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Originally posted by Itisnowagain
'I am' is said in present tense because only the present exists, only now is true. 'I was' and 'I will' be are mental projections - images made in the mind and believed to be true. Only now is true - only presence is true. In the presence all appearances appear and disappear. I am is always present.
In (my) presence all things appear and disappear but (my) presence was there before and after every appearance.
Originally posted by arpgme
Originally posted by Itisnowagain
'I am' is said in present tense because only the present exists, only now is true. 'I was' and 'I will' be are mental projections - images made in the mind and believed to be true. Only now is true - only presence is true. In the presence all appearances appear and disappear. I am is always present.
In (my) presence all things appear and disappear but (my) presence was there before and after every appearance.
So, if I say "pizza" and two seconds pass, that means I never said it and it is a mental projection? I don't believe that. We know the past exists, we can look at photos which capture the past for future and now moments. We can also look at artifacts and ruins.
Now is the only time where ACTION is available yes. But to say that past and future does not exist is simply not true.
If only Now exist, there would be no such thing as "day" and "night", we measure this through contrasting the previous and current movements of the spinning of the earth.edit on 9-8-2012 by arpgme because: more detail
Originally posted by Itisnowagain
reply to post by LesMisanthrope
You are the present. You and now are inseparable.
It is not now cannot be spoken.
Originally posted by Itisnowagain
reply to post by LesMisanthrope
The appearance is constantly changing. The one that sees the change does not change.
The appearance is noisey, the one that hears is silent.
Originally posted by Itisnowagain
reply to post by arpgme
Listen to Nathan Gill who explains it very well in this link;
youtu.be...
He explains the photo issue.edit on 9-8-2012 by Itisnowagain because: (no reason given)
Originally posted by arpgme
Originally posted by Itisnowagain
reply to post by arpgme
Listen to Nathan Gill who explains it very well in this link;
youtu.be...
He explains the photo issue.edit on 9-8-2012 by Itisnowagain because: (no reason given)
And this is where you and Nathan Gill deny truth (reality).
Sure the picture is APPEARING present, but it was NOW when I took the shot. In that moment, I was just aware of the present happening, just like now I am AWARE of my memory of that PAST event.
I AM thinking of previous I am moments.
I AM thinking of possible future moments.
Time does not exist, I agree, it is just movement. If you rewind a video tape, you will see all of the actions being reversed...
But to deny that there are future moments making this "Present Moment" is to deny nature/reality/truth/existence...
Imagine a film, that has all of the frames of a movie, but it is infinite so we are forever on it. The frame that we are on would be called "now", but that doesn't mean that there weren't previous frames or that the future frames will not be connected in someway to the past.
If "I AM" if "NOW" is so spontaneous, why is it always a conclusion of the past? That is something to think about...
Animals are more simple creatures and even that have a concept of "before" , "now" , or "later", this is how they learn through experience...
Originally posted by LesMisanthrope
Originally posted by Itisnowagain
reply to post by LesMisanthrope
The appearance is constantly changing. The one that sees the change does not change.
The appearance is noisey, the one that hears is silent.
Anything that can see must change.