The Boundaries of Past, Present and Future

Discussion in 'Philosophy' started by Deleted member 839659, Jan 27, 2015.

  1. I don't want you to come up with a "factual" answer. I want your own personal answer.
     
    So I'm watching TV for 90 minutes, then I get dressed, get in my car, drive for 10 minutes to the store, spend three minutes in the store, drive 10 minutes back, walk back to the front of the TV.
     
    How many "moments" does this scenario consist of?
     
    A little context : you know how people say "live in the moment". Well where do you draw the boundaries? Is it time based, or based on activity, location, perception or something else?
     
    All answers appreciated.

     
  2. Very good question. I would liken it to a constant stream of happenings, where each moment unravels the next. Now, a moment in particular is a kin to the feeling associated to it. Therefore that scenario could have a million moments. Time is an illusion and moments may seem longer than others while being the same. Boundaries are irrelevant as it changes all the time, the again it's always used for always short period of time.
     
  3. The concepts of past and future are just ways for us to organise our thoughts and experiences.
    There is really only one moment which is constantly always happening.
     
  4. There are an infinite number of moments in any given amount of time...how many times can you divide the 23 minutes of your trip by 2? An infinite number of times. As per living in the moment, is is THIS exact moment, which is gone the moment you try to grasp it. The second a thought about a moment arises, it is no longer that moment.
     
  5. #5 res_blunt, Feb 3, 2015
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    Are you telling me that your response didn't occur after OP's post (and mine, not after yours)? Or that they all occurred at the same ONE moment (are you telling me all three events occurred at the same exact time), really?
     
  6. How could he be telling you anything, you got here in a different moment :p
     
  7. #7 Thejourney318, Feb 3, 2015
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    I wonder if time only truly exists when it is imposed by an observing mind. Spatial attributes after all only exist in relationship to their observation, perhaps the same is true of time. After all, it is most properly call spacetime nowadays, as the two are inextricably bound.
     
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    Did I, or have I, as a respondent, been here the whole time?... 
     
  9. I used to be able to travel backwards in time and slow time down. Then I realized it was just me not acknowledging-...wait why does that word look like it's spelled incorrectly? Anyway, it turned out it was just me doing a really good job of not acknowledging reality.
     
  10. Whole time as in infinitely present?
     
  11. #11 res_blunt, Feb 3, 2015
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    Re-reading post #3, and understanding what it intimates... I would think so.

    I'm not from Philly, but I smoke phillies a lot.
     
  12. Generally i don't find watching TV to be considered as living in the moment.  Unless it is thought provoking or informational.  The mindless dribble that is constantly playing on our TV stations is appalling, and i believe is used to suppress our minds and dumb us down.  Or maybe not....  
     
  13. In my opinion a moment is however long your conscious of that moment and everything in between that and the next moment. So one minute could be one moment or ten. I guess my answer is one based on perception.
     
  14. #14 MaxK, Feb 12, 2015
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    Time does not exist. There is only a constant state of present. Time is a concept based on relativity. Relative to OP's post my comment follows, is subsequent, is presently the one you are reading. 
     
  15. The present moments needs to be acknowledged like a tree in the forest to truly exist.

    The time you spend watching TV skips over the present moments because there's limited time to reflect. However, the time you spent getting dressed and driving had the most potential for greater reflection.

    Once you reflect you have given those random moments a solid meaning and purpose that can never be erased because those reflections now impact the future to some extent.
     
  16. the continuous moment of Now. the ripple of consciousness leaving reality in its wake, as it ‘feels' its way into the next grandest version of itself.
     

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