Pondering time

Sunday 3am local time in Western Europe, everyone sets the time 1 hour earlier. I don't know for what reason. Perhaps its just a depressing fact that we could see the sun only for a short time. But, when there was the time for me to set my watch backwards an hour, it made me think..

U see. We are governed by time in our daily lies. In eery aspect of our lives, time plays an important role. We define our age based on time, we define our patience based on time and every programming and electrical device is based on time. Even in sciences, the definition of time, t, is very important in determining an outcome of any processes in this world. So, what is time?

Is time defined by bits and pieces of units called seconds? What is a second? OK, in Physics 1 second is defined, but what if for example, the definition of 1 second is redefined? What if for example, 1 second is defined as a duration in which is longer than the current definition of a second? Will we age slower? Will we as humans see the world in a more slow paced manner?

Ok, if we look at age.. If the units of time time were to be redefined as a longer duration, will we feel older or maybe younger? If the meaning of a second is redefined, will we change the way we organize time?

Now we look into the world of perceptions. How is it that sometimes 1 hour in a difficult exam runs faster than one hour in a boring lecture hall? When we are in a hurry to cover a deadline, why is it that we feel that the second clock is ticking very fast? And yet when we have nothing to rush, we feel that the clock is ticking slow? How is it that when we watch 30 episodes of drama, or finish one whole game in our Playstations, we feel as though time passes us by without us noticing it?

There lies but only one answer to all the questions above: Time is nothing else but mere PERCEPTIONS of our mind. But is matter also a perception?

Imagine one atom. The volume of the nucleus is 1/5000 the volume of the whole atom. The rest of the atom is mere empty space. We can depict a 5 litre bottle. Only one drop of water fills this space. And that is the world. Basically matter is just emptiness. We see colour because of photons. The 'electron jumps' makes us perceive colour. We could stand on emptiness because of gravity, one of the four fundamental forces building our world.

The particle wave duality theory. It says that every matter in this world is moving in a wave. Even we are moving in waves, just like electrons do in their orbits. So what are we? What are the things that we see in front of us, the computer, the keyboard the table, your friends? Just mere waves and photons being percieved by our minds.

But what makes us think? What makes us smile when we see each other? What makes us feel happy when we love, waht makes us get angry when we hate? What makes us sad and lonely when nobody is near? What gives mothers instincts to protect their children?

The answer is simple, the human soul..

So what I say is simple. Nurture the human soul instead of time and matter. Nurture with faith, knowledge, truth, honour and responsibility and perhaps our souls will be taken care of in God's loving hands. Amin