That life is a Journey, or that life is lived in only a single Now.
These two seem to be in opposition to me, which is why I'm thinking about them more.
On the Side of Life Being a Path
- Time proceeds in a forward direction
- Life is lived in only one direction
- Life has a beginning, a middle and an end in time
- You can remember the past, and plan for (or feel anxious about) the future
- Cause and effect works only in one direction, in time
- So, human actions in one moment in time can affect the moments down the track
- Human beings, through their actions, can change which future they have
On the Side of Life Being Not a Path
- You can only act on the present moment, your actions can't directly affect the past or the future
- One treatment for anxiety is to focus on your body and what it perceives in the present moment, in the present location - what do you hear, what do you taste, what do you smell, etc? This practice can calm the mind and restore rational thinking when it has been galloping away.
- There is no particular purpose or end goal toward which life is striving. Life, intrinsically, is just one moment followed by another one, in which stuff happens and you are in a place.
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