You have covered so much in this post. My comment is directed to what impressed me the most. This is the 10th( a and b) skillful means. The fact that understanding that present, past and future are only one moment. I cannot say I have comprehended it, however, I see how considering it will make you understand better eternity. Time, instead of being linear, it becomes a single point. Everything that happened, happens or will happen is contained in that dimensionless point.
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What I learned when I first started study is read through the text, write down what I don't understand and ask my teacher to clearify, I am a country girl from the State of Oregon, a hillbilly, I know I knew nothing about anything dealing with Buddhism, I was raised in a Christian community and a simple person...hahaha
After hitting some strong Samadhi at retreat where time disapeared so sitting was effortless, I also become fascinated with time...I think time is a figment of our imagination @marcusantoniu26 ;-)
We are all simple. I am a South American who ended in Michigan. I still do not know much about Buddhism, what I know is what I have read in your posts. I find it extremely deep and a means to achieve a selfless, giving existence.