Time is not what you think it is. It is not a river flowing inexorably from past to future. It is not a dimension separate from space. It is not even real in the way that matter appears to be real. According to Itzhak Bentov's revolutionary work, time is a relationship between movement and consciousness - a measure of change that can be stretched, compressed, and even stopped through the power of expanded awareness.
The Nature of Time
Bentov proposed that time is not an absolute, external reality but a subjective experience created by consciousness. When we are in our normal waking state, our subjective time moves in sync with objective time (the movement of clock hands). But when we enter altered states of consciousness, this relationship changes dramatically.
The key insight is that time is not something that happens to us - it is something we create through our relationship to change. Without consciousness to perceive it, time as we know it does not exist.
The Two Times
Objective time: The mechanical measurement of change using clocks and calendars. This is consistent and measurable by all observers.
Subjective time: The personal experience of duration, which varies dramatically based on consciousness state, attention, and emotional state.
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The Experiment with Time
Bentov designed a simple experiment that anyone can perform to experience time distortion directly. This experiment demonstrates that consciousness can affect our perception of time in measurable ways.
The Clock Experiment
Follow these steps to experience time distortion:
- Find a comfortable sitting position and place a clock with a second hand where you can see it easily
- Relax your body and calm your mind with a few deep breaths
- Focus gently on the second hand, allowing your eyes to soften
- Begin to visualize yourself in your favorite place, engaging all your senses
- When you feel fully immersed, slowly open your eyes just enough to see the clock
- Observe the second hand without focusing sharply - maintain your expanded state
- You may notice the second hand slowing, stopping, or moving irregularly
- The more successful you are, the more pronounced the effect will be
What the Experiment Reveals
When the second hand appears to slow or stop, you are not affecting the clock - you are expanding your subjective time. In these moments, your consciousness is operating in a space-like dimension where time as we normally experience it becomes fluid and malleable.
This phenomenon explains many experiences people report:
- Time dilation in accidents: People often report that everything seemed to move in slow motion during car crashes or falls
- Dream time: A few minutes of REM sleep can contain hours of dream experience
- Creative flow: Artists and athletes report time seeming to stand still during peak performance
- Meditative states: Advanced meditators often lose all sense of time duration
- Psychedelic experiences: Time distortion is one of the most commonly reported effects
The Mechanism of Time Distortion
Bentov discovered that time distortion occurs when your consciousness expands into the space-like dimension. During these moments, your subjective time axis rotates relative to objective time, creating more "time" to experience events.
The Mathematics of Time Expansion
Bentov described this using a simple formula: Level of Consciousness = Subjective Time ÷ Objective Time
When subjective time expands (you experience more time than the clock shows), your level of consciousness increases. When subjective time contracts (time seems to fly by), your level of consciousness is focused more narrowly.
In deep meditative states, this ratio can become infinite - subjective time becomes endless while objective time remains finite.
Space and Time Interchange
One of Bentov's most profound insights was that space and time are interchangeable. In the space-like dimension, what we experience as time becomes space, and what we experience as space becomes time.
This explains phenomena such as:
- Clairvoyance: The ability to "see" distant locations as if they were present
- Precognition: Access to information from what we call "the future"
- Retrocognition: Vivid access to past events
- Remote viewing: The ability to perceive distant locations without physical presence
- Deja vu: The feeling of having experienced something before
Practical Applications
Understanding the fluid nature of time and space has profound practical applications:
Time Mastery Techniques
Creative problem-solving: Expand subjective time to analyze complex problems in detail
Learning acceleration: Slow down subjective time to absorb information more effectively
Performance enhancement: Enter flow states where time seems to stand still
Healing: Access states where time flows differently to facilitate recovery
Conscious aging: Learn to influence your relationship with time to maintain youthfulness
The Observer and Time
Bentov's concept of the "observer" - the non-physical component of consciousness - is key to understanding time manipulation. When the observer expands at infinite velocity during moments of rest, it experiences time differently than the physical body.
This creates the possibility for:
- Time travel: The observer can access different points in the space-time continuum
- Parallel processing: The observer can experience multiple timelines simultaneously
- Instantaneous knowing: Information from any point in time can be accessed directly
- Temporal healing: Past traumas can be revisited and resolved from expanded consciousness
- Future preparation: Probable futures can be explored and influenced
"Time is an illusion. Lunchtime doubly so." - Douglas Adams
The Ultimate Truth About Time
Bentov's work reveals that time is not a prison but a tool - a dimension of experience that consciousness can learn to work with masterfully. Just as we learn to move through space, we can learn to navigate through time.
The ultimate realization is that time and space are both creations of consciousness. They are not external realities that constrain us, but internal experiences that we can learn to shape and direct.
In the highest states of consciousness, time and space merge into a single, eternal present where all possibilities exist simultaneously. This is not the end of experience - it is the beginning of true mastery over the dimensions of reality.
Your journey with time is just beginning. Every moment offers the opportunity to expand your consciousness, stretch your subjective time, and discover the infinite possibilities that exist within the eternal now.
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