The Illusion of Time (The nature of a \'Creator\')
dhw, I'm interjecting again, sorry!->... But what I do not understand is how it is possible for our present to turn into our past, for memory to exist without a past, and for prediction to take place without a future, if there is not an onward flow from one to the other. Balance_Maintained began this discussion with the claim that "we are rediscovering that time may not exist". If it does not exist, what name would you give to that onward flow?-Think of it this way: Our brains record like tape-recorders; the moment of "now," the only moment that truly exists is here and gone just as fast as when you listen to your favorite song; our language helps preserve "now" in our memories, but they are only memories. We all know we can't undo the past, correct? My view tells us why. Because the present moment that was recorded in your memory cannot be reclaimed. -Our belief in time as an actual object comes from our ability to organize and plan--you can't organize and plan if all you have is "here and now." You need to be able to look at past recordings to discern patterns, and then plan for the future. -But time is nothing more than a ruler we use to mark events.
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\"Why is it, Master, that ascetics fight with ascetics?\"
\"It is, brahmin, because of attachment to views, adherence to views, fixation on views, addiction to views, obsession with views, holding firmly to views that ascetics fight with ascetics.\"
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