Divine Time
The concept of divine timing resonates deeply with many of us, especially those who feel a unique connection to the more spiritual side of life. But what exactly is it? Here’s my take…
Let’s imagine you are having a morning where nothing seems to be going right. The more things that go wrong, the more annoyed you become. And with every minute ticking by unnaturally quickly on the clock, you become later and later for work. ARRRRGGGHHH!!
Finally in the car on your usual route, you pass a collision that looks like it just happened minutes earlier… as you drive past, you think to yourself “I thought my morning was rough!”.
Of course it’s natural to feel grateful you’re not involved but have you ever stopped to think about what could have been if you’d made it out the house at your usual time? That could have been YOU involved in that collision!
Even though your morning didn’t seem very aligned or flow-like, divine timing kept you clear of that accident.
All those little annoyances adding time onto your morning routine were actually protecting you from something far worse than being a little late for work. You could say you were destined to be late. All to keep you from getting caught up in the collision. How lucky is that?
For me, divine timing means being at exactly the right place at the right time, orchestrated by a force greater than our human self. And the more we connect with our divine nature: our Higher Self/Source/Spirit/God, the more accepting we become of the divine unfolding of time.
As children, we often operate in that expansive space of creativity and exploration, where minutes can feel like hours, and obligations are non-existent. A blissful way to exist.
As we grow older and have to comply with the more rigid constructs of life such as school, extra curricular classes and eventually work, that concept of time being endlessly abundant becomes a distant memory. And that’s because we are mostly operating from our Ego or our subconscious.
By the time we get to high school age, we’ve already been conditioned by our caregivers and society about what is expected of us regarding time. And these expectations are committed to our subconscious so they become programmed responses to our environment.
You automatically become stressed and rushed when you know you have a deadline. You constantly clock watch so you know how long you have until you must be at an appointment.
Time distracts us from enjoying life and constricts us in ways that nothing else does.
This is something my rebellious side has always struggled with!
It has been a constant joke with my family and friends (and no doubt huge annoyance) that I run on “Jen time”. Which, over the years, has reduced massively from 2 hours to only a few minutes behind everyone else.
And despite the inner rebel screaming at me, on recent and exceptionally rare occasions, I have even been known to turn up early!!
My learning to show up early is not merely about the clock; it’s about finding that balance between honouring my ethereal nature and conforming to the human constructs of society.
I deeply believe we are multidimensional souls having a human experience so we are doing ourselves a disservice by only honouring one version of ourselves.
After much soul searching and scathing from others at my timekeeping, I have come to the conclusion that you cannot live a human experience without embracing both aspects of yourself—the childlike soul that dances to its own beat and the subconscious human part that can exist within the framework of the physical world.
By acknowledging both, you cultivate a deeper connection with Self, allowing yourself to flourish in ALL dimensions of your life.
And my biggest take-away from this:
Jen time IS divine time!
So the next time you are frustrated at running late or experiencing obstacles when trying to get somewhere, I encourage you to lean into your own divine time and trust that everything is happening exactly as and when it is supposed to.