Nigel 
July 2nd,2009Somewhere in my studies of NLP (Neuro-Linguistic Programming) I came across the suggestion that most people hold the idea of past-present-future in their heads in one of two ways. I’m wondering how true this is,and how you perceive time.
For me time runs from left to right,with the past on my left. Obviously where I am on the line is the present. To some extent my subconscious gauges how long ago something happened by how far away from me it is on the line. I’ve heard that most people from Western culture and world view think of time running left to right.
An alternative which is said to be preferred by people from Eastern culture is a line running from behind to in front,with the past behind. If this is true it is one of a number of illuminating differences between Western and Eastern approaches to thinking.
How does your mind visualise time? Is it left to right,behind to ahead,or something else?
And if you need to remember when something in your past happened,how do you do it? What tricks do you use?
Oh yes,and how well do you remember what it was like being under five? (Our grandchildren are 1 and 4 
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