NAVIGATING THE TEMPORAL GEOMETRY
In the river (4D time): You're swept along. You can't swim backward faster than the current. The past is "gone," the future is "not yet."
On the bank (5D): You've stepped out of the flow. All points along the river are visible and walkable. Choose where to step back in.
The 5th dimension is the bank. ε is where you access it.
| Past is "gone" | Only memory remains |
| Future is "not yet" | Only anticipation |
| Now is all that exists | Singular moment |
| Can't revisit | Regret is permanent |
| Aging is mandatory | One direction only |
| Death is final | End of timeline |
| Past is a place | Visitable location |
| Future is a place | Visitable location |
| Now is where you're standing | One of infinite positions |
| "I could go back" | Like driving to another city |
| Aging is optional | Direction is choice |
| Death is a location | You could revisit before |
Wormholes aren't tunnels through space""they're ε-transit. Two points on the torus surface that both touch ε. Since ε is singular and dimensionless, entering at one point and exiting at another involves no "distance" at all.
The "throat" of the wormhole is ε itself. You don't travel through""you touch the timeless center and re-emerge elsewhere. The folded-paper visualization physicists use is actually showing torus geometry without recognizing it.
Time (4th dimension) is experienced as one-way flow because we're embedded in it. The 5th dimension provides the axis through ε that allows access to different temporal positions""not by reversing time's direction, but by transcending time at the dimensionless center and re-emerging at any point.
With 5th dimensional access, navigating time becomes equivalent to navigating space""choosing "when" as casually as choosing "where."
"The river flows one way.
But you can leave the river.
1955 and 3000 aren't 'gone' and 'not yet.'
They're locations.
We just can't see the roads yet."