Time means conscious, few million years before man lived in the forest and the only source for survival is to be conscious. When human invented the concept of Society; he was worried of people becoming lazy coz the society gave security and slowly man started to forget his awareness. Society made a decision and wanted everyone to be aware otherwise the concept of society will be collapsed hence the society brought in “the concept of time” into this world.

The time separated one third of life to society and the remaining two third for family and sleep. Today the time controls us. It’s in the center of the living room on the wall as CLOCK.

Awareness of time is Awareness of life. Buddha’s entire teaching is based on awareness to live in the present. To him there is no past or future. The time is a metaphor for awareness. If you are aware of time then you dominate. The best people the world produced by this society are the one who practiced time at their best.

Meantime, Man also invented an instrument to catch the time and freeze that moment….Camera. The output of the camera, these photos moves our life; nostalgic memories take us to those exact days and times. What a way to catch the time and enjoy it at a later date.

I have read an anecdote about the monk who competed with the time and failed.

A monk started from the monastery to buy some used books. He traveled to the book market and bought some books. The condition of the used books was very bad, almost like a loose leaf and he tied it and started back to the monastery. He knows he was already late and the gate will be closed at 6.00pm. He boarded in a small boat. He asked the boatman whether he can reach on time. The boatman saw his bundle of loosely tied books. He answered “If you go slowly, you can reach on time.” his place came and the monk got down and started walking swiftly and almost he was running. Suddenly the thread got cut and the books started flying in all directions and before he collected and reached the entrance the time got over, the monastery was closed. He was never aware of the boatman advice, the ignorance of awareness and trying to beat the time would end in disaster..

I too have an experience. Someday, I and the Time starts at the same time from home to office but the time reaches first and I am late. Time has its own precision and to learn requires experience. I have seen people who are conscious in time have lived better lives than others.

Finally, an awareness of time tells you whether you are rich or poor. The rich use Airways Coz they have less Time and more Money. But the poor use Road Transport Coz they have more Time and less Money. Now, relate yourself, to which transport you are using and your placement in this society.