#make much of time

[infiniterichesinalittleroom]

Gurdjieff said that we have an endless supply of energy. We have plenty of energy, both for outward things and inward things. But we don't spend it on either one. It's wasted. He described it as a leakage. We waste it by not really doing anything directly. We waste it, frittering it away in hundreds of tiny acts all the time, daydreaming. He said that at least half the energy available to us during the day is lost by daydreaming. Every time you daydream you're picking up a memory, and the memory carries with it certain emotions, certain feelings. Every one of those emotions as it passes through your head draws on your supply of energy for that day. If you've ever noticed yourself in bed, daydreaming for an hour, you'll find you're exhausted after that hour. American life is lacking in concentration. The schools present you with seven to eight subjects every day. It's impossible for the child to develop any center. He can't tell the difference between triviality and intense expenditure of energy.

Robert Bly, Talking All Morning

[strangerblooms]

To the Virgins, to make much of Time GATHER ye rosebuds while ye may, Old Time is still a-flying: And this same flower that smiles to-day To-morrow will be dying. The glorious lamp of heaven, the sun, 5 The higher he's a-getting, The sooner will his race be run, And nearer he's to setting. That age is best which is the first, When youth and blood are warmer; 10 But being spent, the worse, and worst Times still succeed the former. Then be not coy, but use your time, And while ye may, go marry: For having lost but once your prime, 15 You may for ever tarry.

Robert Herrick. 1591–1674

[heymig-blog]

To the Virgins, to Make Much of Time

By Robert Herrick (1591 - 1674) Gather ye rosebuds while ye may, Old Time is still a-flying: And this same flower that smiles today To-morrow will be dying. The glorious lamp of Heaven, the sun, The higher he's a-getting, The sooner will his race be run. And nearer he's to setting. That age is best which is the first, When youth and blood are warmer; But being spent, the worse, and worst Times still succeed the former. Then be not coy, but use your time, And while ye may, go marry: For having lost but once your prime, You may for ever tarry.

[futuristichandgun77-blog]

next tat. if that ever happens.