How to Delinearize Our Relationship With Time
To think of time as an ebbing ocean, not as a flowing river
To appreciate the rhythm that weaves together the various points below, a few steps must first be taken in order to deconstruct our largely inculcated perception of time.
First, let's assume time to not be as real and concrete of a concept as we’d normally take it to be. Let’s consider it, rather, a constant by which motion (tangible or intangible) is measured; for example, our motion towards a place or goal — it can be said that time helps us measure our position.
Second, we must understand that we have a much different relationship with time in the West than some other parts of the world do, a much more linear understanding of time as a progression model. Whereas we have a history, some cultures have chronicles; whereas we see time as linear, some others see time as cyclical. This isn’t to say one is more right than the other, it’s just to appreciate the enormous divergence in the perspective that can be taken when perceiving time on a macro scale. And to open the mind a bit more.
Lastly, and simply, we can build upon the idea that time is relative by truly appreciating the fact that everyone has a different relationship with time. Some of us dwell on the past or are too enamored with the…
