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and future - in one the speed being negative and in the other positive. For the past events the speed has to be positive and for future it is always negative speed as it is unascertained at the moment. One has to travel beyond and faster than the speed of past and future to know it.
Positive speed reaches but negative speed only probes. Positive is always certain but this necessity does not attaches to negative hence positive must reach a certain specific stage, but negative only touches it - and that too from a distance.
For this what then is past ? Past in one sense is the time that has passed but in another sense it represents whatever happened as relative to that particular time. Time passes, it changes, so it has to have a speed. This speed of time is relative to the happening at the time - its place - particular space. The speed may look different from another space. So if the time is relative to a place then at other places it may be different. Diference leading to the exclusivity of a time to that particular space only. This space is as minute as the time is. Therefore, a particular space can be known by its particular time. Similarly we can know a particular time by the particular space it occupies. Each time has its own space and all time has all space with all space having all time. If we know one space we can know all time past, present or future of that particular space. A clarification - a simple pinhead has infinite spaces.
The difference between knowing time and knowing the events (s) that happened at a particular time is certainly very important. Time is also relative to an event. If there is no event then there is no time either. Eventless time is irrelevant. Event also encompasses existence. The space is demarcated by events. Therefore many events can be relevant to a particular space differentiated by time. Our purpose will be served if we can observe the event (s) that has taken place in the past or will take place in future at a particular space. Pure and simple time is irrelevant to us as we do not know what to do with pure time. Actually pure time would be unavailable. It will have the same qualifications of space and event for past, present and future too.
Every living being's knowledge carries Kc with itself or put simply every living being howsoever microscopic it may be, has its knowledge covered at least to some or to a great extent. The limits of Kc increase or decrease explainable on the basis of KD. Theory of Matter & Form particularly its law of Determination of Sequential Change.
The speed of time must be less than infinite as otherwise we can never
Arhat Vacana, 14(2-3), 2002
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