Time is an illusion.
Time, as we know it, is only an illusion. We usually think of time as having three parts - Past, Present, Future. But what is the Past - only a collection of memories. We can't experience the Past, we can only remember it. And we can only remember it in the Present (furthermore, our memories are noticably unreliable). There is no objective thing that we call the Past; it can't be measured in any way; our only contact with it is in the Present.
And what is the Future - only a mental construct in the Present. We can't experience the Future until it "becomes" the Present. Until then it only a hope and dream. We can project what the Future may be like, but we are considerably less accuate than when we remember the Past. There is no objective thing that we call the Future; it can't be measured in any way; our only contact with it is in the Present.
That leaves us with only the Present - the ever changing Present. Time is an illusion we created to try and measure the rate of change of the Present. It's always NOW. But it's an ever changing NOW. In a effort to cope with the change, we have invented time. It's a handy mental device that helps us deal with the higher order derivitives of the rate of change.
This change that we experience in the ever present Present does have a "direction." Things change in the general direction of having greater entropy. Entropy is a meausre of the amount of disorder in a system. That's why when we measure time we find it restricted to one direction (unlike when we measure distance) - things are changing such that the overall system has more and more entropy.
Although the illusionary nature of time is the deep truth in this matter, it's not particularly practical. To be totally in harmony with this truth, you'd need to wear a watch that always said "now". But you'd be late for a lot of meetings....
Leigh Brasington
2007-02-03 23:04:57
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answered by ThinkaboutThis 6
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Yes, the world will end someday, and be replaced with a new heaven and a new earth which will last forever....so the Bible says. Worrying about when this might happen only adds anxiety to your life. Being ready at all times for this inevitable happening is what you should be about. Are you ready to step into eternity? For after all, regardless of whether this world will end some day, we both know you will..."it is appointed unto man once to die, and after this the judgment."
2007-02-04 00:55:27
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answered by lll6874 1
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You may feel so sometimes that the time is moving fast, what I feel is that you are doing something that is interesting and really want it to be forever.
We are at the beginning of an period only 5000 odd years have passed there is still lacks of years to go So the world is not gonna end soon!!!
2007-02-03 23:07:51
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answered by mr.kotiankar 4
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time is time and the world wont gonna end . if you are busy and doing something you like or love time goes fast . in other hand if you are not busy or doing what you don't like the time goes very slowly .this is the wisdom of live .do what you like the time pass very fast so your life end fast and the new generations can take place .
2007-02-03 23:22:35
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answered by Esmat A 1
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That's good. At least your staying busy. And staying on Yahoo it will go fast. Most people are bored that's why they are on here in the first place. Like me, trying to pass the time until I go home.
2007-02-03 23:09:09
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answered by FromJLM 3
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It happens as you get older. I can remeber when i was a little kid and school seemed like it lasted for ever. Now it seems like a never get anything done. I think it has to do with the fact that as we grow up and have to get jobs, our lives become redundant as we do the same things everyday.
2007-02-03 23:39:46
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answered by Anonymous
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Time flies when it gets annoyed with you. It's only trying to bring Armageddon closer.
2007-02-04 00:18:38
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answered by Yuffie K 2
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Nah, time flies when you're having fun. Enjoy it!!
2007-02-03 23:04:47
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answered by Anonymous
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Yes.
2007-02-03 23:08:05
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answered by taxi 6
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Mind..... !
For a still & calm mind, it can even stop, and wait for the pace to be decided.... an accelerator under control.
2007-02-04 01:31:31
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answered by Spiritualseeker 7
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