Our universe, everything we see, feel, or touch, was created out of less than we call nothing. However there is a catch, it only exists because we, (or others) are here to observe it. The Notus explanation is simple yet new. It shows how we as observers can never be passive. We play a large part in the results of our observations. This explains the reason for Relativity and Quantum Mechanics not behaving as we think they should. Our universe is infinite yet it has limited boundaries. Our universe is all encompassing yet it contains almost nothing. The small something our universe does contain is all one thing, and that we currently consider nothing. Our existence is extremely complicated yet it is the most simple that could be devised. Our universe is infinite yet it is only a small part of all. Our existence is contradictions yet these contradictions are all of our own making. We perceive a universe in a way it suits us. Our perception has almost nothing to do with reality. Yet we; and all around us exist. This is indeed the true contradiction. The design is wonderful, out of nothing is something; the nothing creates infinity; without contradictions. This infinity is only one of many. All these existences coexist and interact yet are almost completely separate yet each is still totally dependent on the others for their existence. Out of this nothingness has come all around us; has come life; has come intelligence; has come all technology, the arts, religion, science, and the material universe; has come a moral code and love. Time stretches behind us to infinity and still the journey has only just started. The most interesting part of this to me is the possible inclusion of life as an attribute, this is not human life or even carbon based life but this is life as an entity. I have not gone into this here as I think this book is radical enough as it is; we have looked here only at the material universe but life has to be the most perplexing entity we have yet discovered in our universe; this is with the possible exception of consciousness and inelegance; but; this is the focus of another books.