Apocalypse Now!

[xi_o_teaz]

This was a reply to a post regarding Apocalyptic thinking over in skatche. It pretty much sums up my thinking on immanatizing the Eschaton, the Apocalypse (which I've been thinking about since seeing The Omen and 6/6/6), etc.

I agreed with ya up until you said

the fact remains that at the moment things really suck.

the fact remains that people

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[pedero]

"Personally, I believe in immanatizing the eschaton, which is perhaps the Chaote's version of The End Times. It says that the End Times are every moment, as we are all constantly reCreating the Now (and the Past, and the Future). Another personal meme I hold dear is that Gaia does not need "saving" from "us". No matter what we do, the Earth will be fine. I'm quite sure of that. Wee humans, on the other hand, could very easily fuck up our own personal future survival on this great spaceship Earth. I'm not concerned about that, either. My own personal beLIEfs tell me that whether wee silly humans exist or not is not really a matter of Universal Concern

NOW

[spiraldragon]

So you are are saying that the fluid nexus of Now is RAM? As queried by a student in your 7:00 PM tuesday class.

Re: NOW

[xi_o_teaz]

So you are are saying that the fluid nexus of Now is RAM?

What do you mean by "RAM"? If you're making a computer analogy, Fenwick might be able to help you out better re: this.

I was, however, speaking of the everPresent, HereNow, which--although everChanging--is the only Constant. Ram Dass' book "Be Here Now" from the 60's gives a good idea of what I'm talking about here. The Past is merely a mismash of jumbled memories, tangled associations, and random imprinting, whereas the Future is nothing more than the habitat of our fantasies, fears, and illusions.

The HereNow is the only thing we can be sure of.