One of the most difficult aspects of our human experience for us to grasp within our mind is the concept of time. This is primarily because our human mind, itself, is locked into the time-space matrix of our planet. Thus, it is not able to observe the nature of time from outside of the experience of time. Because of the manner in which we measure time with calendars and clocks, it has the appearance of having begun in the infinite past, and of proceeding to an infinite future.

Albert Einstein was one of the earlier modern-day scientists to seriously ponder the nature of time. His fascination with the speed of light ultimately led him to the development of his "theory of relativity." Unfortunately, this theory doesn't provide much help to the average person understanding the nature of time. Nikola Tesla, in the latter years of his life, apparently did a considerable amount of experimentation regarding the nature of time. Unfortunately, much of that work has yet to become available in the public domain.

Early in my metaphysical studies, one of my other-dimensional teachers made the statement that "time does not pass through us; but rather, we pass through time". He went on to suggest that we envision time as being like a very long table. From outside the realm of time, we could thus look down upon this table and see that all time exists simultaneously. If, from that vantage point, we were pondering the possibility of incarnating into human embodiment, we could look down upon the table of time and select an appropriate entry point and exit point. Thus we could live through a segment of time that would provide us the type of experiences that would assist our evolutionary development. In choosing a "subsequent" incarnational experience, we might select a time segment that was either "prior to" or "later than" the first incarnational experience, as measured by calendars within the human realm. From this perspective, the idea that we may have already lived "future lives" here on Earth is more plausible.

Although this table analogy is helpful, it does not take into account the cyclical, or spiral, nature of time. To add that perspective, let's consider another analogy.

Cycles of Time: An Analogy

In the early days of the invention and development of the phonograph, sound tracks were recorded on the surface of cylinders, rather than the familiar disk-shaped phonograph records. This is illustrated in the picture. Let's consider one of these recording cylinders to illustrate the nature of time.

To record sounds on such a cylinder, it was rotated as a recording stylus imprinted the sound vibrations on a track within the surface layer of the cylinder. To record an entire cylinder, the stylus would begin on one end of the cylinder, and gradually move toward the other end as the cylinder continued to rotate. Consequently, with each revolution of the cylinder, the stylus would move slightly toward the end of the cylinder, and thus not record on top of the previous recording track. Therefore, the resulting overall recording track is in the form of a spiral, starting at one end of the cylinder, and winding around the surface of the cylinder until it comes to the other end.

Time here on Earth is very much like the spiral on the recording cylinder. One complete revolution of the cylinder represents 20 years of Earth time. This is determined by the "nutational" rate of the axis of our planet Earth.

Nutation

Let's interrupt our phonograph analogy at this point to consider the nature of "nutation". In the section entitled, "Dimensional Shift of Earth", we discussed the concept of "precession". But precession is only part of the story. As the axis of the Earth moves through one precessional arc every 26,000 years, there is a secondary motion, known as nutation . This secondary motion is in the form of a slight "nodding" motion as the axis of the Earth proceeds around the precessional circle. This nodding motion superimposes small "rosettes" on the circular pattern of precession. There are 1300 of these "nutations" in every complete circle of precession. Thus, one nutational cycle is completed every 20 years.

Returning to our analogy, let's imagine that as we record on the cylinder, it completes 1,300 revolutions as the recording stylus progresses from the start point at one end to the complete point at the other end. Thus, we now have 1,300 spiral tracks from one end of the cylinder to the other. Relating this analogy to the nature of Earth time, we now have a cylinder with 1,300 spiral tracks around the surface, each representing 20 years of Earth time. Thus, the entire cylinder represents 26,000 years, which equates to one cycle of "precession" for the axis of the Earth.

Time Locks

As a soul enters into incarnation on Earth, a "time lock" is established within the structure of the soul to keep the soul's framework of reality in its appropriate time track. If it were to accidentally slip forward or backward into an adjacent time track, the soul's sense of reality would suddenly be shifted 20 years into the future or into the past, respectively. Following is an example which illustrates this point.

The Philadelphia Experiment

During World War II, a research project was established to explore the possibility of making war ships invisible to enemy radar. This project later became known as the "Philadelphia Experiment". The concept that was used in the experiment was to generate a very powerful electromagnetic field, with the intent to create a shield around the ship. Thus, radar pulses would not be reflected back to the enemy radar receivers.

