I’m not really an Indian philosopher like Baba Muktananda, but I have read some books about the spiritual meaning of time and eternity, like this one. I like the book and how it weaves in various topics while also repeating certain themes like, in the end you just have to continue your practice, say a mantra (which for me is Amen Amen Iesous), and let the world go and return to God. It doesn’t mean that eternity is stasis. In Christianity you sometimes hear people say, ‘Already, and not yet’ as a description of the kingdom of God. I remember once when I was actively schizophrenic (I wasn’t always the boring person I am today) I thought that I had arrived in eternity and was experiencing it as stasis: I was in the car being driven down a long straight road with no turns with (somewhat, give me a break) similar houses on each side, and I just thought that that was how it was always going to be: no more getting out of the car. That wasn’t my worst delusion, but I had other experiences where I thought eternity was here as already and that was it; I was stuck. Perhaps you can imagine how an atheist or an economist or whatever would emphasize the opposite end of the spectrum, (not that I’m trying to pathologize them, that just happens to be one option people are somewhat comfortable with much of the time): everything is change, everything is not yet—whatever this religion stuff is, it’s for later. But of course reality isn’t quite hyper-spiritual or hyper-normal; even Baba says, for example, that you should see God in your everyday life and not consider it boring (I have trouble with this), and obviously you also have to practice. (Amen amen Iesous.) Life is already, and it is not yet. You are in eternity now, and you will be in eternity in the next life. Eternity is now, and it will continue to change.

My guru way back when ( )