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Science and Spirituality

Time Machine Could Be Real!

We are all familiar with the three phases of time – the past, present and future. This division is necessary because of the exponential order of magnitude of the difference between the speed of time and that of the flow of events in Nature. If this gap is removed, the division of time will also lose its existence. Only the present tense would be possible and relevant in that case.

Every activity in this world begins with the present tense, later on it becomes the past experience. The existence of life manifests with the advent of what is its present moment. But the flow of time proceeds extremely faster than that of life. As a result, the experiences of life also get distributed in the past and the future intervals of time. There is nothing absolute in this world. Realization of every movement, every expression, every activity, is relative with respect to time in the physical manifestation of Nature. Only the eternal, omnipresent, subliminal existence of Brah® is absolute. Its expression is not bounded by any dimension. Time or space has no meaning with respect to the ever existent, ultimate truth.

Wherever we experience the existence of the division of time, we would also find the difference between the flow of what we perceive or conceptualize and the flow of the time instant in which we realize it. If we could somehow control or eliminate this difference and catch the other ends (the past or the future) of time to experience the present, we might bridge the division of time phase. We could experience the future as naturally as we do the present, if we moved with the speed of time ahead. Similarly, if we could backtrack the movements of our life or tune it in the opposite direction of time, we would reach in the past tense in the present moment of our life. The (spiritual) masters of the deeper science of consciousness are known to successfully experiment with such experiences in the subliminal horizons of life. However, at times ordinary people too seem to reach in a distant phase of the past or the future all of a sudden and experience the reality of the ‘fictitious’ Time Machine.

Martin Rhone has reported one such incredible but true incident of a voyage beyond the barrier of time in his book “Prophesy of Our Time” (c.f. page 142). September 4, 1956! Mr. and Mrs. Paul McCohen, residents of Inglewood, California had reached Grand Canyon to spend their holidays. In the evening, while they were relaxing in the lawns of their hotel, the couple saw Mrs. Nash and her family passing through the nearby street with their kids and luggage. Both the ladies had become

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good friends since they had traveled together a year before. Mrs. McCohen did not call her friend today, thinking that she might be tired of the journey.

The next morning, while returning from a promenade after breakfast, they saw the Nash family in the balcony of a rest house. They went in to meet these friends. The Nash couple was taken by a surprise when Mrs. McCohen told that she and her husband had seen them arriving the last evening, because they were in some other town at that time; they had arrived at Grand Canyon only about an hour before in the morning. “But how is that possible, we had seen you all from such a close distance? We did not call you assuming that you were probably tired” – the McCohens were stunned now! They could even describe the type of outfits that Mr. and Mrs. Nash were wearing and the luggage they and the kids were carrying, etc, as they were looking at this family till the latter crossed the street. Surprisingly, their description was indeed correct except that this family passed through that street this morning and not in the previous evening as experienced by the McCohens.

Citing this experience in a report of the “American Society for Psychical Research”, Mrs. McCohen writes that –”it was such a clear and lively experience of the future in the present …, we still can’t believe that it did not happen when we saw it happening…”. But, “how could she and her husband reach the future almost seventeen hours in advance?” This remained a mystery forever! M. Bruce discusses a similar incident in his popular reportage on “The Silent City of Alaska”. A group of tourists headed by the Duke of Abruzzi had gone for trekking on the coastal mountains of Alaska in the summer of 1897. They climbed the picturesque hills of Saint Elias one afternoon. While they were crossing a plain region between the hills, they saw an old city. In the words of C.W. Thornton, a member of the trekking group –– “the buildings, the streets, the trees, everything was so clearly seen by all of us that we could not resist the attraction of photographing it. But we found nothing, as we reached that spot. The city (its scene) had disappeared. The stunned members still kept talking about what they had seen. Some argued that the buildings were a part of the old city of Bristol in England. For others, it was a sight of the ancient city of Alaska. Whatever be the case, one thing was sure that what they saw as real did not exist in the present. This hilly region was not inhabited by any one since past fifty years or so and was still the same that day!

