ROFL! I can't believe I didn't immediately make the connection with the 300,000,000 meters-> 1 second thing!
I think I'm getting closer to understanding this. Let me see if I can simplify it just a bit (understatement of the year).
You're saying we are always "traveling" at the speed of light... but that most of our "speed" is in the temporal direction. (Gonna be using a lot of terms like "speed" in completely the wrong way... so bear with me)
So... standing still:
Temporal speed (let's call it Ts) = 300,000,000 m/s
Spatial speed (let's call it Ss) = 0 m/s
Total speed = 300,000,000 m/s
Now... to over-simplify it even further... (and based on my understanding of your last post to indicate that we are always "traveling" at the speed of light)
Ts + Ss = Speed of light (300,000,000 m/s)
I REALLY hope I'm on the right track here... if I am, I now understand this... if I'm going in entirely the wrong direction, I'm screwed.
But... presuming I'm on-track here... as we increase our spatial "speed", we accordingly decrease our temporal "speed", so that the equation always equals 300,000,000 m/s. However, since our typical spatial speeds are so low, the impact on our temporal speed is virtually non-existent. However, if we got on our hypothetical space ship and traveled at NEAR the speed of light... in order for the equation to still equal 300,000,000 m/s, our temporal "speed" would need to be VERY low!
Example:
Ss = 295,000,000 m/s
Total speed = 300,000,000 m/s
295,000,000 m/s - Ts = 300,000,000
Ts = 5,000,000 m/s
Now... here's what I'm REALLY excited about... If I'm on track here, this also explains why faster-than-light travel is impossible... because it would either result in a negative temporal speed, or it would simply "break" the equation.
PLEASE say I'm right here... cause if so, you guys managed to explain something that I've never been able to understand.