@Khethil,
It has been said that the past exists only in our memory and the future exists only in our imagination; that the only time is NOW. But we don't live in the NOW; we live only in the past. The fraction of a second which it takes for our brain to become aware of an event, puts the event in the past. By the time that our brain has processed the information which it receives from the sensors of physical feeling, hearing, seeing, smelling, tasting and touching, and from the sensors of subtle energies and emotions, the events which stimulated the sensors are history. From the awareness capabilities of humans, there is only the past and the memories of all past events have equal value with respect to when they can be recalled and in what order they can be recalled.
Humans have invented a means of associating events with the location of the Earth in its orbit around our Sun (which we call months, weeks and days), and with the rotation of the Earth relative to our Sun (which we call hours, minutes and seconds). This enables us to group events which take place simultaneously. We can record that some particular events all occurred around January 24 at 8:10 pm Eastern Standard Time, and other particular events all occurred around August 22 at 4:16 am, Pacific Daylight Time. This invention of time enables us to observe when similar events occur at regular intervals, like sunrises every 24 hours, and equinoxes every 6 month, and we can thus predict when repetitive events are likely to reoccur. The more accurate is our calender and clock system (like the Mayan calendar), then the more accurate can be our predictions.
Time, as we have invented it, is a filing system for keeping track of when particular events (changes) occur, relative to the position of our Earth and relative to other events. But that is all that time is: it is a filing system and a prediction tool. Unlike heat, light and pressure, time has absolutely zero influence on the changes which are constantly taking place in our universe. Relative to the creation and evolution of all things that make up our universe, time has no reality. It is just a figment of our imagination. Just as the concept of "maintaining the status quo" is a fantasy, so is the concept of "turning back the clock" a fantasy. We cannot stop change and we cannot maintain or re-create something which is constantly changing, which is never the same from moment to moment.
From the human perspective, there is no "future", except in the probablities we create in our imaginations. There is no "now" because, when our mind becomes aware of a change, it is already history. There is only "past" and, if we put aside the filing system we call "time," all events in the past have equal value. The events recorded in the storage devices of computers and cameras can be recalled at any time in any order, regardless of the "time label" which is associated with them. When we acknowledge our recall abilities, it is just as easy to recall and interact with memories of events which happened five thousand years ago as it is to recall and interact with memories of events which happened five minutes ago. All events placed in memory have equal value with regard to when and in what order the events can be recalled.
From a human perspective, there is no time; there is only change.
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