The New Earth: Only 20 light years away

Found 20 light years away: the New Earth

Last updated at 19:20 26 April 2007

 It's got the same climate as Earth, plus water and gravity. A newly discovered planet is the most stunning evidence that life - just like us - might be out there.

Above a calm, dark ocean, a huge, bloated red sun rises in the sky - a full ten times the size of our Sun as seen from Earth. Small waves lap at a sandy shore and on the beach, something stirs...

This is the scene - or may be the scene - on what is possibly the most extraordinary world to have been discovered by astronomers: the first truly Earth-like planet to have been found outside our Solar System.

The discovery was announced today by a team of European astronomers, using a telescope in La Silla in the Chilean Andes. If forced bookies to slash odds on the existence of alien beings.

The Earth-like planet that could be covered in oceans and may support life is 20.5 light years away, and has the right temperature to allow liquid water on its surface.

This remarkable discovery appears to confirm the suspicions of most astronomers that the universe is swarming with Earth-like worlds. We don't yet know much about this planet, but scientists believe that it may be the best candidate so far for supporting extraterrestrial life.

The new planet, which orbits a small, red star called Gliese 581, is about one-and-a-half times the diameter of the Earth. It probably has a substantial atmosphere and may be covered with large amounts of water - necessary for life to evolve - and, most importantly, temperatures are very similar to those on our world.

It is the first exoplanet (a planet orbiting a star other than our own Sun) that is anything like our Earth. Of the 220 or so exoplanets found to date, most have either been too big, made of gas rather than solid material, far too hot, or far too cold for life to survive.

"On the treasure map of the Universe, one would be tempted to mark this planet with an X," says Xavier Delfosse, one of the scientists who discovered the planet. "Because of its temperature and relative proximity, this planet will most probably be a very important target of the future space missions dedicated to the search for extraterrestrial life."

Gliese 581 is among the closest stars to us, just 20.5 light years away (about 120 trillion miles) in the constellation Libra. It is so dim it can be seen only with a good telescope. Because all planets are relatively so small and the light they give off so faint compared to their sun, finding exoplanets is extremely difficult unless they are huge.

Those that have so far been detected have mostly been massive, Jupiter-like balls of gas that almost certainly cannot be home to life. This new planet - known for the time being as Gliese 581c - is a midget in comparison, being about 12,000 miles across (Earth is a little under 8,000 pole-to-pole).
It has a mass five times that of Earth, probably made of the same sort of rock as makes up our world and with enough gravity to hold a substantial atmosphere.

Astrobiologists - scientists who study the possibility of alien life - refer to a climate known as the Goldilocks Zone, where it is not so cold that water freezes and not so hot that it boils, but where it can lie on the planet's surface as a liquid.

In our solar system, only one planet - Earth -lies in the Goldilocks Zone. Venus is far too hot and Mars is just too cold. This new planet lies bang in the middle of the zone, with average surface temperatures estimated to be between zero and 40c (32-102f). Lakes, rivers and even oceans are possible.
It is not clear what this planet is made of. If it is rock, like the Earth, then its surface may be land, or a combination of land and ocean.

Another possibility is that Gliese 581c was formed mostly from ice far from the star (ice is a very common substance in the Universe), and moved to the close orbit it inhabits today.
In which case its entire surface will have melted to form a giant, planet-wide ocean with no land, save perhaps a few rocky islands or icebergs.

The surface gravity is probably around twice that of the Earth and the atmosphere could be similar to ours. Although the new planet is in itself very Earth-like, its solar system is about as alien as could be imagined. The star at the centre - Gliese 581 - is small and dim, only about a third the size of our Sun and about 50 times cooler. The two other planets are huge, Neptune-sized worlds called Gliese 581b and d (there is no "a", to avoid confusion with the star itself).

