The Universe has Standard Time.
The fastest motion in the universe is the speed of light. Not only that, but the universe is moving at the speed of light.
Therefore, we are moving at the speed of light in the present moment (standard time) of the universe.
Everything we see is happening in the present moment, and only this moment exists.
You can’t have a clock or an object elsewhere at this moment. If a clock at one location has a different time than a clock at another location, they are still in the same moment of the universe.
Remember, time doesn't cause motion. Time is what a clock shows when you look at it, depending on the force of gravity.
The motion in the universe is happening at the same present moment everywhere.
Time has nothing to do with motion, except we use time to measure the motion of things.
Clocks measure the motion of Earth’s rotation and tick at the same speed. Then we use clocks to measure the speed of other things based on the speed of our clocks.
The Present Moment
The universe has an absolute age, and it's moving forward at the speed of light at the same moment everywhere.
That means nothing can move faster than the speed of light, which is the universe's speed limit.
The present moment of the universe can't move into the future, which doesn't exist.
Only the present moment exists, whether on Earth, traveling in a spaceship, or entering a black hole.
The time on clocks is misleading our minds.
Try to imagine the motion of the universe as a train. The universe is contained inside the train as the train moves at the speed of light.
The train contains all the planets, stars, and galaxies, and they can move inside the train at any speed.
However, the train supplies the power of motion and standard time (age) for every planet.
The present moment applies to everything on the train. A star is exploding at the rear of the train, and planet Earth is moving elsewhere at the exact moment.
In one billion years, we see the light from the exploding star as it reaches Earth, but the star doesn’t exist anymore.
We can’t look into the past to see the star. Nothing exists in the past except the light moving at the present moment inside the train.
It’s difficult to explain or imagine that the train moves at the speed of light, and the time (motion) inside the train moves at the present moment.
But the train isn't a physical vehicle, so imagine my story without the train. In my next book, I will work on a better image of the universe.
The Three Greek Gods of Time
The ancient Greek religion had at least three gods: Chronos, Aion, and Kairos. Chronos represented empirical time, such as the past, present, and future.
He was the embodiment of linear time and associated with the simplest version of time (e.g., birth until now).
In contrast to Chronos, Aion represented eternal time. He was closely associated with the afterlife and the cyclical nature of certain events (e.g., the seasons).
Like Chronos, the effects of Aion would apply to all people regardless of what they did, but this was different from the third god of time: Kairos.
Ancients concerned with argument and persuasion often used Kairos to explain human actions and consequences and a metaphor when describing opportune actions.
Kairos was considered the embodiment of opportunist time. Specifically, moments when action must be taken to achieve a task.
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A simple way to think of these gods is how they represent a given year: Chronos is the length of the year, Aion lives in the cycle of seasons, and Kairos means the time when one should take advantage of the weather to plant or harvest.
Interestingly, all three of these time forms are still alive in religion today. For instance, all three of these gods and their representations are essential concepts in various faiths.
Planning on Time Travel
Time travel stories are one of the most popular time concepts. The concept was imagined by H.G. Wells in 1895 when he wrote “The Time Machine.”
There's a lot of love for the idea of time travel in many media: movies, tv shows, comics, books, etc.
However, time travel doesn’t exist in Greek Mythology, and mythological creatures or deities have no mention of time travel.
I only mention it because of the fascination with time that grew out of Einstein's relativity, which I have falsified at least to my satisfaction.
It's up to you to make peace with your time travel plans.
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I'm going to publish my book next month. Get ready to learn more about time and how it works.
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Erik