What Is Time?

What Is Time? We can’t see it, yet we feel it moving through us. We can’t touch it, yet it leaves marks—on our skin, in our memories, in everything we are. Time is a mystery. Is it a line moving forward into the future? A cycle repeating itself endlessly? Or just an illusion our minds create to make sense of change? They say the past no longer exists, and the future hasn’t arrived yet… So, does only the “now” exist? And if the present is nothing more than a fleeting moment that dies as soon as it’s born—then what are we really living? We rush against it, trapped in clocks, calendars, agendas… But sometimes, in a breath, a glance, or a song, time seems to stop. Or at least, that’s what we believe. Maybe time isn’t something that passes. Maybe we’re the ones passing through it. Physics tells us that time is a dimension, just like space. Einstein showed us that time isn’t absolute—it stretches and bends. It flows more slowly near a black hole. It speeds up as we move away from gravity. An astronaut traveling near the speed of light will age slower than you. Sounds like science fiction? It’s proven physics. But beyond formulas and theories, we’re obsessed with time. We measure it, we count it, we fear it. We live trapped in its flow, like a river running in only one direction. And yet… quantum physics throws us a curveball: At the subatomic level, there is no “before” or “after.” Particles simply exist. Does that mean time is just an illusion created by consciousness? Maybe time doesn’t pass. Maybe everything is happening at once, and our minds arrange it all so we can understand.