In Memorial April 2013

Where a life ends,

Sorrow lingers to lament lasting loss,

Lest we lose the cause,  

To foster forgiveness 
And forge loving memories.

May the Divine Purveyor of Life Keep in Peace those who have crossed the corporeal borders.

APRIL 2013 π π π

What is Time? (Life Positive Online Forum - Time Matters)

What is Time?

Time is a mysterious and crucial element of living. Fortunately there is nothing we need to do to get time, though time can be lost and wasted. We cannot retrieve time, but time always renews itself so that at any point we have a cache of tiime available.

How can we define time? I define time as an imaginary element that is used to measure change. Time is imaginary because it is relative to the fact that we live on Earth, and its measure begins with the imaginary date and time line at 0 degrees longitude. So our time is set based on an internationally accepted imaginary line that runs across the Pacific Ocean. Here is an excerpt from geography.about.com, "While the world is divided into 24 time zones, there has to be a place where there is a difference in days, somewhere the day truly "starts" on the planet. Thus, the 180° line of longitude, exactly one-half way around the planet from Greenwich, England and 0° longitude is approximately where the International Date Line is located. Cross the line from the east to the west and a day is added. Cross from west to the east and a day is subtracted." (Click Here to read the rest of this article.)

If we lived on Mars we will have to devise an entirely new measure of time based on how fast the planet spins on its axis and how long it takes to orbit the sun. Imagine if we were on Mars what would a day be relative to Earth? I did some research on the internet to find out how time would be on Mars. Interestingly scientist have yet to decide what a day in Mars is. Here is an excerpt from universetoday.com regarding a day in Mars.

"How long is a day on Mars? Great question! There are two ways to determine the length of a day on any celestial body. The sidereal day and the solar day. A sidereal day on Mars is the length of time that it takes the planet to rotate once on its axis. A sidereal day on Mars lasts 24 hours 37 minutes and 22 seconds. The solar day is how long it takes the Sun to return to the meridian. This position changes slightly each day, but a solar day on Mars lasts 24 hours 39 minutes and 35 seconds." (To read the rest of this article on Mars Click Here)

I was surprised to find that Mars would probably have either 37 to 39 minutes more in a day, I thought it would be much longer. However we gain lots more time compared to Earth if we lived a full Mars year. One Mars year equals to about 669 Earth days, or 1.88 Earth years. Can you imagine waiting 669 days for your birthday? If we were in Mars our perspective of time would change wouldn't you think? Imagine if people could migrate to Mars. How would the age of a person born in Mars be calculated? If such a scenario becomes a reality many decisions will have to be made that are related to time. From the calculation of age to when Martians would get their monthly salary to when to pay insurance premiums.

Anyway the point I am trying to make with this extraterrestrial sojourn on time is that our perspective of time is relative to our planet. However, while the measure of time may be subject to our position in the universe, time as a measure of change is an absolute reality in our daily life. This reality of time is such an important factor in shaping our experiences. After all isn't it because of time that we can be late, on time or early, or we can be get to an event, miss an event or get time mixed up for an event, or can get out of situtions, get into situations, even ignore situations.Time also gives rise to fast, slow and stasis. What else does time give rise too? Please feel free to chime in with your comments and thoughts.

In the next article I am going to contort time through a mystical tangent, where time like emotions and thoughts is a mystical element that can be mastered.

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Time Matters, Introduction - A Life Positive Forum

This month (July 2011) Life Positive Forum will be exploring time. Time is an aspect of life that matters to us from the moment we begin life on earth with our first breath. From that moment onwards events in our life begin to be set in time. Yet time is a perspective that is relative. The time as we know it only exists because of the rate of rotation of our planet on it its axis and the rate of orbit of our planet around the sun. In other words time in Jupiter or the moon would be different, wouldn't it? Could this mean that time is not as absolute as gravity or other forces of the universe? Is there such a thing as Universal Time? Can time slow down or speed up? How did our ancients understand time? Can we master time?

Using this Pondering blog and Mystic Musings blog I will be exploring time and looking to innovate perspectives relatied to time. Please join me through your comments in this blog or YouTube videos I might post on this subject and let us explore Time Matters in this online Life Positive Forum.