Now

Now. This idea is multifaceted. A pertinent definition from wiktionary is : Differently from the immediate past; differently from a more remote past or a possible future; differently from all other times. This is a definition of its usage as an adverb. The noun definition is : the present time. These are the standard definitions but I observe a deeper phenomenon which the symbol now represents.

The present time is highly relative depending on the velocity one is traveling or one's proximity to strong gravitational fields. If one where traveling near the speed of light one second to you will be many years to a low-velocity observer. There is no one discrete now of discrete length.

We say that now is different from all other times, its neither the past or the future. Are not the ideas of past, present, and future arbitrary bounded abstractions used for the convenience of communication? There is but one spacetime. Does the sensation of a progression of nows depend on how often one is cognizant of new data? Might another animal perceive three nows for our one? Might the length of one moment differ between people and species?

The Unified Field, at the quantum level is all "nows" existing simultaneously. Single particles appear in many places at once. Particles phase out of existence into other existences extremely rapidly.

Countless experiments have proven that the observer actually affects the quantum particles. The instantaneous state of a quantum system encodes the probabilities of its measurable properties, or "observables." When a quantum system is observed all possibilities collapse into an actual physical state. Now is simply the current observation of all possible states. We see things as a progression, growth, or evolution because that is how our minds culturally cognize reality. Although this is a real phenomenon no one to my knowledge as been able to observe a radically different environment on a macroscopic scale and realize change. Nobody has materialized an apple in their hand by observing the possibility until it collapses into reality. Not yet anyway. Perhaps our species as a whole is becoming conscious of this physics and will be able to manipulate it. But I digress.

There are infinite nows of every now. Now might be the entire duration of the universe. Some of the interpretations of Quantum Mechanics include infinite universes which means infinite time streams of infinitely graduated nows. Really all this merges as one big infinite Now. But we are collapsing the quantum flux to one specific now every moment so for now our species must deal with only one now.

Power of Now
I have written before that any attention on what is not real is a dissipation of energy. To solve a problem, a problem that exists right in front of you, right now, you must sense fully yourself and your environment immediately. No matter how difficult the problem, it can be broken down into simple steps to be preformed now. Focusing on the sensing-acting feedback loop is attending to what is real, therefore no dissipation of energy. No worries, no past memories, no future fears, or expectations can help you. As you focus on the step at hand ideas will naturally arise without effort. No energy having been dissipated ideas of the right frequency to the now situation are attracted. It takes effort to ignore the felt sensation of now, and this very effort, this forced thinking or planning, is what dissipates your energy, tires you, and makes solving the problem difficult. As I write this paragraph I simply accept my felt sensation of now attracts the necessary ideas to express my vision. I don''t have to plan one bit. I call it conscious free association writing.

Conclusions
So all this gobbledygook I have just written boils down to this. Attention to the now allows our total energy to flow and act fully to solve the current problem. Whether or now there are infinite nows or how big the now is is unimportant. What is important is the attention and awareness of all phenomenon, now, simultaneously.