Before The Big Bang

[poliphilo]

According to Horizon it's no longer scientifically illiterate to wonder what happened before the Big Bang. A convenor asked a room full of mega brains, "Who believes there was something before the Big Bang?" and every hand went up- though some only to half mast. There are many theories to be considered. The one that sticks with me- probably because its so simple- is that the universe expands, contracts and expands again- like breathing in and out. 

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[poliphilo.livejournal.com]

I think so. I seem to remember encountering the idea in Hindu mythology.

[ccord.livejournal.com]

It may be present in early Chinese (pre-imperial) myth as well. There were instances of such myth-speculation on time in Ancient Egypt's late period, as well. Similar speculations seem to pop-up where-ever there have been those who've been attempting to reconcile an apparently "circular" aspect of time, with it's "linear" aspect.