Consciousness as a Mediator
Consciousness acts as a link between the static absolute dimension of time and the dynamic experience of relative time, enabling the transformation from potentiality to temporal actuality.
3.3.2 The Function of Consciousness in Time Alignment
Measurement and Experience of Time
Consciousness allows for the measurement of time in a phenomenological sense---marking sequence, duration, and change---so that time can be experienced as a flowing process.
Resonance with Absolute Time
Through the mechanism of resonance, consciousness aligns its internal waves with the structure of absolute time, enabling synchronization and harmonization between subjective experience and the ontology of time.
3.3.3 Implications for Philosophy and Science
Phenomenological Approach
Husserl and Merleau-Ponty's thoughts on temporal consciousness emphasize that consciousness is the medium through which time becomes a meaningful experience.
Neuroscience and Time Cognition
Modern neuroscience studies show that the human brain has an internal mechanism for perceiving time, which can be seen as a biological realization of the function of consciousness as an internal "clock."
Complex Adaptive Systems
In complex systems theory, the consciousness of a system (either a living organism or an artificial intelligence) can be defined as an information processor that creates functional temporality to maintain stability and growth.
3.3.4 Consciousness and the Flow of Time
Time as a Dialectical Process
Time does not exist simply as a chronological sequence, but as a flow that emerges from the dynamic interaction of consciousness with absolute time.
The Absence of Consciousness and the Staticity of Time
Without adaptive consciousness, absolute time does not experience actualization and remains an unrealized potential; time "flows" only when there is consciousness that aligns itself with temporal resonance.
