Every life exists within the present moment.
QUESTION:
The concept that "all lives are here" is understandable if we accept that time does not exist. However, if this is difficult to grasp, are there any analogies that could clarify it?
RESPONSE from lee:
The most straightforward analogy is a computer game stored on a disk. Regardless of how long you play or how many moves you make, the entire experience is contained on that single disk right "here and now." Every possible combination of elements within the game is merely a set of variables that never actually leaves the physical disk.
Furthermore, if you possessed developer-level access, you could jump into any part of the game at any level, at any stage, and with any combination of characters.
When you are simply a player focused only on what is currently on the screen, it creates an illusion that the characters are evolving over time and moving arbitrarily from place to place. Consequently, the locations and times shown on the screen appear to emerge or vanish somewhere beyond the game itself. In reality, however, everything is happening in one place—on the disk. The passage of time within the story—cycles of day and night, sunrises and sunsets, or clocks on a wall—is just a rendering within the game on that same disk, which exists right here and now.
Real-world examples of this can be found in the predictions of clairvoyants. Such foresight is only possible if life functions like a game: the future must already be present for it to be foreseen. If the future had not already occurred in the "Now," no prophet would ever be able to predict an event even a single minute in advance.
