Time does not exist?

Like everyone else, I lived in a house bricked up with seconds and minutes, weekends and New Year's Days, and I never went outside until I died, because there was no other door. 

Now I know that I could have walked through walls.

Peter S. Beagle, The Last Unicorn (1963)

The phrase has become something of a mantra of the brave new world that many people feel we're heading to but nobody really knows where it is, what it is, when it is. You'll find it plastered all over different forums and blogs and websites dealing with the enigma of Time (or rather, with our unwillingness to accept the seemingly inevitable loss of everything and everyone we hold dear): Time does not exist (often accompanied by a jubilant exclamation mark or two).

 
It is understandable that the discussions ensuing such a statement rarely lead to a satisfying answer. Semantics gets in the way.  

You see, "time" most definitely does exist. If it didn't, you wouldn't be sitting in that chair of yours right now. Or anywhere, for that matter.
For what we call "time" is our perception of duration, of sequences in which any given event unfolds.

There is no "time" outside our perception; that much appears to be true.

But we are bound - perhaps not inevitably (which is the whole point of this blog) - to this mode of perception, and "time" is the name of this mode of perception - no more, no less.
 

What a bore this post is, right? :)

Still, if it can help you avoid unproductive pitfalls and wild goose chases in the future, the time I invested in it will be more than worth it. 

And if it can make you think - really, really think - about the true weight of words, the building blocks of the stage on which we perform our lives, both internally and externally, the building blocks of the prison that makes our physical existence possible, I will have earned some serious bonus points in eternity. :-)
 

Just in case you do want to read an interesting discussion about the (non)existence of Time, go here.

And, of course, do not miss this post: The End of Time?

You have control over your timeline

That's what a woman called Inelia Benz (among others) is claiming.
 

It's the first time I've heard of her. She comes across as quite likeable, but I am reserving judgement on the veracity of her claims. (Not that the timeline part sounds particularly outlandish to me.)

She does talk about "them" and "enslavement", which is not necessarily how I see things (conspiracy talk usually repels me). Then again, there are many things in this blog that I do not necessarily advocate or even believe, but are presented here for your consideration (or just entertainment).

If you're interested - and she does speak in a lively manner, easy to listen to - go here. 

"Each individual on this planet has control over their timeline"

The part about timelines starts at 12:46 and ends at 14:00. 

P.S. The link works in some browsers and in others it doesn't. 

If it doesn't work for you, go to this address and find the link to the interview within the quote in the very first post. 
And by the way, you may find the thread in question contains many very valuable, intriguing and well thought posts, (relatively not at all) free of ignorant and aggressive adolescent bickering to be found on some other websites.
I know I found it very interesting.

EDIT (May 28, 2011): 

We have received a number of emails telling us that Ms. Benz is/was associated with Scientology. 

Personally - and I know I speak for all of us here - I don't mind anyone being associated with any movement, as long as the affiliation in question is not demonstrably and unambiguously harmful to the individual or to others. 

However, since this blog covers a subject that has direct bearing on the mind/consciousness, we feel we should alert our readers to Ms. Benz's past association with Scientology.

Here is what she had to say when asked about it (not by us):

My relationship with scientology is very different. I was in the Church in the UK for a year in 2003-4 as a staff member. I basically went in on a personal mission to learn as much as possible and then get out fast. It was pretty tough, and I emerged bruised (as many do). But I do not regret the experience. I agree with Bill [Ryan] that Hubbard was a brilliant man to begin with, and was compromised after the Church was fully established.

I've also practiced Buddhism for 14 years, I've practiced martial arts, meditation, and have conducted a lot of my own research into the best tools and methods that a person can use to raise their awareness and overall vibrational level.

No-one has a monopoly on truth, and it's all available to everyone who wants to look. Wise men and women have been teaching this for thousands of years.

Taken from here.

EDIT (June 4th, 2011): 
Don't miss our latest post, How to go to another time-line.

In God's Good Time

Here's a teaser - an excerpt - from a very interesting  text (a lecture delivered in 1977) by Philip K. Dick, titled "If You Find This World Bad, You Should See Some of the Others". 

It will tease you, certainly; or it will comfort you, annoy you, intrigue you. You decide.

The great medieval Arabic philosopher, Avicenna, wrote that God does not see time as we do; i.e. for him there is no past nor present nor future. Now, supposing Avicenna is correct, let us imagine a situation in which God, from whatever vantage point he exists at, decides to intervene into our space-time world; i.e. break through from his timeless realm into human history. But if there is only omnipresent reality from his viewpoint, then he can as easily break through into what for us is the past as he can break through into what for us is the present or future. It is exactly like a chess player gazing down at the chessboard; he can move any of his pieces that he wishes. Following Avicenna's reasoning, we can say that God, in desiring, for example, to bring about the Second Advent, need not limit the event to our present or future; he can breach our past -- in other words, change our past history; he can cause it to have happened already. And this would be true for any change he wished to make, large or small. For instance, suppose an event in our year A.D. 1970 does not meet with God's idea of how it all should go. He can obliterate it or tinker with it, improve it, whatever he wishes, even at a prior point in linear time. This is his advantage.

I submit to you that such alterations, the creation or selection of such so-called "alternate presents," is continually taking place. ...

Want to know more?
OK, just one tidbit more:

Often people claim to remember past lives; I claim to remember a different, very different, present life. I know of no one who has ever made that claim before, but I rather suspect that my experience is not unique; what perhaps is unique is the fact that I am willing to talk about it.

Want more still?
You know where to click. 

EDIT (May 18, 2011): 

The link now points to an archived copy. 

The original article appears to have been teleported to a parallel dimension.