Going back to the theme of the last post but one, the questions of mortality and immortality have still to be discussed. If we are indeed immortal, why do we need mortality? My thoughts on the subject, in no particular order, can be summed up as follows: If eternity...
A few years ago, I was eating lunch with a friend of mine who is a Zen priest and teacher. A group of us sat around after the meal, which had been eaten in silence in the Zen tradition, discussing essence and definition, while drinking cooled green tea (which is very...
When considering our relationship with eternity, we still have to ask the most important question: are we immortal? We know that physical immortality is, at the moment, a pipe-dream. The individual particles, atoms, etc. of the body do survive, since matter, like...
Following on from yesterday’s post about time, I would like to consider eternity. In the next post, I’ll talk about how we relate to time and eternity. Have you thought much about eternity? What is your view of what it is? Depending on my mood, I have two different...
This is the post I intended to make earlier today. Have you ever considered how you process time? I’m sure that you’re aware that our perception of time is variable: there are times when time seems to speed by, and others when it’s at a veritable crawl. It’s all about...
