Finding peace

[Guest guest]

We often define our lives through time. Virtually everything we do is

time-based. And a major problem - if we want to call it a problem -

is that we do not want to lose time. But the loss of time is a mental

conditioning provided by society and possible also inherited

genetically from billion of years of evolution. Such conditioning,

the inability to accept loss of time, is extraordinary deeply rooted

and almost forms the very foundation of how we today define human

life.

 

What is loss of time? A waste of time is a form of loss of time. How

can we waste time? We can waste time by doing something else other

than using time for a purposeful cause. When we feel that we are

doing something meaningful, then there is no, or only a small waste

of time. What is meaningful? I personally at this moment think peace

in my body and mind is what is most meaningful. So, then peace and

not wasting time become a common goal for me. But if peace is what is

important, then wasting time becomes something only of secondary

importance. Then I see that I can waste all time that I want and

still have peace! And I can also not waste time and still have peace.

Therefore it matters not whether I waste time or not. My primary

target is peace.

 

How to find peace in this tick-tock world? Simple. Just recognize

time as a thought-form with a very deep connection to a 'time

feeling'. First separate the thought-form from the deep layers of

this 'time feeling' and the recognize that peace is already there.

 

How to separate time-based thinking from the feeling of time? To

prepare for this separation, just notice thoughts about time and

notice feelings about time, and ask yourself: do I feel peace in body

and mind? Again, and again practice this noticing of time as thought

and feeling. This can at first be practiced when you are waiting for

something. Then you will become more and more aware of the fact that

almost everything you do is a state of waiting, and that this state

of always waiting for the next moment often is the opposite of peace.

 

/AL