What is eternity?

If the clock points to this moment, then what does eternity point to?

Inexplicably, this question appeared in Yuan Changwen's mind, like a lightning bolt in the night.

That's it!

Yuan Changwen was a little excited, as if this was the problem he had been ignoring.

But what is eternity?

Words that once came out of their mouths now seem so unfamiliar.

If eternity means that there is no fear of time, it has always existed in the long river of time. Then there is the problem that time itself does not exist, or that I simply cannot be sure that time exists, let alone the long river of time.

All I can be sure of is the present moment, so does it mean that eternity is the present moment? What exists at this moment is eternal existence?

This is a ridiculous idea, for example, if I have a peanut in my hand now, then this peanut is eternal at the moment. But when I ate it, the peanuts were gone, and they were still a fart forever!

Wrong!

I have peanuts in my hand now, so peanuts are eternal. And when I eat peanuts, how can I be sure that I actually had peanuts in my hand before?

At this moment, it becomes "I ate peanuts", then there are no peanuts at this moment, so peanuts are not eternal.

It seems very contradictory, peanuts will be eternal and will not be eternal. But at the moment, it seems that there is no contradiction at all. At the moment when there is this thought, the peanut is in the hand, then the peanut is eternal. If there are no peanuts at this moment, then peanuts are not eternal.

Ha!

The reason for the discomfort is here, "I can't be sure of anything", which is not allowed by the character and difficult for the character to understand. Characters need the existence of time, the past, the future, and time must be considered as a long river and so on.

But how can I be sure that time exists? Right, I can't be sure at all. I ate peanuts, so how do I know that I used to have a peanut in my hand?

I don't know, I just remember "I had a peanut in my hand three seconds ago, and then it was in my mouth to match the smell" and concluded that "I had a peanut before" was a fact.

Obviously, this is just speculation.

And once I recognize this mindset, or think with it a lot, then the character itself will cease to exist.

How do I know that the memories in my head are real? How do I know that I think I am a clean person, I am really a clean person? How do I know that past honors are real? How do I know that those ideals about a career, buying a house, etc., are indeed real?

I'm just in a vegetative state, woke up a minute ago, and then been indoctrinated with all sorts of memories, and placed here. It makes perfect sense!

The point is not what the truth is, but that I should have an uncertain attitude towards what I am not sure about. Yes, this can make the whole person very difficult to get along with, and it can also make life fragmented.

I never said that thinking about these questions would make life better. If life is all fake, then there are only two ways to make life good.

One is to keep denying and chasing things that "I think" will make life better. Focus on things that are touching, sweet, and beautiful.

Another way is to completely destroy the reality of life, and completely turn life into a game, into a dream.

If you remove time, you will directly destroy morality, benevolence, and so on.

I fell in love with a girl and wanted to be with her. How do I know that my current wife is indeed my wife, who has lived with me for more than 20 years?

If I'm not sure, and follow what I feel, then I'm bound to abandon my wife and pursue that girl.

I suddenly wanted to travel the world, I wanted to give up all my career to travel the world. How do I know that those careers are indeed what I have worked so hard to achieve?

Sure enough, the whole society is estimated to collapse in a week.

Really, it's always been me who is sure of something, and I study hard to determine more. But now, I'm sure of what, what is false.

It's the same with characters, it looks like characters exist at this moment and should belong to the category of eternity. But in fact, I can't be sure of the existence of the character at all, I just perceive that "the character of Yuan Changwen exists", and the awareness is eternal, but the content cannot be determined.

Oh, my God!

"I exist" is eternal, because at this moment, all I can be sure of is "I exist", so "I exist" is eternal. I actually went around and around, and once again went around to "I exist".

There is no need to pursue eternity, because I am already eternal.

Suddenly, I feel like I'm doing chicken feathers, what the hell is all this doing?

I've been eternal, but I've never felt it, and there's nothing eternal. Every day, like a small citizen, he is sad and anxious. They are worried about their houses and careers, and I am worried about how to stand at the pinnacle of the empire, how the big family can stand firm, and where the family will go without my protection.

The content is different, but the mood is the same. It's all people who are played with by the characters, but the characters use different content to play with.

I am eternal, but I do not know it. Let me think, what should an eternal state look like?

No, if you are kind, you will love something and hate something. Well, as an eternal being, eternally hating something, is not very realistic. What can be hated forever? Doesn't that mean that the thing itself is also eternal?

I am eternal, but the object of love is not eternal. If I love something forever, it means that I am always in remembrance. I still love that thing after it has dissipated. How long can you love?

I will love because I exist as a human being at this time and have everything that is human, so I will think that love is the greatest. Since you have human nature, you will get tired of it. If there is no humanity, there is no love.

Depend on!

Yuan Changwen suddenly thought of a possibility, a possibility that he had been speculating about. If I were eternal, human or not, the final answer would be:

It's my business.

This is my attitude and view of everything as an eternal being.

Yuan Changwen smiled, is it sacred, is it majestic, is it special? is it compassionate? Everything is false, and I am the awareness, the awareness of all this, "I exist" is eternal. The attitude towards all this is "it's my business"!

It's all fake, what else do I care about? Morality is false, benevolence is false, character is false, what else do I do for the fullness of the character?

It's my business.