(From Mandala Gardens, pages 47—51)
If we are willing to free our intelligence
and refine our minds, our actions will become
pure and free of mistakes. An intuitive sense of knowledge
begins to emerge, a body of knowledge arises.
We touch again the aliveness, wonder,
and simplicity of childhood:
We find our way home.
Space accommodates us,
and time can inspire us.
Yet, we are bewildered
by the steady onrush of time,
that causes us to feel helpless.
We simply participate in the flow,
carried along by the currents of time
unable to make an independent choice.
Time seems
to be speeding up
relentlessly,
each decade flying by
faster than the last.
Our calendars are crammed full,
with no time left.
Time seems to be
“running outâ€
on human beings:
No time for
beauty or love,
no time for joy
or accomplishment.
To be satisfied and effective human beings,
we need the knowledge that can command time.
With intelligence we can open dimensions
In what seems to be past, present, and future.
The past must be connected
to the present and the
present to the future.
So the essential quality of
Time is unity rather than
Separation, wholeness
Rather than partitions.
If there are no differences in
The qualities of past, present,
And future, then time
Does not really move from
Past to future—it does not
Intrinsically possess
Momentum.
Our reality can open to a realm where time, space, and
Knowledge are undivided, without beginning or end.
Awareness can become familiar with this unity,
And contact time and space directly. Then
We begin to explore avenues towards
beautiful new realms.
Michael,
You said:
Our reality can open to a realm where time, space, and
Knowledge are undivided, without beginning or end.
The surroundings affect us deeply. An example is exercise TSK 15 Mountain Retreat.
It means to me that we are not separated from our surroundings and whatever is happening outside can be felt deeply. We just need to tune in.