I heard that song title recently while listening to the radio and it brought to mind how fast time seems to be speeding up as I grow older. You may have noticed the same thing happening to you. Do you remember when you were a kid in school, how slowly the clock moved before it was time to go home or before the end of a period? Now, it seems like there's never enough time to get anything done each day and I never watch the second hand at all.

For those of you who thought there was unlimited time in this lifetime to accomplish things in your life, the above phrase should be a clear warning to you. Don't wait too long to get started. I've recently begun to notice that time seems to have slipped by me in some aspects of my life. For those of you who don't know, during my last couple of years in college and throughout law school, I was a professional sculptor and I did quite well in the field. I thought that was what I would do for life. However, life had other things in mind for me.

I became a sculptor in order to gain some measure of immortality. My conscious mind reasoned that the only thing that has remained throughout all of history have been the arts and architecture. I figured if I was a sculptor, my images would last far longer than my lifetime. I eventually became a lawyer because of an outstanding telephone bill that needed to be paid (can you believe it?) and I hadn't sold a sculpture in awhile, so I found a job as an attorney - which I hated. I then set out on my own as a trial lawyer and found that exciting for quite a while, until my health gave way due to the stress of it all. It was at that time that I discovered (or shall I say, rediscovered) spirituality and my quest was on for peace of mind.

Even then, since I was a trained trial lawyer who looks for inconsistencies to determine if someone is telling the truth or not, I was always looking askance at whatever anyone tried to teach me about spirituality. I never was able to just surrender and accept the Universal Truths which I came across. Instead, I always took whatever I read or heard and ran it by my conscious mind to see if it concurred with it or not. As a result, my progress in spirituality has been slower than I wanted. That was despite the fact that I was extremely fortunate to run into three enlightened beings who had the capacity to access that truth. And, even though part of me knew it was the Truth, I steadfastly kept running everything past my conscious mind to check it before accepting it.

Anyway, I've started to notice that there is no great epiphany waiting to happen for me. There will be no thunder and lightning or huge balls of fire to let me know that enlightenment has finally arrived for me. I'm on the slow (very slow, apparently) path of gradual enlightenment that will happen in its own time - through the grace of God - and not through my own enterprise, practice or intention. How I came to this understanding is that I've seen many other people, young and old alike, come along on the retreats that I attend and they actually make huge progress in a short time. In my opinion, that's because they're not resisting advancement or enlightenment as I have for so long and they're not passing everything past their conscious mind to check it out before accepting it. They are simply surrendering to the truth as they see it and that's it.

I have discovered one thing: The truth lies within each of us. I actually coined a saying: "Everyone knows everything, all the time." It means we all know the truth when we hear it, we just don't usually believe it. That is, the truth is available to each of us if we don't try too hard to use our conscious minds to figure it out. That never seems to work. I was reading a book today called "The Eye of the I - from Which Nothing Is Hidden" by David Hawkins, M.D., PhD. who claims that by using kineseology (muscle testing) you can always determine the truth about anything. He claims this is because it is directly tied in with the subconscious mind and the energetic system of the body, both of which are on the same level as Spirit within the body. He claims it cannot be misled or out-think itself. It simply knows the truth at all times.

Have you ever noticed when you were in school taking a test that if you went with your first answer, it was usually right? But, when you thought about the question repeatedly and "worked it out' in your head, it usually turned out wrong. That's because when you work things out in your head, you're using your conscious mind to think about it. On the other hand, the immediate answer comes from the subconscious mind which always knows everything.

So, back to don't take that long. If you think that time alone will change you and how you are in the world, don't expect that to happen all on its own. Don't wait for it to just happen to you. It often takes intention and dedication. Sometimes it just takes surrendering to the will of God.

Again, both Leonard Jacobson and David Hawkins say that the ultimate stage of enlightenment is when you eventually surrender to the will of God and all you want to do is that. There are no goals. There's nothing to do and nothing to undo. It's all in perfect order. It All just is. . . according to God's organization which is far too complex for any of us to comprehend on a conscious level. That's when you find there is no time any longer to worry about. Happy holidays.

My suggestion is that you don't wait too long if you eventually think you might want to change your life. In fact, my suggestion is - start now. For that's the only time there is. Now.