The moment, being this one..... and its still this one..... and its still this one....
What is it? How to connect/relate to it?
2006-10-21 19:45:49 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
You have brought up an interesting question that is one of the biggest sociological debates in the philosophical community.
Usually this is a question of identity - are we the same people that we were 2 seconds ago, two minutes ago or two years ago? As we observe the world around us we create new memories and our consciousness is changed, even in small subtle ways. The relation is, despite us being essentially different people over time, is that each moment of time is required before the one after it. Were it not for the 'you' before, you wouldn't be the same 'you' now. In one sense, you are different because you have changed; in another sense, you are the same because you are a continuation of the same identity (personal identity).
It is this one-leads-to-another approach that connects each point to the one before it and turns time into a continuous stream rather than a series of discrete 'moments'.
2006-10-21 20:01:54 · answer #1 · answered by DoctorScurvy 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The only time I encounter timelessness is when I meditate. By clearing the mind and focusing on my inner being time ceases to have meaning and I experience what I would call the eternal now.
2006-10-21 19:49:00 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
moment: the mean of the nth powers of the deviations of the observed values in a set of statistical data from a fixed value. Hope that clears it up for you.
2006-10-21 19:49:10 · answer #3 · answered by wuxxler 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Give me a moment and I'll give you the World
2006-10-21 19:47:41 · answer #4 · answered by swami242 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You connect by being with it!
2006-10-21 20:00:00 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The moment is that which is. With out past and with no future.
2006-10-21 19:59:52 · answer #6 · answered by Timothy C 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
We have a name for it. It is called ... the PRESENT.
2006-10-21 19:47:57 · answer #7 · answered by eantaelor 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it is you
2006-10-21 19:46:44 · answer #8 · answered by ewen sinclair 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