cold Posted October 19, 2017 Does anybody really know what time it is? 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Limahong Posted October 19, 2017 19 minutes ago, cold said: Does anybody really know what time it is? Â Again why? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
cold Posted October 19, 2017 Â 10 minutes ago, Limahong said: Â Again why? Â Is not time an artificial construct ? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Limahong Posted October 19, 2017 Ask Father Time. Â Good night. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Taomeow Posted October 19, 2017 4 minutes ago, cold said: Does anybody really know what time it is?  Of course. Period 8, Ding You year, Han Lu season, Ji You month, Ji Mao day, Wu Shi hour. Qi is good in the Northeast, South, and West. The star  6, ruler of Lungs, Large Intestine, and Bones, stands in the Center of the day.  Its combination with 9, the star of the month, is not that great, however the day has a lot of potential and is good for initiating stuff, not good for completing tasks (or starting the ones that are about closure.) And so on.  "The way of heaven is easy and the way of the earth is simple," as the great classics put it. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
cold Posted October 19, 2017 13 minutes ago, Taomeow said:  Of course. Period 8, Ding You year, Han Lu season, Ji You month, Ji Mao day, Wu Shi hour. Qi is good in the Northeast, South, and West. The star  6, ruler of Lungs, Large Intestine, and Bones, stands in the Center of the day.  Its combination with 9, the star of the month, is not that great, however the day has a lot of potential and is good for initiating stuff, not good for completing tasks (or starting the ones that are about closure.) And so on.  "The way of heaven is easy and the way of the earth is simple," as the great classics put it.  That must be ( or been in the past ) a heck of a time piece.  Are electronics simplifying or complicating our lives?  Am I up a creek when the battery dies? 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Taomeow Posted October 19, 2017 32 minutes ago, cold said:  That must be ( or been in the past ) a heck of a time piece.  Are electronics simplifying or complicating our lives?  Am I up a creek when the battery dies?  Far as I'm concerned, not simplifying, not complicating -- destroying.  (Please nobody point out I wrote this on a fracking electronic device. I know. It came to take away and usurp the place of what was a lot more, a lot better -- we used to call it life. We're in a place where it's not a choice between electronics and the fabric of actual life-creating presence of body, mind, spirit. It's a choice between electronics and nonexistence, for most people most of the time. Here's a study I saw yesterday: https://9to5mac.com/2017/08/04/impact-of-smartphones-on-mental-health/)  Seductive and addictive, they are. So is crack cocaine. Is crack cocaine simplifying or complicating an addict's life?  When the battery dies, yes, everybody is up a creek. Except for those who can calculate the time on their fingers -- forget electronics, I don't even need a pen and a piece of paper, all I need is the sun, the moon and the skill (I took a course, though electronic seduction has caused it to get very rusty over the years, but I can revive it anytime if necessary.)   "When the battery dies" is an optimistic outlook though. I'm afraid it may outlive us.  1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Marblehead Posted October 19, 2017 Complexified   1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
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ljazztrumpet Posted October 20, 2017 On 10/19/2017 at 1:48 PM, cold said: Does anybody really know what time it is? Â Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
