Western philosophers, particularly Jean-Paul Sartre, call it the “Existential Moment”, a sudden ending of our perception of the Time / Space Continuum we call duration, from ‘then’ to ‘now’ as ‘Time’ moves us all through ‘Space’, both of which are the same thing... Buddhist philosophy calls it “The Great Enlightenment” and it “comes once to all men, otherwise it would not be known as The Great Enlightenment”. It is also referred to as Nirvana, Heaven, The Awakening, Serenity, Tranquility, Peace and so on including “Rebirth”... The experience itself is as close to death as one gets while living… “Time Stops” is a familiar phrase which refers to the infinite moment between the infinite number of moments we experience as duration or the flow of Time. Not only Time, but everything, including the psyche’s journey through Existence is stopped for an infinite instant and an end of everything in the time flow can be perceived as ‘death’. But the body is still alive and the psyche continues its journey with a new experience, a new beginning…
Posted on: Sat, 17 May 2014 10:12:04 +0000
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