If gravity is related to objects pushing down on the fabric of space-time, how is there no true ‘up’ or ‘down’ in space?

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I’m sure I’m not really understanding gravity theory, but I have in mind the illustration of marbles on a bedsheet. If that bedsheet is space-time, why isn’t there some sort of universal up and down as objects relate to each other?

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It is hard to model it in 3 dimensional space. Both as a demonstration as well as in your mind.

What is happening to the bed sheet is happening in ALL directions at the same time. Not just the flat plane you see in the demonstration.

[This should help](https://images.app.goo.gl/sXQUzwgwnvS5st7s8)

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