8. Loss of a Common Sense of Time
Description
In this era when time is a resource, and a valuable one at that, it can be difficult to fathom a relationship with time that isn't based on equal units of chronological time. Is there another way of viewing time? In this episode we launch from Charles Taylor's notion of a common sense of higher time that slowly eroded, into an exploration of time as we know it. Are we slaves or free? Is time empty, or can it carry some meaning independent of what we bring to it or fill it with? Our longest conversation yet, and one that could have gone much longer!
Reflections:
- Where does FOMO or external pressures create a lack of freedom for you in your life?
- What would it be like to add a connection to kairos time, like Jesus, into how you went through your days and weeks?
References:
Pages of A Secular Age, Charles Taylor: (55-59)
Website: https://sites.google.com/view/contemplatingculture
Cartoon referenced: https://www.leunig.com.au/works/recent-cartoons/769-jomo





