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J.T.
4/7/2014 11:10:20 am
When I was taking flying lessons, I was taught that if I was ever flying on a long cross-country flight and got lost, not to turn back prematurely. Doing so would almost guarantee that I would end up lost. This was before the days of moving map GPS displays. I flew by pilotage and deduced reckoning (dead reckoning). Often winds would change enroute, causing check points to show up later than anticipated. The English word "time" fails to describe the experience adequately. The ancient Greeks used two words to describe how time can be perceived. First, there is "chronos" or elapsed time, clock time, calendar time. It is based upon a linear movement in once direction. A second form of time is called "kairos" or appointed time. Its arrival is dependent upon conditions being right. Sometimes a little sooner, sometimes a little later. The clock is thrown out the window. You don't stand in the garden and yell at the seeds you've just planted to grow do you? I am currently in the throes of revisiting this lesson again myself. It is frustrating, but I'm warming up to it again. 4/7/2014 02:47:33 pm
Yes, J.T. these kind of lessons are worth revisiting over and over as each time we gain a new level of insight. Leave a Reply. |