Just because Gliese 581c is habitable does not mean that it is inhabited, but we do know its sun is an ancient star - in fact, it is one of the oldest stars in the galaxy, and extremely stable. If there is life, it has had many billions of years to evolve. This makes this planet a prime target in the search for life. According to Seth Shostak, of the Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence Institute in California, the Gliese system is now a prime target for a radio search. 'We had actually looked at this system before but only for a few minutes. We heard nothing, but now we must look again.'


By 2020 at least one space telescope should be in orbit, with the capability of detecting signs of life on planets orbiting nearby stars. If oxygen or methane (tell-tale biological gases) are found in Gliese 581c's atmosphere, this would be good circumstantial evidence for life.

Dr Malcolm Fridlund, a European Space Agency scientist, said the discovery of Gliese 581c was "an important step" on the road to finding life. "If this is a rocky planet, it's very likely it will have liquid water on its surface, which means there may also be life." The real importance is not so much the discovery of this planet itself, but the fact that it shows that Earth-like planets are probably extremely common in the Universe. There are 200 billion stars in our galaxy alone and many astronomers believe most of these stars have planets.

La Silla, Chilean Andes, Telescope Range

The fact that almost as soon as we have built a telescope capable of detecting small, earth-like worlds, one turns up right on our cosmic doorstep, shows that statistically, there are probably billions of earths out there. As Seth Shostak says: "We've never found one close to being like the Earth until now. We are finding that Earth is not such an unusual puppy in the litter of planets."


But are these alien Earths home to life? No one knows. We don't understand how life began on our world, let alone how it could arise anywhere else. There may be an awful lot of bugs and bacteria out there, and only a few worlds with what we would recognise as plants and animals. Or, of course, there may be nothing. The Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence Institute uses radio telescopes to try to pick up messages sent by alien civilisations.

Interestingly, Gliese 581c is so close to the Earth that if its putative inhabitants only had our level of technology, they could - just about - pick up some of our radio signals, such as the most powerful military transmitters. Quite what would happen if we for our part did receive a signal is unclear.
"There is a protocol, buried away in the United Nations," says Dr Shostak. "The President would be told first, after the signal was confirmed by other observatories. But we couldn't keep such a discovery secret."

It may be some time before we detect any such signals, but it is just possible that today we are closer than ever to finding life in the stars.

William Hill said it had shortened the odds on proving the existence of extraterrestrial intelligence from 1,000-1 to 100-1. Spokesman Graham Sharpe said: "We would face a possible eight-figure payout if it were to be confirmed that intelligent life of extra-terrestrial origin exists. We felt we had to react to the news that an earth-like planet which could support intelligent life had been discovered - after all, we don't know for sure that intelligent extraterrestrial life has not already been discovered."
The new planet, so far unnamed, is 20.5 light years away and orbits a red dwarf star called Gliese 581.

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-450467/Found-20-light-years-away-New-Earth.html#ixzz1dpd2YyfS

GodSpeed: Our Future-Their Past

(Researcher)
One of the most unsettling things about time is that everything we do now and are about to do, has already happened. We do not realize it because we exist on a linear plane of time. Imagine if you will, that time is a street that you can see from tall skyscraper. You are on the top floor. Below, you see all of the traffic, people and things going on. Now imagine there is a car accident several blocks up the road. You know about the accident, but the people directly below you do not have any clue. All they know is that the traffic is backed up. Well, this is a classic example of how we are viewed from the outside.

Now imagine that a message has been sent back from that "traffic accident" ahead and broadcast on your radio by the news stating that there is a delay and you are going to have to find another route. You would appreciate the information, even though it is inconvenient. This is how information that is passed back to us here and now is perceived. We have been told, danger! Iceberg straight ahead. But since we can't see it from where we are at this moment in time, we choose to ignore that "radio broadcast" and keep behaving the way we do.

The point that I am making here is we have been warned that if we continue as we have as a human race, a superior race, we will find ourselves, in the future, colliding directly with all of the tragedy we were warned was coming and so desperately warned to avoid.

