Don't Change A Thing
A Thought Experiment
Today we are going to conduct a thought experiment to understand something of the nature of time by conducting a thought experiment.
Take your concept of the entire Universe, its whole volume, all mass and all energy. Understand that motion is a fundamental aspect to the existence of all things.
Now consider if we made everything stand still and let nothing change. Absolutely everything remains exatly where it is.
Now we resume motion and everything continues with its progression.
How much time elapsed during the pause in Universal motion.
The answer is none. No time elapsed.
If absolutely everything ceased changing, clocks would not tick as their power source would not expend any energy. All clocks would show the same time at the beginning of the rest and the end.
If everything stands still, so too does time.
Time is Change
Time is fundamentally linked to change. All things time with change. Change comes at different rates and as such, so too does one's perception of time. This is the first leap in understanding the nature of time: The relative perception of time is linked to change and the rate at which change happens.
