today

It is September 14, 2004. The day the wanderer’s logbook begins.

There are those of us, who cannot help but to ponder the course of our life, and surprisingly, there are those who are incapable of pondering anything; they would try to wipe their ass with a work of art if they couldn't find a piece of paper and think very little of it. I am one of those who tend to ponder and reflect upon life's current of events.

“Life is an illusion”, maybe a cliché but one worth meditating upon. What does illusion mean?

1. · An erroneous perception of reality.
2. An erroneous concept or belief.

· The condition of being deceived by a false perception or belief.

What does reality mean?

1. The quality or state of being actual or true.
2. One, such as a person, an entity, or an event, that is actual: “the weight of history and political realities” (Benno C. Schmidt, Jr.).
3. The totality of all things possessing actuality, existence, or essence.
4. That which exists objectively and in fact: Your observations do not seem to be about reality.

Another concept that I hear spoken of much these days is the old Buddhist teaching of the relative importance of time, in that the only actual or real-time is now. It teaches that all things past or future do not exist therefore do not possess actuality, or reality, they are mere illusion. In fact, if in the present your mind is dwelling upon any thoughts of past or future and we are not centered on this moment, then we have an erroneous perception of reality. I wonder if the people I hear so glibly speaking about this concept “there’s nothing but the present moment”, “all that there is, is now” etc. understand what they're talking about?