|
Overview
The old adage, "Time means nothing,
but Timing means everything" is true. Time is the relative motion of the everlasting swing of the universe around
its nuclear center, Paradise.
Timing is quite different. Timing implies the specific control of action and its sequence
(attack, sustain, release, and decay). Knowing when to act, and when to release is another important life coping tool.
Timing is a phenomenon that involves both Time and Space. Timing is responsible
for establishing Harmony in Time (Music) and Proportion in Space (Geometry). Because all microstructures of music contain
time and space components, they can be synchronized together. In other words, the Music Scale, Style, Time Signature, Tempo,
Rhythm, Attack-Sustain-Release-Decay, Harmony, Melody, Instruments, Waveforms, Lyrics, and all other forms of timing can be
synchronized into coherent experiences.
|
|
|
|
HP:
6.38 – Communication is based more on timing than frequency (pitch) or waveshape (words).
|
What one says is not as important as how one says
it. Words are not as important as the way in which they are spoken. In an experiment, approximately 100 American linguists
were asked to listen to English words spoken in the heavy accent of a Chinese national. The percentage of correct understanding
of the words was less than 15%. When a recording of these pronunciations was processed through a computer, which changed the
timing (placement of accent on vowels) to more correctly match that of English, understanding jumped to nearly 100%.
The place the accent is put on vowels is similar to the place the "One" (Upstroke Beat) is put in music, thus determining
the time signature. Music is also a time related communication phenomenon.
It has been shown that communication in animals, humans, and perhaps all life takes place mostly in the time domain
rather than the frequency domain. This time domain signature is the amplitude-modulated envelope of the communication called
the “Essentic Waveform.” The Essentic Waveform is the micro-component of music that carries the emotional
content. This modulation is what allows pets to understand humans even when they do not understand words.
|
|
HP: 6.39 –
Rate of growth and development is limited by basic survival requirements of existence called “Time and Space (evolutionary)
Governors.” 1
1The Urantia Book, The
Urantia Foundation, Diversy Park, Chicago, IL.
|
The freedom of choice afforded mortal beings requires certain
limitations on the actions of individuals. To protect the whole of mankind, the individual part must be somewhat limited to
an arena of choice. The limitations imposed are based mostly on relationships between time and space, like not being able
to be in two places at once, or to travel in time. These speed and location “governors” function as a brake
on over-accelerated rates of change, and stabilize otherwise dangerous situations.
The governors guarantee eventual self-regulation and self-government
by preventing individuals from taking unfair advantage over the group. The survival requirements of food, defense, shelter,
etc. cause individuals or cooperative groups (families, nations) to engage in activities that require significant amounts
of time and space, and therefore, the energies of life. Time left over is available for leisure, but only after the crucial
requirements are met. This forces wise individuals to use their leisure time wisely to acquire more.
The battle for extra time to do the things one wants is a matter
of balancing self-liberty and self-control. Societies that promote apathy and mediocrity eventually stagnate and die. Those
that promote unchecked individualism move too quickly into unchartered territory and fail or end up in rebellion.
The only truly appropriate time perspective is that of the now
- recognition of, respect for, and life in, the eternal, everlasting now.
The irrational mathematical constant “e”
governs rate of change. Fibonacci proportions rule the frequency of change. The "Time Governor” could be a term
indicative of the action of all the transcendental irrational numbers like e, pi, and the √-1, which control, regulate,
and modulate the rates things can grow, cycle, or change without disruption or stagnation.
Reminder: Irrational numbers are numbers that cannot be expressed as fractions with whole
numbers. They are generally roots (such as the square root of two) or constants (such as pi and e). They cannot be completely,
exactly expressed as decimal numbers because they never terminate (end) or repeat themselves.
|
|
HP: 6.40 –
Timing is harmony in time and proportion in space.
|
Time is the realm of Michael, the Creator Son.
Space is the realm of the Divine Minister.
Music and art are examples of timing, the harmonizing of Time
and Space.
|
|
