I would say that time realy is the gain of information.
This is such a good explanation. Until recently, I thought of time as attention.
Obviously there is the linear clockwork that we as humans are accustomed to - schedules, alarms, birthdays, anniversaries. And of course the big one - we know the average lifespan of a human and our own number of days in relation. I think that is ultimately what keeps our perception pretty linear, along with when we have to be places or do things so that we can earn our keep.
But really we choose where to place or attention within our time here on Earth. And so i have learned (especially since becoming a mother) that it is very important to try to hold attention in the moments that don’t go anywhere.
There is so much beauty in witnessing the wind blow through the trees. With enough focus, one can almost hear them lift and fall individually. A meditative focus (the kind of sharp awareness that seems to have extra dimensions) can hear the wind as it’s own entity and the leaves as a happy crowd. Maybe there is room there for curiosity - how many leaves do you hear now? And which way did the wind travel when things went still?
I know that’s kind of a silly anthropomorphism, but it is one example of attention expanding perception so that a moment seems to expand and go longer than the clock will recognize.
And that attention is exactly gaining information, eh?
Take time to smile at a stranger...
Take time to smell the roses....
All just means put your attention there. It can’t make the days go any faster.
And maybe that sort of practice is touching on 4D - with enough information, a split second experience can make one think about so much. That wind came from that direction, sure, and maybe it came all the way from the ocean. How big were the waves that it made?
That tree was once a seedling, and I know what baby oak trees look like so I can picture it in it’s infancy. I would guess it has been here 25 years or so. Etc.
If nothing else, it is a playful form of love and appreciation for creation.
Aside from all of that, Time is also a really good Pink Floyd song