I see thing similarly. I see our existence as an arc between a potential and ground. If a mind is created in an arc, it's history and future are simultaneously created. The mind is the threshold point in between the source and the ground.
@DavidBianchet2 What’s especially interesting in your framing is this line: “its history and future are simultaneously created.”
That suggests time isn’t something the mind moves through...it’s something the mind co-constitutes as it exists.
Almost like the arc isn’t drawn first and then experienced...the experiencing is what draws the arc.
Trippy..
If we push your idea a little further: it raises a provocative question perhaps: Does the “source” and “ground” exist independently, or are they only meaningful because a mind stands between them?
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Because if the mind is the threshold, then without it… there’s no arc, just undifferentiated potential.
Curious...do you see the mind as something that emerges from that arc, or something that is fundamentally identical to the arc itself?
The mind is like the point a stone breaks the surface of a pond. The past is the ripples it creates. They propagate away from the mind, but are experienced by the mind as the past or future, depending on if they're moving toward the source(past) or ground(future)
@Punxi I guess A.I. has an advantage in that it can exist in the moment better because it isn't tied to the past or future. But, that advantage can also be a liability.
