Q&A
Q. Whenever I try to unclutch, my whole system feels a slight tension. How to relax from it?
A. Understand, trying to be unclutched is not causing the tension, it is only making you aware of the tension that is already there inside. Whenever you start witnessing your thoughts, whatever is there in side starts getting highlighted!
Normally, you are always carrying a subtle tension in your body and mind. Your entire system and way of functioning has become com bative. You feel you need to protect yourself from the whole world. All your outer worries are nothing but excuses to bring out the ten sion which is already inside. You feel stupid accepting that you are tense without any reason, so you find some reason, that's all! So if you are now becoming aware of your tension, that is good. Now just unclutch from the tension also!
Q. If I can see a ten-year dream during eight hours of sleep, does it mean that the movement of time itself is different in different states of consciousness?
A. Yes!
How you experience time depends entirely on your state of con sciousness.
In fact, time differs even from person to person living in the same dimension. Or even the same person experiences time differently when he is in different states of consciousness. That is why, in the Vedic system, time is considered a psychological phenomenon, not a chronological phenomenon.
Just like a ten-year dream happens in ten hours, there may be a different calendar where your 70 years of life may be just seven hours for somebody who is in a different space!
If the number of thoughts per second (TPS) is more, you will feel as if you have lived through a longer time. If the TPS is low, you will feel that the time is flying!
For example, if you are sitting with someone with whom you are completely in tune, you will feel that time is moving very fast, because your TPS at that time will be very low. But if you are sitting with somebody with whom you don't feel connected, what will you do? Every five minutes, you will keep looking at your watch! You will be restless. Your TPS will be high. So you will feel as though a lot of time has passed.
That is why, in the vedic tradition, the unit of time is called kshana. It is not measured as a chronological second. According to Western understanding, chronological time is calculated in seconds. One unit of time is equal to one second. In the vedic tradition, the unit of time is kshana. Kshana is the gap between one thought and the next. According to the Western calendar, your one second and my one second are the same. But according to the vedic calendar, your one kshana and my one kshana will be different! This is because the gap between one thought and the next will be different for me and you. Here, time is not chronological, it is psychological. In the dream state, you have too many thoughts or a high TPS. That is why you feel as if you have lived for a long time. In the waking state, there is a medium number of TPS. That is why it seems like time is moving at a normal speed. For someone in the superconscious state, e.g. for the celestial beings, the TPS is very less, and that is why their one day will be one year for us! You can see this difference in the vedic calendars.