The thing about time
is that it doesn’t really exist ...
It is whatever you make it
If you have not learned
how to live and function
with a sense of inner spaciousness
then you may feel oppressed by time …
you may feel that it is both
restricting you
and pressing you
But time itself does nothing ...
It has no form
and it has no substance.
It is only what you make it
within your own mind
There is the time
of catching a train.
If you are not there
the train will go
without you
There is the time
of an appointment
and if you are not there
you may lose your place
or life will go on
without you
But there is also time
to get things done
but if there are too many things
there may not be enough time
When there is not enough time
to do all the things
that need to be done
time can become tight
and when time gets too tight
it starts to constrict …
It gets into your lungs
and stops you breathing
So, that is when
you find out
how to loosen time’s grip
so that breath can flow unhindered
and you do not become
a victim of your own sense of time
When you feel oppressed by time
just let go of what it is
that is so pressing ...
Allow yourself to breathe
Become familiar
with this sense of breathing
so that time
does not oppress you any more
Never forget …
that time has no form
and it has no substance.
It is given form and substance
by your servitude to it.
Learn to live in space
free from time’s oppression
Realize deeply
and lastingly
that you can never be
what you truly are
as long as you are
a slave to time
and a prisoner
in your own mind
(16 November 2022)