All Times Take Place Now
Summary
TLDRThis script delves into the philosophical concept of time, suggesting that we don't experience time as it is traditionally understood. It posits that there is only an eternal 'now' and that our human minds perceive this 'now' as time and space due to their limitations. The speaker uses the analogy of a novel to illustrate how all events are 'happening' simultaneously, yet our minds can only access them sequentially. The discussion encourages the exploration of consciousness beyond the constraints of time and space, hinting at a deeper reality that exists beyond our perceptual limitations.
Takeaways
- 🕰️ Time is a human construct; we don't experience the past or future, only the present 'now'.
- 🧠 The human mind perceives the eternal 'now' as time and space due to its limitations.
- 🌌 Reality is made of dimensionless consciousness, which the mind interprets through the lens of time and space.
- 📚 The mind cannot access all information at once, similar to how one reads a novel page by page, even though the entire story exists simultaneously.
- 🤔 From the perspective of eternity, future events are not in the future because there is no 'future', only the eternal 'now'.
- 🌟 All experiences happen in the same dimensionless present, but our finite minds perceive them sequentially.
- 🧐 The highest endeavor of the mind is to investigate the nature of its own knowing, which is unlimited despite the mind's limitations.
- 💤 Deep sleep is an experience of the mind without its usual limitations, akin to entering eternity.
- 🌈 The pursuit of understanding reality beyond the mind's limitations is a noble but challenging endeavor, as our only tool for exploration is the mind itself.
- 🔍 The analogy of the 'orange sunglasses' illustrates our inability to perceive reality as it truly is due to the inherent filters of our minds.
Q & A
What is the main concept discussed in the script regarding our experience of time?
-The main concept is that we do not actually experience time as a physical reality. Instead, we only experience the present moment, which is always 'now.' The past and future are constructs of the mind, and all experiences, including what we perceive as past and future, are happening in the eternal 'now.'
How does the script explain the relationship between the human mind and the perception of time?
-The script suggests that the human mind perceives the eternal 'now' as time and space due to its limitations. It spreads out the dimensionless consciousness and makes it appear as if events are happening sequentially, which is not the case in reality.
What is the analogy used in the script to describe the experience of time?
-The script uses the analogy of a novel that describes someone's life over a hundred years. Although the entire content of the person's life is present in the novel, the mind accesses the story page by page, making it seem as though the story unfolds in time.
Why is it impossible for the mind to know the future according to the script?
-From the perspective of the mind, the future is non-existent because it is limited to the present moment. The mind cannot access future events as they are all happening in the eternal 'now,' which is beyond the mind's capacity to comprehend.
What does the script suggest about the nature of reality beyond the mind's perception?
-The script implies that reality, beyond the mind's perception, is dimensionless consciousness where all experiences, including what we consider as past, present, and future, are happening simultaneously.
How does the script describe the experience of deep sleep in relation to the perception of time?
-Deep sleep is described as a state where the mind's activity, which includes the perception of time and space, ceases. In this state, consciousness rests in its own being without the limitations of time, akin to experiencing eternity.
What does the script mean by saying that 'all time takes place now'?
-The script means that from the perspective of eternity or dimensionless consciousness, all events that we perceive as happening in the past, present, or future are actually occurring in the eternal 'now.'
What is the significance of the 'orange sunglasses' analogy mentioned in the script?
-The 'orange sunglasses' analogy is used to illustrate the limitations of the mind. Just as wearing orange sunglasses makes it impossible to see white snow as it truly is, our minds, with their inherent limitations, cannot perceive reality beyond time and space.
How does the script encourage us to explore the nature of our minds?
-The script encourages us to investigate the nature of the knowing with which our minds perceive knowledge and experience. It suggests that while our minds are finite, the knowing itself is unlimited, and exploring this can lead to a deeper understanding of reality.
What is the ultimate goal of exploring reality beyond the mind's limitations as per the script?
-The ultimate goal is to understand that reality is not defined by the constructs of time and space that our minds impose. By recognizing the limitations of our perceptions, we can begin to approach a more profound understanding of the true nature of existence.
Outlines
🕒 The Illusion of Time
The paragraph discusses the concept of time as an illusion. It emphasizes that we do not experience time as it is, but rather as a construct of our minds. The speaker explains that there is no 'past' or 'future' that we can visit; all we have is the 'now.' The idea that time and space are not inherent qualities of reality, but rather perceptions created by our minds, is explored. The human mind is likened to a prism that turns the eternal 'now' into a linear experience of time. The analogy of a novel, where the story's events are all present simultaneously but are experienced sequentially through reading, is used to illustrate how our minds impose a temporal structure on reality.
