Is YESTERDAY a past time?

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Duncan Powrie
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Post by Duncan Powrie » Tue Oct 19, 2004 4:10 pm

Yes Shun, you're right, there is not one question answered: anyone who does try to answer is told they are wrong; consequently, we are all waiting for your to provide some satisfactory answers of your own to your "questions" (note the silence).

It is rather like watching the X-Files around Seasons 2-3 (or whenever the UFO/alien abductions storyline got pushed the strongest) - implications abound, but in the absence of answers that make much sense, the viewer soon loses interest and switches to another channel.

As for new wine...I would say you are peddling old, stale, badly decanted wine in crusty old bottles, and you don't seem to be doing much business as a wine merchant. Quit the business before you go bankrupt.

coffeedecafe
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Post by coffeedecafe » Mon Nov 01, 2004 7:13 am

i am reminded of an old song,"yesterday, all my troubles seemed so far away, now i never get to go out and play, how i long for yesterday"doo-wah. in that sense yesterday is a time previously in my life. usually yesterday means the day before the present. of course if you really wish to confuse people, you could mention that,not only, yesterday is past time, but pastime is a single word meaning a hobby or business or sport you really enjoy. philosophically, the concept of yesterday is based on the premise of one lifetime presumably with a future life. philosophies which teach that people pass through many lifetimes might have a question about whether the term yesterday only applies to the life you are most aware, or also every experience you may have gone through previously, but thats all too deep for me.

Xui
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Post by Xui » Mon Nov 01, 2004 8:30 am

coffeedecafe wrote: philosophically, the concept of yesterday is based on the premise of one lifetime presumably with a future life. philosophies which teach that people pass through many lifetimes might have a question about whether the term yesterday only applies to the life you are most aware, or also every experience you may have gone through previously, but thats all too deep for me.
You have made Yesterday more complicated than I did. :o

Xui

coffeedecafe
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Post by coffeedecafe » Fri Nov 05, 2004 8:48 am

Xui wrote:
You have made Yesterday more complicated than I did. :o

Xui
yesterday may indeed have been complicated, but now its over.

Xui
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Post by Xui » Fri Nov 05, 2004 9:33 am

Terrific!! :D

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