NOW IS THE TIME

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NOW!
Is the Time
-- for now
If everyone learned to live more in the present moment, I think we would all have a lot more fun. I mean, what’s fun about living in with the regrets of the past? At least ‘now’ is something we can control by deciding what we bring to our life. We can be happy, sad, angry, grateful, loving, fearful, etc. So, why not decide to be happy… now?
Even if we don’t dredge up the regrets we felt in the past, we’re very resourceful in creating what we didn’t feel then (but should have) by experiencing them now. In looking at the past, we can remember what happened from the perspective of our present ‘wise’ state. In doing this, we might feel much differently about our past behaviour than when we were living it.
Our overall emotional state back then was probably quite different from where we’re at now. Then, when we were young and carefree, and perhaps a bit foolish, we might not have dwelt on our foibles like we do now when we reflect on our past indiscretions.
Unfortunately, these dubious life lessons can cause us to feel guilt, shame, regret, sadness and anger around situations events and circumstances that at the time didn't have any negative emotions for us. When this happens, it is important that we don’t judge who we are now or who we have been. If we're going to look back at our past, we should do so from a place of compassion and unconditional love. We all make mistakes… so let’s move on. And smile.
There is nothing in these past experiences that we need to fix or make better in any way. This is one of the reasons we should remain in the present moment version of ourselves since it’s the only one that matters. Undoubtedly, there will be those in our life who will try to get us to go back in time with them to relive some aspect of the past. Today’s mass media has a way of inducing guilt, shame and fear, which reflects its abysmally low level of consciousness. Don’t allow yourself to get sucked into their vortex. Just say no and turn it off.
We can help our family, friends and neighbours to be more present by holding our consciousness in the present, not the past or the future. No matter how hard they try to get us to revisit the past with them, our life is ours to live, define and create. So, let’s not allow anything from our past to determine who we are in the moment and what we're creating.
The happy future we all wish to have requires us to be present in the moment. Therefore, we must not allow our past to control any aspect of who we are now.
In previous blog posts, I have touched on the topic of time, but in this, I explore a more philosophically in-depth, non-linear understanding of the NOW.
For further reading on this topic, I would highly recommend Eckhart Tolle's best selling book THE POWER OF NOW
The following dialogue in this excerpt from Elysium’s Passage: The Summit, sums up some of the concepts of time that are espoused in the Elysium’s Passage series.
From Chapter Nine, The Summit
I sat across from Mo by the fireplace and said, ‘you know, as I was outside just now, I found myself completely lost to time as I stood there, transfixed, if not transported, by the glacier’s resplendence in the sun’s light. Maybe it’s because I haven’t been here long enough, but I’m still having difficulty understanding the concept of time. In my current state of consciousness, these experiences seem quite different from back home.
‘Though the sun still rises and sets each day, there seems to be an uncanny elasticity to everything I experienced from sunrise to sunrise. Yes, other than the sun, I didn’t have any other external points of reference. I have no watch, nor do I fancy one, since, under the circumstances, it would likely only confuse me more.’
‘So, specifically, what is your question?’ Mo asked.
‘I have many, but let’s start with; am I in time or is time in me? It seems the more we talk about it, the more elusive the concept becomes. I’ve tried to read everything on the subject in the past, from Augustine to physicist Paul Davis,[1] and many others. So, I think it’s about time I finally got some answers’
‘You don’t need answers,’ he said, ‘what you need is a watch that will tell you what the time is.’
‘A watch; didn’t I just tell you I don’t need a watch?’
Ignoring my comment, he got up and handed me an old watch out of his pocket that appeared to be at least a hundred years old. I opened its cover, but rather than having numbers, its face was engraved with the word NOW.
I laughed, then said, ‘now… what?’
‘Whatever you make of it,’ he said, ‘since time is inextricably linked with the experiences of space on the continuum, whereby motion is a phenomenon that arises from within the weave.
‘Recognize that experiences of space and time could not exist independently of consciousness, which is one with Source, or as some might say, one and the same as Source.
