I was reflecting on what New Year means. This was prompted by hearing that New Zealand was the first to enter the new year. How can any one place be first in time? Time does not flow like a river but happens instantaneously everywhere at once. The whole world entered 2010 at exactly the same time. Time is a human construct so we only perceive it in the way we were programmed to perceive it. So my culture has been programmed to see time as a river flowing limitlessly before and behind us in a linear way. So with this concept programmed into us it is easy to accept and not even question that some people are farther up the river and others are farther behind in the river. Yet we are all at exactly the same point in the river at the same time and forever will be. We all occupy the same point in time. So time zones are a human construct. It cannot be 3 PM where I am and be a different time somewhere else in the world at exactly the same time. Impossible as we share the same point in time at all times everywhere. Time zones simply make sure that all places around the world are relative to each other in regards to light and dark. If world time was based on only one point on the earth then noon on another point on the earth would be midnight for those people. Time zones are an artificial way to keep everyone within their natural lunar/solar cycle. The problem though is that this human time construct does not make sense in regards to earthly cycles so on an unconscious level we are confused when we try to relate to anything not based in our local time area. The body responds to earthly cycles such as lunar and solar which it has evolved with, while the programmed cultural mind thinks in terms of an artificial time concept that is independant of the earth. This sets up an unconscious conflict as the two parts can never resolve the issue, thus the whole being is constantly wasting energy trying to resolve the issue and can never be truly at peace. Though the programmed mind will try to convince the conscious mind that everything is fine. To accept something as true does not make it true. So if we accept time as something that flows ahead and behind us in a linear fashion then how does this affect how we perceive ourselves? If time is constant progression then will we naturally attach to the progression and be affected by what we see? If I see my 40 years here in this lifetime as a progression unrelated to earth based cycles of time then will I not be upset the further I progress simply because I can see the end of my life coming towards me? What happens when one does not have a grounded point of reference to relate to but just a mental concept? If I lived my 40 years in a cyclical sense of time where I relate myself to the progression of the seasons and Identify myself with the planet then will I be apt to perceive myself as part of the whole cycle of life and thus by identifying myself with the whole of creation not fixate on progression but live in the moment? Hmmm.

So I was thinking about a former girlfriend of mine whom I recently reconnected with. I won’t go into the reasons for reconnecting but suffice to say I definitely got what I needed out of the experience and feel that I can now move on. I will always love her and think about her yet I really cannot think of any reason to carry on communication with her even on an occasional basis. Our relationship is based on a time fifteen years in the past and I do feel that she has anything new to offer me as we are so different. This thought made me think why do we continue nuturing old relationships when they have no bearing on our present or future? What good is an old friend from the past when I am living in the present. Sure, it is fun to reminise about the good old days with an old friend but if that friend is not active in my present life then what is the point? Why rehash the past if the past is gone? Most of my friends from the past have changed so much that we no longer relate to each other in any way other than as living reminders of the past. If we don’t relate in the present to anything other than the past then what is the point of continuing the relationship? Is it the comfort of the old, the familiar, the well trodden path? Does talking about the past help us to somehow create a better future in some way? Or is it we are so attached to the individual due to shared experience that we cannot let them go. Kind of like that pocket knife your dad gave you when you were eight years old that you broke the blade on but still cannot bare to throw out because it reminds you of good times and your father. GET OVER IT, THROW THE DAMN THING OUT, IT’S USELESS! Of course I am not advocating throwing out all those old friends, or even your parents (some consider their parents useless) just figuring out what the attachment is to keeping old things that you really have no current use for. This does apply to animate as well as inanimate objects. I guess that is why some relationships just peter out over time and never start up again; it is much easier to let things slide rather than tell the truth. Imagine what would happen if you told an old friend that you had no use for them anymore and would not be communicating from this point on. No offence! How different would relationships be if we all had that attitude? Coming from a place of love and detachment of course. If we were all living in truth and detachment then One could tell their truth to another and the other would accept the truth and not take offence. Hmmmm.