The one concept which I must live with continually (always) is the NOW moment. I live in the NOW moment continually (always). I can not escape from the NOW (my real-time consciousness) and this means that the Core concept for all reality is this idea called the NOW! You also can not escape from this core concept! Try it! I think it is impossible. What does this MEAN when we talk philosophy?
For me, this means that there is NO 'separate' PAST (which I experience). What I call 'the PAST' is really a NOW memory. There is no 'separate' past that I experience (is my view). This idea of a PAST is a myth which our Evolutionary pundits espouse (falsely). The PAST is always (continually) experienced as a NOW memory. I/You seek images from our PAST (but these images are experienced in the NOW). The same goes for my/your FUTURE. We can not escape the NOW moment!
There is NO 'separate' future event (ever). I never can experience a 'separate' future (independent from my NOW memory). What happens is that I experience a NOW expectation of an uncertain mental scenario. This expectation is pure imagination (a NOW event). There is NO 'separate' future that I or You experience (ever). We all experience reality as a NOW event (within our mind/consciousness). It's always NOW, NOW, NOW, NOW, NOW! Forever!
What does this mean for my/your life here on planet earth? For me, this means that reality needs to be viewed and accepted as a NOW experience. What happens in the NOW is what is real and meaningful. All these 'imaginary' visions of a 'separate' PAST or a 'separate' FUTURE are illusions (not reality). Think of this idea that my body emerged from some past mixture of chemicals. This is often called the Theory of Evolution. This theory is based mostly on the idea that the PAST is real (separate).
Pundits will espouse that I emerged gradually from some mixture of chemicals and then I became conscious and started walking/talking on this planet. How can this scenario of some distant PAST have meaning in the NOW? I never experience any of this Evolutionary theory (in the NOW)! How can millions/billions of years in the PAST have meaning for me/you when we all live in the NOW continually (always)? Where is this PAST? It's pure myth and illusion.
The PAST is merely my set of memories within the NOW moment. My memories are part of my consciousness/mind! I can imagine nearly anything but I must live my life in the NOW (always). What I witness within most education is a promotion of my PAST as real and separate. I am asked to accept the PAST as real (more than a memory). I say this is illusionary/mythical. It's not good science or good philosophy.
The entire attempt by our educational pundits to espouse some real PAST (that occurred) must be re-envisioned within the NOW. Within the NOW, I do not experience any 'separate' PAST (or FUTURE). I experience my life as a continuing emergence of NOW events. I then use my MEMORY (in the NOW) to recall what I experienced. My recall is always/continually a NOW event/experience. I never leave the NOW as I think! I am unable to leave the NOW since my consciousness is part of my NOW.
Memories and expectations are always changing as I must recall these images in the NOW. My recall may change as I use my memory to access these prior moments of NOW. Memories are never perfect! I assume that my recall of a prior event is accurate/perfect but I can never be absolutely CERTAIN. The current NOW memory/event becomes my reality. I think we all need to recognize that our NOW thinking is core to our assumptions about REALITY.
For example: Can I walk on water right NOW (say the Atlantic Ocean)? Can you walk on water right NOW? I don't think we can. It's not possible for a body of flesh/blood to walk on water in real-time NOW. Yes, we can walk on water in our 'subjective imagination'...but not in real-time (NOW). If this is reality, should we ascribe this 'ability' of walking on water to another human being from the PAST? Should we say that Jesus walked on water (the Sea of Galilee)? I think this is illusionary thinking (given the above).
Feeding 5,000 real people with five loaves of bread and two fish also can not be viewed as reality. Who can do this in the NOW? I would suggest no one. It's impossible in the NOW to feed some 5,000 real people with five loaves of bread and two fish (and then have leftovers). So was this pure 'imagination' based on illusion by the writer? I think so! The reality of NOW (if valid) applies to all historical time periods. There can be no exceptions!
My sense is that we all need to rethink our assumptions about reality as we SPIN our truth to others. The reality of NOW is real and present. It is a CORE concept of truth which I find mostly absolute. I live by this truth and I assume that you do also. The concept of NOW is what we need to use when we think about reality on this planet. I find that the NOW is real and valid for everyone! Can you escape this core concept? Try it! Have a good day and pass this idea on to your associates.
Did Father God produce this miracle? Or was this event reconstructed (within the writers 'subjective imagination') to imply that reality can be dismissed? What is your perception?
I am: Donald B. Swenson, Economist/Philosopher, donaldswenson.blogspot.com. Also, http://kingdomecon.wordpress.com.
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