Tick Tock: The Clock Rules
             
                           The Time of Your Life
                                             
                                   Dr. Dennis Cogswell
 


                                     Osher of the University of Richmond
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                                                          January 2020

Introduction.

Motion is the passing of Time in a Space-Time Continuum.


The concept of a single worldwide universal time-scale was conceived many ​centuries

ago yet in ​practically the ability to create and maintain such a time-scale did not become

possible until the mid-19th century. The timescale adopted was Greenwich Mean Time,

created ​in 1847. https://en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Time
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B time theorists believe that the flow of time is an illusion, that the past, present, & 

future are equally real, and that time is tenseless. ​ https://en.m.wikipedia.org › wiki › B-

​theory_of_time


The A-theory of time is typically associated with the idea that the present is

metaphysically privileged or singled out in some way from past and future times.

Furthermore, there is genuine flow of time as past events recede further and further into

the past and future events move closer and closer to the present. The A-theorist holds

that the properties of being past, being present and being future are fundamental to the

​nature of time. 

https://philpapers.org/browse/a-theories-of-time    Metaphysics is a major branch

of philosophy. It  concerns existence and the nature of things that exist. The

metaphysical idea is that reality exists independently of one's mind and yet can be known

(realism); the opposite is that no mind-independent reality exists (idealism). 


Time flows at a different speed in different places; the past and the future differ far less

than we might think. The very notion of the present ​ evaporates in the vast universe.


Past-Present-Future is an Illusion.  They all exist. The Past is not gone and the future is

here now. Everything that has happened or will happen is here now. Imagine that a video

has been made of your life and your approach is to watch it or live it out. This does not

​mean that all is pre-​determined, just predictable.
Some Basics: 

Figure-Ground Perception  https://youtu.be/JWUc83eMPAM
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Paradigms

Brain/Mind Relationship

​Perception Loops

Thoughts—Feelings—Emotions

We are thinking people. These factors apply to our thinking. When thoughts and emotions

both exist on a specific subject, feelings will overtake emotions 99% of the time. In

addition, values are the main factor in all of life and values overtake both feelings and

thoughts.

We cause or make our own feelings even though we believe otherwise. It is very fortunate

that it is that way as it gives great opportunity for change and for one to get what one 

wants out of life.

Course Video One

                                                            

​                                        Four Beliefs About Time 


Time Rule #One:  All people have twenty-four hours in each day.  Total.  Period.  

Time Rule #Two: Twenty-four hours will go by no matter what you will do or will not do.  ​

​Time Rule #Three :  The Past is gone and will not come back. The Future is yet to come but it will. Now is here, focus on it!  

Time Rule #Four:’“Everyone, in every moment of time, has to be somewhere.”  
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Course Video Two

Six Ways or Levels Where Humans Use Their Time

 This typology speaks to the way that people structure their time or the six different levels

on which people can relate.

An extremely useful and potent list ​about time usage and relationship development

​First developed by James and Joungward and published in their best selling book

"Born to Win".  This typology speaks to the way that people structure their time or the six

​different levels on which people can relate.



  • Withdrawal
  • Ritual
  • Past-timing
  • Activity
  • Games
  • Intimacy

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​Hologram Time
Holograms are photographic recordings of 3D scenes. Unlike a camera, which captures one view through a small viewer focused by a lens, holograms capture an entire light field which allows them to recreate the 3D scene.

Supporting Videos
                                           Suggested Reading Sources
                                                        January 2020


Davies, Paul (1995). About Time: Einstein's Unfinished Revolution. New York: Touchtone.

Rovelli, Carlo. (2018). The Order of Time.  Great Britain: Penguin Books.
 
Sussman, Janet (2005). The Reality of Time. Fairfield, Iowa. Time Portal Publications.
 
Toll, Eckhart (2004). The Power of Now: A Guide to Spiritual Enlightenment Paperback.  England: Namaste Publishing. 

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