In November of 2014 I went on a retreat with Guru Dharam to study and explore the dream world.  It is now April of 2015  and this is the first time I’m writing about it.  It has taken me this long, and will probably take much longer for me to digest the experience of navigating the dream state.

Without getting into mystical details, I’ve concluded, at least temporarily, that one of our top diseases in contemporary culture is what I will simply call the “Disease of Time.” It’s the idea that we are moving in a linear direction, but beyond that, it is the idea that we are supposed to move in a linear progressive direction of our culture’s choosing as it relates to our life.

So, let’s just accept that we sit in a gravitational dimple and we perceive time to be moving forward.  Fine.  I’ll go along with the collective illusion because it’s pretty convincing and easy to do so.  Why, however, do we have to accept our life moving in a certain direction based on mile markers not of our choosing?

Here’s the American norm:strangled by time

Be born.  Be educated.  Get job.  Get married.  Have kids.  Now you are 40.  Now what?  

What if we didn’t do that anymore? It’s not organic. It’s not working. It doesn’t accommodate your innate talents and inner dreams.  It’s mechanistic and doesn’t allow for the flow of the universe to guide you to the destination of your “pre” choosing.  The destination of your heart.  I’m talking about Dharma or your life’s most meaningful purpose.

Dharma is apparent in the things you organically do well. The things that make you smile.  The things that allow you to lose your context of space and time.  It’s in service to humanity on some level. When you are in it, you don’t have to worry about education or money or keeping up with the neighbors.  When you are in it, you don’t have to worry about what your parents, partner, or anyone else thinks.  When you are in it, you shine and everyone respects the shine.

Now I’m not creating some call to action for you to get out your bucket list and check something off.  It’s not that.  My call to action is for freedom from time.  What if you simply sent an impulse into the universal field of consciousness to bring you closer to your dharma?  What if you simply started noticing the moments of action that are full of effortless grace?  What if you simply sent a call out to be in service to others? What if you could embrace the uncertainty of the future so fully in each moment that certainty itself begins to feel uncomfortable? I’m calling for a rebellion from the linear constructs of time.

Ways to begin:

  • contemplate the above.
  • embrace a meditation practice.
  • practice silence each day.
  • surround yourself with nature.
  • avoid tasking, media, and any impulse coming from outside of yourself like TV

On April 30th, I am hosting a meditation workshop. Establishing yourself in meditation is the quickest way for you to slow down. I hope you will join me. Learn more.

Peace,  Pamela

 

In Kundalini, we chant Akal when a person passes. Akal means “without time.” You can chant it to connect to your timeless nature.

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