The world process represents the realization of the potencies of the Monads, or, in other words, the self-consciousness of the Absolute in the totality of its differential elements. It is the direction of this realization that determines the flow of time. That is, a change in time is considered to be a change in the ratio of potential and actualized elements of consciousness ("energies") in favor of the latter. The category of time itself arises to describe the speed and direction of the movement of consciousness, encompassing all new areas of being

Three important consequences follow from this view. First, time is an objective reality, that is, it is an element of the macrocosm, and not just the psychocosm. The second, the speed of the passage of time, is individual and depends on the rate of expansion of awareness of a given Monad. And third– branching is possible in time, that is, the same expansion of consciousness can be achieved in different ways.

The path of realization of the potencies of the Monad includes certain "key points" determined by the very nature of its individuality. It is these points that must be passed, but the order of implementation of these "key points" may vary. It is this freedom to choose the direction of development that is a characteristic feature of "free spirits". It is these points that represent the points of branching of the time stream, in which the choice of the further path and the division of the stream into actual and virtual ones takes place. In other words, having arrived at such a point, the Monad makes a choice of the further direction of movement, and its power flows in this direction, and all other scenarios are realized in the space of dreams

It is important to emphasize that the world process is moving in a spiral, and similar (but not identical) states are repeated in it many times. This course of movement not only allows you to alternate periods of accumulation and analysis of experience, but also allows you to look at each point from different angles and at different level. In addition, the movement of consciousness in time can occur in any direction, however, "looking into the future", consciousness finds itself in a "lagging" position, because the future is a state of greater awareness, similarly, looking into the past puts consciousness in a leading position