Time

Last week's topic was time. It was literally the most mind boggling subject I've ever learned. Time is viewed by so many cultures in so many different ways, and yet, it is not even real! Of course, it is but it isn't... Time is just confusing. As an average American, I view time on a linear level. I can't jump to any one time. The past is the past, the future is the future, and I live in the present. However, I also see cycles in time. Day and night, the seasons,  and the calendar all repeat. The Maya saw time cyclically. This explains the big talk about their round, repeating calendar. In Christianity, Jesus died for all. This one time was good enough because it would affect the entire future, and only the future is the future. However, the Maya had many human sacrifices because the sacrifice would only cover until the cycle restarted. I guess that means when the future became the past? Well, when all is said and done, I do understand that how the Maya viewed time is very different from how I view time. Time is something however, that I, and probably most people, will never fully grasp!