Such ‘moments’ are brilliant because of the light shown on all facets of mind. Thus the term enlightenment.
On Jul 8, 2:08 pm, Mardi <[email protected]> wrote: > Some friends and I were talking about something like this the other > night. We were talking about how for humans, who live on average about > 70 or 80 years, the life if a gnat which lives only 24 hours is so > fleeting we hardly even notice them. They're here and gone in a flash. > Yet for a tree that lives 5000 years, humans must be like fleeting > gnats, gone in an instant. And for boulders that exist for millions of > years before they are broken and ground down to sand and soil the 5000 > year old trees are like grass that springs up in the morning and > withers by evening. Our "moments" are only moments in terms of our > human experience of time. Yet love or joy or sorrow can stretch that > experience of a "moment". And sometimes our consciousness unexpectedly > steps outside of time altogether and experiences existence as such. To > experience such "moments" makes our humanity brilliant. > > On Jul 7, 1:35 pm, "pol.science kid" <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > i suppose... there is not eternity to be felt... isnt time the nature of our > > experience.... which makes me wonder about the time for...say a rock... what > > is time for the rock... is the rock in time... or is time the fabric of the > > universe..... in time ... out of time..... > > > On Wed, Jul 6, 2011 at 10:24 PM, pol.science kid > > <[email protected]>wrote: > > > > Isnt there so much freedom in the very briefest of ways in > > > recklessness.... > > > it is freedom...in experience.... freedom from consequence.... i know it > > > can > > > have moral implications... what a pity that every thing... everything can > > > be > > > perverted...... > > > > On Sun, Jul 3, 2011 at 6:11 PM, rigsy03 <[email protected]> wrote: > > > >> Isn't joy a form of recklessness? What is a "leap of faith"? Why are > > >> we given the emotions of sadness and anger if they have no purpose? > > >> Who decides temporal happiness? What if one does not believe in > > >> eternity? My guess is that certain mental disorders or drugs could > > >> lock in a sense of joy and physical death wraps up the issue. Your > > >> influence will be decided by others. > > > >> On Jul 2, 2:48 pm, Pat <[email protected]> wrote: > > >> > On Jun 29, 12:18 am, "pol.science kid" <[email protected]> wrote: > > > >> > > As i was llying in my bed...and thinking.... and watching the light > > >> > > from the window form a pattern on my sheets.... the temperature just > > >> > > perfect.... no claims to be met tomorrow... i was thinking how > > >> > > perfect > > >> > > right now is... its nothing... no special thing.. no ocassion... but > > >> > > i > > >> > > was very happy... i was... you see.. im sure almost all of of you > > >> > > must > > >> > > have felt this... the ever coming...of what.. i dont really > > >> > > know...but > > >> > > the fact that it makes 'now'...so transitory..when you sometimes do > > >> > > stumble upon now..so brief it is...a meeting one anticipates..so > > >> > > brief...the wait and the aftermath they seem to have enough > > >> > > space...but what of the Moment... almost non existent... when i have > > >> > > had moments of joy... simple things like white clouds in the > > >> > > sky...imediately follows the great sadness... the Ever coming > > >> > > looms... > > >> > > or is it the ever passing... its not a question today... only a will > > >> > > to set it down....i long to feel an eternal moment ..if there one to > > >> > > be felt... except for when one is in physical pain perhaps...that > > >> > > seems an eternity....But joy.... i wonder if i ever will reconcile > > >> > > myself with this...it makes me immensely sed sometimes... makes you > > >> > > want to be reckless to hold and mark the Moment... but it is slipping > > >> > > yet... .... > > > >> > Technically, in this universe, the 'instant' lasts roughly 5.4 * > > >> > 10^-44 seconds. The 'now' we perceive is millions of billions of > > >> > those, yet, as you rightly point out, it is SO remarkably fleeting. > > >> > Yet the truth of the ever-oving instant is so fast our brains could > > >> > never hope to perceive . Have a think on that number I quoted or look > > >> > up the term 'Planck Time' on wikipedia for a better idea. > > >> > Always take the time to never be reckless or you face the potential of > > >> > actual sadness and regret. Always try to hold joy at any moment and > > >> > that joy can be your safeguard and insurance of not only temporal > > >> > happiness but, perhaps, eternal, as keeping joy in your heart-- > > >> > especially when you might be most tempted to be sad or angry--is what > > >> > God wants us to try to do. It prevents us from acting in ways that > > >> > would be detrimental in an eternal sense and that is the best > > >> > protection one can have!- Hide quoted text - > > > >> > - Show quoted text - > > > > -- > > > EverComing > > > -- > > EverComing
