i do not believe that time is linear. i believe in the everchanging and infinite and now.
as you look at the subtle mind, you see that for all the leeway you are given with free will, you are subject to that much environmental authority. and when you change your side, the universe changes in motion. like in the existentialist comedy "i heart hucklebee" for every gap between two particles exists more small particles, balanced by more small gaps.
even the guy who invented time cube is saying we are a world filled with balanced differences.
a string of lovers, always changing. each lover on the path, just a new variation of an everchanging entity, which is observable but may not be entirely discreet.