(120.3) 11:2.11 Roughly: space seemingly originates just
below nether Paradise; time just above upper Paradise. Time, as you understand
it, is not a feature of Paradise existence, though the citizens of the central
Isle are fully conscious of nontime sequence of events. Motion is not inherent
on Paradise; it is volitional. But the concept of distance, even absolute
distance, has very much meaning as it may be applied to relative locations on
Paradise. Paradise is nonspatial; hence its areas are absolute and therefore
serviceable in many ways beyond the concept of mortal mind.
My thought is that people get the wrong idea when they read that time does not
exist on Paradise. They see it as being able to experience the past and future
all at once. But such are concepts of time only, which is not real on Paradise
as all action is volitional. Time is a reality within space, and one does not
experience anything within space on Paradise. Duration might be individually
sensed by the personality, creating a relative experience of what time might be
like on the Isle, but the movement of space does not impact anything in the
vicinity like it does with the planetary bodies within it.
There is no measuring stick outside of space to catalog the
movement of things in space, at least not in a way that is fully experiential
for a Paradise Citizen. So the question is not if Paradise Citizens can experience
all time at once, it is if they have nonsequential consciousness of sequential
acts of volition. Do they share the omniscience of Deity, at least in relation
to all acts of volition before they occur? It is doubtful. To some, it may be
true that value can be obtained from such things in a matter that deems
sequence irrelevant, but to a perfected human raised in space, continuing sequence
is inherent in one’s conscious understanding of reality.
The lack of time does not remove one’s value of past time experience,
nor does it invalidate how one sees reality. It simply means that would-be
finaliters are still conscious of and can keep a close eye on sequence and (to
some extent) duration, despite there being no reference point to refer to in
real-time. While on Paradise, nonvolitional acts cannot be observed nor used
because all variables related to the inanimate are absolute in nature. They do
not change, and thus have no events to be recorded in conjunction with one’s
sense of duration, nor set a standard for measuring said duration. Hence, no
objective time can be stated on Paradise, and it is hard (if not impossible) to
use time measurements of space as a reference point because Paradise itself is
the absolute reference point of the time-space universe. All derivations from such would be relative and non-serviceable in a realm of absolutes.
Time within space does not usually matter at all on Paradise, so it
need not be measured or even thought about unless (for instance) one were to have a
time-dependent mission requiring a temporary stay on the Isle. However, these
are rare circumstances, and do not represent what is common. On Paradise, one
values not the willed movement of impersonal things, but the will of personal
beings and all subsequent personal activities derived from such sources. Since the
impersonal motions of time-space realty has no direct impact on a being on
Paradise, all that can affect such a being is either himself/herself or the
will of another. All that can be experienced (in relation to others) is direct volitional action, or
acts of personal willpower. It is a qualitative element that is devoid of
the quantitative variables so often perceived in the time-space realms.
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