An Experience

In slightly over a week's time, i will be ending my current shift for New York hours, moving on to Europe hours.

What marks the end of a shift also signifies the beginning of a new one, such is the law of nature, cyclical existence of all conditions.

Sometimes, have you ever wonder if we are really moving from a source to a destination or are simply still residing on the same spot? A matter of perception, a matter of which end we are viewing from. Imagine a line (time) starting from Spot A (beginning) to Spot B (ending) just like the one below to be our timeline.

(A) ._______________________________________________. (B)

What happens if you are turn it around in such a way that Spot A is right behind Spot B in your line of sight. It becomes a single spot just like the one below, doesn't it?

(A) . (B)

Where has the line (time) gone to? Disappeared? No, it is still there although it is now out of sight because one end is now overlapping the other. Just like looking at a metal tube with its centre hollow. Viewing from the side, we see the full length but when we view it from one end through the hollow centre, we see the other side with no indication of the length except by the feel of our hands when holding it.

So what is time? Its existence provide us with the condition to grow, to move on and yet its existence cannot be related in such a way that our words, thoughts or concepts can fully comprehend or explain its nature. We can only experience the passing of time directly, there is no other way.

Though we are not able to fully conceptualise time, we can relate it in the simplest and most direct manner. "Time is an Experience." that's how i will put it. How will you experience Time?