God’s Compensation/Ask some questions to get a better handle on the situation

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As you look around, you are fascinated by the still form of yourself frozen in time. You wave your hand in front of it as though expecting it to react, and then you place your hand on its shoulder, or at least you try to, your hand simply passes right through as though it were air. “So, all I got to do is… walk in the 6th dimension in order to go forward and backward in time?” You ask, to witch Mr. Austin nods. That makes sense, although after having already messed up once, you feel you need to get your bearings before you go about gallivanting through time.

“What’s up with our twins here?” You ask as you jab your hand through your copy’s sternum.

“Exactly what it looks like,” Mr. Austin tells you. “That is you inside the time-stream. Time stops the very instant you step out of the time-stream, witch means at that exact instant there are two of you. If it bothers you, all you got to do is step any micro-fraction of a second forward in time and it will disappear.”

Hmm… so that means… “Then I take it this guy will still be around if we go backward in time.” This was more a statement than a question, a confirmation to see if you have things right if anything, but you were still happy to see Mr. Austin give a nod to say that you were right. “So then,” you continue, “why can’t I touch him?” at witch you begin waiving your hand back and forth through your body double’s chest.

Mr. Austin seems to be somewhat amused by your antics, and he chuckles softly. “Well, that would be because we are slightly out of phase with the world inside the time-stream.” He says. “You can’t actually interact with anything inside the time-stream.”

Can’t interact with anything? Huh. Well, that sort of makes sense, but then… you look down at the ground and take a few steps, noting that the grass under your feet does not bend or shift as you put your foot down. Rather, it passes straight through your foot. But wait, if you are not stepping on the grass, then what about…

“As for the ground you are walking on,” Mr. Austin pipes up as though sensing your thought, or maybe that was exactly it, he did say he sort of had that power, “6th dimensional space creates its own physical objects witch roughly conform to the location of the most static objects inside of the time-stream. This would include planets and some houses, but it does not include people who are always moving, and it also does not include quick-growing plants. An object needs to be occupying roughly the same space relative to a major gravity source for at least a year before this starts to develop. So, the ground creates a 6D imprint, and so do buildings and some trees. Wildflowers don’t though, your hand will pass right through a wildflower.”

So, buildings leave a ‘6D imprint?’ “What about doors?” You ask.

“Yeah, doors are a little bit of a pain in the neck.” Mr. Austin replies. “The doors on public buildings with a closing mechanism usually leave a 6D imprint since they stay in one position enough to create one. It doesn’t need to be in exactly one position for an entire year, it just needs to spend over 90% of its time in an exact given position. The imprint seems to reproduce hinges Ok, but not so much for the grease. You kinda gotta reef on it a bit to get the 6D door to open. The external doors to private houses usually create an imprint as well. As for internal doors, that’s a toss-up.”

“Ok...” you are starting to understand this a bit. One more question is weighing on your mind though. “So, what happens if I re-enter the time-stream inside of an object that didn’t create an imprint?”

At this, question, Mr. Austin seems to fix you with a rather grave look. “Well,” he says, “that’s a rather good question. I was going to tell you about that one, but it is good to see you are thinking about that sort of thing. Anyway, as for what happens, it really depends on wither what you are occupying space with is a living creature or an inanimate object. Basically, whether or not it possesses a soul. If it doesn’t have a soul, you just bump into it. You will fail to re-enter the time-stream, and you will transfer kinetic energy to the object you bumped into, even if the spot you bumped into it was right in the center or the object. When a lot of people talk about ghosts, it is usually from miss-placed attempts for 6D beings trying to jump back into the time-stream. If it has a soul though, you wind up merging into their body. That goes for your own body too if you go backwards in time. Actually, it is kind of preferable that if you go back in time you possess your own body, it leads to fewer complications if there aren’t two of you running around.”

Wait, so, 6D beings can move things around and possess people? In other words, yeah, Mr. Austin called it spot on with the ghost comparison.