'creative' in the sense of creation. Perhaps the writers are right; perhaps they aren't making things up. Perhaps what is Fiction here is, in truth, Fact, only from the perspective of another world.

Perhaps everything we thought was real as children is, just not here.

Perhaps It really is out there in some alternate universe.

Perhaps Chrono Trigger is an historical account, from someone's perspective out there.

Imagine what that would mean for all of us.

I think you're missing the point. Even if Many-Worlds theory were to be true, we only exist in one universe. There isn't any way to move between them. The use of such a theory as a coping mechanism for a percieved lack of control over one's own life would necessitate the ability to traverse these universes in order to give the idea that one could change anything. As for indecisiveness, the same holds true: we (as you I and understand ourselves) only exist in one of these universes, and so in our own universe, we've only made one possible choice. There's no way of changing that, nor of actualizing alternative choices within our own universe. Maybe there are other universes in which other versions of us made a different decision at a certain point, but one has to understand that these versions of you are exactly that: a different version. The two of you are not the same person, technically, nor can either of you exist in or affect in any way the other's universe.

Besides, anyone who even marginally understands existence knows that it's pretty damn difficult to know anything about existence. wink

Difficult to control chaos, id'n it?