Four-Dimensional Thinking and Changing the Future

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How To Manifest Your Desires

Now a dimension is not a line. It is any way in which a thing can be measured that is entirely different from all other ways. That is, to measure a solid fourth­dimensionally, we simply measure it in any direction except that of its length, width and height. Now, is there another way of measuring an object other than those of its length, width and height? Time measures my life without employing the three dimensions of length, width and height. There is no such thing as an instantaneous object. Its appearance and disappearance are measurable. It endures for a definite length of time. We can measure its life span without using the dimensions of length, width and height. Time is definitely a fourth way of measuring an object. The more dimensions an object has, the more substantial and real it becomes. A straight line, which lies entirely in one dimension, acquires shape, mass and substance by the addition of dimensions. What new quality would time, the fourth dimension give, which would make it just as vastly superior to solids, as solids are to surfaces and surfaces are to lines? Time is a medium for changes in experience, for all changes take time. The new quality is changeability. Observe that, if we bisect a solid, its cross section will be a surface; by bisecting a surface, we obtain a line, and by bisecting a line, we get a point. This means that a point is but a cross section of a line; which is, in turn, but across section of a surface; which is, in turn, but a cross section of a solid; which is, in turn, if carried to its logical conclusion, but across section of a four­dimensional object. We cannot avoid the inference that all three­dimensional objects are but cross sections of four­dimensional bodies. Which means: when I meet you, I meet a cross section of the four­dimensional you ­­ the four­dimensional Self that is not seen. To see the four­dimensional Self I must see every cross section or moment of your life from birth to death, and see them all as co­existing. My focus should take in the entire array of sensory impressions which you have experienced on earth, plus those you might encounter. I should see them, not in the order in which they were experienced by you, but as a present whole. Because CHANGE is the characteristic of the fourth dimension, I should see them in a state of flux ­­ as a living, animated whole. Now, if we have all this clearly fixed in our minds, what does it mean to us in this three­dimensional world? It means that, if we can move along times length, we can see the future and alter it if we so desire.

Neville explains that our three-dimensional world is merely a 'cross-section' of a larger, four-dimensional reality, where time is the fourth dimension. This four-dimensional Self encompasses all moments of life co-existing as a present whole. The characteristic of this fourth dimension is 'changeability.' Understanding this allows us to 'move along time's length,' perceive the future, and alter it by changing our focus and assumptions.

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