First student: I don’t follow what you mean. You sang a song about not being here.

Second student: It is like time. I is not something physical, even though it is always tied to understanding physical things like change or the body.

Third student: Wasn’t that a cover song?

Second: Yes.

First: You don’t think time is here? How can you say that?

Second: How can you not say that?

First: Time. Time. Time. Time is everywhere.

Second: Right, but is it something you can hold in your hand? Is it physical? It is abstract like “I”.

Third: You mean none of us are here, even though all of us are here. Right here and now.

First: But you are in fact, here.

Second: And I’m also not here.

Third: Like, are you the parts, like the spleen and liver or are you the whole body? Obviously it’s the whole body.

Second: Does the spleen or liver believe they should be different than what they are? The part of us that complains about us, isn’t those body parts. It is the mind. The part of the brain where we believe we are the whole entity. But really we just complain about our minds while insinuating our minds are our whole selves.

First: You mean a person isn’t allowed to be upset?

Third: I get it. You call yourself Debbie or Bruce but those are just placeholders. The body of Bruce or Debbie is called by those names, just by the part of the brain that speaks. This makes the brain believe it controls Debbie or Bruce. But the body itself has its own agenda of wants and needs. It disregards the brain and mounts an inner fight about control.

Second: That sounds like the song.

First: I think I’m due back on Earth, catch you guys later.