Things coming together.

I posted a buzz, Right place, right time, in which I said:

“Having a good sense of direction can be an asset in getting you to be in that right place. But that sense cannot take place in isolation of your sense of time. Where we want to go and how we need to get there, is tied up with having a sense of when we need to be there and how much time it would take to get there.”

In her comment, Deb🐝 Lange asked:

“If we are creating our world inside our being and our world is being created outside our being at the same time. So, both influence one another at the same time. Is there another time when one is a little ahead of the other and so does more influencing? Or are they both in sync? Or are they not separate at all but just an extension of our reality?”

This buzz is attempting to provide one possible answer to these thought provoking questions.

Hermann Minkowski (1864-1909), stated in a 1908 colloquium: “Henceforth space by itself, and time by itself, are doomed to fade away into mere shadows, and only a kind of union of the two will preserve an independent reality”.
I can substitute time and space with internal and external worlds: Our internal world by itself, and our external world by itself, are doomed to fade away into mere shadows, and only a kind of union of the two will preserve an independent reality.
Whatever paradigm we choose in which to attempt to understand our world and our place in it, we are in a constant state of flux; moving into and out of our relationship with ourselves, others and our environment. Separation and integration are our way of being. Time weaves itself within this fabric. Depending at which “point”, time or place, we find ourselves, we will be more aware of our internal or external worlds, or, things will come together and we will experience “both in sync”.

Thank you, Deb, for the opportunity to expand on our discussion. I invite you and others to add your thoughts, ideas and insights.

In support of our exchanges on beBee, I leave you with these words:

“Cross-pollinators can create something new and better through the unexpected juxtaposition of seemingly unrelated ideas or concepts. They often innovate by discovering a clever solution in one context or industry, then translating it successfully to another.” - Tom Kelley