Here is another exploration of the cyclical nature of time through a hexaflexon – which is an infinitely folding three dimensional hexagon!
Hexa-flexon – Cyclical Nature Of Time
Infinite Flipping Origami Square
I created this infinite flipping origami square to represent the cyclical nature of time as depicted in Hindu Cosmology. It represents the creation-destruction cycle with which time is represented in the universe. One can’t tell the beginning from the end and this is seen in this three dimensional object.
Reflexivity of Time: Eliot, Ouroboros, Hindu Cosmology
Reflexivity refers to circular relationships between cause and effect. A reflexive relationship is bidirectional with both the cause and the effect affecting one another in a relationship in which neither can be assigned as causes or effects.
I feel like time is reflexive as can be seen in the circular relationship of the past and the present with the future. This brings to mind the butterfly effect wherein minor changes in the past can radically alter our future. Our future and future choices are very driven by past experiences at the same time our past is defined by our present. History is written by the winners.
This reflexivity of time is aptly represented in these few lines:
“Time present and time past
Are both perhaps present in time future
And time future contained in time past.
If all time is eternally present
All time is unredeemable.”– T.S. Eliot (Burnt Norton)
The image of the naga eating itself or Ouroboros symbolizes self-reflexivity or cyclicality, especially in the sense of something constantly re-creating itself, the eternal return. It is similar to the myth of a Phoenix which is eternally self-reflexive in the way that it rises again from it’s ashes – representing processes that begin again as they end.
In Hindu cosmology time is said to be reflexive where in the universe is cyclically created and destroyed within the time span of 8.64 Billion years
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hindu_cosmology
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Can dogs tell time using their sense of smell?
I think it is very interesting how some animals instinctively know when it’s time to mate, hibernate and even die.
The research on dogs being able to tell time through their sense of smell is something that makes me wonder about how our senses tell time – since we are so visually stimulated we tend to ignore the other senses – it would be interesting to explore how the blind tell time, or even the deaf.