If you want to go along with time, accept yourself; worry never lets you focus. Worry never lets you concentrate. It entangles us in its web, whereas contemplation helps us to be free from both subject and time. Only when we are free from time can we truly experience the truth. Truth, meaning ourselves, our soul, our consciousness, our liberation, and bliss. The door of bliss opens through contemplation and meditation.
In the world, there is only one creature that can travel in the past, future, and present all at once. Call it the mind, thought, or imagination, humans can stay in these three aspects of time simultaneously and can also stay separate from all three if they wish. There are a couple of examples that might shed some light. An artist creates a painting of the past, imagines the future, and can also depict present things.
Another example can be found in our thoughts. While thinking, we drift into old memories, find ourselves standing in future imaginations, to the extent of even feeling them. Whether it's the ability to wander through the past, future, and present at once or to stay away from them, this capability brings humans so close to God that they become God-like themselves. Now, God is omnipotent. He has all the power. It's not a big deal for Him. He can come or go anytime He wants. But what is it that makes humans capable of this?
We have all heard that humans are contemplative beings. From maintaining consciousness to losing consciousness, humans keep thinking. Scriptures say that one who doesn't contemplate is like a dead person. It is this contemplation that provides the ability to roam in the past, future, and present and also to move beyond them. Contemplation is the fuel of consciousness. Consciousness advances when humans contemplate. Many people mistake contemplation for worry. Contemplation is never worrying. Concentration is essential for contemplation.
One might ask, what is contemplation? As mentioned earlier, contemplation is the fuel of consciousness. Contemplation is not for the entire universe; it's for recognizing oneself. Who am I? Why am I here? What do I need to do? What am I doing? Do I hear my own voice? These are some of the places along the path of contemplation where the thinker sits for a while, recognizes them, internalizes them, and then moves on to the next place.
Each place acquaints them with a new consciousness. In the end, they realize they are in front of themselves, seeing themselves, understanding themselves, and most importantly, accepting themselves. Those who accept themselves are accepted by time as well. Otherwise, humans keep time traveling, but without themselves, or their soul. That's why they neither find joy in memories nor in the future or present.
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