fate…time… rant

by panta rhei

Posted to Utterances on 2002-05-25 02:26:00

Parent message is 192407

the conditions of being and meaning
of freedom and truth
can be read from the structure
of experienced time

the past contains the being of what has been
which must not be reduced to what we remember;
for what has been and, without leaving discernible traces,
has been forgotten by everyone
that has been nevertheless
and will forever be BEEN

but

if the past is not of irrevocable nature
if its unalterability is changing by the history we tell
and we can make it whatever we want –
then memories of the past might be desires of the future
and preceding experiences might be nothing but dreams
and possibilities still to come

but

if there is something like fate
if the way we walk is already marked
linear, predestined
then past and future are timewise equivalent and
as much real as the NOW
all of them existing at the same time

but

a simultaneous existence in time
throws us back to the only reality we have:
the NOW in an empty space
and we are creating our way
with every step we take

future solely comprises possibilities
it can either be understood as
a homogenuous continuation
of the past being or as an empty space
for whatever may come

as a limited open space of potentialities
before the present decision
restricted to the logical consequences of our actions

or as a determined part of a predestined fate
traced out ever since
no matter what we do

but it could also be pure arbitrariness
sheer coincidence
in the void of the illusions of time

and presence!

the moment of our only true meeting with the world
the moment of our ascent towards being
by means of freedom

what the world is and what i am
might be a result of the past or
of my imagination or of a strange chance
or even of fate;

but what i can make it
hic et nunc
is depending on nobody
but myself
is coming into being
through myself
an absolute presence created
by myself

crossways through time towards
this flash of light:

the moment that is eternity

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