ETERNITY UNVEILED: A REFLECTION ON THE NOTHINGNESS OF TIME
The word “eternity” invokes in the mind a sense of awe and eeriness. Consequently, some people have consigned the concept to the realm of the transcendent, the religious, and the superstitious. But, is “eternity” such a distant idea, reserved only for the superman? That does not seem to be the case. On the contrary, eternity is not as transcendent as we make it seem. Each day, we interact with eternity; we engage and exist in eternal dimensions, without even knowing. We behold eternity every moment of our lives and call it another name. We may find no clue, nothing corporeal enough to point us to the direction of eternity: everything everywhere appears transient and subjected to the laws of wear and tear. But appearance is one thing and reality is another. In reality, we are surrounded with eternities—not merely with theories and concepts of eternity but with eternity itself. What then is eternity? A simple, single definition wil...