Time perception

“Time perception matters because it is the experience of time that roots us in our mental reality.”

My name is Siyu and I'm the creator of Tiny Eyes Comics, a webcomic series that shares Chinese culture through slices of everyday life.

Physics says that our perception of smoothly flowing time is a cosmic accident. So why do we think the future always comes after the past?

You may not be able to warp space-time, but you can use these two psychological processes to slow your perception of time.

The NOW Map ..

Does your brain tick? Ever wondered how you're able to wake up at about the same time every morning, or why you get tired around the same time every night? Scientists always thought that it was due to natural circadian rhythms, but were unable to prove it--until now.

Andre Kertesz, Pendulum, distortion 1938

Time is one of those key spiritual concepts that you realize early on in your journey is important, but it takes time (sic?), repetition and peeling back layers

Now here's an interesting way to capture the passing of an entire day in a single photograph. It's composed of 24 shots -- one per hour -- with no photo

The past is an interpretation. The future is an illusion. The world does not move through time as if it were a straight line, proceeding from the past to the future. Instead time moves through and within us, in endless spirals. Eternity does not mean infinite time, but simply timelessness. If you want to experience eternal illumination, put the past and the future out of your mind and remain within the present moment. -Shams of Tabriz