On 1 Apr, 11:40, Slip Disc <[email protected]> wrote:
> We know that time exists, at least for us, here, within our awareness,
> unless you are one of those who deem time as an illusion. However,
> even if time did not exist, one could watch a speck of dust fall and
> measure that interval and perceive it as time but its existence is not
> the point. Time is like a commodity which we use, trade and measure.
> We can spend time, waste time, bide time, utilize time, consume time
> and even do time, among the numerous applications of time. Aside from
> the chronological measurement of time we also have the quality of time
> where something can happen at the right or wrong time or you could
> have the time of your life, what the Greeks called Kairos. Then there
> is space time, time dilation, quantized time, relativistic and
> Newtonian time etc. Time is something we tend to view as acquiring in
> the form of accumulated time, as in I have a lot of time right now.
> Personally I haven't had much time lately and haven't been able to
> respond to many reply posts, so I think now might be the right time to
> apologize to some of you, I guess you could say, in a timely manner.
> Ordinarily I try to avoid time as much as possible and only get caught
> up in it when interacting with someone else who lives by time, which
> is as of late in a coordinated project. I rarely know what time it is
> and if asked what time I want something done I usually reply,
> "whatever time is good for you". Because I have mostly freed myself of
> time constraints, I can sleep till I'm no longer tired, eat when I'm
> hungry and simply beat my own drum. This is not easy within a society
> that operates on global synchronicity. One could measure the
> durability of something simply by observing the outcome through the
> test of time. I don't really find much that stands the test of time
> these days but ultimately the earth and all its wonder certainly has,
> and sometimes love. The question is, do we really need time? Could
> we live without it? This is something that has been the subject of
> many philosophical discussions since, should I say?, the beginning of
> time. If time has a beginning shouldn't it have an end? I guess it
> does because we seem to confine ourselves within time segments and set
> forth various rules of time management, living by the clock, not just
> within a day but for some, every second, perhaps every millisecond
> counts. Oops, I'm running out of time! lol
>
> So does time matter for you? How much are you affected by time?
>
> Please take time to answer, if you have the time and if you don't then
> just make time.
>
> At least give me the time of day!
16:42pm at start of writing!!
Time is for motion. Nothing could move without time. Thus, time is
the mother of change (begat in the womb of space from the seed of
intention, the father of change). Simple as, really. See how easy it
is to create mythology?
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