Dr. Vijai S Shankar MD.PhD.
Published on www.academy-advaita.com
The Netherlands
14th June 2018
Moving 4
“Future”
A human sperm and a human ovum are moving ‘Here and Now’, which is the present, while they are maturing. A human sperm and a human ovum are moving ‘Here and Now’, which is the present, as they approach each other to fertilize. After fertilization, the fertilized, human sperm and ovum are moving ‘Here and Now’, which is the present, as an embryo. Every cell in the embryo is moving ‘Here and Now’, which is the present, to form a foetus.
Similarly, every cell in the foetus is moving ‘Here and Now’, which is the present, to form a child in the mother’s womb. Also, every cell is moving ‘Here and Now’, which is the present, as the child within the mother’s womb until it is delivered to exist in the world.
A child’s head and eyes move ‘Here and Now’, which is the present, but a child does not know that its head and eyes move or are moving ‘Here and Now’, which is the present, or that it is moving its head and eyes or is able to move its head and eyes ‘Here and Now’, which is the present.
Every cell of the young boy or girl is moving ‘Here and Now’, which is the present, and this moving in the ‘Here and Now’, which is the present, appears as actions of the young boy or girl in the ‘Here and Now’, which is the present.
Every cell of the young man or young woman is moving ‘Here and Now’, which is the present, and this moving in the ‘Here and Now’, which is the present, appears as an adult man or woman in the ‘Here and Now’, which is the present.
Every cell of an adult man and an adult woman is moving ‘Here and Now’, which is the present, and this moving in the ‘Here and Now’, which is the present, appears as actions of an adult man or woman in the ‘Here and Now’, which is the present.
The ‘Here and Now’ moment, which is the present, is not separate from the next ‘Here and Now’ moment, which is the present, because in between a ‘Here and Now’ moment in the present and the next ‘Here and Now’ moment in the present is a ‘Here and Now’, which is the present moment as well.
Since only moving is present in the ‘Here and Now’ moment, it signifies that in any ‘Here and Now’ moment, which is the present, there is only moving in any ‘Here and Now’ moment, which is the present, and the actions of a young/ adult man and a young/ adult woman in the ‘Here and Now’ moment, which is the present, are illusory and not real.
Since the moment ‘Here and Now’ is always present as the present, it implies that it is the ‘Here and Now’, which is the present, is always in the present and there cannot be a future ‘Here and Now’ moment as a reality.
The enlightened have rightly proclaimed that not only the future is illusory and not real, but also that actions do not exist in the future. Furthermore, the actions in the present, that does exist, are illusory and not real as well.
Author: Dr. Vijai S. Shankar
©Copyright V. S. Shankar 2018
Editor’s Note:
The words of this article and the words of the Comment are making their appearance in the present. They do not appear in the past nor do they have existence in the future. Their appearance is in this present moment, in the moment that is. They are illusory and then they are no longer, not even as illusion. Any attempt to recollect, recover or retrieve them is also an appearance in the present moment, albeit illusory – the illusory play of memory that is highly valued by man. In this article, the enlightened reveal that there is no knowledge of movement in a child, whereas in the evolving adult there is the appearance of actions in the present moment that are nonetheless illusory and have no reality. Understanding this is in this moment that is.
Julian Capper, UK.
German Translator’s Note:
The desire to know the future is probably as old as humanity itself. As thoughts evolve in man, he thinks about what has happened, what is happening, and what might or will be happening. This capacity for imagination is what makes human thinking. The mysterious precision of life manifesting the human mind usually makes us forget that our notions of the future are not the future itself. And they can not be, because the future never comes, because when it's there, it's the present. Dr. Shankar's article "Moving 4" is about the imaginary future that man always encounters in the present, albeit illusory. Deep understanding of this fact opens life in the "Here and Now", in the moment that is.
Marcus Stegmaier, Germany.