Warning! Time is a killer.
Yesterday I had lunch with a 70 years young lady. I asked her about time passing faster every year, and she said: "It's true. I thought I was gonna blink and be 40. Instead I blinked and I was 70."
I'm still pretty young and already very aware of this phenomenon. The past 3 years have felt like 6 months. If the development continues, the next 40 years will feel like 7 years - or most likely - even faster!
It's a terrifying thought, and I'm not sure what to do about it. But I have given it a lot of thought, and I think that there must be ways to "make time pass slower".
When I was a kid, 15 minutes felt like forever. Why? One theory is that everything is new so you're more present with what happens and experiencing it though fresh eyes, instead of when you're older and experiencing events through the already programmed filters of your mind.
One way to counteract that would be to experience new things every day. Like when you're on vacation and everything is new and exciting. The day somehow goes by slower when you have many experiences.
Another way is perhaps by being present with what is. This is one of spiritual teacher Eckhart Tolle's main teachings; that time is an illusion, and if you are completely present with what is, and not in your mind, somewhere else, time disappears. Eckhart Tolle suggests: "Pouring a glass of water in a state of alert presence..." Let me know if you guys can do that! ;0
What are your thoughts? Do you also feel that time goes faster every year? Will you be counteracting it by seeking out new experiences or by meditating - or both?
