The Time Warp!

"Whats the time now? Oh, is it 8 PM already. I couldn't finish today's targets man, I will have to work from home, or work till late night, or come early tomorrow morning. Yesterday wasn't good either." Someone says to his colleague in the office. How frequent are these statements in our Lives today. How often are we worried about a bad yesterday or an upcoming worse tomorrow? And in these worries, we go home soaked in anxiety, we drive without keeping our focus on the vehicle or on the road, we reach home, and with us, a negative vibe enters the environment and our close ones start feeling it as well. Then, incomplete sleep, bad dreams and early morning hassles, all in a crazy loop. 

Imagine now, that you are drenched in the calm waters of the ocean, at one of your favourite beaches in the world, be it a place in Thailand, or Goa or the Hawaii, and you are looking at the setting Sun and the birds flying across the fading horizon. Breathtaking, isn't it? Suddenly you transcend into a different world, a world of timelessness and your mind becomes blank, your face wearing a smile so majestic that people might think that you are the most peaceful person around. You don't want that moment to end, you rejoice seeing the nature at its best, Life as a marvel, so much so that your heart aches of it, because the present will be lost soon. 

It happens with everyone of us, so don't worry, you are no exception. But the timelessness of our tryst with nature has a deeply embedded soulful lesson for us. Lets not miss it, lets just not enjoy that moment like an escapist and then dive back into our daily lives, enjoying work for a few days, then again start waiting for similar moments. Because, Sun sets everyday, it rises, birds fly, wind blows, the cool nights arrive, we love our partner, our kids and are blessed with love in return, we do work that can be enjoyed, we drive our favourite car, we listen to music...endless moments of joy float all around us,just that we turn blind towards them in some misleading sense of self righteousness. 

We all have ambitions, targets to achieve, milestones to cross in our journey, which is fine. Life would be so pointless if we don't strive to make something worthwhile out of it. Some of us study a lot, some work and target lead positions, good salaries and some become entrepreneurs. We all are forced to think that money is very important, which it is for sure, but  no education tells us how much is enough? For many of us, our work, business etc start becoming a source of money and the enjoyment levels start dripping down. The enjoyment and passion transform into a quest of power, money and of trying to prove something to oneself or to the world. And that is when we enter a world full of sense of time. People teach us that Time is important, and one should worry about it but my simple question is, why should you worry? 

I ask so many people what they want to do after they would have earned a lot, proved a lot? The answer is bewilderingly common. "I will travel, write and relax" or "I will spend time with family" or "I will play my favourite sport" or "I will just laze around and fulfil my desires" All of these so called desires are booked for the future. Sadly, that future doesn't arrive for many of us. Because there would never be a day when we will quit the routine life and set on a dreamy journey (some of us may take the path of renunciation but very few). The reason being that journey is in the present, its still alive and kicking, we are driving too fast to see the beautiful surroundings, the small lovely moments coupled with immense peace and joy. 

Try a simple experiment. If you get an evening "free" by chance, sit down in at a quite place and close your eyes, and try to spend time with your being keeping the mind away for sometime. What will be the result? It would be so tough to sit like this for 5 minutes, as your mind will bombard your being with clutter of thoughts and to-dos and you will stand up and will start doing something else, as you will feel time being lost. 

Who has defined time? And how precious is a moment and our targets when compared to the scale of the cosmos? Why we worry so much when time passes? Why can't we stay in a moment, relaxed, at peace with oneself and enjoy whatever we do, be it work, hobby, even planning for near future, discussions, a drink with a friend, a moment in the ocean etc. I am not suggesting that we should not set targets, all I am suggesting is that we should not worry about them, we should keep doing what is necessary, find joy in it and strike a balance between the various elements of our being and Life. If you are doing anything with a feeling of sacrificing something else, you will do justice to neither and the time warp will engulf you further. 

In Life, there will be tough situations, struggles, sorrows in addition to the positive things but important thing is to remain in equilibrium with oneself for the majority of the moments. Even if there is a disturbance, slowly we should tend towards the state of equilibrium, where there is peace with oneself, calmness of the mind and happiness for what Life is! We have been gifted with Life and most of us who can afford a comfortable Lifestyle, should feel fortunate about it and live in the moment. Time, will take care of itself. Keep doing what you feel is right for the moment and be honest with yourself, without being anxious about the future, because future has no existence, it will never come and so is with the past. So why worry about them? Close your eyes, and try listening to the music of the nature, its all around us, we don't need an iPod for that. Life is not a race friends, its a beautiful journey, and a journey is all about the present moments. Lets be alive, detach our being from negativity, rejoice this moment and be free from the Time Warp!