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Connecting with the timeless dimension in our lives

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  Human beings have a need to understand how we relate to the timeless eternal cosmos. The ordinary everyday life which is happening in time and space is our focus, but we also have one foot in the eternal world, and we need to relate to that dimension as well. This may be seen in light of different perspectives - for example science may understand it as processes in the brain, religion as experiences of divine interventions, and jungian psychology as the human innate need for meaning and wholeness in life.   In meditative traditions, with thousands of years of experience with exploring the inner realms of human being, the timeless dimension is called the eternal now. This eternal dimension may be accessed through activities like meditation, dreamworks, interpreting synchronicities, fasting, yoga, exploring our inner life, looking at significant symbols, rituals and so on. Experiencing the eternal dimension may also arise spontaneously in our lives. One traditional name of of this spo