The following is a broadcast from the future.

GODSPEED: A MESSAGE FROM THE FUTURE: 4156ad

The UN President and her chief Head of Council sit quietly in the resting room of the High Command Center, engaged in conversation...

Head of Council: Yes, the mind and heart are as open and vast as the universe, but...
Madam President: But if the mind and heart have limits, does the universe have limits? Is there a point at which All That Is and can be is reached? Some say no.
Head of Council: The possibilities are endless. Others believe that by certain calculations, infinity can be determined and that which we believed to be endless, actually did have a stopping point.
Madam President: Right, so it was at that point, we looked at what we had up to then and reviewed, reflected, regrouped and recreated.
Head of Council: In essence, doing it all over again...only better.


About this time, a special news bulletin started on the AV. The anchor's boastful voice interrupts their conversation.

Anchor: We interrupt your regularly scheduled programming to take you on location. The Colonel is about to make an announcement. We now go live to the U.N.I.R.E.D. Press Center.

Col. D.B. Hauser of U.N.I.R.E.D. (United Nations Interplanetary Research and Development) takes the podium to speak.

Col. D.B. Hauser: We have done -- what the earthlings attempted to do -- some 2000 years ago. We revealed a new planet -- similar to our own -- to them -- in their heavens. We have learned from their countless errors and shortcomings and found a way to coexist and overcome. We have corrected all of them -- one concept-to-reality -- at a time. This -- new earth -- will be our hope. Our way. Our light. It shall be called, Promise. Thank you.

The audience of reporters crowd the podium with questions as the Colonel steps down.

Anchor: And so...there you have it. It is official. We will keep you updated as more information becomes available. We now return you to your regular programming. Thank you from of all of us here at UNN.

The Head of Council reduces the volume with motion sensor control, looks over at Madam President as a pleasant smile cracks her flawless gaze.


Head of Council: So. They found it. We completed it. Looks like another job well done.

Madam President: Indeed. It is being made ready for the inhabitants as we speak and when it is ready - we will go.

GODSPEED

The United Nations Madam President speech at the Atlantis Forum, July 1st, 4156

*Live universal AV cast from Andreas-Diviticus*

"Greetings to all. You may be seated. To the Elders of the 12 continents of Gaia, thank you in advance for your contributions and dedication to the Promise Project. Your tireless efforts and energies will soon be reaped. You may be seated."

"2,144 years ago, on a cold December morning, we revealed ourselves to the beings of this earth and promised them that not only would we restore Gaia, but bridge our inter-dimensional galaxies. And while most faced us with prejudice, opposition, confusion and fear, we managed to inspire, enlighten and triumph. Proving to the beings of this world that all things are possible through the light that lives within them."

The crowd cheers and glows with endearment and support as the President of Earth speaks. She smiles proudly and grazes the countless number of faces in the audience. She pauses for a moment and then looks into the hovering AV's, tele-communicating to the human beings.

 
"In the sanction of superior knowledge, so shall you all possess the ability to separate yourself from yourself. If presented with a circumstance that is damaging to your spirit, you will acknowledge the damage and recognize its detriment. Without hesitation, you will reprogram your mind to excel you to a higher level of understanding. This will detour the anger, diffusing the negative."


AV's cut to live scenes of humans all around the world, cheering, crying and hugging each other in joy.

"To be one with The Source of Life means the Light of Love will embrace you when you need it most. It has been referred to over the years as many things: the tap, the source, the divine inspiration, the bliss and more recently, the angel meth or the god speed. Verily I say to you-Truth and enlightenment is not a narcotic nor a cult. It is an elevated state of being. From this day forth, you will be changed in mind, body and spirit."

"Today is a day of celebration! Over 2,000 years of matter manipulation has proven victorious. The human spirit was once broken and cursed under the rule of the Fallen. The Word, as commanded by the High Command, has spilled an over abundance of comfort, consult, uplift and fulfillment. Together, we have joined hands and hearts to become one mind."

