A Running Experiment�
Imagine you are running on a sunny day. It is evident that, if you are an experienced runner, you would fixate your eyes directly below at one point in order to help you focus on your running. How does this fixation help you?
When you are running, you have a natural feeling that you are progressing through time and space simultaneously. As you keep running, you move forward in space, and you move forward in time. You can measure space by the distance you cover as you move forward; but, what about time? How do you measure time? How do you even know it exists?
Our rational intuition presupposes that the presence of moving objects indicates a change in time. When you see the objects around you moving, you �know� that time is changing, since time is inherently related to velocity. Henceforth, we measure time and know that it exists.
However, what of time in the absence of moving objects? Then we can grab time by only one rein � our mind � our states of consciousness. Since, we are aware of the successive changes in our states of consciousness, we know that time is moving forward.
Ultimately, we are still aware of time, and this inhibits our ability to run freely, to run independent of time. Nevertheless, if we remove moving objects from the picture, and transfix our state of consciousness, we have nothing against which we can measure time. Time disappears. And you simply keep running.
What is something with which you can achieve this while running? What could help you remain in one state of consciousness, while simultaneously remove moving objects while you�re still running? The Shadow! Your shadow moves with you as you move; hence the illusion of a non-moving object. And, while you fix your eyes on the shadow, you have no exterior triggers to alter the focus of you mind and change your state of consciousness. You have no means to measure time. Time disappears from your mind.
Try it.
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