Time
Time, like the breath, is neither wasted nor spent. It simply is. The idea that we can waste time is rooted in the notion that time is something we own, something to be measured, traded, or lost.
But in truth, time is not ours to keep or give away. It is a river that flows, a stream that carries us, moment by moment, through life.
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But in truth, time is not ours to keep or give away. It is a river that flows, a stream that carries us, moment by moment, through life.
Our language... See more
Tijn Tjoelker • Tijn Tjoelker on Substack
Acceptance and letting go are the time. They are not single action or decision. They are same as time. Let me explain:
time = multiple now’s
living in now = acceptance and let go happen.
You dont accept, you dont let go.
You live in the now. And time does it for you.
And if you don’t live in now, acceptance and let go will still happen but on slower
... See moreChronos (Χρόνος):
Measurable, linear, homogeneous time.
Measured by clocks, calendars, minutes.
Flows continuously in equal segments.
Frames life events such as birth and death.
In modern capitalism, labor, production, wages, and productivity are organized according to the logic of chronos.
Example: An 8-hour workday, a 50-minute class, a project
Kairos – Quality Time Helps Us Feel Human
Time is necessary for those fundamentally human aspects of life – love, connection, meaning, inspiration, awe, wonder. Things like creativity, art and intimacy cannot be done faster without paying a steep price. Carl Honoré, author of In Praise of Slowness , writes, “All the things that bind us together and... See more
Time is necessary for those fundamentally human aspects of life – love, connection, meaning, inspiration, awe, wonder. Things like creativity, art and intimacy cannot be done faster without paying a steep price. Carl Honoré, author of In Praise of Slowness , writes, “All the things that bind us together and... See more
phenomenology Archives - Slow Space
The Ancient Greeks had two words for time:
1. Chronos = sequential, quantitative time
2. Kairos = fluctuating, qualitative time
Here's why you need to understand kairos... https://t.co/UfjSNRKU3P
the ancient Greeks distinguished two kinds of time, “kairos (opportunity or the propitious moment) and chronos (eternal or ongoing time). While the first . . . offers hope, the second extends a warning.” Kairos is the time of cleverness, chronos the time of wisdom.
Stewart Brand • The Clock Of The Long Now: Time and Responsibility
"Long ago, before the Great Clock, time was measured by changes in heavenly bodies: the slow sweep of stars across the night sky, the arc of the sun and variation in light, the waxing and waning of the moon, tides, seasons. Time was measured also by heartbeats, the rhythms of drowsiness and sleep, the recurrence of hunger, the menstrual cycles of... See more
Maria Popova • Einstein’s Dreams: Physicist Alan Lightman’s Poetic Exploration of Time and the Antidote to the Anxiety of Aliveness – The Marginalian
Time, and how we experience time, is always a cultural creation. Most cultures are taught—to put this very simply—that time is circular. Subsequently, you can see the world being played out in a circular way. What’s interesting about Western cultures is, at some point, we said, “You know what? We’re not circular. We’re an arrow. We’re not looking
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