Einstein Time

Last month I wrote about the mindset of ”too much to do” and the stories we perpetuate that keep us stuck.  Our relationship with time can contribute to well-being or create dis-ease.  When we are in a state of “not enough time” and are feeling time pressured – we put our bodies in a state of stress which adversely affects our thyroid, heart rate, blood pressure and coritsol levels.

Dr. Gay Hendrix has a new book called The Big Leap about overcoming our barriers to happiness and fulfillment.  He identifies the fears that prevent us from breaking through limitations that keep us stuck.  When we get close to a positive breakthrough we’ll often sabotage ourselves by worrying, picking a fight or getting sick.  Even a breakthrough is often followed by negative emotions or harmful thought patterns that prevent us from experiencing the joy and satisfaction we have earned.  We go back to our familiar emotional place because we are not accustomed to long periods of feeling good and we limit the love and possibility we think we deserve.

I heard Dr. Hendrix on Hay House Radio (free iPhone app too) talking about our relationship with time.  How we think about time influences whether negative emotions get in the way of maintaining positive energy.  If we have an impoverished relationship with time, we rush and feel pressured.  Some may experience having too much time on their hands, feeling bored and that things aren’t happening as fast as they would like.  If you don’t perceive yourself as the source of time, then you are going to think of yourself as the victim of time.  If you of think time as being outside yourself you’ll relate to it in an unhealthy way.

That’s why it’s not really a time problem at all, but a space problem.  There’s something in your space you’re not willing to claim.  If you can open up and let yourself be in the space of what you are feeling, your relationship with time will change dramatically.  Einstein gave an example of relativity - If you spend an hour with your beloved it feels like a second, but if you touch a hot stove for a second it feels like and hour.  When you are trying to get away from the pain of the moment time slows down.  We need to step out of our victim relationship with time and recognize we are its source.  By being grounded in the present you put yourself in harmony with the universe that allows things to unfold in perfect time.

Food for Thought:

• Go on a “time diet” for a day.  Catch yourself complaining about time and see how often you use time as an excuse to be outside yourself.  Notice when you hear yourself speaking or acting like the victim of time.  Use that moment to claim time’s source and acknowledge that YOU are where it comes from, then you can be in harmony with it.
• Use affirmations to help create a new relationship with time – “I have all the time I need to get things done. All is well.”
• “There are two ways to live your life – one is as though nothing is a miracle, the other is as though everything is a miracle.” – Albert Einstein
• “You can’t change the past, but you can ruin the present by worrying about the future.”

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