Ok, so I got talking with my grandfather. He basically said that as everything in the world is in a constant state of decay there is no present.
Because as soon as you think about the present, it becomes the past during the time it takes for the neurones to transmit. etc
Therefore, there is only past.
Then again, there's always future...
:P
2007-01-21 10:58:30 · 16 answers · asked by chili pepper 2 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Philosophy
Technically, there is ONLY THE PRESENT !!!
Where is the 'past' or the future, except in the mind, or memory ?
Yes, true, we can 'think' about the present only 'as a past' thing.
Every thought it about the past, or the projection of 'future' again in the past....
That is precisely why there is a very vast complex system about how to be REALLY in the present (not just 'for' the present) !!
2007-01-21 11:40:08 · answer #1 · answered by Spiritualseeker 7 · 2⤊ 1⤋
The past is in the past; it no longer exists. The future is in the future; it has yet to exist. The only thing that exists is now, the present.
When your grandfather talks of something decaying, it is not decaying in the past or future, it is decaying in the present. If there was no such thing as a "present", where would this decaying take place?
2007-01-21 11:21:24 · answer #2 · answered by Máirtín 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There is ONLY the present! The past is gone, the future isn't here yet.
The problem is that we spend so much time and energy thinking about the past and worrying, planning for the future that we're almost never right here in this very moment.
And that's so sad because it's only in this very moment that we're truly alive.
So I disagree with your grandad. (And I'm a great-grandad - so I know everything!. . . Well, alright, I know some things.)
Jon C
2007-01-21 17:11:25 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, presently I believe Humans are far too tense. I am past believing that the future of human beings exist.
2007-01-21 11:11:59 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I agree with Josh, everything is decaying. Take `Super novas`, the re-birth planetary systems. Everything is re-born. Psychologically specking, there only the present, the future is anticipated, + the past is dead and gone.
2007-01-21 11:36:45 · answer #5 · answered by CLIVE C 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, it is anxiety. The Judgment is negative, the Will is positive. The here-now is a one over infinitie duration. Everything is in a constant state of decay and renewal. It is eternity.
2007-01-21 11:07:32 · answer #6 · answered by Psyengine 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes you are constantly in the present,the past and future are only
concepts of mankinds invention ??? This is just another way of looking at life !!
2007-01-25 03:53:31 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes its called "Humans Being".I suppose the present only lasts an unmeasureable amount of time for the moment or the thought you are having.
2007-01-21 13:38:46 · answer #8 · answered by sipppihercoldsaursasaurus 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2016-10-15 22:01:48 · answer #9 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The constant state of decay.
There. You've already answered the question.
2007-01-21 11:09:55 · answer #10 · answered by Saffren 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