🌌 The Infinite Now
This paragraph delves deeper into the idea that all events, past, present, and future, are happening in the 'now.' It suggests that our minds are incapable of perceiving the totality of reality due to their finite nature. The speaker uses the metaphor of thoughts occurring simultaneously in a dimensionless consciousness, which is beyond the capacity of our individual minds to grasp. The paragraph also touches on the idea that the multiplicity and diversity we perceive are illusions created by our minds, and that from the perspective of consciousness, there is no multiplicity—only a singular, eternal presence.
💤 The Mind's Limitations
The final paragraph reflects on the limitations of the mind in perceiving reality. It uses the metaphor of 'orange sunglasses' to describe how our minds filter and distort our perception of reality. The speaker encourages the exploration of reality beyond the confines of the mind, acknowledging the difficulty of this endeavor. The paragraph also discusses the nature of deep sleep as a state where the mind's activity ceases, and consciousness rests in its dimensionless state. The speaker concludes by suggesting that while it may be impossible to fully understand or describe the nature of reality with our minds, the pursuit of this understanding is a noble endeavor.
Mindmap
Keywords
💡Eternity
💡Now
💡Human Mind
💡Consciousness
💡Time
💡Space
💡Thought
💡Reality
💡Limitations
💡Deep Sleep
💡Investigation
Highlights
We don't actually experience time; the past and future are conceptual, not physical places.
There's only ever been one 'now' in our lives, which is eternal and unchanging.
The human mind perceives the eternal 'now' as time and space due to its limitations.
Time and space are not inherent qualities of reality but are constructs of the human mind.
From the perspective of eternity, future events don't exist because there is no future, only the eternal 'now'.
Our minds cannot comprehend the eternal dimension, which is beyond time and space.
All events are happening in the present 'now', but our minds perceive them sequentially.
Consciousness experiences all thoughts simultaneously, but our finite minds can only process one thought at a time.
There is no multiplicity or diversity from the perspective of consciousness; it's a singular, dimensionless presence.
The highest endeavor of the mind is to investigate the nature of knowing itself, as it is unlimited.
Deep sleep is an experience of entering eternity, where the mind's limitations of time and space cease.
The pursuit of understanding reality beyond the mind is a fundamental human endeavor.
The mind's limitations are like orange sunglasses that color our perception of reality.
Attempting to understand the mind's limitations is a paradoxical yet necessary journey.
The exploration of reality without the 'sunglasses' of the mind leads to the recognition of the infinite, dimensionless consciousness.
The ultimate goal is to experience reality as it is, beyond the constructs of time and space.
Transcripts
imagine that you understand that we
don't actually experience time nobody
has ever visited the place we called the
past or the future
we can think about it but we can't
actually go there you understand that
this there's no actual experience of a
past in the future or we experiences now
and there's only ever been one now in
our life since we've been sitting here
this afternoon you understand that we
haven't experienced a hundred different
now's or a thousand different now
there's just one now in fact in your
entire life has taken place now and it's
always the same now it's not going
anywhere because there is no medium of
time through which the now passes and
the now is always in the same place yes
however
when looked at through the prism of a
human mind this eternal or ever-present
now by a turn I don't mean everlasting
in time I mean ever-present now this
eternal now this ever-present now this
now not not something extraordinary now
but this now that now that each of us is
experiencing the only now that anyone
has ever experienced when when viewed
through the prism of a human mind
appears as time in other words
dimensionless consciousness the the
eternal here and now when it is when it
is viewed through a human mind it
appears as time and space in other words
a human mind spreads out eternity and
makes it look like time or thought to be
more accurate thought spreads out
eternity and makes it look like time and
perception spreads out infinity and
makes it look like space so time and
space are not qualities inherent
qualities of reality round that reality
is made of dimensionless consciousness
but that reality assumes the form of
mind and sees itself according to the
limitations of the mind through which it
perceives in this case a human mind
from the point of view of the human mind
it is impossible for a mind to know what
is going to happen in the future because
from its point of view the future is
absolutely non-existent that's from the
point of view of a human mind Yin but
take the point of view of of eternity to
the extent that we can we cannot really
think of eternity because everything we
think of is filtered through the
limitations of our mind but try to
imagine the eternal dimension this now
trying to it's not even a moment called
now because even a moment is something
in time that tried to imagine try to
feel don't try to imagine you try to
feel that this now has no size at all
it's smaller than a point and yet it is
that in which our experience takes place
it's not in time
so from from this point of view
experience is not spread out
sequentially one after another it is
more like it's all stacked up in series
on top of one another and therefore
although from the point of view of the
mind it is impossible to know something
that's going to happen in the future
from the point of view of eternity
future events don't really take place in
the future because there there is no
future but but our minds cannot think of
that our minds cannot understand that
you've heard me describe before an
analogy which is not a very complete
analogy but it's in the the analogy of a
novel yes which a novel which describes
