Is Time an Illusion or a Fragment of Consciousness?

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The discussion centers on the relationship between the passage of time and the advance of consciousness, questioning whether individuals are passively experiencing the universe or actively creating their reality. One viewpoint suggests that time and consciousness are interconnected, with external nature perceived as flowing through consciousness. Another perspective posits that individuals can either act passively or actively, but not both simultaneously, emphasizing that events either occur or do not. Additionally, some participants propose that the universe itself creates individuals over time, with consciousness shaping experiences. The notion that time is an illusion, stemming from measurement and ego, is also explored, suggesting that the universe may be fundamentally composed of mind.
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Do we experience the passage of time or the advance of consciousness -
are we passively experiencing the universe or actively creating it?
 
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I'm not the brightest there is but isn't the passage of time and the advance of consciousness basically really the same thing? What would be passing through the consciousness but external nature as we perceive it? Second question I think it's a little of both. I can stop at the stop sign or fly through it and cause an accident. Either way. I don't think you can be passive and active at once though, it is always either or. Either the event took place and did happen, actively or passively, or it didn't happen at all.
 
Rothiemurchus said:
Do we experience the passage of time or the advance of consciousness -
are we passively experiencing the universe or actively creating it?

How about we are passively being created by the universe and in time? :smile:
 
Rothiemurchus said:
Do we experience the passage of time or the advance of consciousness -
are we passively experiencing the universe or actively creating it?
second question first.

the entire universe exists, we create our experience by focusing our consciousness onto a moment of time.

as we focus, refocus, we create the appearance of time. IMHO.


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Do we experience the passage of time or the advance of consciousness -
are we passively experiencing the universe or actively creating it?

You asked some very good questions. I believe that time is an illusion created by the introduction of measurement and the fragmentation of consciousness caused by the ego. As to whether there is an "inner world and outer world" I don't know for sure but it is my guess that the universe is composed entirely of mind.
 
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