At one point I thought of a possible clock/watch design that could show these different bands of time at once, showing the time of the linear “now” moment, along with the stretch of time the celestials could be inhabiting. In my mind, this was done through the display of various rings or concentric circles (with different colors) and time measurements on the side. I wasn’t sure if I was imagining something from science fiction or a real morontia machine, but either way, it didn’t really solve the issue of understanding time from a higher perspective. The original posts:
"This was a quick dive into my imagination. I was rethinking the circle, which became the front of a cylinder. I began looking at its side and rolling it. How can I change these dimensions? I saw the top, bottom and side at once. The shape was collapsing in on itself. I switched it around and thought of a clock. A shape always expanding, like zooming into fractal geometry. This was a time device. The shape expanded on the front and collapsed in on itself in the back, but it was completely flat. There were no sides. The expanding image showed the current time. Every measurement of time on the face could be maneuvered in. This was a representation of time bands, all aspects of the now constantly in motion, expanding outward. It was like a colored radar, but instead of a single line moving around the screen, circles pulsed out from the center. This was a multidimensional time travel watch."
"It has this dual function where each hour appears as a circle (creating a long "ping") expanding from the center. When the hour (let's say 7:00) reaches the outer edge, it disappears as 8:00 appears in the middle. There would be a horizontal measurement of the minutes. When used from a higher time band, the circle would then represent how much of our time a person could manipulate (go back and forth through). For this form, there would be a fixed circle in the middle used for human time. The individual's time would be represented by another circle. If the second circle gets closer to the middle dot, they are going back in time. If the circle expands closer to the outside, they are moving into the future."
"I had a new idea for the item. What I wanted to do was understand these higher bands of time that the midwayers and angels so easily know and experience. The problem is, the higher band you are on, the more flexible time may be. This probably means that while a secondary midwayer could go one or two hours in the past or future, a primary may go three or four. This is just an example though, and there are most certainly things midwayers cannot change, such as our free will decisions once we make them. Anyway, the face of the clock would get too cluttered with all of this information, so there needs to be a face for each band of time, which will be projected outward as a hologram. If you have seen the (CGI) holograms in Ironman or Pacific Rim, you would have an idea what I was thinking. Each would be a different color, and would create a cylinder in the air (which could be condensed or removed altogether). However, time may actually be better represented if the faces increased in size, creating a cone or funnel shape."
While getting ready for work, I got an idea of a new model of time and how those may experience it. I have no idea if I was the direct source or if it was someone else. The model may not even be right, but I would at least like to describe the idea. It is basically an upside down triangle, cone or pyramid. The bottom point is the now moment that is experienced at our level – the incredibly inflexible present moment. This pyramid has layers, and those finding themselves at a higher layer have a room of freedom that is theoretically measurable on the diagram. Right above our band of time is a layer that is slightly larger, and within it the midwayer in question can inhabit an area of time that we are not a part of in our world (or at least do not consciously experience at that moment). However, the effects of the midwayer’s activities can impact the present moment. A line can still be drawn from their current position to the bottom point of the pyramid. If his or her actions do not impact the physical world, the “line of influence” leaves the pyramid itself, failing to manifest itself in time-space in a way that impacts those experiencing the lower band of time. However, those of a higher band can be impacted, as they can experience or observe everything going on in the band below them. Thus, these lines of influence do not necessarily start at the point of existence that being is operating on.
These plot points can act more like the center of the line. The only question is whether the line of influence is straight no matter which way it is pointing. If it is pointing toward the now we experience, then it can either influences the past or future now which the higher beings can operate on. One more thing to realize is that this pyramid is not real in structure, only in how the bands operate. Basically, the pyramid is moving, and the bands inside the pyramid leave a straight and definite trail that becomes recorded history. The last thing I’ll mention is that the very top band is inhabited by God, and this contains all past, present and future. In reality, if you could may this idea out, it would not look like a triangle, but a very odd shape.
There is also one more way of looking at this time concept, and that is a thing of experience. Time, for the most part, may be uniform, but the experience of it doesn’t have to be. If time is simply the measurement of events, then the celestials may simply be capable of performing far more tasks in less time and can also multitask far better than we can. A band of time may really be the ability to manipulate, experience or know multiple events at once, or perhaps this is simply what one can do when inhabiting a higher band than us.
A basic model of this pyramid is provided below (click for full size):
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