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What’s Your Sense of Time?
We all have a sense that time expands and contracts, seeming to drag one moment and race the next, but what is our constant, our absolute? I believe it is “me,” our core sense of self.
To borrow from Einstein’s example, if two men are sitting with the same beautiful girl, the time might drag for one, because the girl is his sister, while it flies for the other if he is in love with her. This means that each of us has personal control over our sense of time.
Consider all the subjective qualities we attach to time. We say things like: “I don’t have time for that.” “Time’s up.” “Your time’s running out.” “How time flies.” “Time hangs heavy.” “I love you so much, time stands still.”
These statements don’t say anything about time measured by the clock. The clock doesn’t lie about how much linear time has elapsed “out there.” But subjective time, the kind that exists only “in here,” is a different matter.
All the above statements reflect a state of self. If you’re bored, time hangs heavy; if you’re desperate, time’s running out; if you’re exhilarated, time flies; when you’re in love, time stands still. In other words, whenever you take an attitude toward time, you are really saying something about yourself. Time, in the subjective sense, is a mirror.
Linear time is moving inexorably forward, and to overcome that, we must find a place where a different kind of time, or no time, can be experienced and internalized.
Adapted from Ageless Body, Timeless Mind, by Deepak Chopra (Three Rivers Press, 1998).
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add your comment »YES, THE " THE ONLY TIME IS NOW". BUT I HAVE TO BE IN A DESIRE STATE OR I DO NOT HAVE SENSE OF TIME....I MUST FEEL MYSELF ALIVE,WHISHING SOMETHING...OR TIME OR NOT TIME NEVER MIND. THANKS,CHOPRA TO REMIND ME
HOW MY PERSONAL SYSTEM WORKS........
MUCH LOVE,PEACE, LIGHT, ALL THE TIME TO ACCOMPLISH INCREDIBLE THINGS WE WANT&LOVE!
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It seems to me that almost everything Dr Chopra says or writes is centered on the importance of mindfulness. Certainly, for me, the essence of real mindfulness is truly realizing that "The only time is now."
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My theory is that time is "speeded up". There is a compendium of time, that is there is a time line and it curves and I believe that we are on a downward curve. I am not the only one who belives this. Some renowned scientists agree. What do YOU think?
Joy from Richwood, WV
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Awareness of illusion IS really all that is necessary.
Upon pondering that statement...everything is illusion and nothing is necessary.
So, it's just as I suspected...it really is all about me, me, me!
When a man sneezes, out from his mouth comes billions of moist globules, each distinct in it's own right...but the man knows that it's ALL just spit. So...is the spit correct in thinking that it's all about me?
Heh, heh, heh heh, haaa...I think I'll go back to playing Guitar Hero on the Wii...where I can live out my fantasy as a Rock Goddess. Playing right next to Jim Morrison of the Doors, Jimi Hendrix or the still alive Ozzy Osborne singing Mr Crawley.
Be careful of the laws that you create, because then you must live by them.
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Time is rooted in the levels of pysical creation and the final emancipation of humanity is busy bridging a level of Reality that will eventually form a complete unison of the time perceiving human awareness and 'Being' with the Source of life. The attention is to rise higher and expand to a higher strata / plane, and then the illusion is seen and Reality is known on the entire awareness - the physical, emotional, consciousness bodies in the human become aware of spirit in attention.
How?
By activating the life force in the way that the Source of life sent.
It's up to you...
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Steven, communication with words really sucks sometimes, but if we look close enough at what people say there is always some kind of truth to what they say even if they are lying. With ya on this one bro.
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I find this article makes a lot of sense. It enlightened me on this subject. I thoroughly enjoyed reading this article.
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This is a great post. People will also remark that time has gone so fast that life is passing them by. I would turn that around and say they are passing life by. Time is always 24 hours a day, 60 mins. in an hour so that does not change. Recently though, I notice that when you are in the moment that time is really indsigificent...it becomes just space..no clock ticking...just being there even when with people.
Helps to let go of a lot of stress.
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