"Together, we serve The Order. Will shall be done on Promise as it is on Gaia. The seed of love has been planted and the waters of Heaven shall rain down, bringing forth a plentiful harvest for the soul - as it was intended to be!"

The crowd glows and cheers and smiles radiantly. Others stand and cheer. AV's around the world continue to tele-communicate the excitement and joy. 

"To our human brothers and sisters, you are now ambassadors of Melchizedek. Your journey in immortality begins here! Your souls will not return to their old bodies, but instead will be taken up in new bodies! You will be refreshed, rejuvenated and remembered to The Source of Life! Thank you. Thank you."

Anchor: And so...there it is. Madam President is existing the Obelisk now. We are live at the Andreas-Diviticus where Madam President has just announced to the 12 Continental Nations of Gaia that they are indeed going to go forward with the Order of Melchizedek and...as you can see behind me here it's...it's quite a site! People and beings alike are cheering and glowing and flying in formation around the Andreas in celebration! It's...it's truly a beautiful site! Back to you in the news bay."

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-DeMaster Thomas

The Time Is Near

The Clock that told the Future

You have to love a clock that doesn't bother counting insignificant minutes and seconds. Built in 1410, Prague's Astronomical Clock tells time on a much grander scale. On the outer rings, you can see the hours tick by on a 24-hour scheme, but also "Bohemian Time"—a system that counted the hours since sunset. The inner mechanical components colorfully mark the sunrise, sunset, phases of the moon, position of the sun, and the zodiac, essentially painting a picture of the position of the earth within the universe as it was understood in medieval times. On the hour, the four animated figures around the dial—later additions—come to life: Death with his hourglass and bell, Vanity with his mirror, Greed waving a bag of gold, and a Turk. The last two (inadvertently) depict the 17th-century ethnic stereotypes and tensions that would haunt Central Europe in the future.

Writer: Megan Cytron Photo: Frank Yang

THE TURKS OF PRAGUE: THE MUNDANE AND THE SUBLIME

The Prague Orloj

This is a draft chapter, copyright I. Kalmar 2008. Do not quote in print or on the internet without the author’s permission. Asterisks (*) indicate places to be filled in or revised.
One of the major tourist attractions of Prague is the famous Orloj, a large astronomical clock whose origins are shrouded in mystery. The Orloj takes up two or three stories on the outside wall of the city’s old city hall. It has two clock faces, the one on top showing time (as well as astronomical models of the universe) and the one at the bottom the calendar. The upper clock face includes the figures of Vanity holding a mirror and of *, both of which wear a hat that has some elements recalling an Ottoman turban. There is also Avarice, represented before the post-World-War II renovation by the hooked-nosed figure of a Jew. Finally, there is a skeleton representing Death. Since an ingenious nineteenth century remodeling, every hour on the hour when the clock tolls, Death pulls on a string setting in motion a procession of Jesus’ disciples. He also makes Vanity, Avarice, and * shake their heads, deliberately rejecting the message about the limits of Time.

Clocks were a common “vanitas device.” Ordinary upright clocks used in private homes often featured a skull and the inscription, tempus fugit or “time is running (out).” The message was to oppose the eternity of Heaven to the fleeting character of earthly existence. The theme became extremely popular in the Renaissance. In the famous Ambassadors of Hans Holbein the Younger (1533, fig. *),1 the two men’s wealth may be considered an allegory of Avarice, the mirror of Vanity,* and the considerable girth of the men perhaps as Gluttony. But the focus here is not on these medieval categories of sin as much as on worldly pleasures and knowledge do not represent sin as much as the folly of relying on this world rather than the divine sphere beyond. Worldly pleasure is symbolized, as it would be frequently also in the next century, by music: here, a lute and pipes. Music, apart from being widely considered a particularly fleeting pleasure, helped to represent sensuality by invoking the sense of hearing. The carpets, like the rich garments, of the men stand for wealth and prestige, and they also bring in the sense of touch. The most important signs of worldliness, however, are those of scientific knowledge. One of the men holds a telescope; there are globes, scientific instruments and an open book. But although the two men are obviously competent in science, they are completely unaware of the foreshortened skull that flies by, as if in a different dimension, at the bottom of the scene. It reminds us but not them that neither worldly knowledge nor pleasure will save us at the Day of Judgment approaches, and are not worth much compared to Faith. That was and remains the standard interpretation of the opening verse of the biblical book of Ecclesiastes, which warns about all human endeavor being in vain: “Vanity of vanities, all is vanity,” vanitas vanitorum omnia vanita,2- hence “vanity painting,” “vanity device,” the name given to works with this message, including Prague’s astronomical clock.

