Pondering Time

++The Preamble++

Hey All, this is my first time posting in this community. I hope this fits the general buzz here.

The above image is a drawing that I made. The reflection I am sharing with it is a collection of thoughts that popped up during it's creation.

This is essentially a very elaborate doodle which began spontaneously and became more intentional as I trudged along. At some point in the process, I found myself quite interested in the challenge of adding 3-dimensionality to a 2-dimensional space. This got me thinking about some experiences I've had during altered states where, from my perspective, a fourth spatial axis had been thrown on top our ordinary 3d world. These moments are pretty weird and confusing, but I do think it's possible to find some some logic in them. That's what I have attempted to do here.

++The Reflection++

I’ve had the experience that some describe as “time no longer existing.” Here’s what I think is actually going on. Now and again, you’ll tweak the atomic components of your brain in such a way that your ordinary perception of space-time will explode into a phenomenon which language has not been designed to describe. You’ll see time in the same way you now see the tangible objects in front of you. It becomes another dimension of space, the present moment elongated and wrapped into a spectacular spiral. The whole history of yourself and the universe, as well as the future, are right there in front of you.

Rather than the usual scenario of your life being a constantly evolving singular moment heading in only one direction with the future unreadable and the past having slipped away forever, you glimpse the whole entire process and become eternal. Time hasn’t vanished, it’s materialised. Fear not though, for there is still a dimension through which you are moving. If the forth dimension of our reality, time, has become spatial, then the fifth dimension in this trippy place is the great expanse of all the possible variations of your life and of the universe.

You become aware of every other kind of you that there is and like a clock ticking you cycle from one timeline to the next, feeling the subtle effects of what may have happened had this decision or that decision not been made, either by you or by any one of your innumerable ancestors. You go through the motions of potentiality, seeing all that was required to get to the current you, and where you might end up if certain actions are taken or thoughts followed. You’re exploring the multiverse, or might be able to if only you could overcome the unease caused by suddenly dwelling in an eternal stillness, the nature of which takes on infinite forms.

It’s probably best to just remain calm. There are endless versions of you who have figured this out, and you can move towards them for guidance.

++Anyway..++

I hope this makes at least some sense and that it's appropriate for this particular hive zone.

If anyone has any thoughts I'd love to elaborate upon this and discuss it some more.

Thanks for having a nosy!

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