The Meaning of Time (week 1)

What attracts me to CM: 

I've been receiving acupuncture since my teens and have always enjoyed the effects even if it comes with a prick or ten.

For the last 8 years I've been teaching yoga and the fundamentals of Ayurvedic Medicine, which I thoroughly enjoy as I get to help people live healthier and happier lives.

I'm attracted to studying and practicing Chinese Medicine to broaden my tool set, especially as it relates to herbal medicine and acupuncture and the potential to treat acute conditions.

My mentor also practices Ayurveda and TCM and teaches yoga so it's nice to see how all three can be combined and to see how powerful they can be together.


What do I honestly think of physics, really? 

When I took it in high school I loved it. One of the words most often used to describe me (at least when I was young) was logical, which fits in well to the framework of physics. I also enjoy math so that helps.


Have I ever experienced time "slowing down" or "speeding up"? 

Yes, of course. It's generally at odds with whatever my mind wants it to do :) When I'm eagerly awaiting something, time moves slowly. When I'm dreading something, time moves quickly. When I want a moment to never end, it goes by so quickly.

I think I most experience the "speeding up" of time as it relates to the passing years as I age. I suppose it's all contextual. I'm no longer the one with just a few years under my belt, and I have a lot of experience already to juxtapose whatever I'm experiencing in the moment.


Reflections on "Meaning of Time" class: 

I have always thought of time as something very fixed, and yet it boggles my mind; I am often late or challenged in approximating the way I spend my time. I can never seem to have enough of it, and it seems to be going by faster than I'd like.

The idea that time is flexible is something I don't yet understand. We set so many things by it that to have it be changeable seems unreasonable (which I never like).  I can imagine the way that time changes as it approaches a black hole but it feels just out of reach in terms of understanding. I think I would need to read more about it to better grasp the concept. Right now it just feels like someone is saying the world is flat when I know it to be round and have always experienced it as round. Hmmm

A friend posted this photo to Facebook on May 1st and I had to do a double take. How could one possibly have time for all three of those things in a day? And yet, 8 x 3 = 24. Right now life feels so dominated by the work/school part, which includes a fair amount of travel here and there, that 8 hours for the other two sounds impossible. And yet, very very desirable.

I'm looking forward to seeing how the lessons and material in class progress and encourage me to think.