Chapter 21 Chapter 20: The End of Time—Part Two: An Moment is Eternity

Seeing the patient so proudly claiming that he had been to the end of time, I was stunned for a moment, because I hadn't fully digested what he said earlier, and I couldn't react to such an outrageous thing. Me: "When did you... go there?" He: "I can go whenever I want." Me: "Anytime?" He was firm: "Yes." Me: "Can I go now? Can I watch you go?" He: "You can go now, but you can't see it." Me: "I'm not going to see it, but just let me see that you are not here and go." Suddenly his eyes brightened: "I'm back."

me?" To be honest, I have seen many exaggerated patients, but this is the first time I have seen such exaggerated patients. He: "I said, you can't see it even if I go." Me: "You mean fugue?" He: "No, it's not spiritually, but completely gone." I am seriously skeptical and at a loss. He: "I know you think I'm sick, but it's okay, I'm used to it. But I really went. As I said, there is the end of time, but there is no concept of time, so even if I go, you can see No, because it does not belong to a time. There does not take up an iota of time here."

Me: "You mean: you went, because the time there is stagnant or there is no time, so even if you go here, you can't find it in this world. There are two possibilities of time. Right? " He: "It's not quite right. In fact, there are many kinds of time. You can accept it according to what we just said about 'mass distorts space-time'." Me: "Okay, let's assume you did. So how did you get there?" He: "You must believe in the existence of the end of time before you can go." Me: "If you believe it, you have it, if you don't believe it, you don't have it? This is a bit boring..."

He is very serious: "You don't have to believe it, but if you don't believe it, it can't affect the existence of objective reality, and you can't prove that what I said is wrong. At least, you can't prove that I am a nonsense in this world with time. Yes. There is a story I want to tell you: There was a born blind man who wanted to know what the sun was. Someone told him: You are standing under the sun. Do you feel the heat? That is the sun. The blind man understood: Oh, the sun is hot. A blind man passed by a stove at night and felt very hot, so he asked the people around him: It’s so hot, is it the sun? They told him: It’s not the sun, the sun is round. The blind man understood : It turns out that the round and hot one is the sun. Someone explained to him: No, the sun cannot be touched. The sun is in the sky. It is red in the morning, white at noon, and red again at night. The sun will shine , so you think the sun is hot. The blind man asked: Where is the sky? What is red? What is yellow?

I froze for a while, feeling as if I had fallen into a trap or some kind of paradox, but I couldn't explain it.But I understand why he is the "treasure of the town yard", and at the same time, I think this old man also has the potential to be the leader of a cult. I sighed: "Well, there you go, it really exists. So, what does the end of time look like?" He also sighed: "I may not be able to convince you. However, I will tell you." Me: "Well, tell me." He: "The end of time is beyond imagination. Because there is no time in that place, it is difficult to understand. For example, if you take a step forward, you also take a step in all directions. Do you understand this? You can close Just imagine."

Although I was somewhat resistant, I still tried to close my eyes and imagine the effect of taking a step in all directions at the same time.Unfortunately, the picture in front of me is a blooming chrysanthemum (note the distinction). I opened my eyes: "Sorry, I can't imagine it." He: "Well, I understand, it's hard... Well, if you have to compare it with the world with time, I can give you as many examples as possible. But I don't expect you to have any concepts. Just treat me as Talk about whimsical nonsense. At the end of time, it doesn't matter if there is air or not, it doesn't matter if there is gravity or not, it doesn't matter if you don't eat or sleep, the physical existence exists, and can exist at any point as long as you want. And the question about taking a step , look at your decision, if you keep moving forward, that is, in all directions. Similarly, you can see all angles at the same time - is it more confusing for you? You see your own back with your own eyes, Weird, right? You also see yourself in front or in profile. You can see because the third dimension is still there, but the fourth dimension is gone.”

Me: "Poor Siwei..." He: "Is it beyond comprehension? There are even more exaggerations. In fact, you don't even have to take that step. As long as you want to take that step, you have already taken it. Without the constraint of time, you are out of the causal relationship." .You can fill the whole of space—that's real space, not space-time. But you're at a point. I know you can't understand it, and few people actually do, including physicists." To be honest, my head is a bit big. Me: "Then, what happens after that? Will there be countless selves?"

