Wonderings 14

 Who am I?

Time

We exist (for the time being - no pun intended) inside the concept of spacetime which is represented by our 3-Dimensional (width, length, depth) lives plus the passing of time that always seems to move forward.

As a result, we have the:

• past
• present
• future

And,

all of this seems pretty straight forward until one asks the question, when do these times begin and end?

Looking back, we can clearly see that the past is in the past and looking forward, we can clearly see that the future has not happened yet.

But,

look at these three more carefully, we can see that it is not so much straight forward.

We are in the past until the present happens but how does one delineate between the two; similarly, we are in the present until the future happens, but again, how does one delineate between the two.

• Does the past last longer than the present?
• Does the present last longer than the future?

As soon as I type my first letter onto this online posting format, I have moved into the future...

And, as soon as I type the second letter, I have moved into the future, which instantly becomes the present until the third letter is typed.

However, my mind is already in the future because I know what I am going to write next, therefore, that future knowledge is somehow taking place in the present which is the future's past.

The movement of time is fluid; it has no breaks, no pauses, no moments of reflection or clarity, it simply continues to move forward, leaving us forever caught in the conundrum of which time frame are we really operating in...  especially when it all seems like the present to us.