Time
is a dimension, in the same way that height, length and breadth are
dimensions. If you consider the traditional three dimensions you find
that they appear, from your perspective to be linear, that is in
order to move from point A to point B along a plane you have to pass
through the intervening space, you travel along a line in the
direction of travel. In science fiction there has long been a dream
of moving from point A to point B without crossing the intervening
space, of moving instantaneously from one point to another. This is
the dream of teleportation. In order for this to be possible it is
necessary to suppose that rather than being linear, rather than
having to move between points, dimensions are non-linear, that is to
say that all points in a given dimension exist simultaneously and
travel between them can occur without movement along a line.
If
this is the case, and if time is simply another dimension that
operates in the same way as the other dimensions this gives rise to
an interesting proposition. It allows for the possibility that all
points in time exist as discrete points and that there is the
possibility of travel between them. This non-linear image of time
suggests that there is no past, present or future in reality, that
these are merely functions of our perception of the time dimension,
in the same way that we perceive a distance between two points in
physical space. The distance is in essence created by our perception
of it, rather than being reality per se. The article linked at the
top of this post demonstrates the progress being made in transmitting
information between two points instantaneously, through quantum
entanglement, providing evidence that reality and perception are
incongruous.
The
idea that our perceptions are at odds with physical reality is one
that has been around for many years and is generally accepted by
mainstream science, but what is less accepted is the question of
whether, under certain conditions, it is possible to modify, or
completely change our perceptions. This stems from a question over
whether our perceptions of our conscious mind in isolation or whether
we are fundamentally unable to experience the World in any way other
that that predicated by our senses. There is a suggestion that our
subconscious mind may be capable of perception independent of our
mundane senses and may allow us access to non-linear perception. This
supposes that the currently model of mind and the separation of
conscious and subconscious is correct, a supposition that is as yet
unproven. If, however, as some suggest this model is correct, and
further that the subconscious is capable of non-linear perception it
would go some way to explaining events such as deja-vu, remote
viewing, psychic phenomena and more.
If
this is the case it raises another question. If we suppose that the
subconscious mind operates in this way, is it possible to close down
the perception of the conscious mind and engage actively with the
subconscious? If this was possible, the most likely current method
would be utilising meditation and there is some evidence that
prolonged and deep meditation techniques can significantly alter the
way in which the practitioner views the World. There are anecdotal
reports of Buddhist monks who are able to appear in two places at
once, or who are considered to be able to accurately predict the
future. These would be precisely the experiences that one would
expect if the theories of the difference between perception and
reality were correct.
So,
the question is, is it possible to predict the future, read minds,
teleport and so on? It seems that, in theory at least, the answer may
well be yes.
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