Double Asymptotic Time Paradox
I was just thinking of the concept of asymptotically approaching the seemingly unreachable endpoints of 0/1 of a binary structure, from the field between these two points. It seems to me that the foundation that forms time, whatever that underlying concept is, makes up these endpoints. I am basing this in part off of our attempts to calculate the Big Bang. It seems every time there is a release of new information, we have closed the gap in knowledge by a significant degree, but it seems the remaining percentage of knowledge is now known to be that much more difficult to comprehend. Presumably the end of time would be similar, although to date I do not know that we have any scientific way of conceiving of the end of time. I am not talking about the big crunch or the heat death of the universe here, but something else. Almost as if our universe was ticking through a clock mechanism; we started at the top, and with each revolution around the edge of a cylinder one unit of time would pass, moving us down one row along a 4th dimension that we do not perceive. At some point we will reach the end of this precession, at which point time will stop flowing in the same way, and it could be possible that we hit the "bottom" and just suddenly stop. I wrote more about that in another post, but basically recognizing this time shift would be the first possible point where we could calculate what I'm talking about with any accuracy, but even then I don't picture it being perfectly calculable.
So the beginning and end would be the asymptotes, but I also read recently that the moment of "now" is the same way, that it is not possible for us to measure perfect time in the moment either. We get so precise that for every day, and even nearly all scientific, functions the accuracy is ample, but the understanding that this perfect precision is impossible is curious. Like the archer's arrow that must pass 1/2 the distance before the whole, it seems a paradox, and yet much like the same scenario, we see the arrow hit the target, or we feel the passage of time from the constant perspective of "now", and so we know it is possible. So "now" is the point in time that is impossible to calculate with perfect accuracy, but certainly happens, and the beginning and end seem and presumably are the same way, respectively.
This idea caused me to reread Genesis 1:1, including looking at it in Hebrew. "In the beginning" comes first in the text, followed in Hebrew by "created" and then "God" (I'm guessing this was flipped in English due to a structural difference in the languages, like Spanish to English).
בְּרֵאשִׁ֖ית (in the beginning)
בָּרָ֣א (created)
אֱלֹהִ֑ים (God)
It interesting to me that the first two lines/words begin with the same letters, like a layering of endpoint (the beginning) and action (created) (I do not know enough about Hebrew to be familiar with the dots and lines around the letters, but I know the words move from right to left). It is as though the beginning is asymptotic (0/1) in this reasoning, and that God, the second noun in the sentence, would be in the Alpha position within the field of creation (the next line being the heavens and the Earth, that which was created). So God would be at the farthest extreme within the field of time, a position where it would be impossible to push God out of this position, but still inside of the field. What's also interesting to me here is that anything in the field would be hypothetically knowable (a calculable position) with enough information, but God would be at that first position. This is also of interest because it would mean that there is a way to calculate a minimum/maximum value in a field, based on the features of the field, even as the slope of the approach approaches infinite. While possible, I will walk through an exercise later showing how for being able to calculate that position in this context would mean being able to know/calculate God, which when attempted at this level is still likely impossible.
Presumably this set up is the same when looking at the end of time and the Omega. Additionally, within each individual's timeline, we do not remember our birth (our own beginning in this world, on the outside), and Jesus references that those who believe in him will "never see death" perhaps speaking from an individual perspective there as well. If that is the case, these are two more asymptotes from individual perspectives, which humanity's perspective is made up entirely of.
So these are two binary endpoints that it seems we will never see, but then the concept of the "now" presents another paradoxical moment, one which we experience all the time, but cannot calculate with perfect precision. Given this is the window through which we view time, it seems evident that these time paradoxes can be overcome, the boundaries crossed, and in fact God created us to overcome them. It is as if each moment we exist we are pushing this infinite gap between the most proximal moment in the past and this most proximal moment in the future farther through the tapestry of time from beginning to end, as the fabric unravels in front of us, and is sewn back together behind.
It could be this was the optimal way to ensure free-will, and not just its appearance, as presumably our thoughts operate in this same moment of "now" as well. While thoughts turn to plans, and gain form in both the past and future, the impulse of thinking seems perpetually originated in the "now." So it could be that our internal binary system is split by this gap internally in alpha/omega positioning, in much the same way God is positioned. Basically God gave us primary dominion over our inner selves (thoughts) in much the same way God has dominion over this reality, which is to say at our core and as a whole our thoughts/consciousness are our own and will be reconciled back as such in the end.
