“TIME” & Spiritual Progress.
22.01.2019 What we know about Time is that it goes changing the circumstances, situations, environment, changes us,... So this is a change – movement – cycle. From a saintly scriptures we know it is divided in to a Yugas, then 14 Manus, and so one.
The Time is connected with the Space Element, and we can know from 'Indian Classical Yoga' of Patanjali that the element of Space is connected with False Ego, Ahankara. This False Identification creates Pressence, Past and Future, as in a Spiritual reality/identity, where the Soul is free from False Ego and is on a position of a Real Ego, there is no Time in such designations, the time is Present.
The Space factor in Material reality is very elastic and can stretch/create in it's 'substance' a whole spectrum of creations we cannot even imagine, in the Past, Presence and the Future (on a subtle Astral plane) in which we are involved.
Here are also a visions aspect in the cycle of this repetitions, the tunnels in Time, which connect one with already happened Future, the astrologers can explain us by connection with the Space/Stairs the Past lives and the Future. In special situations the more purified persons can 'SEE' their or others Future, Past or 'other' Time, but this visions are very rare. We can know also the prophetic dreams.
The Time is going one in a repeated cycles, where the Future becomes the Past or Presence. Like a circle of a clock there is the repetition of 12 hours with minutes and seconds, so the cycle is spreading to the days, weeks, month, years, decades, Yugas, etc. This cycles when recognized/observed can tell us about what can happen, in the future, what we can avoid, repair and so one, specially regarding our spiritual progress. How to react considering the experiences at Present or from the Past which will happen again in a circle in the Future, maybe in different circumstances, different situation. This are the 'TASTES' for us to pass, like in a video game, to rise to a higher level (of consciousness) one must pass through certain tasks to go step further, up.
This progress we can see observing our grow from childhood, to adult, to old age, which is connected with the Chakras (7 Chakras for 7 years), where the first 7 years is the First Chakra (food and imitating others, no individual creative thoughts, Annamaya), from 7 to 14 is a Second Chakra etc (and full of energy activities, Pranamaya) and so one (including varnasrama grow/system). So the grow is a cycle of Time. In similar way the Soul within the body grows, developing the stages of consciousness in a certain cycles of Time while in a Material World, and this recognition/realization is a best thing to help in avoiding the situations in the Future by observations and strong decisions to improve (about this, among other things, I am going to talk in my book I am working on at present).