Although the hourly parade of the figures on the Orloj’s upper clock face dates in its present form only to a nineteenth century renovation, it captures this spirit of stressing the limits of the world, which the much older clock has no doubt long represented. Clocks themselves were a worldly achievement of what we now call technology and science, and one of the greatest inventions of the secular scientific spirit. Here a magnificent clock is forced here to pay obeisance to religion and so proclaims its own limitations.

What concerns us here is not so much the more spectacular upper clock face, but the more modestly decorated bottom of the Orloj composition. Under the calendar face there are two statues of “Turks,” part of a set of figurines that was placed on it in the seventeenth century, most likely in 1659.3 Like one of Holbein’s Ambassadors, one of the Turks holds a telescope and is popularly known as The Astronomer. The other Turkholding a book, an item also found in the Holbein picture, and is popularly known as The Philosopher (fig. *).

4 Next to the Philosopher stands the imposing, over sized figure of an angel. The angel holds a drawn sword in one hand and in the other (hidden behind a shield decorated with a cross) a pointer aimed at the calendar. No doubt it is the Archangel Michael, the heavenly warrior whom Christian tradition expects to appear on Judgment Day to lead our souls to judgment. He points to the calendar to remind us that tempus fugit

Wisely, the nineteenth century designers of the upper face’s mechanical show did not make the Turks’ heads shake in denial along with those of Avarice, Vanity, and *. For the Turks’ failing is not that they willingly contradict the supremacy of God over human science and pleasure, but that they are ignorant of it. What the Orloj is saying to us is that worldly knowledge is really disguised ignorance if it is not coupled with religion. If you have worldly wisdom but not the Holy Faith then you might as well be a Turk.

A Turk? Classic Church doctrine has it that the gates of heaven remain closed to those who have not been baptized. Those who died before Christ cannot get in; even Abraham and Plato must languish in Purgatory. Muslim philosophers (philosophy then included science and medicine, as well as alchemy and astrology) were often classed with these righteous non-Christians, especially the Greeks whose knowledge they inherited and transmitted to the Christian world. In Rafael’s School of Athens the Arab savant Avicenna (****-****) is anachronously included with Plato and the rest; in Dante’s Purgatory, too, he lingers with Hebrews and Greeks. The Muslim scholars’ wisdom like the Greeks’ was pre-Christian, not in chronological terms but in terms of the logic of Christianity: it figured at the limits of worldly knowledge where Christians could enter with a higher Truth.

So what's really out there?

Our observable universe is not 30 to 38 billion light years in distance.

Dusty_Matter Posted: Fri, Jun 26 2009 10:17 PM

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While perusing the August 2009 issue of Astronomy magazine, I came across a one page article who’s topic was on the edges of our universe. In it, was the idea that the limit of our observable universe is roughly to about 38 billion light years in radius from us. This is wrong. In the article the author mentions a galaxy named A1689-zD1, who’s light took 13 billion years to reach us. In other words, we can glimpse a galaxy as it was 13 billion years ago. Now, 13 billion years ago A1689... was only 3.35 billion light years away from us, however because of the expansion of the universe it now lies about 30 billion light years away. This is true.

