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This chapter takes pretty much every idea and concept we have encountered thus far in this section and puts them to creative use. The purpose is of course to continue to expand one’s thinking, to open up new perspectives and ways of seeing. In so doing, Life – emphasis on the capital letter, or Living Life, in short – gets a little more clarification.

As you have lived your life, you must have realized that all time is always now – everything happens now, does it not? This means that in actuality, there is no distance between past, present, and future. Every moment is therefore this very same moment that happens now but with a completely different perspective, which makes it a different experience altogether, you see? When we are talking about the events that occur in our lives we need a way to talk about them, and therefore we have collectively agreed upon the idea of time which represents the distance between events – it is a way of describing a process, you see? Without the concept of time, there would not be memories – otherwise we would perceive those events as experience rather than memory.

The concept of time, in and of itself, is one of the parameters which defines the idea of physical reality, in which the concept of time is experienced. Physical reality, in turn, is a function of creation of time, you see? All physical reality is therefore an extension of the concept of time, which goes on to say that every concept that comes from the idea of physical reality, or is within physical reality – is therefore an extension or offshoot of the original idea of creating time – which is also the same as creating space, you see? Furthermore, the concept of energy is logically created after the idea of time – in which to experience the concept of energy changing into matter. And so you see, matter is formed from energy, which is formed from time. This goes on to suggest that not only is the physical reality created from time, but so is life as we know life to exist, you see? So now the question becomes: What creates time? Well, let us come back to that later, shall we?

You might get a handle on this new paradigm changing view, if you imagine the following: picture a car speeding down the road; now, speed up the image infinitely, and you can see that the car disappears – so, do we have any proof of its existence? Time gives legitimacy to its existence – in other words, time gives proof to the existence of matter; and this means that without time we don’t exist in a physical form – state of movement in the universe is equal to our existence. When we die, there is no movement and everything comes to a stop – frozen in time, as it were. Our physical existence is equal to the movement of the car, and beyond our physical existence – in death, is when the car stops; but the peculiar thing is that the car never actually really stops – it only divides, breaks up into smaller bits and pieces, elementary particles, protons, neutrons, electrons, wavelengths. And so you see, every living thing lives within the continuous cycle of birth and death, where the remains of one become the nutrients for the other – nothing is ever wasted, everything just transforms into different forms at various times.

To continue with this analogy: our bodies are vehicles in which we travel, but it is the traveller that is the “I,” and not the vehicle in which the road is travelled, which goes on to say that even though our physical form will eventually come to the end of its lifespan, the Spirit that dwells within will continue. Even though our physical being is gradually decaying, our spiritual being can be renewed day after day, week after week, year after year, and even century after century, millenia after millenia – into eternity and beyond, you see? From this, we can clearly draw the conclusion that time is the only true unit of measure, and that time is what gives birth to matter and energy, and furthermore gives rise to physical reality, you see? Therefore, one can say that time equates life – time is unity. If one seeks to unify quantum theory with space, time, gravity, and cosmology, they would ask themselves: What is the common denominator? As time seems to be the key, equating to life, it links both time and life to consciousness and its inherent awareness. And so you see, beyond time, the common denominator is awareness – all life has awareness in varying degrees, or more aptly, all Life is Awareness – Living Awareness that comes from Spirit.

So, let us entertain this idea a little more and push it even further, if not for any other reason than to stimulate and expand our thinking. As mentioned earlier, the creation of time is also the creation of space. When we stretch the aforementioned a little further, we can realize that time in its fine-tuned structure could very well be considered as being information that is distributed across the space. Now, let us introduce a contemporary tool by which we can understand this further. By now, many of us are familiar with the blockchain technology. Blockchain is a decentralized, distributed, growing list of records, called blocks, that are linked using cryptography. Each block contains a cryptographic hash of the previous block, a timestamp, and raw data. A blockchain database is managed autonomously using a peer-to-peer network. If you think about it, time itself can be considered to be the original blockchain technology. You see, everything that has ever happened, happens, and will happen – is being recorded and stored in the very fabric of space-time. So in this sense, space-time is life’s own blockchain, as it were.

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Because time(life) in its very core is information stored in the fabric of space-time, the event(s) that are recorded into this life’s very own blockchain, could easily be re-created based on that information. You see, everything we touch upon is imprinted with our energy signature, which is the extension of our own consciousness. And so you see, that very energy signature contains not only the original intention(s) behind activities in that particular point in space-time, but also every thought and feeling that was present in that moment. In other words, it is the overall blueprint of that exact experience in that moment of time(life). Now, one might ask: What does that even mean? Well, if that is not obvious, let that remain a mystery for a while; maybe the mystery will reveal itself in the next chapter.

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The previous realization is quite easily explained in the scientific terms by using the analogy of a Quantum Bit (Qubit) that is used in Quantum Computing. Quantum Mechanical principles that are derived from the Quantum Physics, can easily be utilized in Quantum Computing. Qubits are more versatile than standard bits, because they can exist in three states instead of just two; they allow us to put bits of infromation into their ‘0’ and ‘1’ states at the same time.

