Is future in the future?

[Rilles]

When does the present become the future? When does the past become the present?

[LastThursday]

1 hour ago, Someone here said:

A thought?  Lol dude the future exists as Physical events.

If by future you mean the present moment in ten minutes time, then yes it probably will along with all those non-physical events. If by exist you mean with 100% certainty, then probably not - maybe we'll all be swallowed by a passing black hole? 

[allislove]

This appearance, call it here&now, is completely spontaneous. Every moment is completely new appearance, so with a changing appearance there is time. If there is no appearance there is no time. Future is a projection of the thought how appearance may look like. So, there is no future, in a sense that the thought about something is not something.

[Gesundheit]

The future is absolute infinity.

[Moksha]

11 hours ago, Consilience said:

Conversely, notice how the future is deeply interdependent on the past, and present. That is to say, notice how there is an infinite casual link connecting "the future" to "the past" through a nexus of "now." Now is a direct reflection of the past, and sole creator of future. Want to see into the future? Look at the present. Want to understand your past? Look at the present. The more deeply we can abide in this present, the more this infinite chain of causeless causality reveals itself. We start to see how our actions in the present shape and mold our future; we start to experience how our pasts echo into this present moment. 

Well said. Relative reality is a cosmic pinball machine of cause and effect. Take a snapshot of the pinball at any moment, and its location, velocity, and direction will have been determined by the events of the past. This is why, in relative reality, there is no free will at the pinball level. Everything, including the evolution of the soul with its accumulated karma, and its ultimate destiny, is determined by cause and effect. And yet, in the ultimate sense there is free will, in the choices made by the pinball player, which is who we are.

The player determines the trajectory of the pinball. When does the player spring the pinball into the game, when does the player flip the pinball with a paddle, with purposeful force and direction, and when does the player allow the pinball to return to the void?

It is misleading to say only the player exists, and that the pinball is an illusion. There is an interaction between the two. The pinball machine, with its pinballs, bumpers, ball locks, and kickbacks, is part of reality too. Don't take it too seriously, but don't dismiss it as meaningless either. Lucidly enjoy the game; we are playing it for a reason. ?

[Nahm]

@Moksha

Good chance I’m misunderstanding what you’re saying...but the uncertainty principle comes to mind, and thus I can’t be sure. 

[Moksha]

@Nahm The uncertainty principle is a great example of the role of the perceiver in relative reality. Along with quantum and astrophysics, it proves the narrowness of Newtonian physics. Perception is part of the pinball game. And who is doing the perceiving?  ?

[Nahm]

@Moksha

...or rather... it really, really seemed as if it came to mind. 

[Moksha]

3 minutes ago, Nahm said:

...or rather... it really, really seemed as if it came to mind. 

All part of the reality game show, bro 

[Someone here]

On 1/21/2021 at 4:32 PM, LastThursday said:

If by future you mean the present moment in ten minutes time, then yes it probably will along with all those non-physical events. If by exist you mean with 100% certainty, then probably not - maybe we'll all be swallowed by a passing black hole? 

What is the chance of this happening in the next ten minutes relative to you doing something else? Probably zero.  Don't worry if we are going to be swallowed by a massive black hole, science will have known about it beforehand by a relatively large amount of time. It's not going to be in your lifetime. So chill.