Significantly, several other tourist groups have also experienced the same in the valley of these mountains. It is said that the mysterious city of the ancient times reappears momentarily every year sometime between 21 st June and 10 th July. It is argued by some researchers that the region seems to have some hidden force that gets activated in the above period of time and pulls the people and everything existing there in the past behind a long span of time; this is how people experience the distant past as a reality of the present in that state.

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Scientific theory also accepts the possibility of such experiences – beyond the reach of the present. Mathematical physics describes several dimensions (horizons of existence) of time. According to this theory, if someone reaches into the higher dimensions of the time of realization of a particular incident or an event associated with a place or a person, he would be able to experience the corresponding instance of the past or the future as happening in the present. More specifically, the past, present and future exist in a continuous linear segment in one horizon of time. However, they might intersect, exist along directions making an acute angle, or get superimposed in some other dimension. Mathematical theory also affirms it and indicates the possibility of reaching higher dimensions of existence. These could be understood in terms of geometry as realization of the well-known threedimensional (3D-) space from a zerodimension (dimensionless) single point.

Suppose a subtle particle (or a dimensionless point) is moving in a particular direction in space-time, it forms a single dimension (say length). If another line of this kind is drawn in the 3D-space in the orthogonal direction in the same horizon of time, the two together will form a two dimensional plane. If another plane is drawn with the help of one of these lines and a line orthogonal to both, then the two planes together, in the same span of time, form a three dimensional volume in the space (with length, height, and width). This process could also be reversed. If the motion of this process is reversed then the three-dimensional existence would reduce to a point. A cross-section of a 3-dimensional object gives a region in 2-dimensional plane. Successive cross sections of this plane would eventually become a straight line. Smaller and smaller segmentation of the latter by successive cross sections would ultimately reduce into a dimensionless point. This theory implies that a three-dimensional object should also be a cross section of a four-dimensional one and so on.

There is an anecdote in the epic Mahabharat. Pandavas were defeated in gambling by Kauravas and were sent to exile. Duryodhan, the Kaurava prince was a shrewd fellow. Along with an accomplice he followed them into the dense forest. He got a tent erected for himself with all his pomp and show and set out for hunting wild animals. In the forest lived a Yaksha with his family. Duryodhan’s men misbehaved with the Yaksha and his family. The Yaksha fought Duryodhan and his soldiers and made him a prisoner for his deeds. When Yudhisthir heard about it, he called his brothers and said “Our cousin Duryodhan is in danger and we must help him”. Bhima and Arjuna were not at all in his favour and at once said “Duryodhan is our enemy. It is because of him that we are here in this condition. He has never respected brotherhood .We should have no mercy for him; let him die.” Yudhisthir said “It’s true that Duryodhan always showed ill will and disrespect towards us. He is full of vengeance but above all he is our brother. We should stand strong and united against outsiders or else they will utilize these differences and benefit from it.” All the four brothers agreed to Dharmaraj Yudhisthir’s words. They defeated the Yaksha and rescued Duryodhan and also taught him the lesson of united family.

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In other words, if a 3D-object is moved in a specific manner, in a specific direction of existence, then it would constitute a 4Dstructure. This possibility has been proved by rigorous mathematics. However, it should be noted here that different movements, projections, or rotations of a 3D-object in the 3D-space (the ‘physical’ space, as we recognize it) would not constitute a new dimension. These will remain in the same 3D-space despite different views in different co-ordinate systems. Theoretical Physicists have resolved this paradox by defining time as the fourth dimension. Whatever we see or process in the three dimensional space is therefore a crosssection of its four-dimensional existence, the 4 th dimension of time remains invisible to us because what we see in the present moment is only a cross section (in the 3D physical space) of its 4D-existence.

