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Sunday
Jan102010

December 25th = January 7th: to Time or not to Time?

Eastern Orthodox churches celebrate Christmas on January 7th (by Julian, rather than Gregorian calendar). My belated thoughts on the matter. Just on time.

1.
Same thought I had twelve times.
- Which one?
Doesn't matter.
- What does?
What does is the experience of timelessness, i.e. life.
2.
12... 11... 10...
Count your anxious mind down past one, and even past (the Sunyata*) zero.
Celebrate christmas yearlessly, every moment.
- Why christmas with lower case "c"?
No disrespect: I mean in it in a pseudo-buddhist sense of ongoing arising-and-cessation of all that is. Call it Russian Zen or (ego-check) my writing eccentricity.
- Why pseudo-buddhist?
Because I am not a buddhist. Never mind: no time to explain. We've got this now to attend to...
3.
So, without any further ado, while we share this writing-reading moment: happy arising-and-cessation to you all by whatever time-keeping orthodoxy you use to track your existence!
5.
Whatever is, is always on time.
Even a belated wish.
So, celebrate the psychophysical divinity of your existence.
And remember to share it,
Not with me, of course.
With yourself!
6.
By the way: what time is life?
(a hat-tip to KLF**)


*Sunyata doctrine (Buddhism) of no-self
**KLF, acid house pioneer band, with an existential anthem "What time is love?"