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A Tract Book
By Anthony J. Fejfar
or quiddities such as being, form, logos, and substance are thought to operate
within time, although it must be stated that duration does not represent ordinary
time.
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For many Native Americans, time flows. Those on “indian time” have a very
approximation. If a Native American tells you that he will be there first thing in
the morning, he might show up at ten o’clock, rather than eight o’clock. I am not
saying this as a criticism. Nor am I saying that all Native Americans who have
been acculturated into “western” linear time necessarily function this way. But,
some Native Americans do experience time this way. Perhaps, then, Indian time is
alinear way.
vacations, growing up, time flowed differently. This “Bohemian Farm time” was
very different that the “school time” that I was accustomed to during the school
year. Similarly, for some people, it is possible that they experience “vacation
time” as qualitatively different. If you are on the type of vacation where you do
not have to keep a schedule, vacation time is qualitatively different different than
“work time.”
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My point for the foregoing discussion of time is that it does lend support
manifest duration.
The notion that space-time can bend is consistent with Quantum Physics.
Now, a point that can be made is that perhaps meditation can change
experienced differently. Perhaps this accounts for the fact that some people say
that time “slows down” in an emergency situation. Moreover, some athletes say
that time can slow down so that it is easier to play a sport effectively. At some
“moment points” a baseball, or a tennis ball can slow down in a way that makes
The point I wish to make is that if one can experience “moment points” of
duration as part of a person’s ordinary life, then it makes it easier to imagine that
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or other metaphysical quiddities which manifest outside of space-time. Such
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