A warship, the USS Eldridge, was selected for the experiment. The equipment was installed, and after a few preliminary tests, the primary experiment was scheduled for August 12, 1943. The ship was anchored in Philadelphia harbor. Some of the test crew members were on board the ship, while others were at the control center on shore. When the switch was thrown, the ship became invisible to radar for slightly over a minute. Then a blue flash occurred, and the ship disappeared from visual sight. It was gone for 4 hours. Immediately after the flash occurred, two of the crewmen who were on board the ship jumped overboard. But instead of landing in Philadelphia harbor, they landed on the grass at the Army base on Montauk Point, Long Island. When they were met and questioned by military personnel, they learned that they were now in August 1983, not August 1943 . It was discovered that the powerful electromagnetic field had created a fissure in the time-space fabric, and they had been catapulted across two 20-year time tracks. In other words, relating this back to our analogy of the early phonograph cylinder, it would be as though the stylus had been bumped, causing it to skip across two grooves on the cylinder.

Unfortunately, when the ship re-materialized in the Philadelphia harbor four hours after its disappearance, some of the crew members were imbedded in the steel bulkheads of the ship. Virtually all of the crew members were severely mentally disoriented.

The 320,000 Year Spiral

Once again, let's now go back to our analogy of the cylinder with 1,300 spiral tracks. To help us visualize this, let's assume that instead of a recording cylinder, it is like a "slinky", with 1300 spirals. We previously indicated that 1300 spirals represents one precessional cycle of the axis of the Earth. Not let's expand this analogy, and place 12 such slinkys together end to end, such that the spiral of one slinky continues right onto the spiral of the next. We now have 15,600 spirals, each representing 20 years, or a total of 320,000 years.

Now, let's now take this analogy one step farther. Let's imagine that we have a very large cylinder, and let's wrap the long "slinky", with 12 connected segments, around this larger cylinder, such that it makes just one complete loop around the cylinder. In other words, this 320,000 year segment of time represents one loop around the large cylinder, just like a 20 year segment of time represents one loop around the small cylinder. Thus, we see that time is really constructed of spirals around spirals

Correlation with Astrology

Interestingly, this concept of time tracks very nicely with the science of astrology. Each astrological age consists of 26,000 years. For example, for the past 26,000 years, we have been in the Picean age, and we are now transiting into the Aquarian age. In another 26,000 years from now, we will transit into the age of Capricorn. And continuing on around through the 12 astrological ages, 320,000 years from now we will have completed one loop on the large spiral of time, and once again be transiting into the age of Aquarius.

Correlation with the Evolutionary Cycle

In the section entitled, "Introduction", we indicated that the long evolutionary cycle we are soon to complete actually began 480,000 years ago, or one and one-half loops of time on the large spiral. But even more interesting, we indicated that sentient beings (humanity and cetaceans) were introduced to Earth approximately 300,000 years ago, or virtually at the beginning of the loop on the large spiral of time that we are now completing.

Galactic Synchronization of Time

Up to this point, we have been considering the nature of time as it exists within the domain of Earth. If we leave Earth, we are no longer linked into the time-space fabric of Earth. The same is true of every planetary system. Each has its own unique time-space fabric. However, there is a need for synchronization between the time domains of all planetary systems within a galaxy, in order to enable interplanetary travel without becoming "lost" in time. Let's consider a related analogy.

In a modern telecommunications network, most of the transmission systems and switching systems are based on time-division concepts. For example, a stream of information bits comes into a switching system via a transmission channel, and each bit is switched to a particular line or trunk based on its "time-slot", related to a zero-point time reference. In order to sustain a coherent system, each switching system must be synchronized to a common zero-point time reference. If a switching system loses its synchronization, chaos results.

The same concept applies to the synchronization of the time domains of the various planetary systems within a galaxy. Were it not so, one would not have a common time reference point when entering the time domain of a particular planetary system, and chaos would thus result. The frequency of the Galactic time synchronization pulses is 2,856 pulses per Earth second. As indicated, all planetary system within the galaxy utilize these pulses as a reference for the synchronization of their respective time domain.

Nikola Tesla was involved in the early stages of the Philadelphia Experiment. However, he removed himself from the project as he began to realize the magnitude of the risks involved. But before he left the project, he recognized the need for time synchronization in order for the experiment to be successful. He designed a "Zero Time Generator" which was synchronized with the Galactic time pulses. This generator was placed on board the USS Eldridge, with the intent to maintain time stability within the electromagnetic shield being generated around the ship. Under normal circumstances it is quite probable that this Zero Time Generator would have provided the needed time stability. However, the rupture which resulted in the time-space fabric resulted in time destabilization within the field.

Time Travel

For a discussion on the nature and the experience of traveling through time, please see the section entitled, "Time Travel".

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