Pinning down NOW

[factseeker88]

There is no NOW, only past and future. The NOW most of us take for granted happens in a nanosecond, so fast it cannot be pinned down. First person novels also utilize NOW, but can't capture it, only write about it. Another aspect of NO NOW, are the words that describe it all ending with "ing, doing, running, acting, to name a few of many.

“What we think, or what we know, or what we believe is, in the end, of little consequence. The only consequence is WHAT WE DO.” John Ruskin (1819 - 1900)

 

[Willamena]

“What we think, or what we know, or what we believe is, in the end, of little consequence. The only consequence is WHAT WE DO.” John Ruskin (1819 - 1900)

But when do we do it?

 

[Kilgore Trout]

You're reading this sentence right now.

 

[Skwim]

now

nou/
adverb
adverb: now

1.
at the present time or moment.

"where are you living now?"
synonyms:at the moment, at present, at the present (time/moment), at this moment in time, currently, presently More

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mo·ment
ˈ
noun
noun: moment; plural noun: moments
1.
a very brief period of time.
"she was silent for a moment before replying"
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synonyms:little while, short time, bit, minute, instant, second, split second; Mo
Sources: Merriam Webster Dictionary

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So, in essence, "now'" would be "a very brief period of time" at the present. And I fail to see anything troubling with this.

 

[Iti oj]

time is illusion there is only now

 

[Quintessence]

time is illusion there is only now

Yeah, I thought the OP had it backwards as well. There is no past or future, there is only now. Or rather, anything that isn't now is otherworldly.

 

[factseeker88]

But when do we do it?

When we are stimulated to do it, a situation or happening we react to, relate with.

Your post, for example, stimulated my response.

“What we think, or what we know, or what we believe is, in the end, of little consequence. The only consequence is WHAT WE DO.” John Ruskin (1819 - 1900)

 

[Iti oj]

Yeah, I thought the OP had it backwards as well. There is no past or future, there is only now. Or rather, anything that isn't now is otherworldly.

How would you express why? I imagine you could answer scientifically, philosophically and spiritually the same point.

 

[factseeker88]

How would you express why? I imagine you could answer scientifically, philosophically and spiritually the same point.

Who, what, and when are answerable, why is an perceptive opinion.

“[FONT=Verdana, sans-serif]What we think, or what we know, or what we believe is, in the end, of little consequence. The only consequence is WHAT WE DO.” John Ruskin (1819 - 1900) [/FONT]

 

[Willamena]

When we are stimulated to do it, a situation or happening we react to, relate with.

And when does that happen?


Could it be.... now?

 

[BSM1]

There is no NOW, only past and future. The NOW most of us take for granted happens in a nanosecond, so fast it cannot be pinned down. First person novels also utilize NOW, but can't capture it, only write about it. Another aspect of NO NOW, are the words that describe it all ending with "ing, doing, running, acting, to name a few of many.

Dang, you just missed it.

 

[DreadFish]

I think it's more accurate to say that there is no past or future, there is only now, but now itself cannot even be grasped. Even if the things we experience are being experienced after they actually happen, the experience is now and they even happened now before the now in which we experienced them.

 

[factseeker88]

I think it's more accurate to say that there is no past or future, there is only now, but now itself cannot even be grasped. Even if the things we experience are being experienced after they actually happen, the experience is now and they even happened now before the now in which we experienced them.

There are four different ways to look at this, philosophical, practical, perceptive and Buddhist -- maybe even more

If philosophic it's about how many philosophers concur, If practical it's about measurements. If perceptive it's about feeling, if Buddhist it's about belief.

“[FONT=Verdana, sans-serif]What we think, or what we know, or what we believe is, in the end, of little consequence. The only consequence is WHAT WE DO.” John Ruskin (1819 - 1900) [/FONT]

 

[Amechania]

Chasing through the here and now, I tripped upon the where and when, falling through the there and then, landing on my end and how.

 

[Twilight Hue]

There is no NOW, only past and future. The NOW most of us take for granted happens in a nanosecond, so fast it cannot be pinned down. First person novels also utilize NOW, but can't capture it, only write about it. Another aspect of NO NOW, are the words that describe it all ending with "ing, doing, running, acting, to name a few of many.

“What we think, or what we know, or what we believe is, in the end, of little consequence. The only consequence is WHAT WE DO.” John Ruskin (1819 - 1900)

Hmmm..

Looks like someone just taped it on your back with the words inscribed, "Kick me."

 

[DreadFish]

There are four different ways to look at this, philosophical, practical, perceptive and Buddhist -- maybe even more

If philosophic it's about how many philosophers concur, If practical it's about measurements. If perceptive it's about feeling, if Buddhist it's about belief.

“[FONT=Verdana, sans-serif]What we think, or what we know, or what we believe is, in the end, of little consequence. The only consequence is WHAT WE DO.” John Ruskin (1819 - 1900) [/FONT]

Do you mean that these are four ways of looking at the nature of now?

 

[Revoltingest]

It's always now.

 

[Skwim]

It's always now.

Except when it's before or after.

 

[DreadFish]

Except when it's before or after.

You posted this before I read it and I read it after you posted it, but when you posted it, it was now, and now im reading it.

Huh? :thud:

 

[Skwim]

You posted this before I read it and I read it after you posted it, but when you posted it, it was now, and now im reading it.

Huh? :thud:

And the now in which I posted it is now an after. :slap: