The Thought of the Past

The Past of the Thought.

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(Authour's I.P.Rights are Reserved)

This post in English is a rendition of my original post, I wrote a few days ago in my Hindi-ka-blog.

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Does the Past exist,

Except in Thought?

Does the Thought exist,

Except in the Present?

Isn't the Past, memory?

Isn't memory, recognition?

Isn't recognition, memory?

Isn't recognition, Past? 

Brought into the Present,

Through the vehicle, -of Thought?

Could the Present ever become the Past?

Could the Past ever be in the now?

Could the Present ever show up in Future?

Isn't the Future in imagination only?

Isn't imagination, -a mental construct only? 

Isn't the mental construct, -a Thought itself?

Isn't Thought, -in imagination only?

How could you impose Time,

Upon the Present, -Timeless? 

Isn't Time only, 

-the memory of the Past,

Isn't Time only, 

-the expectation of the Future?

What is then Time,

Other then a concept?

How-so-ever cleverly,

How-so-ever cryptically,

Formulated into Thought.

Could Thought ever be, the Reality Timeless?

The Timeless, That abides for ever, 

Irrespective of the Past and the Future. 

The Timeless, That abides as Present, 

Irrespective of the Thought any, 

-Of the Past, the Future or the Present / now. 

Are we other than This?

Didn't we exist,

Don't we exist,

Always / Now,

-Presently only? 

Shall we ever cease to exist,

-In the Future, -conceptual?

Are We a Thought? 

Or, what could be described,

-By means of, or through Thought?

Isn't Our Identity proof, enough its own?

Or Do We perhaps, need yet another?

Who is there, except our own very Self, 

-That could be given the proof? 

Who is there, except our own very Self,

-That could ever ask for the proof?

Isn't the division of We and the other,

In Thought only?

Clouded in Thought, 

Is concealed Our Identity,

In Freedom from Thought,

Is revealed Our Identity.

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Commentary :

Memory, Recognition and Thought :

Past is memory and memory is recognization.

Thoght is a momentary event that takes place in the blank between the two.

Thus, therefore thought is continuity between the two.