pre-Otherways re-entry: on the nature of Time
Time is not a constant.
It feels that way, certainly, because we only experience it going forward. But from other perspectives, other views, you can see that it curves, doubles back, loops around itself. A moment of deja vu can actually mean you've lived this moment before, even if in linear time the moment is yet to come.
Time is not a constant. Very few things are.
One of the few constants in the universe is basic human nature, and one of the others is the basic nature of the individual. The basic nature of this individual is this: passion. Creativity. Occasional lapses in self-discipline and self-control. Fondness for waffles.
And he is about to experience deja vu.
It feels that way, certainly, because we only experience it going forward. But from other perspectives, other views, you can see that it curves, doubles back, loops around itself. A moment of deja vu can actually mean you've lived this moment before, even if in linear time the moment is yet to come.
Time is not a constant. Very few things are.
One of the few constants in the universe is basic human nature, and one of the others is the basic nature of the individual. The basic nature of this individual is this: passion. Creativity. Occasional lapses in self-discipline and self-control. Fondness for waffles.
And he is about to experience deja vu.