In a global pandemic there seems to be more time to think, and to think clearly, uncluttered and unfettered. When the the days run together into weeks and months, most of us tend to lose track of time in our traditional way of dealing with it. In this situation, instead of being clock oriented, with minutes and hours, we become meal or stomach oriented. Our days become divided into breakfast, lunch, dinner and bedtime. And the days blending into weeks become divided by our pill boxes and our TV programming and scheduling. Everything else is randomly fitted in and around the above. The earth’s rotation, the circuits of our sun and moon and our four seasons bring us yet another division in our perception of time and the way it affects us.
What would our lives be like if this present situation continued? How would our perception of time change? How would it change our lifestyles? In our past fast-paced lives when we were slaves to our clocks there was no way to think out of that “time box.” We just accepted it and dealt with it accordingly. We grew into it from birth. Then we physically matured but mentally still became unavoidably attached to the tyranny of the clock. Has this held us back mentally and stunted our mental growth? Would the expanded time that we either have or could simulate reverse this tendency? Or would there be no noticeable difference? So the question becomes: Do we really mature in time? Do we at some point become whole, both physically and mentally? I believe that generally the answer is “no.” I think that “yes” we mature on the outside, but in our inner core we stay the same undeveloped personality that we have grown to become. The “Peter Pan” syndrome whether male or female.
We show our outer shells to the public, but our inner core only surfaces from time to time in unguarded moments when we forget that this core is supposed to be protected and hidden. This duplicity gives us a refuge, a place in which to retreat when we are hurt or lose confidence or lose our way on the highway of life. But, we are here on earth to grow and fully mature in both our outer shell and our inner core. And when this is finally accomplished, we are then ready to move on to our next level, our cosmic home. Unfortunately, I don’t believe that many of us actually reach this ideal state, and even with unlimited time, there are many who would not even get near. Most of us, in our own timeline of life, do make an attempt at intellectual and spiritual growth and usually show outward signs of this progress, but our allotment of time is finite, and it is within this time limit of our lives that resides our own personal gauge. Our meter of accomplishments relating to our personal growth.
Physical growth is relatively easy and easier to track or measure. Mental growth is intangible. It is only noticeable when there is an aberration. Otherwise we become accomplished at disguising our real selves and personalities. This is why marriages can fail and jobs not fit us or the company and there are inevitable drop-outs from society. Bad market-research, both personal and whoever is on the other side of us. Mental growth needs time. Time to absorb information and to digest it; time to think, both of the past and the future. Our congested lives rarely permit this. We have to find ways to permit this very necessary access to our imagination and our subconscious. We need to find quiet time. Not easy. Headphones can be a help if what you are listening to is fairly innocuous and doesn’t inhibit the thought process. The sounds of wind or rain or the ocean. Or music.
Music has the ability to alter time and, if we use it judiciously, we can create time for introspection and self-assessment. And it is this time adjustment that can help us re-evaluate our direction and reset our inner clocks, and ultimately make our much-needed growth possible. Music of a certain kind can help us to use time to become a better person. This is worthwhile and worth considering, but time must actually be allotted for this purpose. It is quality time that is most important, not quantity. A few minutes of quality time is infinitely better than hours of meaningless quantity. And, reverting to our attachment to the clock, we realize that in the pace of our daily lives there is never enough time.
So let us use music to our advantage in altering time for our personal growth. The music needs to be classical in style and instrumental in type. This minute organization of frequencies, uncluttered and unfettered by the specificity of text can be the most helpful in our quest. Given time it can inspire us and motivate us to seek a different level of consciousness which can make possible our wholistic growth. Music can give us time to think. And thinking is definitely one of the most important aspects of our lives. Take the time for it. Let us all grow to our full potential. In time…!