The perception of time

[Guest guest]

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It is not the present which is fleeting past us

with sickening speed. The present moment

is indeed eternal. It is our imperfect perception

that creates the horizontal succession in time.

Sequential duration is a consequence of the

single-track verbalization of our split-mind,

which does not grasp the outer world instan-

taneously but interprets it perversely by

extracting bits and pieces and calling them

things and events.

 

- Ramesh S. Balsekar

 

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" A Net of Jewels "

Ramesh S. Balsekar

Advaita Press, 1966