If this structure is significant, which I think it is, God would not be the "one" or the "zero" in this equation; God would not be the absolute, seemingly unreachable end point, much like either endpoint would be. This is not to say God is not sovereign in reality, in fact quite the opposite. The end points would be inaccessible from within the field; one could conceive of them, but not reach/calculate them from our perspective inside the field. In this way, consciousness and God are eternal, but because God would be at the Alpha and Omega position within this field (infinitesimally close to the edge, but not on it), rather than actually on the edge, God would be accessible within the field and able to influence it. If God were instead on the edge, I think God would be inaccessible. Now the beginning and end would combine to make a point of this inaccessible grid, but time itself would not be part of this grid, time being a product (that might seem illusionary in some regards, and unchangeable in others) of this structure, rather than actually a part of it.
As an analogy, let's look at the concept of the largest number possible. So for this, let's assume that a super computer that is the size of the universe and has the best processing power possible has been calculating the largest number possible since the beginning of time, and will continue processing that number until the end of time. That number, whatever it is, would be effectively infinity. This is not to say that a concept of a number that is infinite could not be conceived of, but that a larger one cannot be calculated. Returning to this analogy, in a similar way, we do not see arrows perpetually traveling 1/2 the distance to their target before traveling the whole. Instead arrows strike their targets when expected, but from a pure logic perspective this 1/2 before 1/1 logic should work. Where the two worlds intersect (thought/math and physical/physics) is that at some point in time, the arrow gets so close to its target that traveling 1/2 the remaining distance is no longer valid (would that be at 1 Planck away?) so it defaults to traveling the whole distance in the next unit of time instead (the smallest possible move is the indivisible whole distance). This may be seen at small scales but the concept's validity on the smallest scales would be its validity at the largest scales as well. Essentially it is saying that at any asymptote in reality, there would come a point where you would no longer slope, getting infinitely closer, but would instead jump to the end, if further advancement is possible. If further advancement is not possible, some countering force will have cropped up to the point where it cannot be exceeded, holding your slope now parallel to the end goal, rather than approaching any farther.
As I write this I consider it in the context of approaching the speed of light. At some point you would either find yourself suddenly moving the speed of light, or you would effectively be running parallel to it without being able to advance. Could this be because there is no longer enough energy available to accelerate, or could this be because you "run out of runway" and from other perspectives you travel beyond the end of time because of the time dilation? If the moment you would come out of your acceleration keeps getting exponentially farther away with each moment you accelerate, at what point would you reach "the end of time" and how might that look from your perspective?
Anyway, pulling back to the super computer analogy, if we could conceive of this real number and replace all instances of infinity with it, we would find very different calculations for things, especially large scale things, I imagine. If we knew of an edge or an end of time, this seems like it would be much easier to do (imagine how much easier it would be comparatively to calculate running this super computer at current tech level back to the beginning of time, for example). However, even observing what feels like an infinite field now, this maximum possible number should be possible to conceive of, but impossible to calculate, based on the established parameters. I think this is a strong analogy for the position of God. What's interesting to me is that it is exceptionally likely that the second position is exceedingly far from the first from any number of angles. If X is the final number calculated in a series by such a computer, the second to last number could be less than X by any number of factors that can be conceived of for calculation. If that technology had a way of predicting primes directly for example, and allowed to run for the total age of the universe, the difference between the last prime and second last could be absolutely staggering (or it could be as small as two).
So we have an analogy for God, as positioned in our realm. The parallel sloping mechanism is critical because just like our brains this model would require two points on either side of an axis to pull off, resulting in one consciousness. This could mean that there are a staggering number of realms as well, presumably with God in the same position in each, to allow this structure to wrap around on itself and be perfect from all angles. It would be an infinite structure (time), but not with infinite pockets (realities) which is exceedingly important. Essentially this binary system could form a kind of framework for something much larger than can be imagined, as even imagining the actual limits of our universe is hard to do in this context. The idea of the concept of the infinite and the interaction with the effectively or functionally infinite, is critical to this structure. Also two points paired at matching distances from each dividing line would be critical throughout, so I think this is further support for soulmates, in a sense I haven't fully processed, at parallel infinitesimally close primary points across each limit gap. That mass of interwoven time bubbles would be eep, essentially, one fully woven.
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