How can you be "on" something that has no form or substance? How many words come to mind in English (or your first language) that are related to or imply something related to, time:
Now
Then
Before
After
During
While
Sitting at Starbuck's this morning is in the past. Now in my tent is the present. Tonight listening to Krishna Das's last concert here, is in the future. Didn't I just move through three different dimensions of time as I typed those sentences? I felt the cushion of the the round rattan chair under my legs, smelled tonight's dinner cooking in the kitchen not far from my tent, and heard the sound of Krishna Das's voice "Hari Krishna".
What can meditation teach about time?
At the ashram we "officially" meditate every morning and every evening. I find there are many other times of meditation for me during the day:
looking at the blues of the Caribbean sea
letting the waves take me into the shore
dragging my feet in the sand as I walk along the beach
listening to Krishna Das sing
singing in response to him
singing raaga scales
listening to the ocean's roar
feeling the ocean breeze across my face
These experiences teach me how to be me newly in each moment. Past time falls away. Future time does not exist. Now is all there Is. Sometimes in that Now I am lifted up and out into an experience of something beyond myself, yet completely a part of, my Self. Eternal. Ever lasting. Presence.
Hear what Swami Atmananda, a direct student of Swami Sivananda, has to say about meditation and "where to sit" to meditate
coming soon …
Hear what Swami Atmananda, a direct student of Swami Sivananda, has to say about meditation and "where to sit" to meditate
coming soon …
Kirtan with Krishna Das
[videos to be added]
Both practices add infinitely to life
Om shanti
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