I believe everything is derived from nothing. From the beginning there is zero, then out of zero comes 1 and -1, together they still make zero though, but see how they can be created? 

Then there are all of the other numbers 2 and -2, 3 and -3 etc. Still, all of these combine back down to nothing(zero,0). Everything is a part of nothing. Everything remains balanced, nothing can function without balance. 

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This leads me to believe that the universe consists of matter, and anti-matter, and shows how something could have been created out of nothing.

I feel this changes the theory that “matter cannot be created or destroyed, it only changes forms”. I think that it only appears that matter is not created or destroyed, because the balance creates the illusion that things are remaining the same. First there is 0, in balance, then there is 1 and -1 which is still zero, and in balance. Otherwise represented as 0=0, then 1 is added to each side, equally balancing out, giving the impression that things have remained unchanged, however, things have been created, 1 and negative 1. I feel that matter and anti-matter are being created at the same time, balancing each other out, making it seem unchanged in energy terms. This could very well be a reason as to how the universe is expanding out of seemingly nothing.

So, what is zero? Zero is in fact something, it is everything.

If we could only figure out how it all works we could create anything we wanted….

Here is where the paradox steps in as well. If you say 0=infinity, that would be infinity=infinity, so infinity-infinity=0 goes to 0=0, which is true, but those zeros equal infinity, and the whole thing goes on and on over and over. Everything exists in a perfectly balanced paradoxical state.