Most people take time for granted. The concepts of past, present and future are so well understood by the masses that it seems that only a lunatic would question them. I'm just that lunatic. Come along with me as I dive right into this:
Have you ever considered how you know that time passes? Take a moment and observe what's happening around you with this question in mind. How is it that you know that time is passing? Isn't it obvious that you only know that time is passing because you perceive changes happening within you and around you?
Reality is constantly changing. You feel time as you perceive the changes in reality. How is it that you can perceive changes in reality? Isn't it clear that you can only perceive change when you compare? What is it that you are comparing reality to when you perceive time? Isn't it The Image that you are comparing reality against?
When you feel time passing, what is happening is that you are comparing your perceptions to your memories. You are comparing reality to The Image. Go into this deeply. What does this tell you about time?
What this tells me about time is: Time is an illusion created by my comparison of reality and The Image.
Your experiences tell you this as well. Consider for a moment where in time you live your life. Do you live it in the past? Of course not. Do you live it in the future? Of course not. You live your life in the present. You live your life right now. This understanding is wonderfully devastating if you realize it fully.
You have never experienced anything in the past. Indeed, the past is simply memories and knowledge stored in The Image. As you experience life now you create a record of the past in The Image. You refer to this recording constantly. Your constant reference to the past stored in The Image creates the illusion of time.
You have never experienced anything in the future. Indeed,the future is simply a projection of the past stored in The Image. What you believe is the future is not an actual place "in time". It is a fantasy stored in The Image. It is a construct that you have built in your mind.
There is only one moment in time. Now. The past is memory and the future is anticipation. The flow of time is an illusion created by your incessant comparison of perception against The Image.
This truth is liberating because it makes clear the depth of illusion in which we live. We are so worried about the past... spending now reliving emotions and scenarios that are long gone. We are so concerned with the future... spending now plotting and scheming to achieve or avoiding potential negative outcomes. Why do we spend so little attention on what is actually real? Now is the only reality.
When you remember the past, you do so now. When you worry about the future, you do so now. Your life is now, but your attention is always on The Image of past and future. What a waste of time.
Do you want to live in peace? Do you want to live in harmony with yourself and with nature and with life? If so then notice how little time you spend in contact with reality. You spend precious little time where time actually is... right now. Get out of The Image and get back to your senses. Get back to now.
Observe how you habitually avoid the present moment. You loathe to see the present moment. You always think of the past or the future. "What will I do tomorrow?" "I forgot to do that earlier today." "What will happen to me next year?" You cannot see now because you are constantly focusing on the past and the future... you are focusing on what is unreal instead of what is real.
Is the past real? Only in your mind and The Image. Is the future real? Only in your mind and The Image. Drop your belief in past and future and you will see the present. To drop your belief in time you must first see the belief. You must understand that time is an illusion through and through.
You know, reality is so beautiful... it is so wonderful... but we kill the beauty and loveliness of reality with our focus on The Image. If you would but look at the reality around you as it is in this moment now then you would see clearly the wonder and beauty of reality.
Do you want to see? Then open your eyes to now and watch. If you do, a strange change will come over you and you will never be the same. You will finally see the lunacy of time and will never again take it seriously. Post from : http://www.onemanswisdom.info/index.php
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