Do you ever wonder if time matters, or is the same, when we die? Years ago I submitted a story called "My Ghost Who Cussed" and this sparked an interest, for me at least, about the difference between time while we are living versus time after we die. It also created conversation in the comments section about time. When we hear a ghostly voice say only one or two words and then later we hear another word or two, are the words meant to go together? Are they only parts of a sentence or question and we just don't hear the rest?
Before I proceed with my experience, I want to acknowledge I am not using real names in this one. Most of the time I do, but I don't feel I can or should in this case. I know this causes some members to question the validity of a story, but I have never submitted anything that isn't true.
About 4 years ago Bart, someone I've known my entire life, passed away. A few days later I was visited by Bart. Nothing major, he just sat on my bed. There was no concrete evidence it was Bart, but my instinct tells me it was.
A few days after that visit, I was visited again. This time there was no doubt it was Bart and he had a message, "Tell Herb it won't be long." I took this to mean Herb's wife didn't have long. Edith has had major health issues for years. But, because that is such a sensitive topic, I didn't feel as if I could pass that message along.
One day recently I was told Herb is dying. There is no doubt in my mind this is what the message was about: Herb's passing, not Edith's.
The timing between the two messages about Herb is almost exactly 3 years. Maybe time truly is irrelevant once we pass.
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The reason for clocks and the time changes is because time moves differently everywhere. Before the world clock, trains would leave at 'their' appointed hour, which was usually different somewhere else and they would end up crashing into one another, even though both left at the correct time.
Time is always changing, and we have to tweak our instruments constantly in order to function within a timeframe.
The current Gregorian calendar which measures time in days and years is also the best we can do so far to 'control' time. But again, because it is always changing, we have to tweek our counting system with leap years, odd month days, etc. Humans used to track time with the moon, but it was a bit more complicated, because they were left with an extra moon, or not enough for the season.
Clocks slow down without ever seeming to, so there is a computer that 'speeds' them up and makes adjustments to regulate clocks (and thus time) all over the world. They had a serious problem with time during the manned space missions because the astronauts' watches and time keeping mechanisms would slow down or stop altogether.
Time, as we understand it, is nothing more than a smokescreen we use to synchronize with other human beings. That's it. It's an illusion of control over the chaos of time.
As for it relating to the dead, I'm assuming if what Dr. Stevenson (I think it was) found in relation to reincarnation is true, and we 'circle' the earth until it is time to reincarnate, then the spirit world is also somehow subjected to gravity and time, probably in a different capacity than we know or understand.
And 'soon' could be anything, given the squirrelly nature of time, I wouldn't worry about it. He may have told you to ensure things were left in order, but if you didn't say anything, the message probably was told to someone else too. Hank was probably so concerned over his wife's situation, his own will and funeral arrangements may have not been made.