Got a quick minute to add to example #2.
So the apparent attraction to the source of the gravity well is only due to the fact that the gravity well is moving through space-time. You are constantly encountering a new spot in space-time that is being warped towards the source of the gravity well, just like the surfer is constantly encountering new water that pushes her up the wave. Should the source (let's say Earth) stop moving in relation to space-time, the attractive force of gravity should no longer apply. Just as if the ocean wave somehow froze in place and stopped moving forward, a surfer on the surface of this wave would be able to move freely with no attractive or repulsive force to worry about. So in effect, we surf the gravity well. We are constantly moving into new space-time that is being stretched toward the center of the earth, but the physical mass of the earth (friction) repels us and keeps us on the surface. The faster we surf, the further away from the source we can get. And if we surf fast enough, we can reach escape velocity and free ourselves from the wave altogether.
So motion keeps us bound to the Earth, and the Earth bound to the sun, etc... This means that the attractive force of gravity should not exist at the center of the universe (the point of the big bang?), since that point is motionless with respect to space-time. Any mass that exists there would simply warp space-time, but there would be no attraction to that point since the gravity well does not move.
So is any of this feasible, or am I completely off?
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