Because of "modern materialistic science" and the godless heathens that control it, people do not understand time, nor the implications of it. So wrong is this training (indoctrination)that people start believing such silly notions as "there is no free will", or that time is linear. Or in such notions as "cause and effect".
And, it is really that these "godless heathens" (actually worshippers of satan) want you to never understand your connection to the universe and God. So, what they try to program you with is what will make it hardest for you to get to the truth. They really are this evil.
So, let's talk about time.
Humans see time as linear
It is the way humans are built. It is the way the brain is wired. That humans see time as linear.
We can easily watch the movie, or the TV show, which is a string of still shots displayed one after the other. It seems natural, the way it is. We assume it is the way it is for everyone else.
But, let us continue with the film example. Really, time is like that reel of still images. They all exist in the here and now. Every frame, every instance, exists now. And you can look at them if you choose to.
And everyone has their own film reel. Which is not the same as anyone else's. Most people think we have a shared reality, that is real, that is out there, and that we just get confused when we don't see things the same. The sharing is not real. The illusion set up to share is really a work of art. Including training everyone to focus on more or less the same movie.
You may encounter beings who see humans as flickering off and on. (in between each frame of the movie)
We think that time is linear, and that there is a past and a future, because that is the way we were trained to focus. Or, in other words, we are sitting in the seat in the movie theater, watching the projection, and not sitting in the booth looking at the whole film reel.
The future creates the past
We believe that things in the past cause the future to be what it is.
However, it is the future, that creates the past. Let's say you wanted to get to San Diego. Of course you would be travelling west (assuming you start in America). You assume, because you are stuck in the linear thinking. But what really happens is that you envision a future in San Diego. And that future creates the steps in between. Without that goal, everything in between is rather meaningless.
The past is there to give context, from which you can understand the meaning of what is happening.
But doesn't that mean it is all predetermined?
With the (incomplete) analogy of time being like a film reel, one starts to imagine that there is one, and only one sequence of events. And so, one's life is predetermined.
This is wrong on two levels. YOU, created the entire film, by your choice. And, you can see the future you are creating, and choose to create a different future.
We are here, in this universe, in this planet, to experience what we are creating. To slow down the creation process to see what is actually happening. To fully experience it.
We actually explore every significant probability. Most do not really deviate from the main plot, and so do not really effect our lives. Such as going down A street instead of B street to get home. But, sometimes that choice makes all the difference. Such is synchronicity.
So, you can both know your future, and change your future. If you are open to, and are able to work with such information. Most people don't.
Within this framework, things like affirmations and visualizing works. They tell the greater YOU which direction you want to go, and so change little things that makes it easier for you to get there. One might say, it is like putting hands on the steering wheel of YOUR car.
With this understanding of time, you can make better choices about which choices to make. Help to steer your life in the direction you want to go.
Of course the biggest hindrance on going where you want is that of you feeling unworthy (or other mental/emotional blockages) and so, now that you know about time, you can start to feel these blockages and begin to work through them.
It really does help to know reality. Instead of living in a haphazard, completely random, its all your fault but you have no free will, universe laid out for you by those Satan worshippers in ivory towers.