Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-29103410-20140318181354/@comment-19903036-20160308060539

We are obviously having two different conversations Roohi.

As I said I have no interest in the topic, but leaving without my input would put me in a very hypocritical position. So i'll discuss a thing or two.

Altering our perception is something we humans all do, whether it be optical, sensory, or atmospheric. Any sense of perception can be.

With sight, our eyes adjust it's focus as a countermeasure of being overloaded with what we see. We also have some 260 degree perception of what we can see at one time, and don't quote me on the degree, i'm just saying we can see a lot with out eyes open.

Our eyes focus on the objects we look at, and objects around it, peripheral vision. The focus isn't as clear, and is usually ignored unless putting attention onto it, or to be aware in general. This is a habit we do in regards to our attachment to what we see. The more important or relevant the item is to use the more likely we are to not spot what's around it. We are more stimulated to visuals that either gain our attention, or are called by it.

These stimuli are connected to all of our senses, and behave much in the same manner. Like with sound it's how we are able to talk to a single person on a busy intersection of a city, and hear them over the multitude of sounds all around you.

My point in bringing this up aside from saying perception, is that these are affects that deal with our brain and it's neurology. Neurons that travel through our body, send messages from sensory receptors to our brain and vice versa on it's way of dealing with it. All that boring shit many people know.

The more interesting part however is our stimuli, or more how people react differently from one another to it. This topic for one to me is much less interesting to me, but the communication and sharing and comparing of ideas is what brings it to my attention. I like debating. You seem to have a different reaction to the stimuli, and it brings you here to evaluate and correct. Keep this in mind, because i'm finally about to go over times connection to it.

When we go to places, depending on how we feel about the place affects time. 8-10 hours of school goes by much much slower than 8-10 hours at an amusement park. Even with the same time spent, because of the stimuli given we associate boredom with time going being slow, and excitement with time going by fast... At least I would hope so, i'm sure there are people out there who would see school as more entertainment than an amusement park.

Wish I had a better terminology on what these events are, but this is what I think, or thought of when I use to think of time manipulation. Seeing how the way time passes can alter just by the way we take in stimuli, understanding and manipulating the way we percieve our environment, our internal functioning's response to our environment, seems to be the most viable method in being able to manipulate time. Although it wouldn't really be time we manipulate, but our perception to it.

This sounds good enough to me, but the obvious question left is, how? Which I don't know, at least not to the extent of speeding or slowing time having some tangible effect, like seeing 30 minutes as only 3. Narcotics i'm sure will do the trick, seeing as they react to either a stimulative or depressive affect depending on what's being taken and it's potency, but that isn't a good way to find an accurate means of control. Nor is it smart to take these drugs.

Meditation is a very unique idea when looking at time manipulation in this light given it's various applications each can take when performing, and even without much success it's health and mental benefits. Unfortunately i'm not at the point where my meditations give any viable results to my theories, which vary from altering my concentration to what's around me, or the more unbelievable to anyone else, figuring a way to slip into another state of consciousness. But I couldn't help mentioning it with your saying of requiring a deeper understanding of time.