Eternity

Carpe Diem or in simple words seize the day;  The dao too talks about the moment and the flow of the moment. One should ask the question what is this day or moment that has been expressed in as few words as possible that people can write a theses on that one sentence. 

One needs to understand the concept of time. Time can be broken into 3 distinct parts - the past, the future and the now.  When one contemplates on the psychological impact of these three parts one would realise that the past is something that has happened and the future is something that one tends to plan for, what gets forgotten about is the now. From a philosophical and metaphysical point of view one cannot live in the past for it has already happened. The future one can plan for but cannot live in. The only place one exits is the now. 

The now is essentially the eternity between the past and the future. If one learns to seize the now or learns to flow with the now; one lives eternally. Such a simple construct but impossible to follow because of the inherent bias of the past and the inherent planning for the future. Sustained effort in understanding thought and being aware of one’s thoughts helps. Metacognition, mindfulness etc help one centre in the now and essentially touch eternity. There is however a risk of trying this on a daily basis via meditation practice or other modern psychotherapy techniques; the risk being that one could suffer from PTSD as a result. 

Risks be damned, I for one love the sensation that eternity provides once in a few months. Try it and let me know. 

C