If it took 13 billion years for the light to now reach us, from a galaxy that was only 3.35 billion light years away from us in distance, that would mean that that light is extremely stretched. (red-shifted)
If the universe is 13.7 billion years old, and now A1689... Is 30 billion light years away from us, if we subtract 3.35 billion light years from that distance and average out that galaxies speed of recession from us, how fast is that galaxy’s average speed of recession from us? The answer is almost twice the speed of light. 30 - 3.35 = 26.65
26.65/13.7 = 1.945

How can we observe something that’s average speed is almost twice the speed of light? And as an object gets farther and farther away from us their speed of recession increases due to the expansion of the universe. In other words A1689... Is really traveling at more than twice the speed of light from us, now. How can they say then, that our observable universe is roughly 30 to 38 billion light years in distance? It’s not. Looking out in distance is also looking back in time, and we can only see so far back into time. About 13 billion years or so.

It’s like taking a photo of a bird in flight. And then six months from that time, you pull out the photo show it to a friend, and say. “That bird is now thousands of mile away, and so because of this photo, I can now see over a thousand miles in the direction that that bird flew in.” The Hubble Ultra Deep Field shows lots of little baby galaxies. These galaxies are now well over 20 billion light years away. Do you think they stayed little baby galaxies? They never merged, or collided, shrank in numbers, and grew in size? Is the photo of A1689... From 13 billion years ago still a current photo? Because that galaxy (which has certainly changed in over 13 billion years time) is now 30 billion light years away, is it justifiable to say that we can now observe things 30 billion light years away? Can we see objects that are receding from us at twice the speed of light or greater? The answer is no.

While distances can be confusing, we can only see as far back in time as about 13 billion years ago. That severely limits our observational horizons. We cannot see those ancient distant objects where they reside today, and their light will now never reach us. Our observable universe is limited by time, and speed of recession, and nothing is going to change that.

The author then said something about the “great attractor” being beyond our visible universe. He says “many astronomers think this…” As far as the “great attractor” is concerned, it is not located outside of our observable universe, especially if you are saying that the horizon to our observable universe is at least 30 billion light years away. In fact it lies much closer than even 13 billion light years away. It is thought to be in the region of the Shapely Supercluster. All less than even a billion light years away. I can’t help but wonder, just how “many astronomers” think it’s beyond our visible universe?
I am also beginning to wonder if the writer of these articles is really doing his own writing.

“You cannot choose what reality is. It is what it is” ---- Me.

How to Stop Time

Einstein demonstrated that time is relative.

But the rabbit-hole goes much deeper. Quantum physics discovered that consciousness is entangled in matter in some inexplicable ways; but other than the very fast, or very small, or very large, we tend to assume our “ordinary” reality conforms more to the laws of Newton. Simple cause and effect unfolding with clockwork constancy —well, it’s time to shatter this assumption. Let’s stop time.

Find a clock with a smooth sweeping second hand. The one on the link below will work, but depending on how much is running on your computer, it may or may not be completely smooth. If it appears relatively smooth, it will still work, you’ll be able to factor out what you are controlling. After watching the second hand for a bit, look off to the side of the clock, outside of the box, and about 15 to 20 minutes ahead of the second hand. You should still be able to see the second hand, but you won’t be looking directly at it. Now just relax and see if you can stop the second hand. If it starts catching up to the point you are looking at, jump ahead to another spot about 20 minutes ahead. With very little practice you are extremely likely to make a most remarkable discovery. You can stop time. Perhaps at first for only a second or two, but with practice, you’ll be able to freeze it for longer. If you can’t get it right away, try playing with your focus point, move it further away or closer to the frame of the clock. Or look at one of the hour markers on the clock about 20 to 30 minutes ahead. After you get it, try counting internally. The count you reach is the number of discrete thought processes you performed in zero clock time.

