Friday, August 7, 2020

IMPHAL DIARIES: BAS YAHI EK PAL HAI



Is Pal Ke Jalwo Ne Mehfil Sawaari Hai
Is Pal Ki Garmi Ne Dhadkan Ubhaari Hai
Is Pal Ke Hone Se Duniya Hamaari Hai
Ye Pal Jo Dekho To Sadiyo Pe Bhaari Hai
Jeene Waale Soch Le Yahi Waqt Hai Kar Le Purii Aarzoo
Aage Bhi Jaane Na Tu, Peechhe Bhi Jaane Na Tu
Jo Bhi Hai, Bas Yahi Ek Pal Hai

You r reading these words right now.. 
I can say that even though I don't know when you'll read this blog right now, today, tomorrow, later but can say with certainty that right now, you're reading the word "now." That's how special "now" is. And yet, for all the thought that's been devoted to time, science doesn't consider "now" as different from the future or the past... 
Time feels real to people. But it doesn’t even exists.....There is no time variable in the fundamental equations that describe the world.... 
Time as illusion
Time,  is merely a perspective, rather than a universal truth. 
The universe is made up of countless events. 
Time moves slower or faster depending on what you’re doing. The minutes in a conference may look like an hour, while meeting with someone for two hours on a rainy day whom you like passes of like in two minutes
The world seems ordered, going from past to present, linking cause and effect, because of our perspective. We superimpose order upon it, fixing events into a particular, linear series. We link events to outcomes, and this give us a sense of time.

It's confusing

Imagine, for example, that you are on Earth, viewing a far-off planet, called DEJAVUUU, through a telescope. “Now” doesn’t describe the same present on Earth and that planet. The light you on Earth see when looking at DEJAVUU is old news, conveying what was on that planet some years ago. 


This might sound strange, until we consider something as mundane as making an international call. You’re in imphal and talking to friends in Tokyo..
When their words reach your ears, milliseconds have passed, and “now” is no longer the same “now” as it was when the person on the line replied, “I can hear you now.”
Consider, too, that we don’t share the same time in different places. Someone in London is always experiencing a different point in their day than someone in New delhi.  We only share the same time with people in a limited place, and even that is a relatively new invention.

It was not until the 19th century, when train travel demanded uniformity....
By the 20th century, we had agreed upon time zones. But it was a business decision, not a fact of the universe.


Basically, time is a story we’re always telling ourselves in the present tense, individually and together. It’s a collective act of introspection and narrative, record-keeping and expectation, that’s based on our relationship to prior events and the sense that happenings are impending.......a mass delusion..... 



The PAL or MOMENTS forever will remain with us
One can keep on reliving .......... it           as.  IT brings out emotions in us
rest ALLL IS FASANA

12 comments:

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  2. Now.. I just lived through the memories of the picture posted here. A lazy Saturday with a smile on face and bringing memories of those days two decades back into "now".. loved reading and reflecting on the words..

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  3. Nice collection of beautiful moments...

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  4. True, Time is illusion or just state of mind we are living it.... Living the moment differ from one person to another though it same everyone.... At one juncture when you feel mellowed and experience you look back , you feel you would have dealt with that situation or person with novel way.... Yes we all experience such moment... Thanks for sharing your experiences and erudition...

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  5. This blog reminds of Mahabharat famous dialogue now, 'main samay hoon'. Very nicely brought out the significance of NOW..

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  6. Jai hind maam, good collection and enjoyable movements. 🙏🙏

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  7. Why cherishing our past memories ending with two empty glasses??? Should be filled with....❤❤❤. Good 👍 one,sir. appreciated your way of highlighting experiences/ memories. @arommelsingh

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  8. How time flies...one of the tough things to explain to children was the importance of the International Date line...what if someone decided that the date line should be fixed at lat long of Imphal and not near NZL?who is to decide where the east starts and west ends in a globe? How have they benefitted from the setting of the IDL to NZL?? Would we be ahead of the times or behind? Greenwich happily sandwiches itself almost at the centre of the globe by the division imposed by the British map makers and what benefits has it given them unfairly? Have they been able to unfairly gain time by setting the IDL at NZL? Time is really confusing. I guess I need to revisit class 7.
    Your blog is quite thought provoking and the pictures are lovely...
    A famous Traveller once said-- I have seen much more than I can remember and I remember much more than I have ever seen.
    Time as you said is a individual narrative and adds up to a mass delusion!! Lovely deduction and quite interesting. Like the matrix movies..
    Wow....we r really high on the Imphal valley air...:-) jagah hi aisi hai...
    Keep on ruminating dear Sir! Thanks for tiltillating our Sunday brains.

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  9. A great article to start a beautiful Sunday. The power of "NOW". It is just wow.

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  10. It's now or never.... We in search of better miss this precious and crucial now moments.... wherever or whatever place or situation we live in..we must accept and enjoy the moment optimally to make it more interesting and cheerful....u r doing the same sir...keep exploring

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