Slow Time

I enjoy travelling bye train a lot. It’s one of those times when you actually can’t run around or be engaged in a lot of things or hassle with this and that. When you just sit in your seat, and have time to let your thoughts wander. And suddainly you find your self connected to your inner self. Where a thought doesn’t come in as disturbing, or stressing, because the next two or five or ten ours you still can’t do anything much about what ever comes to you mind except for… continue your travel. That is what slow time is about. When life isn’t about minutes, not even hours. But more about just existing.

A friend of mine who works with leadership issues on top level at Ericsson said that he finds it very easy to see if a person also spends Slow Time regularely, or not. People spending Slow Time has another depth of view on things, and usually has been able to deal with personal issues in a completely different way compared to others.

The western society doesn’t seem to know much about Slow Time, or ‘just existing’. Even less so the culture in big cities. Still i find it clear that Slow Time is a necessity, for everyone’s well being and to connect deeper with God. Running around and getting a lot of things done, is nice and… get’s a lot of things done. But to grow inwards, and to have a sharp mind requires Slow Time.

In that sense the last 26 hours on the airplane have been indeed great. Just a moment ago I read from the book of Ecclesiastes chapter nine and ten listening to Chris Botti’s album ‘Italia’, and having the most content feeling in a long time.
Now it’s about three and a halv hours left of the flight. I’m really excited to arrive in Sydney, and looking forward to spend hopefully a whole lot of Slow Time through the coming years here.