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The Steadiness of Stones; Our Relationship to Time {part 2}

Dec 22, 202236 min
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Let’s start with two scientific facts:

  1. When we are in motion, time contracts.
  2. The universe is made up of events, not things. 

In my exploration of time, I came across a sentence from physicist Carlo Rovelli that stopped me in my tracks. He wrote - “Now means nothing.”

Now means nothing. Nothing?! What have I been teaching for the last decade if the truth of the present moment has been disproven by science? What are we meditating for, and what are we experiencing? 

The more I reflect on scientific facts above and the dissolution of the present moment, the more I find an invitation to stop thinking of ourselves as something to fix and our meditation practice as something to get right. This isn’t a static moment in time and we are not a thing to improve upon. We are an event, a becoming, and when we sit still time expands. We are shifting from contraction to expansion and witnessing the ever-changing dynamism of our internal experiences as a direct experience of the universe. 

Join me for today’s talk and guided meditation practice as we explore the expansion of ‘now’. 

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