The value of time

Abstract

There are a lot of things in this world that can be found again it they happen to be lost. If a person happens to lose money, there is always the possibility of making up that loss through hard work in future. Similarly if we suffer from blemishes in our character, it is possible to reform them through self effort. But there is one thing that we can never regain and that is time.

This is why spiritual masters teach us the inestimable value of time and exhort spiritual seekers to be vigilant and aware of the value of time. Time that is spent in selfless service or meditation becomes eternal. Viewed in larger terms, time is detached and remains supremely unaffected by the dualities of life. It maintains the same speed throughout. It is the human mind that persuades itself that time passes quickly in times of joy and slowly in times of sorrow but this is a mental construction.

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