In order to better understand the Vital Needs Theory, it is useful to see how time flows. We are used to the fact that causes always precede their effects. But the energy-momentum-mass equation implies three types of time:

· Causal time: when systems diverge, as it is the case of our expanding universe, entropy dominates, causes always precede their effects, time flows forward, from the past to the future, and retrocausal effects are impossible, such as light waves that propagate backwards in time or radio signals that are received before being transmitted.

· Retrocausal time: when systems converge, as it is the case with black holes, retrocausality dominates, effects always precede causes, time flows backwards, from the future to the past, and no forward effects are possible. This is why no light is emitted from black holes.

· Supercausal time: when diverging and converging forces are balanced, as it is the case of atoms and quantum mechanics, causality and retrocausality coexist and time is unitary.

This classification recalls the ancient Greek division into: Kronos, Kairos and Aion.

Where:

· Kronos describes the sequential causal time, which is familiar to us, made of absolute moments that flow from the past to the future.

· Kairos describes the retrocausal time. According to Pythagoras, kairos is at the basis of intuitions, of the ability to feel the future and to choose the most advantageous options.

· Aion describes the supercausal time, in which past, present and future coexist. The time of quantum mechanics, of the subatomic world.

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