Second Coming the novel: Extending the Entertainment

What is the nature of time?

In the novel, Paul Genet tells his story to the abbot of a monastery he seeks to join. After Paul finishes, the abbot asks Paul questions to further help decide whether to admit him or not. Here, Paul comments on the nature of time. —Editor

Abbot: What is time?

Paul: Haven’t you heard? Time is what keeps everything from happening at once. That’s supposed to be funny, but what’s funny is that everything does happen at once.

How so? In a non-local¹ quantum universe, all things are One through balance. All events are the cause of all other events simultaneously in a universe operated by balance. To experience past-future, you must break the symmetry of balance. With two or more (Many), time and space manifest.²

How do you break the symmetry of balance? All you need is a processor with sufficient capacity. A human brain will do. Once you distinguish between self and other, you have broken the symmetry of all things One through balance. My friend, Preacher John, says, “Time is the effect of self-other (subject-object) split.”

The second law of thermodynamics, acting on our physical brain, gives us the experience of time flowing. This is why the “arrow of time” only points toward the “future.” However, because all events exist simultaneously in a non-local balanced universe, it is possible, in principle, to experience any time or any place. Of course, such an experience would be an essential part of balance. All events are necessary—and none are contingent—in a non-local quantum universe.

Paul realizes balance determines all things instantly | Paul experiences ancient and present time simultaneously

Balance as the operating principle of the universe | Balance as the non-local hidden variable of quantum physics

Of interest on the web regarding the nature of time:

“Any successful merger of quantum theory with general relativity will inevitably describe a universe in which, ultimately, there is no time.” Discover Magazine

Second Coming protagonist, Paul Genet, answers questions about his universe:

Why is there something rather than nothing?

What is the true nature of existence?

Does life exist elsewhere in the universe?

Will there ever be a coherent theory of quantum gravity?

Is the universe a computer?

Are superstrings the theory of everything?

Is Schrödinger's cat both alive and dead in a balanced quantum universe?

Does God exist in the balanced universe of Paul Genet?

What is the origin of language?

¹ Non-local in quantum physics means instant connections across the universe as if time and space did not exist. Scientific experiments since 1982 have verified non-local connections which Einstein called “spooky action at a distance.” Of course, instant connections are not spooky at all if you view all things as One through balance. —Editor

² Nobel Prize-wining physicist Richard Feynman once tried to imagine the universe as existing with only a single electron. He quickly realized that radiation exchange would be impossible for a single electron. One is the same as Nothing. Something is only possible with two or more. Thus, One and Many—Nothing and Something—are binaries, each necessary in defining the other as left is necessary for right and up is necessary for down. —Editor