dance of life really takes place?
2007-09-08 18:39:36 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous in Arts & Humanities ➔ Philosophy
The "dance of Life" is ALL about living in the moment. Ever notice that people who spend their time dwelling on the past and those who endlessly worry about the future tend to be unhappy people, generally? The happiest people are those who LIVE in the moment, enjoy lifes as it comes to them and, while they may have regrets about past actions, and plan for the future, don't obsess about either of those? They realize that the past CAN'T be changed, and the future simply can't be predicted. So what's the point in worrying about hose? The present is the ONLY thing you have direct influence over so, you had best make the best of it while you can because it WILL be the unchangeable past all too soon.
BB,
Raji the Green Witch
2007-09-09 05:28:56 · answer #1 · answered by Raji the Green Witch 7 · 3⤊ 1⤋
Actually....there's a hint going around, from some folks in the field of physics of all things. ^_^
The hypothesis is: If you want to have a Theory of Everything that actually works out and makes sense, *Time* has to cancel out, like an unneeded variable in algebra.
In short. Time is imaginary. There really isn't such a thing as "past" or "present". Every moment *is* "now", *is* eternal unto itself, and *is* where you are, where you need to be.
So why do we think it exists? Because there is such a thing as cause and effect. Things happen, and to our best knowledge, they have a habit of causing *other things* to happen. This rather forces us to think in a linear fashion, in terms of moments "now", "previous" and "next", just so we can make some kind of *sense* out of "Ok, what's a *cause* here, and *what's* an effect?"
So time ends up being a calculus. A way of thinking about the world that for the most part, works and makes sense. But its effectiveness at the ordinary level does *not* mean there aren't other calculuses (calculi?) or ways of thinking to use.
Consider the "Six Degrees of Separation" game. The whole point of it is, you can pick almost *anyone*, live or dead, not just Kevin Bacon, and if you have enough information, you can trace *any one person* back to *any other* in six steps or less. Still, in spite of there being *six Billion* of us on the planet.
I'd submit that cause and effect work in much the same way, that with good enough information, you could likely trace back *any one effect* back to *any other cause* in a small, single-digit number of steps. Or...more to the point, you could trace back *any given effect* back to *Itself* as the cause!
Meaning...."cause and effect" is also a calculus, because any effect can be caused *by itself* in the long-term, bigger picture sense of the word. This may be an error of logic, but it has the effect of making *everything count*. Everything matters, every moment is itself eternal, and *nothing* is ever wasted.
So....who you were *is* going to be who you are and to some degree, what you will become. To a point, we're *all* Kevin Bacon. ^_^ We are all only a *few* degrees of cause/effect separation removed from both who we *were* at birth, and who we will *be* on dying.
We are who we are, and also who we are meant to be. Wherever you go, there you are. ^_^
Ok, I'm being annoying, I'll stop now, sorry. ^_^ Thanks for your time!
2007-09-09 14:33:58 · answer #2 · answered by Bradley P 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
No.
This moment in time determines the future.
The past was determined by the moments
before them. What is past is past and some may gain some experience from them. The future is yet to come and is determined by actions of this moment.
So the real dance of life is taking place at every present moment which determines the future.
The past is gone and cannot be changed or brought back.
Nothing can exist except at this moment - they cannot exist in the past nor in the future - except in imagination, fiction and fantasy.
2007-09-09 03:40:18 · answer #3 · answered by mahen 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I actually agree with most of the posts above, but am inclined to highlight another step or pattern in the choreography.
For me, the journey is largely from how I currently appear to be to what is my starting place and foundation. In a way, that's a journey from here to Here ... from what I have become to what I always already am ... from constructed appearance to originary living being.
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2007-09-09 12:53:25 · answer #4 · answered by bodhidave 5 · 3⤊ 1⤋
Yes. It is the now, the Present (a gift!). It is where our energies should be focused, for the past we cannot change though it forms the basis for who we are now, and the future will be a reflection of who we are today.
So dance the dance of life today, and you will remember it with fondness tomorrow, and look forward to it with anticipation today.
2007-09-09 12:29:55 · answer #5 · answered by Shihan 5 · 3⤊ 1⤋
The longest journey is the journey inwards. Of him who has has destiny, Who has started upon his quest for the source of his being.
2007-09-09 01:50:56 · answer #6 · answered by Juefawn™ 4 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Yup. Enjoy the journey....it never ends.
"The longest journey you will ever make is from your head to your heart"(said by an Indian elder, forgot his name.)
2007-09-09 13:51:33 · answer #7 · answered by Freedspirit 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yes and my favorite dance is The Running Man. Pax - C
2007-09-09 01:42:39 · answer #8 · answered by Persiphone_Hellecat 7 · 2⤊ 2⤋
This type of change usually is the outcome of disliking ourselves.
If we like X about ourselves, would we need to change it? I suspect not. We change that which we are unwilling or unable to accept about ourselves.
What you will become will also change and then became what you were. Any endless cycle.
2007-09-09 01:43:56 · answer #9 · answered by guru 7 · 5⤊ 1⤋
Absolutely.
And im finished dancing, and I don't like
the person I am.
That's why im trying to dance again.
2007-09-09 01:49:10 · answer #10 · answered by Cassandra S. 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