TIME_DIMENSIONS
Three-Dimensional Objects as Cross Sections
All three-dimensional objects, including people, are merely cross-sections of larger, four-dimensional bodies. To perceive the complete 'four-dimensional…
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Out Of This World
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 a cross 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 a cross section of a four-dimensional object. We cannot avoid the inference that all three-dimensional objects are but cross sections of four-dimensional bodies. Which means: when I meet you, I meet a cross section of the four-dimensional you—the four-dimension self that is not seen. To see the four-dimensional 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.
All three-dimensional objects, including people, are merely cross-sections of larger, four-dimensional bodies. To perceive the complete 'four-dimensional self' of an individual means seeing all moments of their life, from birth to death, as coexisting and in a state of flux, rather than in linear sequence.