of mind. Thus the term enlightenment.
On Jul 8, 2:08 pm, Mardi <mardimcc...@gmail.com> 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.
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> On Jul 7, 1:35 pm, "pol.science kid" <r.freeb...@gmail.com> wrote:
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> > 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.....
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> > On Wed, Jul 6, 2011 at 10:24 PM, pol.science kid <r.freeb...@gmail.com>wrote:
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> > > 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......
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> > > On Sun, Jul 3, 2011 at 6:11 PM, rigsy03 <rigs...@gmail.com> wrote:
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> > >> 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.
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> > >> On Jul 2, 2:48 pm, Pat <PatrickDHarring...@hotmail.com> wrote:
> > >> > On Jun 29, 12:18 am, "pol.science kid" <r.freeb...@gmail.com> wrote:
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> > >> > > 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... ....
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> > >> > 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 -
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> > > EverComing
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