Mystery of Time

Note: This idea about time is my individual view and I think it may be right. :-)


Since childhood I used to wonder what really time is? A star that I see right now, was existed like the way I persevere now, atlest 4 light years ago. So every-time I see the sky, I am actually seeing the past! It is possible that the star I am seeing right now is in really no more in present moment. And I think that the star is the reality like this in present moment, which all of us know is not true! The point in sky where my eyes says there is star right now can actually be an empty space (the star may have died/explored)

Why to go so far in sky, even the things that we see close to us is also the past! Its just a matter of few light years or fraction of second! In reality, state of things that I see perceive through senses is all past. Now see, right now you are seeing your laptop/mobile. And you think that the device exists is there in the state that you are perceiving right now. But in reality light rays takes sometime to reflect/emit from the device and fall into your eyes. It is possible that by the time the light rays falls into your eyes the state of the device/object is changed. Though this time is negligible, but the time gap is there! The time gap increases as the distance of the object/device increases from you/observer. So what you see right now, can never be in present moment! And the world that you see right now is completely dependent of your time and space position relative to the objects you see. Similarly the world that I see is dependent on my time and space position relative to the objects I persevere. So in reality the world that I see is never same as the world you see! Meaning if at all both of us are true we definitely perceive the world differently.

Now lets come down from starts to the gadget to one's own body. As a computer engineer, I know that even to execute a simplest machine instruction, it takes some time. So does human body will do. It definitely will take sometime after the light rays falls on my eyes periphery to travel till retina and build the image. Now image formed on retina is upside down! The mind will again take sometime to decrypt the image and give me impression of how to world looks to me right now! (I still don't know what this me is now, will think over it later)  So in reality everything that the senses tells me now actually happened in the past! So I am actually seeing the dead world :-P

Love,
Neha

My Visit To Hospital

As I am visiting hospital more frequently now because of my hand injury. I can't stop myself from writing what I see there. The first thing I see as soon as I enter the OPD is big queue for registrations. I really wish one day for Art Of  Living course also have such big counters. And why not! we definitely do provide better service! And people without meditation really are patient of their own emotions and circumstances!

Every-time I visit hospital, I have to wait for long time for my turn to meet doctor. And what is better time-pass than observing people! I almost every-time notice similar category of people. There are few people who will have long face, worried as if the world is collapsed. Then there are few who will be praying really intimately to God! I like watching  them. Just by watching their devotion even I get connected to the one! :-) Then there will be some kids around. Kids show unique a characteristic! Either kid will be crying and the whole ward will know there is a child inside or they will be happy, playing around, in their own world, inspite of all the fractures and cuts and stitches! Then there are few who are happy, enjoying the life inspite of the pain and physical condition! 

I remember I was little worried about my palm as my figures had really minimal movement even after one and a half months of surgery. I was in the room where I was being treated and a guy who was happily singing enters into the room. He Smiled at the doctor and sat on patient's seat. Both of his palm were covered with a nice designer red cloth. He removed the cloth and showed to doctor. Three figures of his one hand and four fingers of his another hand were cut! I just looked at his face again he was actually happy! As I talked to him, he said Its 2 months now after the event! He lost his figures when he was working in a factory. As he was working, his palm came in between the machine. He still works in same factory and says this is what I know!

It really made me wonder, is happiness anything to do with people or situation? A simple factory worker knows how to remain happy yet there are many who remain unhappy and grumbling in the most favorable situations.

Love,
Neha