[Mind's Eye] Re: time

Hahahah OM old chap, you and I have been round and around on manny
matters, as you say though this is just fine.

Yes of course the perception of time is a construct of human thought,
it is as I say the way we measure decay.

Yes of course if we do not project time upon the eternity then time
cease to have any meaning.

Yet all that we know is contained in the universe and it is clear that
within this universe time exists independant of human thought.

All that is physical, all that is matter is subject to decay at a
certian rate, this is time working.

Do you belive then that whatever is apart from the universe does not
come under the juristriction of time? Are you saying that this thing
we call God in some places is not subject to time, and that this is
also true of anything not composed of matter but spirit instead? If
so then obviously I agree.

I must though disagree with you about concepts not existing without
somebody to concive of them. Sure I could probably think of a concept
or two where this is applicable, time though isnot one of them.

Before the Earth cooled down enough for life to start here a period of
time had passed, and although nobody was there to measure how much
time had passed, we can now do just that.

Time then like light, exists independant of a mind to think of it. In
fact are not all concepts our striving to understand what it is we
sense around us? There must then be forces to sense for us tho strive
to understand. Language is just labels we attach to things to enable
us to communicate about them. Are you really saying these things
would not exist if there where no mouths to utter the labels? Naaaa I
do not think that is what you are saying.

On May 3, 2:09 pm, ornamentalmind <ornsmindseyes...@yahoo.com> wrote:
> Lee, we've gone round and round about 'no-time' on more than one
> occasion and in different forums.
>
> So, I have little hope in making this notion acceptable to you which
> is just fine.
>
> This can be approached on many levels. One is when one is talking
> about how long things exist, yes, all things have a beginning and an
> end. *Things*...such as planets, people, thoughts etc.
>
> Yet, if for just a moment we don't project this temporariness upon the
> eternity which is obvious to many, when one is in eternity, time just
> doesn't have any meaning at all. No beginning - No end.
>
> On a different level...at least a little different...you suggest that
> time will exist w/o people. This too, on one level is correct;
> however, I suggest that the very idea of time is found only within
> human thinking. No humans, no concept of time. Yes, one can *guess*
> that things will continue to come and go...but the very idea of 'time'
> just doesn't exist without a mind. The same is true for all other
> ideas: planet, chin, hairs (gray or black), time, universe, mirror,
> science, years, numbers, people...even "Lee" is but a concept thought
> about. No thinking, no "Lee" (or any of the other things listed).
>
> On May 3, 5:56 am, "leerevdoug...@googlemail.com" <l...@rdfmedia.com>
> wrote:
>
>
>
> > That's along the lines of the questions asked myself before deciding
> > on my stance.
>
> > Time would go by if there was nobody there to percive it doing so.
> > Indeed science would have the time pass since our universe started as
> > several billion years.
>
> > When I look in the mirror I can see that time has passed, in the new
> > lines in my face, in the ever increasing grey hairs on my head and on
> > my chin.
>
> > I don't understand this 'there is no time' though OM, care to explian
> > that one?
>
> > On May 3, 1:40 pm, ornamentalmind <ornsmindseyes...@yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> > > TTS, I suggest that this isn't an either/or issue. Time as we perceive
> > > it can be both. While in any ultimate sense, there is no time most of
> > > us do wear watches and/or use clocks. It is a matter of level of
> > > perception and we are able to perceive from more than one level at a
> > > time.
>
> > > On May 3, 12:55 am, the taoist shaman <bryan...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > > > is time real or an illusion created by change ?   if indeed time is an
> > > > illusion created by change shurely this must have meaning, some
> > > > ramification on , at the least, the way we preceive ourselves and our
> > > > universe to which we are a part .  if so what is the effect of this
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