When the clock is taken away,
There is no more hours, minutes, and seconds,
and obsessive time planning.
Only seamless flow of moment,
fresh spontaneity;
freedom from temporal confines.
~
Too bad I have to turn this cell back on eventually.
Now I shall learn to flow flexibly along the moment–even when the clock is on :D
Thanks Rizal for the timely reminder….’Now I(too) shall learn to flow flexibly along the moment–even when the clock is on ..’
God bless.
-- surjit, January 15, 2010
She asked, “What is the time?”
“The time is Now”, I answered.
“Don’t be silly, what’s the time now?”
“There is only Now.”
Ha, ha . . ok, none of us are in denial of linear time, even if it is an invention of mans mind, but the fact is that people are lost in ‘psychological’ time; the time they have gathered as their conditioned self/personality since birth.
The truth, and the fact, is that:
‘Only Now is Real.’
But the conditioned personality, the I-Ego, is lost in a psychological time-line from birth (past) to imagined death (future). However, when the conditioned mind becomes perfectly still, one descends into the depths of be-ing, which is also oneness, unity and present moment awareness.
Beautiful :)
-- Doug ’1yog2many’ McMillan, January 15, 2010
@ Surjit: You’re welcome Surjit :)
@ Doug: Haha, you really provide a clear explanation about my post, thank you :) BTW, I love that short conversation, it can make a good yet simple post by itself :D
-- Rizal Affif, January 15, 2010
Yes, Guess what? Ha, ha . . I’ll be using it soon :D
-- Doug ’1yog2many’ McMillan, January 15, 2010
Yes, we use time and then let time use us! Yet, what we have created here is a paradox. There would be no flexing of the soul’s muscles if there was no struggle to be present in the moment. So the very thing we struggle to negate is supporting our growth and development.
But what bliss when the experience visits me! If I was present in the moment all of the time, then the constant bliss would soon devolve into nothing special.
Many Zen masters have responded with the words, “nothing special” in answer to their students’ question. This “nothing special” must be very valuable, unless we experience all of the time. .. Or maybe not :-)
-- Derek, January 16, 2010
This is good. A Zen Priest/Martial Artist friend of mine had a clock in his dojo/zendo. His students would often glance at it during zazen…so he placed a sign over the clock. It read…NOW!
Timeless flow. Thanks…we all need the reminder from time to time.
-- shinzen, January 16, 2010
@ Doug: I’m looking forward :)
@ Derek: “Nothing special”, eh? I guess, for me, it’s true especially during “special days” like New Year, birthday, etc… the moment is always is, the “speciality” is simply society’s arbitrary. Even if I join a party, it’s for the sake of the moment, not for the sake of celebrating anything. Yes, nothing is special because there only is. Thanks for valuable addition, Derek :)
@ Shinzen: So fresh! Guess I’ll need to wear such watch that reads “NOW”. Will make a nice joke for my friend (love to have them laugh), will make a great reminder myself :D thanks a lot, Shinzen :)
-- Rizal Affif, January 16, 2010
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