Updated:06/01/04
TIME and Time Again
Hawking and some other scientific thinkers have stated that there must have been a time when time did not exist. Now that is an oxymoron if I ever heard one! To think about time we must revert to Thom's Law.
"If there were ever a time when there was nothing, there would still be nothing. Nothing cannot produce something."
To this fact (that nothing cannot produce something) we must define time.
Time is the progression (measurement) of any sequence of events.
So we must look at Thom's Law. Since there was never a time when there was nothing, then there has always been "something." Since SOMETHING has always existed, "Something" has always been about its business of CHANGING from one thing (energy/matter) to something else. Energy moves both within itself and from stage to stage and even place to place and that takes time (fast or slow). This fact is the principle of our atomic clocks. It is not the atom, which is vibrating. It is the energy WITHIN the atom, which vibrates. And energy has always vibrated, so we have always had time.
When thinking about time we must not just think in terms of the material, that is, of matter. We must also think in terms of energy (of which all matter is made). Energy is something and energy is always moving, at least within itself.
However, (and this is an important, HOWEVER) time is also a medium as is space, as is energy and as is speed. That is, time is relative to the observer, relative to speed, relative to energy and relative to location. Energy can compress time or elongate time as viewed by us. Mathematically thinking, time can be compressed into so tiny a space that it does not exist to an outside observer in that one spot of compression. But even within that compression there is still a straining against that compression and therefore, an event is taking place (in time). Time also continues to exist outside of that compression in other places and conditions.
Thus, we must think of time as arbitrary, whimsical, irrational, schizophrenic, and artificial, but absolutely and necessarily existing - always.
Space itself cannot be contained. That which exists IN space may be contained or compressed but space itself simply oozes through and around any compression of energy. Space may be considered both the container of ALL and the only container, which totally surrounds itself as well.
Energy? Now that is the mystery! Maybe there IS only one basic type of energy? Notice I ended with a question mark. Maybe there are many types of energy which war against each other. Maybe energy is a foreign force, an intruder into our type of space (or dimension). Maybe space itself is energy. By contemplating the way of nature, which we can observe - nothing is ever wasted. Our space may be like a battery shooting energy into some other dimension, or some other space shooting energy into our space or both.
Which brings up a multitude of questions. Just how many types of space exist? Is the (so called) spiritual world simply another type of space, which under certain types of conditions can or may interact with our space? Are there levels or ranks of different types of space? Obviously, if there are other levels of space then our physics, chemistry and even our math may not apply in some of them. Indeed TIME as we know it, may take on a totally different meaning and use.
In addition, TIME, SPEED, DISTANCE and even ENERGY may not have the same meaning in another space as they do in our material (?) space universe.
Here are some connected questions. Are thoughts a form of energy? Are thoughts related to a type of prayer? Can thoughts change things (anything)? Can thoughts affect or effect material objects? Can thoughts change anything in the future? Can thoughts be carried from one person or place instantaneously to another person or place? If so, through what medium (dimension or space) do these thoughts travel? If thoughts can travel through some medium (dimension or space) can material objects (under certain conditions) also travel instantaneously to some other place?
Now "instantaneously" refers to OUR way of reckoning time. In another space medium, a person may wander around for a good while (in that space's time) but emerge back to our space time in the same instant he left. (That is a very short, short, short time.) Or, one may spend a very short period of time in another space (time) and emerge days, weeks or years later only to find he has become a modern Rip Van Winkle.
Believe it or not, there are official records (of claims) that both of these events have taken place - many times. They have been attested to by various witnesses as well as by those to whom these things have happened. Often, these things happen in and around ghost type of events, fairy type of events and UFO type of events. Now we must figure out how to make these things happen on our terms and at our discretion. Who knows, this may be the route to the stars. Have others already established the fact that they can control and navigate in these other dimensions or spaces?
To illustrate some of the problems with the concept of time travel I have written a story, THE TROUBLE WITH THE TIME MACHINE. In today's paper there is an article in which some scientists of good repute have stated that a time machine can indeed be built. There are many philosophical problems which surround this concept and I am sure you could rip off several while you read this. However, I have looked only at some of the scientific, physical and mathematical problems, which surround the concept of time travel.
I do not say we cannot travel through time. I do say the physical and mathematical problems associated with the concept must be fully explored before any attempt is made especially to send something living through time.
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read the story, THE
TROUBLE WITH THE TIME MACHINE click here.
Now! I hope I have answered all your questions about time, about time, about time, about time, about time. . . .
Copyright:04/15/02