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The event point is where all things become possible; it may only be moments away and change your life forever.
Event points are moments in time where, due to the interaction of past forces and present conditions, any number of future scenarios spontaneously and simultaneously exist. The future scenarios that exist at any event point are likely not great in number, being from a few to ten or twenty. The ramifications, however, in terms of future possibilities may reasonably lead to thousands or millions of different future scenarios. Event points are the moments when life can change or stay the same, but the power of the individual in shaping the future is extreme.
Time is a very personal thing in the sense that it is a line that connects each of us from our moment of conception to our eventual demise. That time line is what we refer to daily as life. It is a very personal thing because it belongs to each of us and is independent of the line which connects another person from their conception to their demise. We recognise, obviously that these lines may become more closely associated or more distant as we move from one moment in our life to another.
Time is a defective dimension which allows movement only in one direction. In space, it is possible to move from point 'A' to point 'B' and then back to point 'A'. Time does not allow this option. In time, we may only move from point '0' to point '1' and onwards to point '2' and never return to any point previously visited, although the value of the past and memory will be discussed shortly.
Event points, within this concept of time, are dotted along each person's personal time line. While an event point has no dimension, it is possible to conceive of its size in terms of the future possibilities which arise from it. A large event point has many associated future scenarios and a small event point has one or a few associated scenarios. This should not be confused with the importance of any possible scenario to a person's future, as a small event point, one with few possibilities, may contain one which has monumental impact on the future.
To understand all of this better, let us consider a simple scenario with which we are all familiar; two individuals who are known to each other meet by chance in the street. This is an event point since their individual time lines become close. A number of simple future scenarios can be imagined: they nod and pass, they stop and chat for a moment, or they choose to immediately go for a coffee.
In the first, all of the possibilities that arise from interaction are rejected. This, in itself, is important because failure to indulge a possibility may itself lead to different future scenarios.
In the second, which is itself a new event point, information will be exchanged leading to additional event points where more possibilites arise. This also illustrates how a single starting event point will lead to others and further suggests the existense of rapidly multiplying future scenarios.
In the third scenario, we find that the two individual time lines now become spatially associated leading to a commonality among the two. In an extreme example, they are both injured in a mishap that would not have occurred without the effect of the previous event point.
It is important to note that in the seconds before their interaction, all of these possibilities exist. The future will be shaped by past and current conditions which are (a) specific to the two individuals and (b) are common to them. Past specific conditions are those which belong to each individual but are independent of the existence of the other individual, for example, religion, or the time that each went to bed the previous night. Past common conditions would be those related to previous encounters since they are known to each other. Current specific conditions are those related to the current trajectory of each individual and may include being late, a stone in their shoe or mood. Current common conditions are those shared by both at the moment, for example, the weather.
The interactions of these conditions will lead to decisions being made and future possibilites selected. This concept of a personal time line with its event points allows for the great impact to be had out of the decisions that are made on a daily basis and implies logically strong personal control over the future. The extent to which an individual will recognise an event point or evaluate the possibilites that exist will likely depend on that person's pshychology as it interacts with their own history as recorded in their memory. For example, a staid individual may avoid the event point represented by an invitation to a dinner party by refusing the invitation making the invitation itself an event point. Another, more extroverse individual, may not only accept the invitation but also precipitate numerous event points arising out of interactions at the dinner party.
Decisions and the associated event points should also be distinguished as active or passive. Choices may be of the type where the response is 'yes' or 'no', or conversely, the choice may be thrust upon an individual. For example, where an individual had chosen to drive across a scenic bridge but the bridge fell in the river, then the choice is passively made to take another route since the initial route no longer exists. Similarly, personal decisions made by others may affect us but we are obliged to passively accept such decisions.
People, in general, do not recognise the real ability they possess to alter or completely change their own future. This ability exists in the ready perception of the magnitude of event points as they are encountered and in a willingness to actively evaluate the possible future scenarios that are presented. It should be clear from this arguement that such a course of action in one's own life exists as a feasible option. |
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Posted by badlydrawnstickman on 2008-04-14 13:34:13 | Rating: | Views: 69
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Oh, well sure I knew that :) I also think you are indirectly speaking to responsibility of the individual, yes? Quantum Physics....gotta love it!
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Posted by smilinirisheyes
on 2008-04-14 13:56:37
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I liked this even though I didn't understand a few parts! lol...
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Posted by CavedogRob
on 2008-04-14 22:43:37
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