RUST BRIDGE, INDIA

A look back

Abstractly, the completely rusted bridge stretches far out to sea and seemingly loses itself in the infinity of space. The silhouettes of some people who were standing here a moment ago are silhouetted on the right side. The bridge on the Indian Ocean, over which fabrics, spices and woods were loaded onto ships a hundred years ago, is already gone. Its remains are in the process of being lost in the passage of time, making room for a new reality. And this too will last only a flash in eternity.

The value of the moment

The secret of time lies in the transience of the moment. What lasts loses its meaning. The magic moment is so valuable only because it is only a fleeting guest in the eternal course of time. A few minutes later it is over and fades in the stream of time. No one can hold on to it. Our only chance is to live this moment.

Buddhist Wisdom

Pema Chödrön writes, "Impermanence is a principle of harmony. If we do not rebel against it, we are in harmony with reality."

Gratefully experience the moment

Impermanence is one of the most important constants in our universe. Without it, there would be no room for newness, no room for development, no appreciation of the moment. Logically, the goal of our lives cannot be to arrive. Rather, it is to gratefully experience the moment and accept this great gift of time.

There is hardly a photograph that is more pictorially capable of expressing the transience of the material. Everything material, both human and object, is ultimately only a toy of time.

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