Let's talk about Buddhism

[steffan]

buddhiam is one of my favorites, I really like the part about the universe happening all at once and it only being our limeted perseption that that makes us think there is such a thing as time. alot of philosphers and physicisis have come up with that same posibilty, truly an inspired work of genius. not to sure about that book of the dead thing that popped up a few hundred years ago though, (and before you get your panties in a bunch I know it was suposed to have been written ummm 800? years ago, but it wasn't discovered untill much later.) not to sure how buddha would have felt about it either, he didn't seem to get into the etherial much at all

[Winston Smith]

Originally Posted by steffan

buddhiam is one of my favorites, I really like the part about the universe happening all at once and it only being our limeted perseption that that makes us think there is such a thing as time.

This is one of my favorite aspects of Buddhism, as well. The idea that the only reality is the current moment, or the "eternal now." This makes total sense to me. "The past is a dream and the future a fantasy," as I've heard it said, and thereby only exist in the mind. The past and future are not reality. Moment to moment -- whatever duration of time that happens to be -- is where reality is, and the starting and end points for all things. Time, as in something you can measure, is a human construct. The notion of the universe being the alpha and omega, or "happening all at once," as steffan wrote, is not easily grasped by human consciousness, so we've employed an artificial structure to help us find paradigms we understand. Could be?