Diminished sense of the present moment

[wellhelm]

Anyone ever get this feeling? That The present matters not because it is constantly passing into the next instant but then that instant to the next? It really diminishes the present and even the future knowing it to will pass into the next instant. Its all so devalued and pointless to experience now as now will become then, the cycle repeats and its all valueless. It depresses me knowing in the next instant i will know more, but what really depresses me is in the instant after that I will know twice as much. So whats the point of time but to gain knowledge for the next moment. The point: now means nothing, the future means everything until it arrives then it to means nothing. Why? Im drunk and quit bye.

[oggy]

That's a strange one. Swim feels quite exited about the future turning in to the now and the past. Being Friday in all, Swim has another birthday party weekend to look forward to. Techno night and a rock night Then Swim can terrify himself again during the week and have more sleep paralysis nights.

Try to enjoy the now, yes the future turns in to the now and the now turns in to past, but enjoy it all and make good memories.

Swim does understand you as he's had confungled thoughts like that before but it passes.

Maybe Swiy needs to make more plans for future events?

[wellhelm]

Its not so much a depression of events. Its more like a pointlessness to everything. Even a fun present is worthless. Its always evolving. Sure we get our pleasures here and there but what is it worth in the long run? I have a hard time explaining it. The value of the present no matter how grand is only a change in the grand scheme of things. Our evolving lives make it impossible to truly appreciate the future or the past and the present is just the go between. Momentarily meaningful and yet the only meaningful piece of life, but many dwell or nostalgically live the past and anticipate the future. So again the present is devalued as its constantly becoming both the past and the future.

[oggy]

I bet during an intense moment of pleasure Swiy wouldn't be thinking like this and the now is in fact fantastic?

[wellhelm]

Originally Posted by oggy

I bet during an intense moment of pleasure Swiy wouldn't be thinking like this and the now is in fact fantastic?

You are most likely correct but I don't think that would change anything except my thinking, not the reality that I think is.

[Oneiros]

So again the present is devalued as its constantly becoming both the past and the future.

Ah, but as time flows on, is our present not constantly replenished with new events and experiences, each one as intrinsically precious as the previous? Transience, then, would not lessen the present's value, but amplify it. As we turn our attention towards the simple, inexplicable beauty of existence, it is the "grand scheme of things" that becomes worthless.

Remember the mynah birds, Huxley fans. Here and now, here and now.