Man is the only mortal creation known so far that can conceptualize Time. And all his life is spent in search for a meaning to give this Time. The only one there to score his attempt at this is his inner world characterised by his body, mind and soul. It is like an athlete (man) on the tracks (Time) and people (his world) there to witness his race. It is a preacher (man) using words (Time) to reach an audience (his world). It is like a voice (man) singing a song (Time) to pleasure listeners (his world). For the athlete’s race, the preacher’s words, and the voice’s song, there is always a response. A man trying to make his own meaning out of Time get his response or feedback in the arrangement of the occurences in his life. That is his feedback. It tells him, “This is for your time”.
Man only knows this truth in his subconscious and is hardly aware of its implications. That is the distant voice in your head poking you, “what am I doing with my life?”. It is the pain that screams through your body asking “why me?” What it is really saying is inquiring into what you are crafting out of Time? Our quest for meaning or purpose originates from this little concept of the man using his Time to agree with his inner world. The aggregation of his feelings represented by his pain or pleasures, innocence or guilt, peace or tumoil, purpose or quandary, power or devastation is the feedback that reaches him from his inner world. That judgement is the definition of a man’s search for meaning or happiness. It is the story of a man’s definition and grasp of his Time. It is the search for Truth.
For this Truth man has spent treasures of thought in philosophy. For this truth he has expended great faith in spirituality. For this truth man has spent great fortune in pleasures. He has always known there is a truth but he believes it is out there, hence he spends so much in mind, body and soul looking for the answer. It is the right place to search because this is what makes up his inner world. But he asks everywhere else for amswers instead of himself. He asks religion to make meaning of Time for his soul. He asks knowledge and philosophies to make meaning of Time for his mind. He asks adventures and pleasures to make meaning of Time for his body. He asks everyone except himself, and yet it is himself that will give the response, “This is for your Time”.
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