So Terence McKenna did hit the nail on the head somehow
Wiki: McKenna saw the universe, in relation to novelty theory, as having a teleological attractor at the end of time, [5] which increases interconnectedness and would eventually reach a singularity of infinite complexity. He also frequently referred to this as "the transcendental object at the end of time."[5][7] When describing this model of the universe he stated that: "The universe is not being pushed from behind. The universe is being pulled from the future toward a goal that is as inevitable as a marble reaching the bottom of a bowl when you release it up near the rim.
ingveasu
A long long time ago I married an actress in Las Vegas. We had been living together for a year but this was still a spontaneous decision. I vividly remember the moment, over 30 years ago, when it was my turn to say "I Do"... every cell in my body was screaming, screaming NO, DO NOT DO THIS. It was the most unique and powerful sensation I had ever felt. I did not listen, said "I Do" and it was the single worst decision in my life, the consequences were devastating. I've often thought about that moment, that sensation and am convinced it was a future version of me reaching back to warn the then present version of me. But I didn't listen. At that moment I felt as if trapped in the middle of a swift and powerful current that had carried me to that place in that time and I could not get out. Now, today, I am left wondiering if, in a many worlds paradigm, I did listen, was able to escape the current... and how did that life unfold. Difficult to reconcile determinism with Free Will and other forces, yet to be discovered, after that experience.
astraltraveler
Gotta figure out how to stop fucking up my past!
Coronado-nzwu
Very simple. All time exists NOW. You can never escape the NOW, as a continuous now of unfoldment of creation. To think of past and/or future you are always thinking of it in the NOW, and thus bringing them both through the use of your imagination (and the neuron's firing of the brain know of no difference). So when you want to change who you are in the present, you can actively shift yourself to become a new person by IMAGINING a new past/new future, and thus you are that person, having shifted into a new (yet seemingly similar) space-time; in accordance to the limit of your belief-system and it's relevance to your over-all blueprint of reality.
Tousicle
This resonates so much. The present influences both past and future, future influences present and past and past influences present and future. All are happening at the same time.
ritariverbass
I've had 4 precognative dreams in my life about very mundane things but, without a doubt, they were NOT coincidence as the subject matter was very out of the ordinary. I know, for a fact, information from the future can "bleed" into the past and one of the most frustrating things I have ever encountered in my life is not being able to do anything with this knowledge. All I can do is "know" it to be a fact and have nobody believe me or take it seriously.
fredtaylor
I have honestly experienced retrocausality. When I was a preteen I had a dream about my future self. I remembered the lighting of the room, and what I looked like. I guessed my age, so I assumed the dream was me 12 years later. When I was 6 years older I was in a motel with some friends, and I caught myself looking in the mirror and remembered the dream in that instant, that moment, I knew I was communicating with my younger self within the dreamscape in the mirror's reflection. When I dream, I think they are just that but I also have vivid dreams, and when I have these dreams, I call them dream worlds. I feel like they are actual places different than this reality. I have had many dreams that I believe to be predictive. A sad one has already come to pass. It predicted the future over a span of time, so it predicted something that happened to me 10 years later up until the 15 years later... But yeah, I have for sure experienced retrocausality at least one. So weird communicating with your past self in reality through a dreamscape.
Artishtic
I have a neighbor couple, we are friendly but rarely talk or see each other, so not close. But friendly. Twice, about two years after they moved in, this happened. I would think of something out of nowhere to tell the husband, and so I sent him a text. In that instant after pressing send, I mean a fraction of a second, way too fast to be a reply, a text from him arrived, with a question to which I had just sent the answer. And the order and time of texts in the chain were a record proving it happened. It happened twice over about a year, then never again.
The topics were very banal.. I forget now. About our children visiting, or repairing a vehicle.
It was as if the world had a glitch or error.
bunberrier
Linear time only exists in our three dimensional experience which is a reality within a larger reality. Within this larger reality, time is not linear.
pricejoss
Years ago when I trained constantly for perception in martial art, I could successfully thwart attack blindfolded because I knew when the person would strike. I never tried to explain t anyone, always claiming reaction time and hearing, but I knew when the person would move AnD the direction of attack ahead of time.
jeffdamon
This is anecdotal but I was on a goenka vipassana meditation retreat back in February where cause and effect seemed to reverse. This was not a long or intensive retreat for me. I was observing sensations in the body and becoming very concentrated at this time in the retreat what some refer to as the “fine material realm”. I noticed that my awareness was generating the sensations themselves and at some point, I was ahead of my skies as it were, creating the whole experience from a kind of nowhere place. The transcendent experience itself was being constructed and drug forward in time by some kind of Devine desire. This was not a pleasurable experience or anything, It was scary and confusing and I had to take a walk and settle down. I’m still unclear as to the value of this insight, it leaves you nowhere without any ground to cling to.
spadeclover
Cause : Ecaus : Echos : Chose
Cause is the echo of the future.
