I've been told that eternity is the amount of time it takes a bird to fly all the sand form the Atlantic seaboard to the Pacific seaboard, on grain at a time. And that's just the beginning. Does that sound about right?
Could make hell a prety rough gig.
2007-01-06 17:08:25 · 13 answers · asked by Marmalade P. Vestibule III 2 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Philosophy
The bird will die after a few years, and thus never finish the task. That's a pretty good description of eternity.
2007-01-06 17:12:38 · answer #1 · answered by ey 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
eternity is actually not a measure of time.
it is beyond the mind
"before Abraham was I am"
is an example juxtaposing the past tense with the present tense confuses the mind like a Buddhist koan this saying of Jesus represents eternity in poetic form
the mind cannot explain eternity because we can only think of one thing in relation to another.
there can't be sound without silence
there is nothing that relates to the concept of eternity
the closest you can come is it is such a long time that it has no beginning and no end and i can't really comprehend it .
an example is do you really understand how much a trillion dollars is?
2007-01-06 17:25:21 · answer #2 · answered by stillness 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I like to visualize an outline of myself.
a shell.
Then I picture the universe inside and the universe outside.
then I travel inward and outward like I am warp speed ahead.
Then I let that day dream keep on going and come back to my reality of self.
I trust the thought will go on forever.
I jump off the train cause I don't have to think it trough to an end.
It's breath taking.
2007-01-06 17:54:07 · answer #3 · answered by someone 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Eternity is forever. I hope life is eternal. If it is I will meet my mother for the first time since I was eight years old. My younger brothers don't know of their mom and they will meet her for the first time. It will be a joyous reunion.
I have hope and faith. If I'm wrong I won't know it and I will have lost nothing.
2007-01-06 17:33:32 · answer #4 · answered by DeeJay 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Our minds can't wrap themselves around the concept of eternity. Eternity is such an abstract concept that to try to use earthly analogies to explain it is an exercise in futility.
2007-01-06 17:29:26 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Eternity is simply a concept to help the mind realize there is NO TIME!
2007-01-07 04:55:04 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
mira guapo a minute could be eternity if you are in a lot of pain
si eternity is a long time our lives is consider a blink of an eye
take it from there mijo
2007-01-06 17:25:21 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
no, as a matter of fact eternity is much much more. Can you imagine the amound of sand in the oceans of many planets in the universe?, well , eternity will be much much more.
2007-01-06 17:24:21 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Just for reference.
God has no need of time.........
It stands perfectly still-------------so your bird is always suspended
in flight............that first grain of sand--never moves.......
Eternal life is a long time indeed...Heaven or Hell.
2007-01-06 17:12:20 · answer #9 · answered by cork 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
eternity is forevermore. no destination no begining. God will let us live eternally. so when u get to Heaven u will experince the true feeling of eternal life.
2007-01-06 17:34:44 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