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 The past - concrete, or mutable?
Sadako
post Oct 24 2005, 09:51 PM
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The future is apparently mutable, meaning there are many possible paths that could be taken. Just because we "know" something happened in the past (like a past life, etc), does that necessarily mean it happened, or is just one of many possible pasts? It is common metaphysical doctrine that every event exists in the present moment, so does that necessitate that there is no concrete past?

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post Oct 25 2005, 12:00 PM
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The past is not fixed. I seem to remember something in chaos theory about how the past is just a probable past and not a fixed past.

I can see uses for changes to memories of things past being used as a tool for changing the present and possible future, but this seems like a rather dangerous game to play.

This is all rather theoretical for my tastes. One should not let the past hinder one in the present. This is part of the process of letting go of attachments.

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Sadako   The past - concrete, or mutable?   Oct 24 2005, 09:51 PM
A_Smoking_Fox   what would you seek to gain with this knowledge. I...   Oct 25 2005, 09:53 AM
A_Smoking_Fox   chaos theory is just a theory. changing memories ...   Oct 25 2005, 02:31 PM
Sadako   Maybe I should clarify. If I were to obtain a mem...   Oct 26 2005, 12:10 AM
A_Smoking_Fox   the difference is that a made up past did not happ...   Oct 26 2005, 11:55 AM

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