(where we are now at the time of this writing)

That was a little too woo-woo. What I was trying to say is, I no longer believe that time is linear, but relative and based on observation. Consciousness perceives time as a series of moments, where each moment comprises a reality (a life). So the time when I posted my comment and the time that you read it are the same instant in conscious time, when our potential realities collapsed into shared reality.

Why would I subscribe to such a roundabout explanation of time? Because it provides a lifeline out of the matrix. If one can entertain the idea that consciousness transcends 4D spacetime, then it's not such a stretch to think of possible future outcomes as their own realities neighboring ours in the multiverse at this instant in time (because it's always now).

Consciousness influences probability by shifting into the reality where a desired outcome occurs, which is called manifestation (how conscious awareness co-creates evolution for its own existence). So free will can't be detected by experiments running in any single reality, because they only record what happens in the old reality that consciousness just left, not the new reality that consciousness is entering. That's why many scientists believe that free will doesn't exist, even though it obviously does (they just can't explain it).

Which has implications for reincarnation, because when we witness someone passing on, we can't see what they experienced. From their perspective, they either shift into a neighboring reality where they're still alive because they dodged the incident that took their life, or their soul evolves a new body that supports perception. Which may take millions of years or even happen on a "past" timeline on the long tail of probability, but no time passes for their soul, since that requires conscious awareness. They just wake up as someone else without their memories and we don't get to be with them anymore.

And if one is willing to entertain those ideas, then one of the conclusions is that our souls are connected through source consciousness, meaning that we are all one. We're all the same observer witnessing every aspect of the universe throughout all of time. Part of God, the universe and everything fracturing itself into infinite observers so that it can experience connection, rather than being alone in some singularity on the number line of all possible outcomes. In other words, we are all divine as aspects of the creator (or creation).

Which challenges organized religion and authoritarian power structures. Nobody wants to be reminded that the meat they're eating is an aspect of themselves in another life. Or that they'll be the person they're exploiting in their next life.

My words are imperfect. The rabbit hole of ascension ends in playing the fool. This nonsensical babble is no more descriptive than simply pondering existence in a meditative state of Zen. But I believe it provides a useful framework for understanding how our current course of colonization, slavery, exploitation, profit, wealth inequality, etc etc etc create a living hell for billions of us so that the ego-driven ones can rule it. When we could have heaven on Earth if we prioritized optimal individual experience for every person and all living things.