What is present? Present defines the system around us as it happens now. We define present according to the events unfolding before our eyes. And, rapidly, these events which were defining present for us become a part of our past. So, what is the boundary, the event horizon between the present and the past. If every moment is present then don't we just linger for a moment in
the past before we realize that it is not present anymore. If every moment is present then how short is this present. Is every tick of a clock an indication,a blip on the radar of time which reminds us of now, the present. But this is only because for commons like me have a clock which keeps time on
a per second basis. So, are we limiting ourselves from realizing the enormity of the present by just measuring it by a tick of a second. Does this not limit us from living more in the present than dwelling a lot more in the past.If only my mind could count 1000 milliseconds fast enough I would have encountered present 1000 times more than a second. This limit to breaking down the time into smaller parts is infinite, if only, I were capable of realizing how infinite a second is. This paradox of making a second infinite is what makes this boundary of past and present very blurred. If I had a
superhero friend who could react to milliseconds, then an event occurring during a passage of time would have been both present and future because my superhero friend would have seen that event earlier while I, quite incapable of reacting so quickly, would still be waiting for that event to happen and whatever I perceived as present would be past for my superhero friend.
the past before we realize that it is not present anymore. If every moment is present then how short is this present. Is every tick of a clock an indication,a blip on the radar of time which reminds us of now, the present. But this is only because for commons like me have a clock which keeps time on
a per second basis. So, are we limiting ourselves from realizing the enormity of the present by just measuring it by a tick of a second. Does this not limit us from living more in the present than dwelling a lot more in the past.If only my mind could count 1000 milliseconds fast enough I would have encountered present 1000 times more than a second. This limit to breaking down the time into smaller parts is infinite, if only, I were capable of realizing how infinite a second is. This paradox of making a second infinite is what makes this boundary of past and present very blurred. If I had a
superhero friend who could react to milliseconds, then an event occurring during a passage of time would have been both present and future because my superhero friend would have seen that event earlier while I, quite incapable of reacting so quickly, would still be waiting for that event to happen and whatever I perceived as present would be past for my superhero friend.
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