*Past, Present and Future

By Peter Windsheimer
Neither is there a smallest part of what is small, but there is always a
smaller (for it is impossible that what is should cease to be). Likewise
there is always something larger than what is large.
Amaxagoras (500BC-428BC)
God made a universe that is able to make itself
Teilhard de Chardin

Traditionally, humankind separates time into

past, present and future. A future event that comes
into fruition is considered a present event and once
the event concludes, it becomes a past event.
However, upon close observation, we realize that
there

is

no

continuum.

present
The

only

event

in

conditions

the

time-space

that

can

be

monitored by a rhythmic device are the past and

present events. Although we can materially only
know the existence of the past as reality does not
render

the

future

non-existent.

Since

we

are

physically bound to time and space continuance, we

have no conscious perception of future events until
they become a past event. However, that fact does
not make it less real than past events. Basically past
and future events do not physically exist altogether,
regardless of the fact that we have memories of

perceiving future events in becoming past events

through our consciousness, which only exists in the
present tense. One could argue that the present
tense is the only aspect of time and space that is
real.

Even though, the presence or NOW does not

exist physically, it is the one point that is perceived
as real, however without containing space or time.
The present tense does not contain time. Even a
nanosecond (109 seconds) has a beginning and an
end and while the nanosecond is passing, part of it
lies in the past and the other part in the future.
Therefore, the present tense is not within a time
range. Just like the center of a rotating sphere.
Mathematically, there is a center. However, this point
is conceptual and therefore occupies no space. This
point is the mere location of the center and since it is
not an object, it contains neither space nor time.
Hence it does not rotate with the sphere itself.

The German physicist and Nobel Price laureate,

Max Planck, discovered what is called Planck Time,
Planck Length and Planck Mass, the smallest units for
anything physical to occur. Plank length is 1.6 x 10-35
meters (the United States uses a decimal point
instead of a decimal comma). That is the smallest

physically measurable unit that lends validity to time,

space and gravity. Planck Length coincides with Plank
Time. Planck time, 5.39121 1044 seconds, the
smallest quantum that gives causality in our universe
validity.

Consequently,

the

cause

and

effect

phenomenon occupies time and space, however

small those quanta may be. We can see that we
wont be able to tackle the phenomenon of present
tense on a physical level. In our physical universe,
cause and effect cannot take place simultaneously.
Cause and effect are separated by a time-like
interval that moves from the future to the past
without

clear

separation

of

present

tense.

Technically, we cannot determine, where the cause

stops and the effect takes place; they blend together
like the colors of the sky at sunset.

The cosmic speed limit is 299,792.458 meters per

second. This limit is reserved for phenomena that are
without

mass

(Photons

are

energy

particles).

Anything beyond this speed would violate causality,

since no effect can happen before the cause. A
simple demonstration would be a signal or a
message sent through space at lets say twice the
speed of light. The message would simply be
received, before it was transmitted. Special relativity
does not permit communication faster than the

speed of light, without violating causality. Everything

that exists is in motion and without a clear distinction
of the concept of a physically present tense.
This is the place, where the concept of the NOW
in the hermetic sense comes to play. According to
Bardon, the Now is related to the Akasha principle.
This principle exists, just like the present (NOW),
without

time

and

space.

Akasha

is

basically

conceptless or lacking any concept, relative to our

physical

senses

and

consciousness,

our

understanding and intellect. Its state is beyond

existence of anything created and exists in our
universe. As created beings, we cannot conceptualize
the moment, the universe came into being (the big
bang was not really a bang in the sense of a burst),
because

only

existing

being

could

observe

something existing or in the process of being

created. However, there was nothing created, before
creation to acknowledge the first step of creation. In
this case, the cause that caused the first move in
creation does not exist. It lies within the uncreated
Akasha.

Pondering upon a prime cause is futile for our

human minds. A created being cannot analyze that
which is not. There is no electric or magnetic Akasha

(positive and negative). Since the idea of Akasha

cannot be understood with our minds the created
cannot understand the uncreated our language
dictates to circumscribe Akasha with familiar terms.
Out of necessity, the first step of creation is the
point, the beginning, which is in our case, present
tense, a moment so to speak that is timeless
and spaceless. I point that occupies no time and no
space, but the concept of centrality. If we could
remain in the true present tense, we would exist in a
state of Akasha, without beginning and without end.
Once our universe ceases to exist, including other
spheres, it will be as if nothing ever existed. Then,
our universe will be irrelevant, just as it was before
existence. This is the reason, why our path shall be
the one that embraces Akasha, become as the noncreated.

Otherwise,

existence

as

we

know

it

physically and spiritually, becomes without meaning.

A Collection of Interesting Numbers

At light speed: 3.3 nanoseconds per 1 meter
0.0000000033 seconds/m
0.000000001 seconds/ft = one billionth second
Light speed: 299,792,458 meters per second.
This is how a meter is defined.
One nano second = 0.000000001 second

One "nano-light-second" = 0.299792m

= 29.979cm = 299.79mm
= 0.98357 feet
= 0.983569ft (0.30480061m)
= 11.803 US inches.