Nefastos wrote:Jiva wrote:Well, I agree with you in that I consider the mythological eras of the world as descriptions of psychological states and/or physical manifestation rather than actual periods of time. However, perhaps I disagree, but if the linearity of the mythological ages is removed, then all could be considered to happen all the time i.e. a continual state of becoming/transformation.
Elaborate this a little, if you don't mind. I'm not sure either whether we speak of the same or the different sides of things. ![Smile :)](./images/smilies/icon_e_smile.gif)
Haha, I think I tried to contract all my thoughts into one simple sentence and instead made no sense at all – a bad habit of mine
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What I was trying to refer to was that as humans we can only exist and therefore study in a linear manner, in this case, through the example of a mythological story. This one-way progression in time makes the present moment inherently more complex/disordered than the past. According to physics theories, and nicely summed up in that article I posted in the mythological curiosities thread: “...at microscopic scales, there’s nothing... that distinguishes the future from the past. Just about any experiment that we can run in a particle accelerator will look as valid seen the normal way or viewed in reverse. And what is the macroscopic universe, after all, but a collection of microscopic ones?”
Therefore, maybe by utilising the paradox of continuing to learn and reflect (and thereby making things more complex/disordered) during this journey through time, it is possible to arrive at a stage when time can be observed in either direction, similar to space, allowing one to view the symmetry of the universe in its constant state of creation/transformation/dissolution. I suppose I mean this in a way similar to a Jivanmukta, Arhat, Tzadik etc.
Tweaking Christian doctrine slightly, perhaps we were not “created in his image” but “created to conceive him in his image” or something similar.
Feel free to ridicule and/or tear holes in this post. I figured I'd elaborate a little rather than just say “no”
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, although I haven't thought about this subject nearly enough.
'Oh Krishna, restless and overpowering, this mind is overwhelmingly strong; I think we might as easily gain control over the wind as over this.'