Once you’ve accomplished this amazing feat, what does it mean? Some people think it’s just a simple optical illusion, that they merely stopped seeing the second hand which was actually still moving (which gets entertaining with banishing incantations of blind spots, foveal vision, saccades and such.) But if they ask themselves why it started moving again from the point it stopped (and most won’t), their explanation doesn’t quite pan out. Some will just dismiss it as a curious blip that doesn’t really fit into their radar about “reality” and it won’t be cause for further concern. But a few of us will notice the crack between experience and beliefs and want to play. Does it stop sound at the same time? For some people, for others not, which is curiouser still. Maybe consciousness can be more than a passive observer of this “constant” called time?

-DeMaster Thomas

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Put it to the Test

Time is and of itself is a constant element. It cannot be manipulated. The pure essence of time cannot be diluted, changed or switched. Ergo there is no way to "undo" something that has already been done. If a concept has become reality, there is no way to turn back time to reverse the creation of the reality back to just an idea. The reality is permanent and part of the infinite. Only the actual act of time itself can remedy the effects of reality. In other words, A caused B to happen. But Time caused C to happen, which makes the most of whatever B was. Case in point. The death of a loved one. A car accident. A graduation from school. Getting pregnant. Going out on a date with friends. A winning team at a football game. Events take place. The outcome of those events can never be "undone". However, time can alter the individual reaction to the event. But the event cannot alter time. Fine. We as a natural being accept this is the way of the workings of the universe and until science fiction becomes science fact - we will - for now, believe there is no way to "go back" in time and change the outcome of an event to suit the future pattern of existence. After all, if that were the case, no one in natural reality would ever make it past the next living and waking hour of the day. There would always be someone somewhere every hour of the day, rewinding the clock for their own personal gain. God forbid (pun intended) we learn nothing from "The Butterfly Effect."

Standard Home use-Night Camera

 But there is no law of the natural world that says we cannot record it. So. Put it to the test. There is suggestion that time in-and-of itself is doing its own alterations in the permanent history vault of existence. We see examples of this all the time in movies and television shows. One really good example is in the movie, "The Matrix" where there is a scene that mentions Deja Vu is a glitch in the Matrix itself-a snag in the programming. It is not supposed to be seen by the average naked eye. It is supposed to happen without being noticed so that you as a cognitive being go on about your way without detection that things are being altered around you. But the human mind records everything it experiences. You may not know it, but your entire life is being recorded on the greatest microchip and hard drive known to humankind-the brain. And the brain remembers things far differently than you do. So when something happens in the world and you go back and remember it but its supposed to be the first time its happened, the mind is not stupid. It's just letting you know that "time" made a small subtle change or turn in the pattern of events. Now, it's important to remember that again, time is a constant element. Time cannot be altered in any way. Otherwise, the creator could just "go back" in time and say there was no battle in heaven and erase the existence of a fallen being that brought corrupted knowledge to the humans which shaped and molded the world we live in today. It would have never happened. "Sin" would not exist. There would be no point for anything if all you had to do was press the "easy" button and go back and erase whatever just happened. No one would ever have a bad day anymore. No death. No sin. No accidents. I think I made my point. Back to the test. 

To accurately record the change in your time in comparison to the universal time, take a standard stop watch battery powered, a regular clock or cell phone clock or wrist watch, any will do, and set up a night cam in your room or where you sleep. What you will find may astound you. Before you go to sleep, confirm all the times are in sync. When you wake in the morning for the first time, check the times again, if you are able, lay down and go back to sleep for at least another hour or two. When you wake, you will find that your night cam has recorded you sleeping while the world was changing around you. Your time on your stop watch and your regular clock, cell phone, etc., will not be the same time. They should actually be off precisely the exact amount of time you fell back to sleep. If you slept for another hour, the times should differ by one hour. If you slept for another 2 hours, the time will differ by that amount. Now the question is does this really work? I suppose you will have to try it to find out. Good luck. See you in your dreams.

-DeMaster Thomas