These same principles can also be utilized when we talk about the nature of time itself. When the analogy of a Quantum Bit is used: the state ‘0’ would represent the past, the state ‘1’ the future, and the entangled state naturally would represent both at the same time. In other words, the entangled state is the Quantum Wave Function that can be equated to Living Vibrating Life itself, you see?

Because the Qubit can be in both states at once – it means that also time can be observed as this type of combination of states: past, present, and future can therefore be viewed as the properties of a Time(Life) function. It is only through the collapse of the Quantum Wave Function (resulting from the action of focused attention on observation) when the Infinite becomes seemingly Finite.

Quantum Entanglement acts as a nonlocal bridge – uniting the small and large-scale happenings, which means that events are not localized to any specific points in space or in time. Nonlocal events are unmediated, and thus they require no energetic signal to “carry” them; they are unmitigated, so they don’t become weaker with increasing distance. Nonlocal phenomena are omnipresent, so they are everywhere at once – meaning that there is no necessity for them to go anywhere, simply because they are already there. This makes nonlocal events immediate, so they require no travel time; nonlocal events are infinite in time, present at all moments – past, present, and future at once; ultimately meaning that they are eternal.

The fascinating thing about this is that if time is observed in three dimensions, and this triplet is seen as the property of a wave function – it changes everything, making time and life to be exactly the very same thing. This realization will be the most significant “new discovery” in the scientific community, when people really start to get it. There are already a few scientists who have understood this in some way – one of them being Lee Smolin, who has written a book called Time Reborn: From the Crisis in Physics to the Future of the Universe. [Ed. note: Video about this can be found on the bottom of this page.]

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~ ॐ ~ Sambodhi Padmasamadhi ~ ∞ ~

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Extra Material 1: Video A New Theory of Time - Lee Smolin. Video description: "Is it possible that time is real, and that the laws of physics are not fixed? Lee Smolin, A C Grayling, Gillian Tett, and Bronwen Maddox explore the implications of such a profound re-think of the natural and social sciences, and consider how it might impact the way we think about surviving the future."

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~ ∞ ~ Quantum Nonlocality - The Nature of Time - Awaken the Living Awareness Within ~ ∞ ~

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In the previous chapters, we explored the mysteries of the Quantum World, and learned something about the phenomenon of Quantum Entanglement, which brought us quite nicely to something called Quantum Nonlocality, which in turn brings us now to the very nature of time itself. It is impossible to talk about time without referring to the laws of nature, or scientific laws – which are statements based on repeated experiments or observations, that describe or predict a range of natural phenomena. And so it goes that all the mysteries physicists and cosmologists face, from the “Big Bang” to the future of our universe, from the puzzles of quantum physics to the unification of the forces and particles – eventually come down to the nature of time. That is to say, it seems that time appears to be the key to the meaning of quantum theory and its eventual unification with space, time, gravity, and cosmology; and because time seems to be the key, equating to life – as we come to see later, it links both time and life to consciousness and its inherent awareness.

In this context, it is once again worth mentioning that beyond the surface, there is yet another, more important component, that of consciousness and its inherent awareness, you see? The importance of it should have become clear by now, but if it hasn’t, it should. Not only because they play an essential role in the aforementioned unification, but also because the coming new synthesis of science, ancient mysticism and spirituality recognizes matter and Spirit to be one unified energy in different stages of manifestation – awareness being the core of it all, matter being its manifestation in physical reality, and consciousness the medium against which and through which we perceive and measure time. And so you see, just as we are now discovering that consciousness is distributed through every cell of the body, soon we may discover that it is distributed in every photon or particle of light throughout the universe – making it essential to incorporate consciousness and its inherent awareness as the cornerstone of this new science. Hence, it goes without saying that if we hope to someday master the mysteries of the universe, including not only the Quantum World, but also the nature of time, we would need to include consciousness and its inherent awareness to the equation.

Time as we know time to exist, is, in many ways, a construct, a tool by which we make sense of the events that occur in our lives. Together with another tool, that of storytelling, we can communicate not only about daily events, but also more complex topics that are essential for our growth, development and evolvement as human beings. Many have treated time as an illusion – and yet, they do age – quite a dichotomy, don’t you think? It is evident that time is very much real, isn’t it? So, what is this thing we call time – this thing we so easily waste yet never have enough of? Is it really a thing? We cannot hold it in our hands, nor see it with our eyes – it is completely intangible, yet extraordinarily real.

Now, what is time, exactly? Time is something that is very much intangible, often thought to be non-recurring, unstoppable and unpreserved. Hence, time is considered by many to be one of the most valued commodities in life, and hence time is something that most people don’t want to waste. Therefore, it can be said that the greatest gift we can give to someone – is our time. You see, when we give our time, we are giving away a portion of our life that we will never get back. Yet, people tend to value money over time, until time is almost up; always rushing from one thing to another with the mantra: “time is money,” and yet constantly searching for more time, complaining about working too hard. There is not only irony here, but also an astonishing dichotomy, don’t you think?

