Einstein #9: Past, Present, Future > Illusion
The distinction between past, present and future is only a stubbornly persistent illusion. … the only reason for time is so that everything doesn’t happen at once. – Albert Einstein In trying to understand how everything could happen at once, I watched this post’s video, below. [More of my hairs silvered in the process.] What I learned is: Einstein was explaining what ‘now’ means. In the end [if endings are possible], I could accept that the past is never gone and the future always exists. Everything that ever or will occur is happening ‘now,’ somewhere. That’s a shivery thought. I want more good ‘nows!’ At 5:37 this morning, Pittsburgh time, Earth’s tilt allowed less darkness and more sunlight to brighten this hemisphere for the next 90 days … or eternally. Because the passage of time is suggested by distances travelled [from lunch to dinner, from winter to spring], the words of the starship USS Enterprise’s Captain Picard are worth remembering, “Make now the most precious time.” [“The Inner Light,” Season 5, Episode 25] By the way, tomorrow [March 21] is International Day of Forests. Enjoy one or a few. Plant a tree and start your own! Blessings & best wishes. ***** Imagine these events as always ‘now.’ In 2010, Nintendo trademarked the phrase “It’s on like Donkey Kong.” Back when dinosaurs existed, volcanoes were erupting on the moon. In 1982, A Japanese company opened schools that teach people to be funny. About 1,000 students enroll each year. The Roman – Persian wars are the longest in history, lasting over 680 years. They began in 54 BC and ended in 628 AD.
Einstein #8: Truth and Beauty
The pursuit of truth and beauty is a sphere in which we are permitted to remain children all our lives. – Albert Einstein Today, March 13, is Percival Lowell’s birthday In 1905, he started looking for a planet beyond Neptune. Lowell spent the next eleven years in lengthy mathematical and sky searches for the elusive “trans-Neptunian” planet. Fourteen years after he died, Pluto was found. In 2006, the International Astronomical Union redefined planets and stripped Pluto of that title. Interestingly, by the IAU’s criteria, Earth could also be demoted. According to that organization, a planet must: Orbit a star Have enough mass to achieve hydrostatic equilibrium [big enough to become a sphere, or round] and Clear debris from its path.. Though Earth’s highway through the sky is messy, we escape the title “dwarf planet” because of a better vacuuming system during babyhood than Pluto’s [a/k/a accretion]. Read more. For more reasons than avoiding the name ‘puny,’ obstacle-removal is important for all journeys. This week offers great opportunities to take Einstein’s advice atop this post. In addition to Percy Lowell’s birthday, March 13 is also Good Samaritan Day. The 17th celebrates St. Patrick, a man praised for sweeping the snakes from Ireland. The 19th calls all gigglers, cacklers, chortlers and belly laughers to celebrate “National Let’s Laugh Day,” Enjoy!
Einstein #2: Gift of Fantasy
The gift of fantasy has meant more to me than my talent for absorbing positive knowledge. – Albert Einstein During my childhood, I liked Saturday morning cartoons like Mighty Mouse [“Here I come to save the day!”] and Bugs Bunny. At night, I always enjoyed Hollywood musicals like The King and I, Oklahoma and State Fair. There were so many fabulous songs. A favorite is from South Pacific’s “Happy Talk,” which says, You gotta have a dream, if you don’t have a dream, How you gonna have a dream come true? Listen here. In the United States on this coming Tuesday, some will watch a ground hog to learn how much longer winter will last. Because February 2nd is halfway between Solstice and Equinox, winter will always last six more weeks, whether or not that chubby critter sees its shadow. Ancient cultures celebrate this mid-winter event as a time to “wash the Earth’s face,” a time to clean all that’s become old and haggard so that fresh, pure possibilities can shine. This week, why not fantasize about 2021? Pick three, wonderful dreams. Write them each morning. See what comes true, what gifts arrive by year’s end. The gold in Earth’s core could cover every inch of this planet [the oceans, mountains and continents] with a four-foot-thick layer of that shining metal. Source Over 13 billion years after the universe was born, that birth can be watched in the static on television. Source I’ve heard there’s more space between the stars than between the particles in atoms. I just read that – if the contents of the atoms from all 7.8 billion people on Earth were gathered, that mass would fill an apple. Essentially, we’re 99.99999% empty space. Source Diamonds and Triangles Baby Quilt & Wall Hanging Diamonds and Triangles is my one-of-a-kind, reversible, dual-purpose 24″ x 36″ quilt designed to both cuddle babies and display as wall art. Dramatic African prints form the top. “Diamonds and Triangles” is reversible and is backed by a single fabric of joyfully-dancing figures. To display as wall art, a sleeve for a rod [of this dancing figures fabric] will accompany the quilt. 100% cotton. $250. Shop here