What would our life be like if we lived in an ever present now?
In one sense we do.
All we ever really have at any one time is now. All the moments of our lives up to this point have slipped away into an irretrievable history of us. They are stored up in the recesses of our memories and can pop up at a moments notice when triggered by a smell or a song. Only this morning I was transported back to a five year boy by a passing thought.
The capacity of our brains to retrieve such detail is utterly immense. Things that you haven’t thought about for decades can pop up without warning as if tossed out like a lottery ball.
I sometimes sit in silence and try to remember things, details of events and places, picture the emotion and feel it, what was I thinking and who was there. Was it sunny or dark and so on, all of these memories are still locked up inside of us somewhere if we can force the lock on the filing cabinet.
That is how I picture my brain, endless rows of grey filing cabinets, four drawers high with countless pieces of information tied into events and moments. Writing these blogs has unlocked so many memories for me, I can be transported in a second through time as I recall people and places, tastes and feelings.
I have watched two very different movies recently. The first was Criminal with Kevin Costner, the second was Embers with a largely non mainstream cast.
Criminal had the personality and memory of a murdered CIA man inserted into a psychopath in order to retrieve vital information. It was all good stuff with the melding of the two together making a better man out of Kevin.
Embers envisioned a post neurological virus where sleep wiped all but essential information from the memory, it was always going to be a difficult concept to pull off as they decided what would be retained i.e. recognition of words, common items, key skills and what would be wiped on a daily basis.
With no future and no past these people existed in a suspended state of now.
This is exactly how the entertainment world would have us exist, knowing nothing of yesterday or tomorrow.
Growing up in church I would listen to the many preachers disdain the current world in favour of the one to come, while themselves living firmly in the romanticised past of some “better day”.
All and none of these are the perfect way to live.
We cannot ignore our history in any sense, we cannot either spend our days in some hazy expectancy of a coming day.
We are alive Now. We must live in the knowledge of the past but with an eye to the future, only then can we be balanced.
Iѕ Clash Royale the most effective recreation ever released fⲟr
touchscreen units?
I have been reading out many of your articles and i must say
clever stuff. I will make sure to bookmark your site.
Hi every one, here every person is sharing
such know-how, thus it’s nice to read this website, and I used
to go to see this blog daily.
Great items from you, man. I have take into account your stuff prior to and you’re just extremely wonderful.
I actually like what you’ve acquired here, certainly like what you are stating and the
best way in which you are saying it. You make it entertaining and you still take care of to keep it
wise. I cant wait to read far more from you.
That is really a terrific website.
Hi there, I found your site by the use of Google while looking for a similar
subject, your site got here up, it seems good.
I’ve bookmarked it in my google bookmarks.[X-N-E-W-L-I-N-S-P-I-N-X]Hi there,
just became alert to your blog thru Google, and found that it’s truly informative.
I’m going to watch out for brussels. I’ll be grateful in the event you continue this in future.
Lots of other people shall be benefited out of your writing.
Cheers!
I do not even know how I ended up here, but I thought this
post was great. I do not know who you are but definitely you’re going to a
famous blogger if you aren’t already 😉 Cheers!
Asking questions are in fact nice thing if
you are not understanding something totally, however this post gives good understanding yet.
Why visitors still use to read news papers when in this technological world
all is existing on web?
I have read a few good stuff here. Certainly price bookmarking for
revisiting. I surprise how so much effort you set to make
the sort of magnificent informative web site.
I’m really enjoying the design and layout of your website. It’s a very easy on the eyes which makes it much more enjoyable for me to come
here and visit more often. Did you hire out a designer
to create your theme? Excellent work!
Wow, awesome blog layout! How long have you been blogging for?
you make blogging look easy. The overall look of your website is wonderful, as well as the content!
Normally I do not read post on blogs, but I would like to say that this write-up very forced me to check out and
do it! Your writing taste has been amazed me. Thanks, quite nice article.
Right now it looks like Expression Engine is the top blogging platform out
there right now. (from what I’ve read) Is that what you’re using on your blog?
I think everything said was very reasonable.
But, what about this? suppose you added a little information? I am not suggesting your content is not good,
but what if you added a title thgat grabbed a person’s attention? I mean Now is now is a little plain. You should look at Yahoo’s home page and note how theey create
article titles to get people interested. You might try adding a video or
a related pic or two to grab people interested about everything’ve written. Just my opinion, it
would bring your blog a litttle bit more interesting.
Quality content is the crucial to invite the users to go to
see the web site, that’s what this web site is providing.
Thanks for sharing such a good thinking, paragraph is fastidious, thats why i have read it fully
That is really fascinating, You are an excessively professional blogger.
I have joined your feed and look forward to looking for more of your wonderful post.
Additionally, I’ve shared your site in my social networks
I think this is one of the most vital info for me. And i am glad reading
your article. But wanna remark on few general things, The site style is ideal, the articles is really great : D.
Good job, cheers
Incredible quest there. What happened after?
Good luck!
What a data of un-ambiguity and preserveness of precious
know-how regarding unexpected emotions.
Valuable info. Lucky me I discovered your web
site accidentally, and I am surprised why this twist
of fate didn’t came about earlier! I bookmarked it.
Fantastic items from you, man. I have take into
account your stuff prior to and you’re just extremely magnificent.
I actually like what you’ve obtained here, certainly like what you’re stating and the way in which you say it.
You make it entertaining and you continue to take care of to stay it smart.
I can not wait to learn much more from you.
This is actually a wonderful website.
Have you ever considered publishing an e-book or guest authoring
on other sites? I have a blog centered on the same subjects you discuss and would
really like to have you share some stories/information. I
know my audience would enjoy your work. If you are even remotely interested, feel free to send me an e-mail.