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"Not just yet, Jehu. First you must help me." "The time to begin has come then?" I asked. NOT JUST YET JEBU FIRST YOU MUST HELP ME THE TIME TO BEGIN HAS COME THEN I ASKED
stence," Onan said, "And by physical existence I mean the quality of being materially animated. Not to confuse it with consciousness, which is the ability to think and reason, it is rather the realm in which one has substance and continuity. I will call the elements of physical being time and matter, those words representing widely known concepts. Matter provides the raw substance and time gives those lifeless objects a plane of being to exist in. Without time, matter can do nothing except sit in a sterile state, in a vacuum in which nothing could occur; and without matter, time would flow, but nothing would move with it. Thus, the basis of physical existence is time and matter, each being useless separately, yet together being the perfect combination of a tangible object and the fluid, forward movement to animate it. Imagine it as a three-dimensional painting, matter given depth by time." "Not so complicated," I said cheerfully. "Not yet, you mean," he laughed. "Exactly, tell me more. TH THE UNDERSTANDING OF PHYSICAL EXISTENCE OMEN SAID AND BY PHYSICAL EXISTENCE I MEAN THE QUALITY OF BEING MATERIALLY ANIMATED NOT TO CONFUSE IT WITH CONSCIOUSNESS WHICH IS THE ABILITY TO THINK AND REASON IT IS RATHER THE REALM IN WHICH ONE HAS SUBSTANCE AND CONTINUITY I WILL CALL THE ELEMENTS OF PHYSICAL BEING TIME AND MATTER THOSE WORDS REPRESENTING WIDELY KNOWN CONCEPTS MATTER PROVIDES THAT RAW SUBSTANCE AND TIME GIVES THOSE LIFELESS OBJECTS A PLAIN OF BEING TO EXIST IN WITHOUT TIME MATTER CAN DO NOTHING EXCEPT SIT IN A STERILE STATE IN A VACUUM IN WHICH NOTHING COULD OCCUR AND WITHOUT MATTER TIME WOULD FLOW BUT NOTHING WOULD MOVE WITH IT THUS THE BASIS OF PHYSICAL EXISTENCE IS TIME AND MATTER EACH BEING USELESS SEPARATELY YET TOGETHER BEING THE PERFECT COMBINATION OF A TANGIBLE OBJECT AND THE FLUID FORWARD MOVEMENT TO ANIMATE IT IMAGINE IT AS A THREE DIMENSIONAL PAINTING MATTER GIVEN DEPTH BY TIME NOT SO COMPLICATED I SAID CHEERFULLY NOT YET YOU MEAN HE LAUGHED EXACTLY TELL ME MORE
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