What is this perfect present?
Is it real?
If it is; where it will go ?
What may be the future?
2007-09-01 15:11:33 · 22 answers · asked by Shripathi Krishna Acharya 5 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
James B: So, Philosophy Section is loopy? hehehe very nice
2007-09-01 18:39:13 · update #1
Huqeeqat mein sapno ko dhoonde hum
Aur sapno mein huqeeqat ko
kya hai hum aur kyon hai aise hum
khailon mein din beet jaaten hai
baaton mein waqt guzar jati hai
Par jo sapne dekhega wahi
Kal ko aaj banayaga
Aur aaj ko aane wali bahtareen kal
Searching reality in dreams
and Dreams in reality
What are we and why are we like this
Days pass in thinking
Hours by talking
but You know who see dreams
make Tomorrow today
And today a beautiful Tomorrow
2007-09-02 17:54:39 · answer #1 · answered by The More I learn The More I'm Uneducated 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It and we are just a figment of God's imagination. Isn't it all just a dream and only God, the Creator of All, is real?
Wikipedia says that dreams only happen when you sleep and since dream is just a word and we have to use it correctly, then... No, we are not dreaming always, because we are currently awake typing on a keyboard.
What's the future? Oh, I couldn't tell you that and ruin the surprise. I know how you like surprises. The perfect present is always a surprise. If you opened it early, then the surprise is ruined. Just don't ask, sit back and enjoy the ride.
2007-09-01 22:25:23 · answer #2 · answered by J Z 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Check out the Philosophy section. They love loopy questions like that.
2007-09-01 22:16:54 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
This is the conclusion I have come to...it is all dreaming. The "objectified world" has a permanent feel to it held together by the mind. We insist on that. It 'breaks apart' when drugged...very curious.
"Perfect present time" is with you when you are with it! It is real in the sense it seems very real!
The "future" is always here, now. Awareness is all there really is. It is non-linear now-ness.
This dream has to be realistic, dualistic for any kind of 'seeming' meaning to be.
2007-09-01 22:50:59 · answer #4 · answered by Eve 4 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Very thought provoking Q.....
I woke up once in a dream and could not tell which reality was more 'real' I was so conscious and awake as I am right now, (assuming I'm awake right now, lol) yet my apt was mirror image reversed! Most unusual, as I moved about my apt. in this altered state. I really kept trying to convince myself I was dreaming but felt absolutely awake. I thought we were supposed to know when we are conscious. Talk about Alice through the looking glass! I was in between somehow, in the crack between the worlds or realms and conscious of both. There were no blue or red pills taken or hookas handled that day. Go figure.....
Peace in all dimensions....
2007-09-01 23:52:53 · answer #5 · answered by Valerie C 3 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Life is characterised by suffering..the First Noble Truth..Do we dream this suffering...? No we do not.
Even the Unwise experience such suffering...Why then are we deluded and what causes such delusion..?
The delusion is that we perceive this suffering as both Permanent and "Ours"...this is the Dream to which you refer..
The suffering which most folk think of when referring to "suffering" is the normal feelings felt when experiencing so called "bad" experiences...experiences such as the death of a close friend or much loved family member..these "bad" feelings are the normal, perfectly valid feelings that we feel when these events occur..yet there is a perception at such times that these feelings "belong" to us, that they are valid there is no question, yet these feelings are caused...because they are caused, when the cause ends so do these feelings...
The delusion...the "dream" as it were, is in thinking that these feelings are a part of us....if this were so then we could conjure them out of thin air...we could feel sad at will...we could feel glad at will...we could feel excited at will...this is plainly not so...Actors take great time and effort to act these feelings and it takes great skill and concentration to do so...it is not possible to feel these feelings without triggers of either memory or the environment..it just isn't possible....yet we perveive and continue to perceive that it is possible and that therefore thesse feelings are part of us...All Delusion....
Feelings are triggered...without the trigger they do not exist...they are not us, nor are we them...
The environment is real enough...just stub your little toe on a sharp rock and you'll experience it in great detail...yet even these feeelings of pain are triggered by the sharp rock...still you are not these feelings of pain, nor are they you...these feelings of pain belong to the toe and the experience of stubbing it...after a time the pain will diminish...(unless you stub your toe again...LOL)
The present is the present, feelings are feelings, toes are toes...none are you...the real you...and you are not them...
Whatever Form, Feelings, Perceptions, Mental Formations or Consciousness, with the future, the present or the past, far or near, internal or external, low or high, gross or subtle...none of them are you, nor are you them, thus should they be seen correctly with wisdom as they are...
The Lord Buddha thus advises us...
Where the future goes is up to the future...we can decide on choices which can affect our future, thus choosing choices which affect our's and other's happiness is wise...to choose thus without thought for the future is equally Unwise...keeping Mindful thus that our choices affect others, we should choose very carefully so that there are no negative consequences to our chosen Actions and that others are not harmed by them...where we are today is a direct result or consequence of the choices that we made yesterday...let us choose wisely today for a brighter and harmless tomorrow...
Some thoughts on delusion from...
A Buddhist...
2007-09-02 16:41:27 · answer #6 · answered by Gaz 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I think that's a water lily. I purchased a magnolia tree and I colour matched a section of wall to the deep coloured flower.
First time the tree flowered.. someone stole the tree out of my garden!
I searched for months to find another identical species. It lasted a week before it too was stolen.
I have treated the whole experience like a bad dream. Our minds are very powerful allies for bringing emotional equilibrium.
2007-09-01 22:19:21 · answer #7 · answered by Icy Gazpacho 6 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Snap out of it!! You are not dreaming..this is real life cognitive thought process here...or maybe you're thinking.."My oh, my...I should have taken the blue pill." Grow up, there is no Matrix, Neo...this is life and every second that goes by while you sit there contemplating the philisophical nuances of the cosmos is a second that you could be seeking a creator God that can give you hope for the future. So, maybe you should read some scripture while reclining in the grass making daisy chains and singing kum by ya. Sorry to be so harsh but hazed brained poetic rose colored glasses wearing types like yourself make me fearful for you...Love in Christ, ~J~
2007-09-01 22:20:51 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 2⤋
This is more easily understandable if one considers the actual scale of the components of an atom. If one takes into account the fact that the neutrons, protons and electrons of an atom actually have huge spaces between them it becomes clear that the atoms that make up seemingly solid objects are made up of 99+ percent empty space.
This alone does not seem too important till you add the idea that the atoms that make up seemingly solid objects are more of a loose conglomeration that share a similar attraction but never really touch each other.
At first glance this does not really seem relevant, but closer analysis reveals that this adds a tremendous amount of empty space to solid objects that are already made up of atoms that are 99 percent space. When so-called solid objects are seen in this light it becomes apparent that they can in no way be the seemingly solid objects they appear to be.
We ourselves are not exceptions to this phenomenon.
These seemingly solid objects are more like ghostly images that we interpret as solid objects based on our perceptual conclusions.
From this we must conclude that Perception is some sort of a trick that helps us to take these ghostly images and turn them into a world we can associate and interact with. This clever device seems to be a creation of our intellect that enables us to interact with each other in what appears to be a three dimensional reality.
I hope that helps to answered your question.
Love and blessings Don
2007-09-01 22:15:21 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 1⤋
The Chinese sage Chuang Tzu dreamt he was a butterfly and on waking wondered, had he then been a man dreaming, or might not now be a butterfly dreaming it is a man?
2007-09-01 22:15:48 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