Imagine that you meet an extradimensional being.\u00a0 What’s an extra dimensional being?\u00a0 That would be someone who not only experiences the four dimensions we seem to live in (physical space and time) but enjoys a few more.\u00a0 He looks pretty normal, and might even be wearing a hat.\u00a0 However, there is one aspect of time that does not affect him the way it affects you – for him it’s not linear.\u00a0 For him, your entire life is a long licorice whip.\u00a0 He can see the start and the end.\u00a0 At any time he can take the licorice whip\u00a0 – in this case its the red kind – and he car curl it up a bit so that its all bunched up.\u00a0 Now that its bunched up he can jump to and see any part of it.<\/p>\n
So, you have a nice conversation, but as he is talking to you, he says “why do you live here?”<\/p>\n
“Here?” you ask, confused.\u00a0 “Um…”\u00a0 It’s clear that he doesn’t mean your house.<\/p>\n
“Oh” catching on, you respond, “Oh well thats how it works for us – always moving forward.\u00a0 We can’t help it.”\u00a0 Hopefully you can make him understand that we always live in this very moment as time passes.<\/p>\n
He touches your arm, and immediately you are seeing something familiar.\u00a0 Your home is gone, faded away.\u00a0 In place is a familiar surrounding.\u00a0 It’s the person you used to be quite fond of.\u00a0 They are angry with you, and you<\/p>\n
“No, here.” he says slowly.\u00a0 You look around.\u00a0 it’s a thought you’ve had, over and over again.\u00a0 its a very negative experience you elive while you are in the car going to work, or in the shower, or even after\u00a0 fight you have with someone completely unrelated.\u00a0 It pops in, and you get angry, or sad, or have feelings of hopelessness.<\/p>\n
He then releases his touch and it all fades away, but the feeling is really strong, like when you have an emotionally charged dream and for half the day you think about something you never would have pondered about.<\/p>\n
“Um, we all have memories like this.\u00a0 They are painful and…<\/p>\n
“Then why do you live there?”<\/p>\n
“We… I, don’t live there.”\u00a0 You’re still shaking off the emotions of …”<\/p>\n
“Oh, yeah we relive<\/em> moments, but it doesn’t mean we live<\/em> there.”<\/p>\n He looks you in the eyes as he sees you making the connection finally.<\/p>\n “Yes, you do.”<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n