When we measure using a ruler, we know what we are measuring is an inorganic or organic object, because that is what we put the ruler against to make our measurement. When we run a clock, what is it that we are putting it against, that we are measuring?
We can tell time has passed, only when there is a
reference that stands still, or moves relatively slower than the time that has
passed. We mark time by observing or recording the states of changing physical
(inorganic) matter, changing organic matter, or changing mental worlds. If
inorganic matter stood still, if organic matter stood still, and our minds
stood still, there would be no flowing of Time, there would be nothing to mark
(or measure) its passage.
Ever since the dissipation that began with the Big
Bang (one of the theories of cosmology)...the cosmos has been transformed by
the flow of energy that alters the states of the various things that exist.
These states are perceived by sentient beings...who structure them in a
sequence...before, now, after...a process that marks and gives rise to Time. So
a measurement of Time is really a measurement (or is it a recording or marking)
of the changing state of the universe, which in turn, is a measure of the
energy transforming it.
The primary function of Architecture is to mark
Time...to allow Time to exist (to stand out against its own passing) and to
pass. Without a changing architectural substrate...how can we tell of one thing
being of a particular time...and another thing being of another time. Even in
our mental experiences we have a substrate that is the architecture of our
minds...our samskāra...that which has created our minds...the mental
passage of time...from memories to hopes...plays out against this samskāra.
We all know that clocks tell the time...but what is
it that they measure?...Einstein gave us the relationship between matter and energy...what
is the relationship between matter and time? An answer will close out a loop of
enlightenment!
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