The experts further argue that if a square is moved up and down up to some height, it will generate a cubical shape (in space). If this “hypothetical cube” were moved in the 4 th dimension of time, it would generate a 4Dstructure. It should be understood again that such a motion in the 4 th dimension (of time) exists, although we cannot visualize it in the 3D-space around us. Thus, for us this motion would take place in an ‘invisible’ direction.

One might doubt – “could there be a possibility of other kinds of motions – in other dimensions too?” Yes, such postulates are also analyzed by several groups of scientists. For instance, consider the invisible relative motion, which every element, every being, on the earth has got. Even if something appears static here, it is actually moving with the speed (and in the direction of the motion) of the earth. But, this is a latent motion because of the relativity. Thus, every 3D-object on the earth in the visible world around us is a cross section of an absolutely ‘hypothetical’ object whose 4 th dimension – the duration of time, is associated with the continuous spinning of the earth (and of every object existing on it).

Similarly, the motion of the earth around the sun and that of the sun around the center of the galaxy, motion of the galaxy around another cosmic center, …., etc, are the higher dimensions of existence. The existence of every object in the space is inseparable from these continuous motions. Although we do not experience them, these motions are scientifically proven realities. All these motions and multiple dimensions of cosmic existence could be realized with respect to the conceptualization of time as the fourth dimension.

Assuming the possible existence of time as duration, span or interval happens to be something easily perceivable or measurable by our intellect. But what could be the other realizations of time? The instances of experiencing a change, repetition, the advent or end of an event or the transformation of the visible into the invisible, etc are cited as examples in this context. The moment something happens or is created, we simply perceive its existence in the 3D-space. (Although it might have existed earlier in some higher dimensions of time!). A living being

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comes into existence with its birth. Its existence disappears with the event of death. We cannot experience its presence before birth or after death unless we see it in the dimension of time – e.g. that specified in the duration of the time spent after death till the next birth, etc.

The changes experienced by us in the visible (3D) world are in fact an outcome, compounded effect or ensemble of uncountable invisible changes. For example, look at sunrisesunset, seasonal variations, growth of a plant or a child, etc. These are the events, which are the outcomes of variations in the tiniest existence (continuous flow) of time, but we cannot see the intermediate steps. The intermediate steps of changes exist in the fourdimensional domain (of the 3-dimentsional physical space and time as the 4 th dimension) we therefore cannot experience them in the 3D space. Similarly, everything that is perceivable to us in the 3D-space has its original existence (different from what we see or experience) in the four or higher dimensional domains of existence. That originality can be experienced only in the higher dimensions. Existence of higher dimensions of time is possible, as affirmed by scientific theories. If we (our mind) could reach (grasp) these otherwise ‘subliminal’ horizons, we might experience what would be attributed as extrasensory, supernatural or ‘imaginary’ in the normal or ordinary case for anyone on the earth. We will then experience the past and the future in the present tense. There will be no barrier of time or space in that state. But…, how could one reach this state? Is it possible to reach at specific point or position in the time dimension and thus cognize the past or future of a specific person or object, etc? The answer is in the affirmative. While the modern science has proved the reality of time-dimension in theory, the science of yoga and spirituality offers the modes of experimenting and experiencing this reality through evolved consciousness.

In its dormant and maligned state, the conscious power of a human being could be declined to the level of a lower organism and he may not be able to perceive or envisage what is easily comprehended by his fellow beings. On the contrary, if refined, spiritually enlightened and evolved, the consciousness of a person could reach divine realms and know the unknown anywhere in the higher dimensions of time, in the infinity.

The finest emotion of which we are capable is the mystic emotion. Herein lies the germ of all art and all true science. Anyone to whom this feeling is alien, who is no longer capable of wonderment and lives in a state of fear, is a dead man. To know that what is impenetrable for us really exists and manifests itself as the highest wisdom and the most radiant beauty, whose gross forms alone are intelligible to our poor faculties - this knowledge, this feeling ... that is the core of the true religious sentiment. In this sense, and in this sense alone, I rank myself among profoundly religious men.

- Albert Einstein

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