The Way of the World

ah, after sometime, I get back to the keyboard here, not writing for anyone in particular but rather just to put thoughts to paper. I've decided to recontract for a third year here in Japan. Largely a result of my recent holiday to New Zealand and realising I wasn't ready to return home yet. Japan is such an interesting place to live, there is still so much more to learn and do.
I might right a short spiel about a recent thought. I was thinking about time, seems like it's always changing right? well, is it? I was thinking about the planet earth and how we are all sharing the same moment here on the planet. Although it's 9:00 Monday morning here in Japan and 12 noon in New Zealand, surely we are experiencing the same 'now' moment. Even though we call it 9 in JApan and 12 in NZ it's still the same moment. A person dies, a baby is born. well it's the same for the whole planet isn't it? What about the Universe? is there simply one eternal now moment that is existing throughout the entire Universe? HOw does it work? I now the gravity bends space and time and often time and measurement is simply relative to the observer. But is there an absolute time where everything simply 'is'? Everything is not 'becoming' but it simply 'is' there is an infinite quality to this concept. Like the term infinity implies, there are no numbers to constrain what is essentially outside the bounds of personal mental and sense experience. Sure, the mind creates a point of perception and cognition in space and time but surely that space and time is also existing in the larger scheme of the universe, albeit in a grander and more inconceivable tapestry? Perhaps this 'eternal now moment' is what is experienced by those in enlightenment. Everything is changing yet existence simply 'is' Although the changes are so fascinating, its the pure absolute that contains the essence of all fascination. Like the sayings go 'One can never step into the same river twice' yet 'although the river is always changing, it is always the river' peace out.