TIME'S ILLUSION

Most of us, I would suspect, believe in something or someone of a far greater power that provides us with some kind of life after death, even if it is no life at all, while differing beyond one’s belief on how we get there and what we do after we get there which systematically accounts for our radically different and sometimes unusual cultures; still, one issue is indisputable and absolute in its truth and that is there is something else besides our planet (earth) in this unimaginably vast universe.  That is . . .  if we were to stop and think about it . . .  which we do not.

Most of us only concern ourselves with ourselves, exercising control over what we do, how we do it, and when we do it . . .  or, so we think anyway; yet, if we were to think about it realistically, we would acknowledge that we have bosses to which we report or we are held accountable for our actions by someone in a position above us, including the highest office in the land, our democratically elected President.

So, where is this control we think we exercise?

The amount of time is something that ALL OF US have in common, that is to say there are only 24 hours in a day, no more or no less. On average, we spend the following amount of time each day:

• 8 hours sleeping
• 8 hours working
• 2 hours preparing and eating 3 meals
• 1 hour getting ready for work
• 1 hour driving to/from work
• 4 hours not designated

However, we must still have time for the following:

1. Grocery shopping
2. Cleaning house (bathrooms, vacuuming, etc)
3. Washing and ironing clothes
4. Miscellaneous shopping
5. Medical appointments (doctor & dentist)
6. Automobile maintenance
7. Lawn care and home repairs
8. Paying bills and balancing checkbook
9. Spending time with children
10. Spending time relaxing
11. Spending time exercising
12. Volunteering
13. Checking and answering emails
14. and whatever else…

What we have and to which most of us cling is the ILLUSION of Control over ourselves and that concept referred to as time.  For instance, we certainly have no control over our birth (date/time, location, parents, status, predispositions to disease); and, if we do not commit suicide, we certainly have no control over our death.

Seeing time (or control over time) as an illusion may, to some of us, seem like “life” offers us no “real” purpose any longer, so what’s the point?  And, if there is no apparent purpose to life because of this loss of control, then, there is no longer any rational justification for any of us to live a “good” life with the understanding that “good” is defined as emulating the lives lived by one’s religious or spiritual leaders.

Therefore, we can now live an “anything goes” type of life.

Well, if you believe that . . .  I would say that you are WRONG!!!