Why does Time and Space have such an interesting relationship?
Conventional notions of time refer to time as the facilitator of change. Whereas our moving experience of it (time itself), is a reference collected by our memory systems.
Space on the other hand refers to the physical aspect where change unfolds.
Inherent in our experience of time, is the essential act of observing or perceiving.
At a subconscious level, this becomes a primary requirement for feeling time, or change. In other words, the moment some things appear unchanging, the perception of usual time is lost. If that happens, the observer finds himself in a sea of happenings, where it is no longer relevant to talk about time in definite amounts, because time becomes relative experientially.
How is it possible for one to observe a state of unchanging?
From birth, we learn about the world by initially observing and making sense or non-sense of our life, and every incremental bit is a change. There comes a point where we shift in our vantage point, and while observing the very same things (and more), we find a steadiness within the life systems we are part of. Our family members’ behaviours, the usual scolding from one’s parents, each and every “agent” that comes by how it has always been so. What’s so important is the inner process that opens the doorway to shifting this vantage point. It is in a way a self-realization of who or what one is – that which is nothing. And since one is metaphorically “nothing” but physically, mentally and spiritually of substance, then one is also “everything”, through one’s influence or a relationship with another existence, no matter how near or far. Whether it the existence is called a rock, water, humans, friends, relationships, or thoughts.
The practitioner’s of Timelessness worked to dissolve their conditioned experience, and consciously rebuild their experience of the continuous flow of life’s happenings (from mundane, to trivial to non-trivial), without the judgements of it. This created space for the consciousness to be open to happenings that are beautiful and full.
To discover Time in its essential form is to enter the state of a Pure Observer.
This is the endeavour of the ancients. When one has refined oneself to the point of pure observation, one observes the highest order of “unchanging” – The unchanging fabric of nature where all things happen. And through the wisdom embodied within time unchanging, one would tap into the infinite source of timeless wisdom to conjure impressions of what is, and what is to come.
To observe something…. No, a pure observer just observes. Not just a thing, but anything and everything that could be observed, as the unfiltered experience of perception. Free even from the distortions created by the human mind, free from mental conjurations or interpretations of what is perceived.
To truly observe is to Connect with what Is.
To truly observe, is to Connect with what Is. To observe All is to connect with All as energetic information transmits across the physical and mental faculties. Beyond that, the observer may find unique patterns, coincidences and events that string phenomena together, in a relationship no longer bound by time and space. That is when the observer recognizes an aspect of reality and then learns of a different kind of perception, one which is called the Universal Consciousness or what Science refers to as the Laws of Nature.
What’s the purpose of entering such a state?
To see the world for what it really is, unclouded by conditioning done from our upbringing and programming done by ourselves and from others. More practically, skilled Practitioners are able to tap into the vast canvas of happenings, and selectively hone focus on specific things in that state. It expands the horizon of the otherwise common man to have access to the Infinite, and to see the potential relationships within it. From that insight, one may have clarity on how to go about in their work, and day-to-day life.
As one famous Zen proverb says,
Before enlightenment, chop wood, carry water.
After enlightenment, chop wood, carry water.”
Life goes on. But with a newfound sweetness within it that cannot be seen from the outside.
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