Notes from an "alternate universe". Introduction to a new way of thinking.

I am finally on the other side of the bridge

Not Chaol

What I mean is I have a different perspective than I did years ago.

Not Chaol.

Spot on

That's a bit tricky. You are all ready experiencing an other past, as "them".

What you are asking to do is experience their past as you.

You could experience their past as an aspect of your past (as both are within your perspective) but the trick is to remember it from your current perspective.

(We are doing this now but are not aware of it.)

So we become aware of it by relating it with our current perspective.

Keep in mind that we can only experience "past" (not "now") and there is no past or future. There is only that which is less relative, and that which is more.

As a rule of thumb, the distant past is less relative than the immediate past. And an other person is less relative than your immediate person (you). Though these are sometimes not the case.

For efficiency's sake we tend to relate to things that are more like our current perspective. So, in essence, you forget your experience as your friend.

So as the past exists now you can either 1) "make" the past more relative to your current perspective with a new aspect; or 2) relate something in the 'past' perspective with your current one.

For #1 you will not likely be aware of when you are "changing the past", but your Genius is. We do it all the time without realizing it. If this was illustrated in a television series it would be like making a water tower in your town a different color. But when you "get there" you will only ever know of it being that new color, because you will be on a new timeline (though there are no timelines).

It won't be the same world, as you remember it, but the change shouldn't be noticeable at all. You will just know a different kind of world than the one you started with in your intention. The world you experience is as valid as the other world (as both are representations). You'll find a way to fit the "new" thing in the logical narrative of the "past" perspective.

For this, you would take something new and make it relative. It should have some conceivable relationship with the perspective you're trying to get to. If you want to go 500,000 years to another perspective (aspect of your current perspective) then you could take a rock and develop a story around it that relates to 500,000 years separate. If this sounds familiar it is because it is the same way the Genius works. It's just a change of perspective.

The harder part isn't experiencing the past perspective, though. It is being consciously aware, from your self that is reading these words now, that you are experiencing it.

You could also just 'stay there' but your perspective would shift to the new aspect and your current self would never know you were there. In your current perspective perhaps the air outside your window would have a sulfur smell for a few hours when the perspectives are made relatve, or the sky would radiate a different color. In the 'past' perspective maybe you hear a strange sound from another world, or see a form you have never seen before, or learn something new, etc.

For #2 you would do the same thing but you would use something you know is all ready relative. The process is the same.

We do this quite often. I would even think most of us do this several thousand times a day. To take an extreme example, imagine a person that has been traumatized by a past event...

As they "remember" they are mentally changing their perspective to what is happening now, in another aspect of their perspective. They may be somewhat aware of the change and their body is responding to it. There may be a heightened level of anxiety, for example, or a change in mood. The other perspective's "you" is also aware of the relationship and may experience a variety of things.

An experience of "past" will also be a new experience, as new relationships are involved. Oftentimes we may even place these new perspectives in our future, through a repeated pattern for example.

You can change your past in the same way that you can change your future, but you will likely not know that it has been changed because it will seem logical in all directions (subconsciously and perhaps even consciously).

It doesn't matter if it is someone else's past or your own. What matters are the relationships that make it relevant to your current perspective (so you can be aware of it).

So to learn how to get to, say, a childhood friend's past experience years ago let's consider how a person can "travel" to a traumatic event in their past and them being conscious of it.

How do you think this happens?