Time is a Funny Thing
For over 100 years underpinning our understanding of space and time has been the constancy of the speed of light as stated in the mass–energy equivalence equation, E = mc2 . "Many physicists believe that all matter is ultimately composed of trapped light. This belief is embodied in Einstein's famous E = mc2 energy/mass equation. The notion here arises from the fact that every particle of matter has a mirror-image particle of antimatter. When a particle of matter interacts with its mirror-image particle, it undergoes a process called matter/antimatter annihilation, the result of which is the production of light or massless energy. Thus, matter is trapped light," writes Dr.Fred Alan Wolf, author of Mind into Matter: A New Alchemy of Science and Spirit.
However, a group of physicists at CERN, the world's largest particle physics laboratory near Geneva, have discovered subatomic particles that move faster than the speed of light. They have confirmed this finding by replicated the test twice. Could it be that Einstein is wrong that E does not equal MC2 ? Theses finding are rocking the scientific community and have profound implications on how we understand the world we inhabit.
Einstein's theory of general relativity basically says that matter cannot exist without space and time. If any one of the three --- matter, space or time--- ceases to exist they all do. So if time stops or ceases to exist, matter and space cease to exist. Time is a funny thing. Most of us believe time is constant and that we either have too much time or not enough of it. But where does time come from?
Time is really man's attempt to create reference points and distinct boundaries. And for many, the boundaries of time are we occupy our thoughts as we either live in memory or live in anticipation of the future. Few are those who live fully Present. The energy we tap into by Being Present or Being Still (stopping of time) enables the artificial lines of separation to melt away as matter ceases to exist. This forces us to realize that distinctions are man's illusion.
Just as one cannot separate the sunrays from the sun or a drop of water from the ocean, so too man from his source. After all, we are His reflection. Our challenge is to walk in the light of realization that is captured in the first commandment. Personally, this commandment is about the Law of Inseparability. By dropping the ego we allow our life to be recentered much the same way as the sunrays relate to the sun.