Sound waves, electromagnetic waves, light waves rhythmically inhabit All. We are within it, on it, beneath it. As you love you (e)volve within these echoes.
barbarajarvis
The whole system is being updated as we speak at all times!
lamuska
I wish I could pinpoint the theological side that he mentioned in the beginning. The idea is that God lives in the Past, Present, and Future simultaneously. Any action undertaken by the Divine Will contains its effect: Creation, Redemption, and Sanctification are actually one action. But for us we experience it in time & space. Therefore (for us) Faith is an essential mentality for those who cannot see the effects of Divine Causation but only experience one effect at a time. In fact, there is a saying that "God restores your lost years". Pointing out the miraculous testimony of people aging in reverse, regenerating lost abilities (healings), and regaining childlike qualities when in a state of sanctifying grace.
Catholic_Fiat
"I'm hoping we run out of time before we have to talk about free And then they run out of time! Retrocausal stylee.
martinwood
i sumbled upon this idea when i was around 16. Things were going wrong with me, like karma was hitting me. i asked myslef if i was doing something wrong, I didn't, then i delve into this idea that what if im getting karma for something i will do in future, my brain showed me events that justified this theory, like soem murderers before becoming one go through trauma or extreme struggles, it's clear indication that they were paying for something they would do in future. I get it, this theory falls short when looking from a different perspective(that if im getting karma than inevitablly i will commit something bad in future) but its some sort of a paradox that i would some condition to (if you don't do something bad in future than its not a karma rather it was just struggle necessary for your growth) Listen i used to do certain stuff and i used to constantly get pain and anxiety even before doing it, now I'm n9t doing anything bad(im super disciplined) and I'm also n9t getting any pain or anxiety, it just points at this paradox for me( that its truth, try to apply it to your situation and share)
amelioratepsych
The question of free will will get answered when they come to terms with the fact that its all one closed mechanism and every decision on each level simultaneously alters the other ones... its just one being making all the decisions from a million different perspectives. So... in a way its only one entity deciding, as you and me and everybody else... now, in the future, and in the past... all the same thing, deciding for itself through the preferences it hods from each focus point in consciousness and time. Each cell within your body can also be seen as a singular entity making own decisions... to die off, to develop cancer or to throw a party with some other cells. But ultimately, your cells are you and nothing outside of you - see what Im saying?
aleckirsten
'Reality' is a state-machine.
The present is merely the current 'state' of the machine.
As all state-machines, one state progresses to the next in a linear fashion according to a set of rules.
The 'stuff' of reality is the storage mechanism of the state (information theory).
ONLY the present state exists as it as stored in this 'stuff'.
The reality state machine utilizes many probability/Bayesian/shortcut algorithms (similar to video games) to calculate the updates between states.
Unlike our intuition, the 'present' state of the machine has some "thickness", likely due to the state of the machine updating in a rolling fashion, as opposed to all at once.
This essentially means that there is a rolling window of 'moments' that are the 'present' (though this terminology doesn't really fit).
The more distant the 'moment', the less 'resolution', and the more 'shortcuts' are used to store it.
The more shortcuts, the less "solid" the 'past' and the less "solid" the 'future' moments become.
This is where the many-worlds interpretation gets it right, as due to the 'thickness' and 'shortcuts' there are multiple 'futures' and 'pasts' which could resolve into the 'present', all of which are 'real': the system doesn't care which is 'real/true' as they equally resolve and remain roughly consistent.
QBism gets this part correct.
The realists are also correct, in that one can think of the 'present state' as that which is currently stored in the 'stuff' as 'collapsed'.
The photon can be both a wave and a particle due to the fact that the measurement, when checked, is in the 'past', which doesn't exist except as a more distant part of the 'thickness' of the 'present' and is thus subject to the 'shortcuts', as only the 'stuff' is available for storage of the current 'state'.
The 'thickness' is not uniform, and extends precisely to the point at which the data is needed to render the 'present' as roughly consistent, and as soon as the data is not needed, is discarded and no longer exists/is no longer in the 'thick present'.
Not my analogy, but think of the 'thickness' as the currently burning portion of a cigarette, it exists and progresses forward but is not a "slice" as we currently think of 'the present".
The past does not exists, and is in flux, and will readjust itself based on the specific "measurements" made, across time and space, such that the measurements remain consistent.
The future is similarly adjusted.
All of the above is rambling gobblygook that you are unlikely to find enlightening or useful, thanks for watching.
_SimpleSam
yes! the big bang is YET TO COME! i've been telling my subs things make much more sense once you recognize today's events are ripples from (echoes of) future events! this is what i found over the past 2-years with my research into isometrix, a method of event prediction based on historical dates of similar events.
anglodath
I dont think it's philosophical at all, it's more in the realm of biological defense mechanisms and survival. Some insects have the capacity to slow down time, and some almost instantaneously reacts to stimulus. Ive also encountered a research paper about dragonflies predicting the path of their prey even before it happens. So this is not too far fetch in the evolutionary sense.