‘So, look at this watch when you want to know what time it is. It’s difficult to explain non-linear time within the limitations of external measurements, be it with a clock or the sun. They don’t tell us much since the perception of time is too elusive and slippery to be objective. That’s because awareness of time has more to do with the perceiver rather than what’s perceived.’
‘If this is true, Mo,’ I said, ‘then everything else about reality must be subjective, as the good Bishop Berkeley seemed to infer since all perception occurs within our minds, and not outwardly as it seems.’
‘That is why time is just as impossible to define as consciousness,’ he said. ‘How can we observe consciousness with consciousness? How can we observe time with time? We can’t, just as Heisenberg so correctly indicated with his Uncertainty Principle, motion and position remain indeterminate concepts.’
‘This is the same as asking how we are to observe God,’ Eli said, ‘when it is by God that we observe. To use an analogy, that’s like trying to observe the ocean while immersed in it as a fish. To examine consciousness, qua consciousness, it would first be necessary to step out of it. But since that’s not possible, we can’t observe it without first being conscious.’
‘With this being the case,’ Mo said, ‘it seems the best humans can do is become fully aware of being conscious, at least as much as possible.’
‘From what little I know of Eastern mysticism,’ I said, ‘that sounds like what some might experience as a satori experience on earth.’[2]
‘That might be one such approach,’ he said. ‘To implicitly know is to participate from within rather than observe from without, which is why the most science can hope to achieve is to know about phenomena, rather than comprehend its essence from without. We must first experience time from a higher or, shall we say, more inclusive holon perspective that includes the earth plane’s sidereal experience within it.’
‘Yes, but what should we call this higher order of transcendent perception?’ I asked. ‘Having an appropriate word is necessary for philosophers, but I can’t think of any name that might be meaningful.’
‘The problem is,’ Eli said, ‘you’re still searching for a universal template within the dimensional constructs of the earth plane, but there isn’t any specific word in English or any other language that can accurately describe the conscious substratum upon which time rests.’
‘Substratum?’ I asked. ‘What’s that?’
‘The essence of time’s underlying substratum,’ Mo said, ‘may be understood as an amalgam of receptivity, conductivity and frequency. Understanding this from a linear perspective might be confusing, so I’ll hold off explaining the intricate dynamics until you’re more accustomed to living in this dimension. Although, I don’t have a name for this.’
‘Then maybe we should make one up.’
‘Use whatever word you wish,’ he said, ‘but what’s wrong with NOW, at least until you advance towards a more enlightened zone of perception.’
‘Now might be fine for mystics,’ I said, ‘but why can’t you suggest something that’s from, as you say, a more enlightened zone of perception?’
‘I have an idea.’ Eli said. ‘For now (notice my wordplay, if you will), try using the word orthos.[3] It might give you something to hang your hat as you move past the old 3D matrix that has you confused.’
‘I’m not confused,’ I said, ‘just a bit disoriented at times.’
‘Disoriented or not,’ Mo said, ‘that’s understandable since all experiences of space and time are from what’s beyond the limitations of linear sequences. That’s why intuition is always your best bet rather than trying to intellectually grasp space and time as separate and independent phenomena within the conscious octave they are perceived.
‘Though you are now experiencing time, space and motion in a more rarified field of reality, you still understand these experiences much as you did before your arrival here. Just relax and continue to appreciate this more pliable state of awareness as you let it flow. Wouldn’t you say, even on the earth plane, your experiences become most meaningfully when they have less to do with the quantitative measurement of years than the qualitative content of each day?’
‘That much I understand; quality always trumps quantity with whatever you are experiencing,’ I said. ‘Especially with sex, but that’s always best when experienced with a goodly measure of quantity too.’
‘Well, I’m sure you would know,’ Eli said as he threw a few more logs on the fire.
Ignoring our diversion, Mo continued, saying, ‘this is why time, though it may be quantitatively measured, can no longer be qualitatively intuited other than as an experience in relation to something or someone else. It’s the reason why time can never be experienced as something existing without reference to something else. Though time might be represented by an abstract equation written on a classroom board, still, it’s not time.
