Change is the only constant, Heraclitus once said. And when he did, there are many things he wished to say were not constant. Like energy, momentum, mass or even karma. The universe is ever changing, expanding, stars burning, planets moving, days counting, clocks ticking, animals dying, plants growing, winds blowing, and humans thinking. At the end of this thought process are pens writing, guns firing, cars moving, and a thousand more events happening.
And what the universe is now, it isn't a moment later, or wasn't a moment before. My thought, the words I type, the words you read, the examples we seek, the interpretations we take, the changes we imbibe, the lives we live, the deaths we die, and the wonders we create amidst our births and deaths, and the wonders we don't create, and the not so wonderful things we do, are all a part of the change.
And what the universe is now, it isn't a moment later, or wasn't a moment before. My thought, the words I type, the words you read, the examples we seek, the interpretations we take, the changes we imbibe, the lives we live, the deaths we die, and the wonders we create amidst our births and deaths, and the wonders we don't create, and the not so wonderful things we do, are all a part of the change.
The universe itself isn't constant. Like Shantaram's David or Gautama, the Buddha puts it, we are an ever changing and expanding lot. The change is in the pattern or the pace of how universe is changing too. Or how that pace of change is happening. Maybe, our position, velocity, acceleration or the jerk versus time haven't remained the same. Maybe, the universe itself changed forcing everything that could have been a constant, including the definitions of words 'constant' and 'change' to change, leaving behind nothing constant.
Or it is also possible that we are continuously warping through an infinite number of multiverses, placed one next to another with a tiny time gap, and imagining a non-existent time scale. Nevertheless, discovering this wouldn't help us live a better life. But knowing that things change can help us deal with a lot of problems.
Knowledge that every injury heals can help us prevent these suicides. Knowledge that every broken heart moves onto find a new one helps us be emotionally strong. Knowledge that changes can be both good and bad makes us humane, and helps us believe that the nature is more powerful. Knowledge that some changes are in your hands helps you make them happen, slow or fast.
Knowing that people change (including self) is the key to relationships. Knowing that the countries change is the key to governance. And knowing that there are these changes, and there is a change in the changes, a change in the change of changes, and so on leaves us with a hope for a better tomorrow, and with a confidence to believe that we can empower a couple of changes ourselves. So, change.
Also, change the way you look at the happening change. I doubt Heraclitus is wrong.
Thank you.
Or it is also possible that we are continuously warping through an infinite number of multiverses, placed one next to another with a tiny time gap, and imagining a non-existent time scale. Nevertheless, discovering this wouldn't help us live a better life. But knowing that things change can help us deal with a lot of problems.
Knowledge that every injury heals can help us prevent these suicides. Knowledge that every broken heart moves onto find a new one helps us be emotionally strong. Knowledge that changes can be both good and bad makes us humane, and helps us believe that the nature is more powerful. Knowledge that some changes are in your hands helps you make them happen, slow or fast.
Knowing that people change (including self) is the key to relationships. Knowing that the countries change is the key to governance. And knowing that there are these changes, and there is a change in the changes, a change in the change of changes, and so on leaves us with a hope for a better tomorrow, and with a confidence to believe that we can empower a couple of changes ourselves. So, change.
Also, change the way you look at the happening change. I doubt Heraclitus is wrong.
Thank you.