SIZE Matters ... .

                                                           I had to ask the Universe if Time was 'linear' or 'circular', meaning, is everything a "one-off" {"one and done"} or is there a circularity manifested as 'Seasonal Change', that is, does Time move forward and ONLY forward or is there a "one step forward and two steps backward" 'Agency' that correctly depicts Time's Movement, OR, Is Time >Cyclical< as I have just noted ?  For BuddhistS, the answer is a "no brainer", because Life itself, manifests within the CYCLE  of Birth-Death-Re-Birth, it is OBVIOUS that ALL LIFE is subject to this Universal Cyclicity and therefore Time IS Cyclical in Nature .   We say, "What goes around comes around" and the ever prominently hateful, "The  more things change, the more they stay the same."  As Humans we can detect Change because of our own experiences and even more importantly, the Experiences of Others ESPECIALLY those of History .    We say, "Time marches on" with the Belief that we are moving FORWARD in a Correct Direction, but this may be inaccurate, if we locate ourselves on a Timeline of a CIRCLE .   Marching >forward< is ACTUALLY marching on a course of >Return< .   Even this THIS is less than, meaning it is far more SAFE to argue that we are on a circular MOTION that resembles a SPIRAL whose 'end' is the Goal of Humankind, Utopia .   It is necessary to see this "Spiral" as going >UP<  where UP is AWAY from Earthly Corruption and TOWARD  Heavenly Virtue .   Please, "Try this on for size" .