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Why am I constantly wondering? Why can't I just observe?

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Monday, May 23, 2005

Time: some observations

Watches seem redundant to me. Am gifted by this strange alarm clock in my mind which beeps at exactly the time I tell it to. I have not worn one for several years but have rarely ever been late due to this idiosyncrasy.


A long time ago, I think I made a strange observation. When on a plane, it’s strange to wake up and see the watch. It always surprises me to see how little time went by and how long it felt when I was asleep. Whether this is a subjective thing or not, I am not sure but have found this to be true of any kind of motion. In a plane, it seems more defined though.

Sometimes, when I watch a movie, this aspect of time being contrived also catches my attention. It’s like perceiving time through the story teller’s eyes. Sometimes I feel the story is too fast and at other times, I feel it’s too slow. The speed of passing time is has some strange effect on the emotional reaction it elicits. The sensual mind slows things down, relishing every detail, every nook and cranny of the seconds and the secrets it holds. The thoughtful mind does a gestalt, taking in the complete picture, and putting it in its place, which maybe a bird's eye view, a bird flying really high.


In my dreams, this time dimension ceases to have meaning. On several occasions I have dreamt of places and people and things that make no sense to my immediate world and within a few days, it’s spooky to see a house from one’s dream and know exactly what the backyard looks like or where the kitchen is. The first time that happened, I thought it was weird and told no one for a few days. The goose pimples didn’t seem to die down. People sometimes also have that effect too. Not necessarily people I know, sometimes complete strangers. While having a conversation, I know exactly what the next sentence is going to be. A tame word for it is déjà vu but it’s a hard awareness to come to terms with. Sometimes the knowledge is too much to bear. It seems to me things are linked in several ways rather than just being in the same time frame. And as one moves through events in one’s life, these things come together in strange ways, defying laws of linear time, sometimes called serendipity.

It seems to be that in perception of time lies several keys to life questions. Am not sure what all this means, these being merely observations.

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