Exploring the theory that time does not exist – Part 3

By admin · Monday, January 25th, 2010

To explore the theory that time does not exist leads one from Physics to Metaphysics. It is similar to the Zen Koan of whether a tree falling in a forest makes a sound if no person is present. Sound exists only in relationship to the subject and object. It is a means through which the mind or intellect of the subject is able to realise the object. So too time.

Time has no relevance without a subject and object. It does not exist but exists when a subject or object manifests. To the human mind, if the “big bang” theory describes the beginning of the Universe; the state before it can only be described as timeless. It is ethereal and eternal. Time does not exist. It encompasses the Universe and allows for the creation of matter. It leads one to the thoughts of Daisetz Suzuki – Time is time and time is timeless and time is time ‘because’ time is timeless.

So to argue that time does not exist is like arguing that God does not exist. Evidence would suggest otherwise but the more we scrutinise the topic, the more elusive the topic becomes. Humanity resides in duality. Time is a measure of that duality and many would argue so too God. Where time is a measure of the physical, God could be seen as a measure of the metaphysical. Time needs a beginning and an end: God stated, “I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end”.

If there is no duality. There can be no time. Does that state exist in Science? The answer is yes. Black holes, the theory of chaos and the big bang theory all have to contemplate that possibility. Hypothesis is the only scientific tool available as verification of any hypothesis requires the scientific method of experimentation and proof. No verifiable experiments relating to nor observations of these phenomenon are possible.

Mathematics can illustrate elaborate calculations and formula that appears to describe time. Yet by their very nature, they are merely hypothesis. Mathematics and physics deduce that: time is a constant, time is not constant given certain circumstances and time does not exist. How can time not exist? In mathematics and physics, any symbol given any value to describe any object that does not exist in a physical, quantum sense creates a non existent equation. It is possible to deduce this but does it provide actual proof? It requires faith.

The only thing left to say is that if time does not exist, God does not exist. Perhaps then, by going beyond time and God, humanity will come to appreciate the true value of both and their relationship to both.

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