‘Mathematical formulations on earth are not based on subjective impressions, yet time’s relationship with space often remains understood within the limited parameters of three dimensions. As we’ve said, this relativity becomes more obvious when the classical understanding of E=MC2 is recontextualized by new quantum experiments. Obviously, things move a lot faster than the speed of light when you’re outside the material third dimension frequency, and there is no moving, just repositioning.’
[1] Confessions, by St. Augustine and About Time: Einstein's Unfinished Revolution, by Physicist Paul Davis
[2] Satori is said to be unexplainable, indescribable, and unintelligible by reason and logic.
[3] At times they used the word orthos to express how time, space and motion are experienced in higher dimensions. This term came from a truly profound book Mo gave me to read called The Unobstructed Universe. It was written in 1940 by Steward Edward White, who was, ironically, a professional naturalist. The content was based on messages the author received from his wife, Betty, who was able to transmit these to him shortly after her departure. To describe the concept of time as she experienced it, she would often use the Latin word orthos, from the antecedent Greek word orthosis, meaning straight, straighten or true.’
SUMMARY OF ELYSIUM'S PASSAGE NOVEL SERIES
Elysium's Passage a series of seven narrations regarding a young British philosopher named James Phillips, who finds himself living in an altered state of reality while still remaining on earth.
After experiencing a near-fatal fall while climbing to the summit of a remote mountain in the Andes, James awakens in a new dimension. He soon encounters two mysterious beings who provide him with a very different perspective on the nature of his existence. Over the next year, before his body recovers from the coma, he is challenged to re-examine his understanding of life’s meaning and purpose far beyond anything he previously believed or could believe.
An engaging and sometime surreal adventure with intimations of impending romance, the narrative explores the most important questions about life, death, reality, and our ultimate destiny.
The Plains of Elysium (Champs-Élysées) was described by Homer, Hesiod, Virgil, and many other poets as the paradisiac afterlife realm reserved for heroes. As the title suggests, this is about a journey through a passage that leads towards Elysium’s exciting realm of existence.
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PENDING PUBLICATION OF ELYSIUM’S PASSAGE SERIES
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THE ASCENT: Chronicles of Elysium’s Passage
THE SUMMIT: Chronicles of Elysium’s Passage
QUANTUM LEAPS: Chronicles of Elysium’s Passage
SURREAL ADVENTURES: Chronicles of Elysium’s Passage
MYSTICAL ROMANCE: Chronicles of Elysium’s Passage
THE ELIXIR: Chronicles of Elysium’s Passage
THE RETURN: Chronicles of Elysium’s Passage
1. The Ascent is the first novel in the Chronicles of Elysium’s Passage that’s foundational to everything that happens in the following narratives that embark on an adventure that will surprise and delight the reader like no other book.
It all begins with an extreme adventure of climbing a remote and challenging mountain somewhere in the Andean Mountains. Just as James, the protagonist, is about to reach the mountain summit, he falls into an abyss that leaves him in a coma for almost a year.
After being airlifted by a forestry helicopter and flown back to London, where his body remains for almost a year. Eventually, he learns it was not him but his body that was rescued. Several days later, without understanding what happened, he continues to climb to the summit in an alternate dimension of higher consciousness.
Fortuitously, he meets two adventurers on the summit ridge who are no longer of this world. After that, his surreal life leads him to several new adventures in the subsequent chronicles that include a rich mix of adventure, romance, and fantasy, along with profound discussions of philosophy, spirituality and the afterlife.
2. The Summit, the second novel in the Chronicles of Elysium’s Passage, carries on where James, the narrator and protagonist, is taught more about a multidimensional reality that he finds difficult to comprehend.
Not only does he find he’s not as clever as he imagined, but his off-world companions on the summit demonstrate that much of what he believed about life was not just parochial but wrong. At first, he finds this difficult to comprehend since their teachings are contrary to his limited understanding of non-material reality.
After being tricked into teleporting off a ledge where he was trapped, James becomes aware of the new reality that makes him capable of far more adventures than could have ever been experienced previously in his physical body back home.
Now, if only he would win over the only woman in this life who matters, the nurse on the other side of the veil, who continually demonstrates her unconditional love toward his healing.