the somebody's life so the novel takes
place over a period of a hundred years
but the entire content of that person's
life is simultaneously present in the
novel
but the mind cannot access all that
information in one moment it has to read
the novel page by page so although the
story is all of the story is complete in
every moment the mind accesses the story
in time the mind super imposes its own
limitations on the novel and seems it
makes it appear that the novel takes
place in time he doesn't the novel is
it's all there in every moment so think
of again it's not a it's not an accurate
model and I'm not really trying to build
a new model of reality I'm just trying
to destroy the old model the time model
so don't think of this analogy isn't an
accurate model but think of think of it
of all events stacked up on top of one
another not spread out in sequence so so
what's going to happen in five minutes
is happening now exactly so it's what we
call time is all happening right now yes
so there's an infinite amount of things
that's happening right now and from our
point of view some of those things will
happen later they're all happening now
yes and due to the limited but due to
the structure of each of our minds we
cannot see all those things we can only
experience we can only access experience
thought by thought it's not possible to
have more than one thought at a time
consciousness can have innumerable
thoughts at the same time now then let's
say there are 200 thoughts
taking place at the moment all those
thoughts are played taking place in
consciousness and are known by
consciousness there are let's say seven
billion take thoughts taking place now
all those thoughts are taking place in
the same consciousness and that
consciousness has no dimensions so
they're all taking place at the same
place at the same time that's from
Justice's point of view however our
minds are puny little finite minds
cannot experience two thoughts at the
same time let alone seven billion
thoughts so in fact there aren't such
things as seven billion Minds there are
just seven billion thoughts taking place
all taking place in the same
dimensionless presence of consciousness
but but from the point of view of each
of those thoughts it seems that there
are numerous other thoughts on numerous
other Minds there aren't even 7 billion
Minds from consciousness is point view
there isn't a multiplet there aren't a
multiplicity and diversity of anything
it's only from the point of view of a
finite mind that there is a multiplicity
and diversity of of things such as
thoughts but it's very very difficult to
think of this let alone speak of it
because everything we think of is
filtered through the limitations of our
mind and appears in accordance with
those limitations so I'm trying to give
models within the mind of something that
is beyond our minds so it's what I'm
trying to do is is impossible but but
what you say it's very is very you're on
the right track when you say that all
time takes place now you're you're
you're doing that the best we can do
with the mind to try to try to describe
in the mind something that it is not
possible for the mind to understand so
we have to say things like all all time
takes place now
thank you you are just just to rephrase
what I've just said you and and I
encourage you strongly not that you need
any encouragement yeah you are you are
trying to understand with your man we
are all trying to do this we are all
here we are all trying to understand
something in our minds that cannot be
understood with our minds it's like
we've all got orange sun shades on and
we're trying desperately to see the
white snow it's not possible you cannot
see the white snow as long as you're
wearing orange sunglasses the orange
sunglasses the sunglasses are the
limitations of online space and time and
we are all with our minds trying to see
the reality that is beyond our limited
Minds but we are looking through our
minds so just as the snow will always
appear orange to one who is wearing
orange sunglasses reality will always
appear in terms of time and space when
we look from our point of view and you
and I and all of us here we are trying
to push the mind we're trying to push
the boundaries of the mind because we
all include each of our minds here in to
its that there is so much more to
reality than the way things appear to be
but yet the only tool we have to explore
that reality is our mind so that that is
why the the the highest endeavor that a
mind can embark on is to investigate the
nature of the knowing with which it
knows it's knowledge and experience
because although our minds are finite
and limited the knowing with which we
know that limited knowledge is itself
unlimited I really wish I could take the
goggles off but you can take the goggles
off and you do take the goggles off
every time you fall asleep at night you
take the goggles off you take the
activity of the mind off but what
happens then you enter eternity and
there's no world there to be
investigated every time we fall asleep
at night the activity of mind that is
the orange glasses time and space comes
to an end isn't your experience of deep
sleep always like that doesn't it always
take less than no time at all exactly
you don't remember it because there's
nothing there to remember there's
nothing objective in deep sleep that the
consciousness loses its limitations that
is the activity of mind and it just
rests in its own being but there's
nothing the finite mind can say about
that because it has no dimensions it's
it's it's it's it's dimensionless its
eternity so so when we you say I wish I
could see the world without the orange
sunglasses without your own sunglasses
there is no world it's all whites no
there's nothing left to investigate you
see it's you say I want to take the
sunglasses off because then I could
explore the world how it really is but
the world is is only a world when we
have the glasses on when we take the
glasses off it's just God's infinite
dimension this eternal being
but don't let that stop you trying to
explore the world without your
sunglasses
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