Diary of a Heretic

Have you noticed that the pace of life is speeding up? Change seems to happen more rapidly and as a result more and more of us are living in overdrive. There is so much more to learn, more challenges to meet and more tasks to accomplish. Yet the time to fit it all in seems to be getting less and less.

For the past week I have felt like I am running on empty and this acceleration of time seems to be putting me under additional stress to the point I am wondering if I will be able to cope with this rapid change without burning out or breaking down.

There is a theory that we are headed toward what is called a “singularity”. This is the term that mathematicians give to a point when an equation breaks down and ceases to have any useful meaning. The rules change and then something completely different and unexpected happens. The faster the world changes around us, the more we are forced to let go of any preconceived notions we have of what the future holds and then we are forced to live in the now.

I guess that to live with continued acceleration and all that it brings will take more than simple life management skills, it will involve a complete revision of our thinking about what the meaning of life is really all about.

The truth is that we are only half-awake and we need to fully awaken to who we are and what we really want. When we are awakened to our true nature, we become free from a dependence on the external world for the nourishment of our sense of self and our inner well-being. Then perhaps we can access the innate truth that lies deep within us all. In actuality, this sense of acceleration of time may well be the next step in the transition from amassing knowledge to actually developing wisdom.

Reference: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Technological_singularity