Warning: This book may also open the reader’s eyes to a much vaster reality than most might be aware. As with the other Chronicles, there are discussions of philosophy, the spiritual afterlife and what might seem like fantasy.
3. Quantum Leaps is the third novel in Chronicles of Elysium’s Passage, where James, the philosopher-protagonist, teleports back to London to visit his body and make contact with the special nurse taking care of it in his absence. Immediately, he feels an inexplicable spiritual bond with her for reasons he remains unaware of.
Now aroused by a renewed interest in matters of love, the beginnings of a relationship begin to emerge as he attempts to reach across the chasm of their worlds. But it’s not until the fifth novel, Mystical Romance, that he encounters her in a way that he finds difficult to believe.
However, before that can happen, there is much about his failed relationships that must be resolved before he is ready to move forward in his new life in Elysium’s Passage. It is during this time he christens his comatose body as the fall guy since it took the fall for him down the abyss so he could learn the lessons he’s now learning.
That will be the next focus of his life, where in his next Surreal Adventures, he is given virtual lessons to release many of his past beliefs about life.
4. Surreal Adventures is the fourth novel in the Chronicles of Elysium’s Passage, which finds James, the protagonist and narrator, escorted by his companions to a remote South Pacific Island, where he is left to reflect on what he’s learned.
During the next forty days, he battles the demons of his past as he works through some rather painful issues from his early youth. Here, in a tropical storm, he encounters an eery suspended spectre of the one he loved yet still resents for abandoning him as a child.
After this, he achieves peace of mind and is ready to return to his lodge to join his off-world companions on the Andes summit. However, just when it seemed things couldn’t get any stranger, a sixteenth-century sea captain sails his ancient ‘ghost’ ship onto the beach. Together, they sail off on a mystical ocean voyage to a couple of virtual islands supposedly in the South Pacific, where he witnesses and, at times, participates in several important life lessons.
Near the end, these encounters help prepare him for a new challenge within the interior of a mountain, where he falls deep into a dark tomb of fear. After being rescued by a mysterious stranger wielding his Excaliber, he continues on to where his life is about to be transformed in the following chronicle, Mystical Romance.
5. Mystical Romance is the fifth chronicle in Elysium’s Passage, which will surprise the reader with a romantic twist of how love is expressed in higher realms. From this lofty perspective, everything about intimacy is understood as within, so without.
After escaping his tomb, James, the narrator and protagonist, makes his way through a maze of tunnels until he arrives at a large oak door, which he opens with the golden key he had been given. There, he steps into Elysium’s Passage’s Great Hall, where his life and recent achievements are celebrated now that his eyes have been opened to perceive a fascinating interior world of wonderment… and romance.
To say more might risk diminishing the multitude of delightful surprises as circumstances begin to open to The Elixir, where James is about to re-enter his earthly body’s existence.
6. The Elixir is the sixth chronicle of the Elysium’s Passage series that prepares James, the narrator-protagonist, to awaken and return to his body in London. Before that can happen, however, his off-worlder friend presents a mysterious equation enshrouded with a light code frequency that will stimulate multidimensional DNA strands within him.
Much of this narration is centred in London, where his nurse unknowingly becomes involved in how the Elixir’s equation finds its way from a taxi cab driver to higher echelons of science. There are many twists in how she unwittingly brings the Elixir to the attention of mathematicians and physicists, after which they eventually discover how to code the equation into a laser ray to stimulate his fall-guy body into full consciousness.
Ostensibly a new Adam, he is destined to return humanity to a higher multidimensional existence. How this happens is filled with intrigue, as is his shocking return to his earthly body.
7. The Return is the seventh and last chronicle in the series where James, the narrator and protagonist, has re-emerged from Elysium’s Passage as he readjusts to life in the third dimension. Many of the events experienced in the previous novels are tied together in an exciting, fast-moving, action-packed narrative over several countries.
At first, it seems all memories have been lost, with his fall guy’s brain not being aware of what happened to him while in his coma. As a consequence, it takes a while for him to be convinced he had been out of his earthly body for almost a year.
