Time Is On Your Side

What's the rush?  Why do you need to stress yourself over a few minutes?  Time is relative. When growing up, I always wanted time to go faster; time was just too slow for me. I wanted to grow up; I wanted to be of age to drive; I wanted to be of age to drink. We stress ourselves over those seemingly slow years. Then time seems to pick up speed, and the older I get, the more time speeds up!  My high school 12th grade English teacher told us two weeks before graduation: You may think that these next two weeks are an eternity, but enjoy them, stay in the moment, because as you get older, time slips through your fingers as find sand, and you cannot rewind to catch what you missed.

The spiritual teachers of every culture advise us to live in the moment, in the present, in the mind of God, in the heart of the Eternal, in the Now, in the Sacred Presence. It's easy to forget! Especially in our day and age. We fill our days with so much activity, that we often do not even pay attention to what we are doing. And then we complicate the daily experience by transposing, overlapping experiences. I'm watching TV AND reading a book. I'm on the computer AND listening to the radio. I am studying AND listening to music. Hardly the wise thing to do. One thing at a time. Keep it simple. Enjoy what you are doing, what you are thinking, seeing, hearing - then move on to the next experience. We cannot know God in the moment, if we cover the Sacred with multi-dimensional experiences. The voice of God gets muffled in the confusion, and we lose touch with reality, which is right in front of us.

Do yourself a favor, and take the time to simplify your life. Take the time to just sit and think God. Be still, and let God untie the knots.

One instant is eternity;

Eternity is in the now.

When you see through this one instant,

You see through the One who sees.

                                                          -Wu-men

More about Wu-men -  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wu-Men