One of the most frequent conversations I seem to be having right now is about time! So many people are fascinated by the way time seems to have speeded up.
And what's curious is, it is people of all ages and from many different backgrounds and circumstances who are talking about it!
From Xmas dinners, to coffee with friends to visits to the hairdressers, this topic is coming up again and again. Some folks are just puzzled about it, others intrigued, whilst some try to explain it away one way or another. One of the Xmas conversations went down the track that we are doing so many more things in the day, there is just not time to fit it all in. At work, someone suggested that as one gets older, each year is a smaller percentage of one's life, so seems shorter and therefore passes more quickly!
But for me, the conversation which intrigued me most was when my hairdresser asked "Has time itself actually changed?"
What a great question! And one which I'd love to hear what others might think about.
It reminded me of an article I had read in Australia in 1992 where some of the aborginal elders
had published an article saying they had come to the end of their old 'dreamtime' and had now entered a 'new dreamtime' One in which, it was important to let go of the past, forgive the wrongful aspects of their history, and find new more positive ways forward to build a more harmonious future between all the people in Australia and between people and the planet. Intriguingly in the very same week, I also received an article from one of the leading thinkers of the 20th century, Leo Armin, also writing about us having entered 'Newtime'.
All very intriguing !!
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