Him: "No, only one." Why do I?" He: "Your body has three-dimensional characteristics, so you have only one point of existence. But without the time axis, you can be anywhere, because there is no fourth-dimensional causal constraint... The concept of four-dimensional space-time probably does not allow you to clear." Me: "No, I understand." Suddenly I was very grateful to the boy who said that human beings are four-dimensional bugs.I don't understand anything today without him. He: "You understand? Well, let me continue. Because there is no time axis, there is no process. At the end of time, all processes are actually no process. The causal relationship needs to come first. There is no time. , the concept of succession no longer exists.”

I think I understand a little bit, but I sincerely feel that this step is really difficult-I mean understanding. Me: "Okay, so explain what happens to consciousness when you don't have time? If you don't have time, you don't have time to think, right?" He: "Who said our consciousness is in the same time and space as us? Consciousness is produced by our body. But it exists in a relatively more dimensional place than our body." I think this sentence is more refreshing. Me: "Wait a minute, you are denying the material world, right?" He is laughing: "No, I don't deny the material world. Just because I have faith doesn't mean I have to deny the existence of the material world or the universe. God, Buddha, or Allah are just philosophical thoughts. Thoughts arise from Consciousness, as I said, consciousness does not belong to this four-dimensional world. If it is said that the thoughts from consciousness have promoted the evolution of human beings, and promoted the development and evolution of human beings, does it make sense? It is not contradictory.”

Me: "Well, this may make sense... Why did the topic go to philosophy?" He: "Didn't you find out? No matter what topic you talk about, it will all involve philosophy in the end." Me: "It seems like this..." He: "Our ancestors once described different time streams from a philosophical point of view: seven days in a cave, and a thousand years in the world. It's just a speculation from a philosophical point of view." Me: "I've heard of this..." He: "For you, the end of time is very incomprehensible to you, but if you think about the flat space we assumed with the film, you will understand. Is it okay to confirm the existence of different time streams from a materialistic point of view? When gravitational balance is reached, there must be a point at the end of time."

Me: "I'm much clearer about this now, but what I don't understand is how to do it." The old man let go of his crossed legs and stood up: "In the beginning there were no living beings, and then there were; in the beginning there was no earth, and then there were; in the beginning there was no solar system, and then there were, the same is true for the Milky Way, and the universe. The so-called void? It violates the physical laws of the material world. But, is it really void? You can’t see radio, infrared, or X-rays. But no matter how incomprehensible or inconceivable, All of this does exist. A person from the Tang Dynasty came to our era and saw someone chatting with a mobile phone, he would feel that this era is magical, magical, and a fairyland. Actually? Is that so? There is less eating, drinking, and messing around? This is just the advancement of technology, right? If the person in the Tang Dynasty is more studious and tries hard to learn the life of our era, one day he will talk with a mobile phone and press the TV in his hand When using the remote control, if you put him back to the Tang Dynasty, who do you think will believe what he said? We learn history and can recognize the development of our own civilization, so we don’t think it’s magic or magical. Whether it’s a mobile phone or a TV Well, it’s just daily necessities. After 1,000 years of throwing you out of nowhere, you will be a person from the Tang Dynasty who just came to this era.” I looked at him seriously. He: "Whether materialism or idealism is good, in fact, there is no conflict. Everyone looks at things from different angles. As long as you don't use what you have to harm others, then your self-awareness has improved, and there is nothing to make a fuss about. As I said earlier Des: You don’t believe it doesn’t affect the existence of objective reality. The end of time exists, and I did go there, whether you agree or not is not my problem, it’s yours.” I sighed: "Okay, I admit that you are a fairy... What did you do?" He smiled: "I'm just a mental patient. I used to be a philosophy teacher." Me: "...By the way, I want to ask, what happened to some patients who recovered before? And what did you say to those patients? Can you mobilize their emotions?" He: "I took them to the end of time." I looked at him helplessly, not knowing what to say.The smirk of my friend before he locked the door and left appeared in front of his eyes. Then our topic gradually turned to philosophy, and I discovered that people with a solid foundation in philosophy are almost immortals.I understand the end of time, but I don't understand him saying it has been.Or, in terms of my understanding of the material world, I can't understand it. When my friend opened the door to pick me up, he still had a smirk on his face.On the commute with him I asked him, "Have you heard what he said?" Friend: "The end of time, right? I've heard it before, but I got dizzy, and then I went to read a book by myself, and I barely understood it." Me: "Do you believe it?" He: "Tell me first, do you believe it?" Me: "I don't know." He: "I don't know either... But, I seem to understand a little bit after he said something to me." Me: "What words?" He: "Try to understand from a materialistic point of view: an instant is eternity."