Time and Other Illusions
I had the strangest experience not long ago. I've had lots of
weird experiences in my life, but never anything like this.
I was driving from my house to a destination ten miles away.
Since I'd travelled this route many times, I knew the exact
distance. And since I almost always drive at the speed limit, I
knew how many minutes the trip took.
As I left my house, I checked the clock in my car. When I
arrived at my destination, I checked the car clock again. I was
shocked. So I immediately checked my car clock against another
clock at my destination. (I don't wear a watch.) My car clock
was correct.
I had gone ten miles in six minutes. Driving at the speed limit,
there was no way I could have travelled that distance in that
amount of time.
It didn't take a mathematical genius (which I am definitely
not!) to calculate I had to be travelling at about 100 miles an
hour. Never in my life have I gone that fast. In an airplane,
yes -- but never in a car.
What was going on here?
Here's Chief Joseph.
Chief Joseph
The world around you is not always -- in fact, almost never --
what it seems to be. We are not saying the world is not real.
It's very real, because you created it. But it is not always
real in the way you perceive it with your physical senses.
For example, you know most seemingly solid material objects are
composed mainly of empty space. Your physical bodies are nearly
three-quarters water. The sky above you is not really blue. And
so on and on.
To see the world around you and within you clearly, you need to
see from a higher vision than your physical eyes can give you.
That higher vision, which comes through the eyes, if you will,
of your higher self, will enable you to see and do things you
normally consider impossible.
For example, many of you have had premonitions -- a knowing
something was going to happen before it happened. At least
before it happened in the framework of what you call time.
Everything that has ever existed, everything that will ever
exist, exists now, in this present moment.
Time truly is an illusion, albeit a useful one as long as you
are in your physical bodies.
Your modern world, especially your western society, is deeply
caught up in this illusion called time. Usually, you think
there's never enough of it. And yet you have all the time in the
universe, literally at your fingertips.
When you focus on aligning yourselves with your higher self or
soul, when you focus on the power of the present moment -- then,
time, as you know it, literally ceases to exist.
That day John describes is a good example. He was so focused on
his goal, getting to his destination, he was able to literally
shrink time. You all do this often, usually without realizing it.
You can even shrink time down to nothing. For example, John
could have instantly transported himself and his car to his
destination with no passing of time.
You call these things miracles. But they are not. They are the
most ordinary of events, once you align your energy and get
yourselves focused on what you want to manifest.
Friends, you live in a magnificent universe -- a universe that
holds more wonders than you have ever dreamt of. The universe is
filled with magic. Your lives, your bodies, your world around
you are all magical. And they are far, far more than what you
normally see and sense.
Open your real eyes, the eyes of your higher self, and you will
find yourselves dancing with delight and passion at the beauty
and magic all around and within you.
When you do that, all illusions will vanish. And all you'll see
is magic.
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