Page 67 - Eternity Has Already Begun

Harun Yahya (Adnan Oktar)

series of events; in this series the single events which we remember
appear to be ordered according to the criterion of 'earlier' and
'later'. There exists, therefore, for the individual, an I-time, or sub-
jective time. This in itself is not measurable. I can, indeed, associate
numbers with the events, in such a way that a greater number is as-
sociated with the later event than with an earlier one. 12

These words of Einstein's show how we are completely condi-
tioned to think that time flows forward.
As Barnett wrote, Einstein showed that, "space and time are
forms of intuition, which can no more be divorced from conscious-
13
ness than can our concepts of color, shape, or size." According to
the Theory of General Relativity: "time has no independent exis-
tence apart from the order of events by which we measure it."
Since time consists of perception, it depends entirely on the per-
ceiver—and is therefore relative.
The speed at which time flows differs according to the references
we use to measure it, because the human body has no natural clock
to indicate precisely how fast time passes. As Barnett wrote, "Just as
there is no such thing as color without an eye to discern it, so an in-
stant or an hour or a day is nothing without an event to mark it." 14
The relativity of time is plainly experienced in dreams. Although
what we perceive in a dream seems to last for hours, in fact, it only
lasts for a few minutes, and often even a few seconds.
An example will clarify the point. Assume that you were put in-
to a room with a single window, specifically designed; and were
kept there for a certain period of time. A clock on the walls shows
you the amount of time that has passed. During this "time," from the
room's window, you see the sun setting and rising at certain inter-
vals. A few days later, questioned about the amount of time spent in
the room, you would give an answer based on the information you
had collected by looking at the clock from time to time, as well as by
counting how many times the sun had set and risen. Say, for exam-
ple, you estimate you'd spent three days in the room. However, if

65