Merle, If on the closest of examinations you find these statements make no sense you have the marrow!
...Bill! --- In [email protected], Merle Lester <merlewiitpom@...> wrote: > > > > Â i thought yes that makes sense. > ..however on reflection. > ..these statements are all assumption and can be disputed. > .and on closer examination make absolutely no sense at all. > .merle > Â > Â > --- In [email protected], "Bill!" <BillSmart@> wrote: > > > > Time is illusory...Bill! > > > > --- In [email protected], Merle Lester merlewiitpom@ wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > ÃÂ time is timeless... merle > > > > > > > > > ÃÂ > > > Or 13,700 Million.ÃÂ > > > > > > It's not a British Billion yet, still a few orders of magnitude to go. > > > Not sure why I switched the 3 to a 4. ÃÂ Perils of the continuous > > > advance of knowledge after one leaves school.ÃÂ > > > > > > Thanks, > > > Chris Austin-Lane > > > Sent from a cell phone > > > > > > On Sep 24, 2012, at 12:52, Edgar Owen edgarowen@ wrote: > > > > > > > > > Chris, > > > > > > > > > > > >The correct age of the universe is 13.7 BILLION years... > > > > > > > > > > > >Edgar > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >On Sep 24, 2012, at 2:16 PM, Chris Austin-Lane wrote: > > > > > > > >ÃÂ > > > >>Slight nit pick: ÃÂ > > > >> > > > >> > > > >>The universe has only lasted about 14,700 million years; not million > > > >>million years yet. ÃÂ > > > >> > > > >> > > > >> > > > >>Thanks, > > > >> > > > >>--Chris > > > >>chris@ > > > >>+1-301-270-6524 > > > >> > > > >> > > > >> > > > >>On Mon, Sep 24, 2012 at 11:07 AM, William Rintala brintala@ wrote: > > > >> > > > >>sics.ÃÂ In geology we speak of hundreds of millions of years, just as > > > >>JoeÃÂ might speak in terms ofÃÂ billions or million millions of years > > > >>and even those chunks of time are but an instant in eternity.ÃÂ Life > > > >>on earth beganÃÂ 600 million years ago,ÃÂ theÃÂ reign of the > > > >>dinosaurs lasted less that 150 million years.ÃÂ Humanity's earliest > > > >>ancestors didn't show up until less that 5 million years ago.ÃÂ The > > > >>last Ice Age ended 12,000 years ago.ÃÂ The first domesticated animals, > > > >>10,000 years ago. The first evidence of writing 4,000 years ago.ÃÂ > > > >>Each human life lasts but 100 years, that's 0.00000017th the span of > > > >>all life, 0.000000005th the span of the age of the known universe.ÃÂ > > > >>We live on a planet which seems significant yet 1,300,000ÃÂ Earths > > > >>could fit inside of our Sun and that Sun is only a medium sized star in > > > >>a universe of uncountable stars (billions and billions according to > > > >>Carl Sagan).ÃÂ From the furthestÃÂ known reaches of > known space our sunÃÂ could not be > > > seen.ÃÂ > > > >>> > > > >>>This is my perspectiveÃÂ regardingÃÂ Zen.ÃÂ First the concept of > > > >>>Infinite Time and Space.ÃÂ Huge, beyond imaging. An infinite Infinity > > > >>>of Infinities is still nothing. It is no time or space at all. Given > > > >>>thatÃÂ infinite space and infinite time and given the > > > >>>demonstratedÃÂ size and length of our physical existence and > > > >>>percieving myself as th > > > >> > > > >> > > > >> > > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------ Current Book Discussion: any Zen book that you recently have read or are reading! Talk about it today!Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Zen_Forum/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Zen_Forum/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: [email protected] [email protected] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [email protected] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
