Analysis of The Two Worlds of Time
The two worlds of time.
The first is material.
As for the second.
That one is spiritual.
It is the world of above.
The world of today.
That’s “olam ha-zeh “
Totally physical world.
A world of dualities.
Opposition rules this world.
Warfare prevalent.
Hatred, racism flourish.
All is bittersweet.
Though nations rise in glory.
Poverty restrains much growth.
Might is well displayed.
Kings, queens, and the heads of state.
Hail democracy.
That leaves many wondering.
What’s in it for you and me?
All of this observed:
The wealthy get wealthier.
The poor get poorer.
The world looks for solutions.
Challenge for economists.
Yet another world.
That contrasts with the first world.
The world of above.
And it is made of spirit.
The world of “olam ha-ba.”
This world is timeless.
The world of above.
Some call it eternity.
The world one strives to attain.
The word of saints — not sinners.
We can read of it.
In Second Corinthians.
Look at chapter four.
And scrutinize verse eighteen.
It explains all succinctly.
These are its own words:
“We look not to things that’s seen.
But to things unseen.
For things seen are transient.
But unseen things eternal.”
The two worlds of time.
The first one is physical.
Where time is measured.
Where all differences count.
The world of “olam ha-zeh.”
And then the second.
This world is spiritual.
Its measure unknown.
Where Unity is what counts.
The world of “olam ha-ba.”
Though forever bound.
The two in opposition.
Two different measures.
Takes one to know the other.
The “Now” and the “Hereafter.”
“Olam ha-zeh” time.
Like things that are physical.
Is never lasting.
A paradigm of matter.
Of empirical nature.
“Olam ha-ba” time.
Is a spiritual time.
And therefore unseen.
A paradigm of spirit.
Paradigm of Unity.
In summary, then:
Both worlds have different measures.
One is quite concrete.
Its calculus is standard.
Measured by Einstein’s physics.
As for the other.
Measured by metaphysics.
It is imagined.
No beginning or ending.
Circle of eternity.
Scheme | Abcbd xefef gxhix xxiji xkkxx ffDlM xDixn xexoi xoogb Abpxe cbxxM xxnkk abjkk aaoli xnhpq kqcji |
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Poetic Form | Etheree (26%) Tetractys (20%) |
Metre | 01111 0110100 11010 1111000 1101101 01101 1111 1001001 0111 010111 1100 101010 1110 1101010 1000111 11101 1100111 10100 1110100 0011101 11101 0101100 01110 0111010 1010100 10101 1101011 01101 0111110 011111 11110 01101 1110100 0111101 0111110 11111 0101 11101 010101 1011010 11111 1111111 11101 111110 1011010 01111 0111100 11110 1110001 011111 01010 1111000 11001 1100111 011111 10101 010010 110010 1111010 0100010 1111 1111100 11010 010110 110010 1111 1010001 0101 010110 101100 01001 11110010 11101 1100110 101110 11010 101010 11010 1010110 1010100 |
Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 2,050 |
Words | 428 |
Sentences | 76 |
Stanzas | 16 |
Stanza Lengths | 5, 5, 5, 5, 5, 5, 5, 5, 5, 5, 5, 5, 5, 5, 5, 5 |
Lines Amount | 80 |
Letters per line (avg) | 19 |
Words per line (avg) | 4 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 96 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 21 |
About this poem
This poem, “The Two Worlds of Time,” employs two rabbinic phrases to distinguish the two notions or concepts of time. The first phrase, “olam ha-zeh , translates in English literally as “this world,” or the world of physical earthly time that is described metaphorically as “passing,” or as “flowing,” or as “moving,” or as “running;” and which can be measured as having both a starting point and an ending point. The second phrase, “olam ha-ba,” translated in English literally as “the next world,” or as “the world to come,” is suggestive of a concept of “timelessness” or of infinite time; as eternity, that which is without ending, or perhaps even without a beginning; appealing to an understanding of the spiritual. While the two concepts of time appear to be distinguishable opposites, they are both without definite finite descriptions, each turning toward the other in metaphysical fashion, like the metaphysician’s snake that bites its own tale in order to comprehend that which seemingly evades it. more »
Written on February 16, 2022
Submitted by karlcfolkes on February 16, 2022
Modified on March 05, 2023
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