New Series Article Two

This article was written by shade000 on 2012-01-07 under Member Pages.

I couldnt think of a good title, so I gave it a generic one.

OK.

Midael wrote an Awakening article. Read it. Then read this.

-waits for you to read-

OK, now we can move on.

 

Revealings

All things are not as they seem in this world. I am not talking about the 'fake' aspect of it. No, I am talking about something that runs far deeper even then perception. For example, I am perceived to be one being, but I am four. Does that surprise you? If it does, you have not payed enough attention to the world around you!

For example, take time.

What is time? Does anyone really know, what time is? Many think it is a way that physics is manifested. The truth is that time doesnt exist. It doesnt. Time does not exist independently. The only reason that time 'exists' is because our minds have organized the events we live in, into a cut-and-dried procession. One of the first things you should do is learn to free yourself from this. Past, present, and future, are all the same thing.

Past, present, and future

What is the generally accepted meaning of 'past'? Simple. The psat is the events that have already occured, from the keystrokes I have just made, to the coffee you drank to wake up this morning, to World War Two. Why is the past important? The pat is important, because, according to most beings, the past lays the groundwork for what we are experiencing at this very moment. The arbitrary past is the most important place in time. Why? Because, without a certain even in the past occuring, the world as we know it could not exist. Every single picosecond is rife with choices. The choice of whether I should stop typing, what i should say, all the way up to political decisions made on a global scale. This brings us to the next portion in this lengthy diversion about time, thats is to say, the present.

What is the generally accepted meaning of the 'present'? The present is the events that are occuring right now. The present is a very short section of time, and constantly moving, but it is also important. Why? Because the present, and the decisions and stimuli occuring therein, dictate what the future shall be.

What is the future? The future is all things that have not yet come to pass. Now, this seems to be important, when, in all reality, the future is not something to worry about? Why? Because the future is easily controlled. An anology.

Imagine you are standing a meter away from a set of train tracks. This is the present. Suddenly, you think to yourself, that it would be a good idea to stand on the tracks. This is also the present. So, you act upon this flash of thought, and step forward onto the train tracks. This seems all very mundane, when , in reality, something amazing has just happened. The thought that caused you to move to the tracks, once was the present, is now in the past. It has moved from the status of work in progress, and become an already accomplished event, that is now affecting the present and the future. Now, back to the analogy. You are standing on the train tracks, when you look up and see a train coming. This is still the present. However, once again, a thought occurs to you, a flash of thought revealing the future. Your brain looks at the train, and tells you that the train will certainly kill you within a second or two. Now, once again, the past's power is revealed. If you had never stepped onto the tracks, you would not be faced with this choice-the choice whether to move, or stand. Time would have taken a completely different course. So, you make the choice to fling yourself away from certain death, and the train rushes by. Now, what if you had stayed? You would have been dashed to tiny pieces.

Do you see it now? Past, present, and future, all occuring within a moment, all affecting you.

The point

What is the point behind this?

The point is as follows:

Every action in progress is the present.

every action already complete is the past.

Every action not yet begun is the future.

The past affects both present and future.

The present affects both past and future.

The future affects nothing.

 

Wait, what was that again? How can the future POSSIBLY have no effect? Does that mean that it is meaningless? No. The future, by itself, does not exist. It is merely the continuation of actions already carried out-the natural course of cause and effect.

This has immense implications. Open your eyes, view the world around you, not from the standpoint of time, but outside of it, with all of time rolled into one thing.

In my next article, I will move one from abstract discussion and information into some practical applications and facts. This, however, laid the neccessary groundwork for my next statements.

Good day.

-Yldannan Shadis Rialian

Truth Seeker

 

Katamah, araste makatar nih.

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