How to Bend Time - Part 2

We can ALL tap into the power of Time. Even though time seems imperceptible and complex, let’s talk about it in just 4 ways.

1. SACRED TIME You’re dreaming or doing something spiritual or creative, or incredibly enjoyable. It’s what put that saying “time flies” into our vocabulary.

2. TIMELESS TIME A few minutes of deep enjoyment seem to go by in slow motion, or you suddenly notice that what you thought was a few hours was really a few minutes.

3. EVERYDAY TIME What you see on the clock.

4. SLOW-MOVING TIME Time seems to drag on because you’re doing something you don’t enjoy.

First, let’s get to the fun stuff. Everyday Time is, well, boring! Not much can get done as you hurry and worry through your life, counting the minutes with every step. Slow-Moving Time is just not fun at all! While you’re doing something you really do not want to do, you glance at the clock over and over, wondering how it can possibly take so long.

The most fun kinds of time to spend are Sacred and Timeless Time. Hang out there and you’ll get tons accomplished and still have time to relax, plus you’ll have more energy and feel great! So how do we get there?

1. Transform Everyday Time into Sacred Time

2. Allow Sacred Time to become Timeless Time

If you're reading this article, you’re probably already experiencing Sacred Time in your life. But it usually seems to go by too quickly, right? Here's how to make this powerful experience even more beneficial:

1. Transform Everyday Time into Sacred Time by only taking action on something when you feel absolutely inspired to do it. Yes, that does mean you will likely be procrastinating on some things. But here's what will happen. During Sacred Time, while you take your inspired actions, you can get things done more quickly, efficiently and joyfully than any other time. In other words, even though time seems to pass very quickly, when you look back on what you've accomplished, it's amazing! Another word for Sacred Time is Easy World... check out what author Julia Rogers Hamrick has to say about taking inspired action: http://choosingeasyworld.com

2. Allow Sacred Time to become Timeless Time by forgetting about the clock. When you feel inspired to create, or when you’re doing something spiritual, like a ceremony or ritual, give yourself a block of several hours. In fact, if you feel like you need to schedule your time, then schedule in 3-4 hours too much. This way, you’re not going to be driven by the clock. Knowing that you have more than enough time will open up the freedom you need in order to bend time. Once you’ve carved these hours out of your schedule, dive in! Let yourself play.

For example, I used to go weekly to a sweat lodge ceremony. When I first went, I asked how long we would be there. The response I got was something like “as long as it takes.” Sometimes the ceremony would last a couple of hours and other times we were there all day.

Once you’re inside that sweat lodge, you’re in Sacred Time. And because there is an understanding that it will take as long as it takes, and there is no way to check the time on a clock, your mind opens up and you can experience Timeless Time. In other words, it can feel like a longer OR shorter amount of time has passed than in “reality” or Everyday Time.

3. Daydream! Give yourself the pleasure of letting your mind wander. Let yourself get so lost in thought that like Alice, pretty soon you’ve gone down the proverbial rabbit hole. We’ve all done it as children but many of us have been chastised enough to make us lose touch with our daydreaming ability. If you’re not used to daydreaming anymore, just start by playing the “What If” game. For example, what if you had a million dollars? And let your mind play with that idea.

I’m finding that I’m experiencing Timeless Time more often now that Mother Earth is in the midst of a great transformation. All I want to say about Timeless Time is if you find yourself there, just allow it to happen and enjoy the experience. It can feel as if you have been pulled right out of time and can shape it any way you want.

If, like me, you don’t find out you were experiencing Timeless Time until you’re back in Everyday Time, savour the fact that you got to be there, witness to one of life’s great mysteries. But if you want more of the same… forget the clock!

A NOTE ABOUT THE FUTURE

I believe that we’re shifting into Timeless Time, where Everyday Time as we know it is becoming irrelevant.

Remember, most of what I’ve written here is really just about different ways we think about time. Each concept kind of blurs into the other, because of the elusive, intriguing nature of time. It’s not that time is physically changing – it’s that WE are and our space (the planet) is. Think about that for a moment. As we move through this Great Re-Awakening as a human race on our beautiful transforming planet, we are being re-wired. Our ability to glean insights from information, our innate desire to experience and learn more, our connection to ourselves, each other and the Source of all life … are getting an upgrade.

Don’t spend another moment wishing for more time. Instead, give more time to yourself and your loved ones. Treasure each moment as it happens. Immerse yourself in the pleasure of all that you are and all that you are becoming. Allow time to unfold and flow naturally, and you along with it. Be present here and now, and you will experience higher and higher levels of awareness, as you spiral outward and upward in your own expansion.

Remember who you are… pure energy. And, like time in its purest form, energy knows no limits. What do you think?