In our culture, we have viewed time as the ‘thing’ that we must work against, or works against us, which goes on to say that we are in competition with time. This, in turn, has led to excessive time management, which means that people are always in hurry; rushing everywhere all the time. There is a downside to this kind of excessive time management, for you see, the quality of life decreases when life is full of hurry. Individuals who are obsessed with time, more often than not, get stressed and uptight; it is not unsurprising, then, that these individuals also seem to be the ones who fear death more than anything else. The truth is, though, that not every minute of every day can always be planned – sometimes we just have to go with the flow, you see? And this brings us to the nature of time itself.

When we are talking about the nature of time, we can realize that time has traditionally been misunderstood to be a purely physical phenomena, and therefore we generally see it as a continuum; and hence it goes that time is understood to be a perception of movement and seen as an arrow, moving on a single straight line – from the past to the future. This is the way in which we as the collective human species have agreed to view time, but it could very well be the other way around, as well – time moving from the future into the past, you see? Further examination reveals that from the human perspective, time seems to be moving in a linear fashion. In other words, something happens in sequence – series of events taking place in space. This is how we have agreed to perceive reality, but how would you know if the event you are experiencing and witnessing to take place was actually set in motion in the future?

Because of the way in which we humans have used to perceive time, we like to translate time into blocks for our convenience – these blocks are treated as a triplet: past, present, future. This means that time is considered to be a purely one dimensional phenomenon – a continuum, consisting of a past, a future, and with the present as the boundary between the two. The way in which we view time can most certainly be useful in our daily lives, but it is reasonable to ask ourselves: Is it an accurate view? Could it be possible that in much the same way as life is cyclical, so is time? And if time is indeed cyclical, would it not then mean that every action truly has its reaction, in both ways – not only the past and the present affecting the future, but also the future affecting both the present and the past – see? Every choice we make has its affect on the future whose particular nature we cannot foresee – everything and everyone is interconnected, and therefore every action affects the whole and vice versa; and so it goes that in this sense, we are the sum of our choices, you see? Indeed, everything we do has a ripple effect on everything else – every action activates a cause, which in turn triggers an effect.

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As both life and time are cyclical, it means that the future affects the past as much as the past affects the future – this happens only if a certain condition is met. You see, the energy signature of the past or the future must be stronger than your present for it to manifest in such a way that it can be said to be a change – eventually, it all comes down to free will and how strong our will is. This goes on to say that the present moment is the Nexus Point in which the choice is made, and its effects are felt and experienced; it is the Nexus Point from which the ripples of that choice travel through time. Here it is important to remember that change can be initiated in any of these points we term as past, present, future; but it is always the present in which change is experienced, you see? If one utilizes their free will to initiate a conscious transformation – self-directed, mindful process of self-exploration that can transform one’s life – one changes not only their past, but also their future; one changes their history, their story – if you will, their whole being – becoming a whole new person.

The aforementioned brings us inexorably here – to make the following conclusion: our universe appears to be bound by a finite set of laws – or so do we think, despite any evidence to prove it to be so. Due to scientific materialism, we believe and assume that all phenomena in the universe, including time, is governed by these “eternal laws,” and that all phenomena are subject to the same physical laws, which can be discovered by the means of systematic observation and experimentation. This goes a long way to demonstrating how deep our willful blindness and ignorance of the obvious really goes. Here we should ask ourselves: Are these so called “eternal laws” of nature really set, or could it be possible that they are still evolving? Who are we to say that the laws of nature are fixed? It doesn’t take a genius to understand that if the universe is expanding and evolving, then also the laws of nature may be evolving as well.

When we take the previous into consideration, the very idea of the laws of nature may not even be appropriate – it may be better to think of the evolving patterns of nature; self-organizing patterns through which the Living Intelligence of Life expresses itself – constantly finding the best and the most efficient ways for life to grow, flourish and thrive. It is, after all, the very nature of life to intelligently seek to expand, develop and unfold – often in surprising and novel ways, is it not? In other words, out of chaos comes order, and out of randomness emerges beauty, structure and form. What we humans perceive as randomness, may instead reflect a degree of complexity of order that we have yet to decode in understandable form; what we classify as being mere randomness, may indeed be Intelligence so far beyond our current level of understanding and comprehension that we disregard it altogether. This goes a long way to show that also time may be something that we have only scratched the surface of – something deeper, something more profound, you see?

Against this backdrop, we should ask ourselves: Could it actually be possible that we have viewed time wrongly all of these years? Could it also be that time as we know time to exist, may actually be life itself? You see, because of the simultaneous nature of life – time may actually equate to life in a multidimensional fashion, and therefore time may not be separable from life itself. And because we have separated time and life from each other, we age? Let us end this chapter with the following question: What would life be like if we could live our lives without obsessing about time?

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~ ॐ ~ Sambodhi Padmasamadhi ~ ∞ ~

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Extra Material 1: Video A New Theory of Time - Lee Smolin. Video description: "Is it possible that time is real, and that the laws of physics are not fixed? Lee Smolin, A C Grayling, Gillian Tett, and Bronwen Maddox explore the implications of such a profound re-think of the natural and social sciences, and consider how it might impact the way we think about surviving the future."

Extra Material 2: Video: Alan Watts - Mystery of Time. Video description: "Alan Watts talks about the nature of time, being in the now, cause and effect."