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'Eternity is a terrible thought. I mean, where is it going to end ?' (Tom Stoppard)

Good question. But who has the answer ? I mean, there is an eternity of answers. But before start talking about this a new question rises : why are you thinking about eternity ? Because you don't have nothing else to do or simply because eternity is one of the Big Questions ? Who knows ! I would like only to say that, I think, everybody did the same question to himself at least one time. I don't know if somebody discovered the true answer or if all the answers are true but I am sure that we don't have the words to explain this concept. Talking about eternity I disagree with the concept of terrible thought because I think that seems terrible only because we don't have the power to understand it. In my opinion eternity represents an indefinite extension of the lot. Indefinite in the space, in the time and in the thoughts so when we try to think to it we aren't able because our mind is not endless and so can't contain an idea that is infinite. Therefore I don't think that the eternity has the determination of terrible thought, terrible is the attempt to find a solution even if there isn't one. I can assign to the eternity a physical, an imaginary or a divine meaning and all these meanings are the right ones. For me eternity will end when everybody will stop to think about it. No eternity will exist without thoughts because all the Big Question will fall leaving a hole in the minds: time will never elapse. But there are too questions for so few answers that reasonably compel us not to think about this.

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