Through some rather unexpected events and evidence, along with his girlfriend’s urging, he is brought to an awareness of much of what occurred. It takes a while for his mind to catch up with the changes made in his heart during his stay in the alternate realm. But after experiencing several harsh realities, he discovers what he became within while out of his body. Gradually, he comes to understand the many challenges that lie ahead for him in fulfilling his future mission on Earth.
This book is filled with adventure, romance and personal intrigue that ties together all six previous narratives of the Elysium’s Passage series.
The following comments are excerpts from among the first readers, including a number of Amazon five star reviews. To read the full reviews, go to READER REVIEWS on www.elysiumspassage.com or directly at https://digitalbloggers.com/arts-and-entertainment/reader-reviews
"A delightful mix of fantasy, reality, conjecture, and humour; Mr Meyers draws the reader into the story with a gentle narrative that captures the imagination, leaving one anxious to get to the next page drawing you into his exceptional world.”
"Quietly, gently, and without imposition, the Author unfolds the pages, creating an intricate, interlocking bridge spanning the chasm between mind and heart. Renewing, refreshing, restoring. In my bereavement, it was vigil and light…"
“Excellently written with an exceedingly deep understanding of this world and the next. The characters are very well written and engaging. I can't wait to complete this book!"
“Takes the reader on both a philosophical and spiritual journey, a journey that at times is both disquieting and tranquil. James, a British Philosopher, can be irreverent and caustic, traits that should have left me cringing, but instead made me laugh out loud. Elysium’s Passage is a fun, enlightening and remarkable book.”
“This is a masterful fantasy, becoming a real possibility, as the reader is drawn into the story. The Summit leaves you anxious for the next book in the series, yet also leaves you totally satisfied with the world you have just visited. Genius! An exciting yet calming experience that is not to be missed."
"There was hardly a page on which I did not find at least one sentence worthy of hi-lighting for future reference. In addition, I thoroughly enjoyed the main character, James, whose personality and passionate verbal exchanges with the other characters, kept me coming back for more. I am reading the book for a second time while I wait for the next one in this series to be made available."
“N.G. Meyers has clearly put a great deal of research and thought into what the afterlife may look like and I like his perspective. It’s an altogether welcoming and exciting vision. The book gives one a great deal to think about and a reassuring confidence that the end of our lives is truly the beginning of life in the next. I highly recommend it."
"I am really enjoying your book, it’s fantastic! It is so incredible and diversified that I can’t really explain it to other people, so what I say is just read this book. Thank you so much for the blessings that you’ve given the world!"
“The humour interjected into a serious discussion makes me laugh out loud. Totally unexpected....l may be in the presence of at least a master, if not a genius. A fair ride into reality... seeking that which is unseen, yet absolutely real.”
“An engaging story of adventure embracing man's deepest desire to search for meaning and purpose, N.G. Meyers takes the reader on an adventurous thought-provoking journey. This book has substance. It is a perfect blend of adventure and fantasy combined with spiritual philosophy. It ignited my imagination. The author magically weaves a good story laced with wit and humour together with deep philosophical wisdom. This book has it all!”
“An evolution in thought is triggered by many fresh philosophical themes which could inspire readers to re-think their reality and former ideologies that have dictated their lives… the author fires readers’ imaginations to view what could be possible when our spirit vacates the body.”
“This is the book spiritual seekers have been waiting for. For me, it granted a great read as well as increased inspiration to live every day with a heightened sense of purpose. I highly recommend it.
“The Summit is capable of hooking readers and luring them to search for Book 2 to discover more about Dr. Philip’s surreal trek into the mysterious unknown universe. This thick book is well worth the read and to share…”
“Mind-blowing statements and speculation (‘…everyone is a non-physical thought form conceived in the Mind of God, preserved for all eternity because God’s thoughts never die…’). Many will find Meyers’ journey up the Mountain intriguing—and possibly even life-changing.” (BLUEINK REVIEW)
“In its effort to grapple with fundamental questions about the meaning of life, it raises questions that have echoed throughout the ages, including about where we come from, where we are going, who we are.” (CLARION REVIEW)
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