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In FMA and FMA: Brotherhood, the Gate of Truth is shown to have an eye and a
bunch of arms inside of it. The arms drag people into the gate during human
transformation. I know that the creature sitting in front of the Gate is
Truth, but what is inside of the gate (i.e. the arms and the eye)?


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What is inside the Gate of Truth?


In the manga and _Brotherhood_ , there are two things within the Gate of
Truth: God, and all alchemical knowledge that has ever existed or will ever
exist. The [_Fullmetal Alchemist_ Wiki](http://fma.wikia.com/wiki/The_Gate)
says it best:

> It is the source of alchemical knowledge and the entrance to God's domain,
> where no mortals are meant to tread.

As is stated in [this answer](https://anime.stackexchange.com/a/3209/274),
this is where mortals end up when they attempt human transmutation. They pay a
toll, and are granted access to all alchemical knowledge within.

!["It was as though all of the information in the world was shoved directly
into my head."](https://i.stack.imgur.com/W9CbW.png)

While an alchemist is within this realm (the realm of non-reality), they will
inevitably learn something about alchemy, and in fact anyone in the series who
recalls this information gains the ability to perform transmutation without a
circle.

In the 2003 anime, there are some differences. Notably, the realm itself is
the source of alchemical energy (rather than knowledge), and the Gate acts as
a portal between that energy and the _FMA_ universe. You can read more about
the differences on [the _FMA_
Wiki](http://fma.wikia.com/wiki/The_Gate#In_the_2003_Anime).


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When truth announces who he is he is one or all or also known as god the
universe or truth behind the door is nothing but not nothing it is what you
think it is a fragment of your missing mind... Presented in one of the
episodes the door leads to many things presented in a cross over of Hitler and
the Nazi war Edward Elric entered the portal or gate way what ever you wanna
call it and entered our world when the Nazi War happened. Regarding the gate
way to truth that is truth the gate way takes different forms if you ever
followed the story correctly it specifically states that Gate Way is a kinda
door or portal to what ever your dreams can imagine. The professor from the
Germany side of the door talks among parallel worlds that are connected
invisibally and can't be seen and in different dimensions there is another
type of you that has it's own personality. Clearly though you can only do this
by being in the Full Metal Alchemist world specifically the gate way can lead
to many places. ^^' That's why there is no point to the universe because
everything is infinite just read the Manga and watch the show and decode what
it is trying to say... ALSO An edit even though you have different yous in
different dimensions supposedly the real you is in the Full Metal Alchemist
World since other dimensions logically don't exist... Who ever you are is not
what you are but what you are is in the FMA world... Truthfully the show talks
if you play god it back fires but also we already know everything because the
answer to everything is clearly NOTHING.


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The Gateway of Truth is the meeting point of infinity, which was theorized
when the being inside of it describes himself as God, The Truth, and yourself.
Edward comes to discover that the gateway you see is actually your perception
of the truth, explaining why Alphonse's and Izumi's gates look different. You
can also see all of Edward's memories when he was inside the truth. However in
the original Fullmetal Alchemist anime, the gateway is access to all universal
knowledge, explaining why you can see John F. Kennedy and moments from World
War II.


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