Chronos…Kairos
“Chronos is clocks, deadlines, watches, calendars, agendas, planners, schedules, beepers.
Chronos is time at her worst. Chronos keeps track. …Chronos is the world’s time.
Kairos is transcendence, infinity, reverence, joy, passion, love, the Sacred.
Kairos is intimacy with the Real. Kairos is time at her best. …Kairos is Spirit’s time.
We exist in chronos.
We long for kairos.
That’s our duality.
Chronos requires speed so that it won’t be wasted.
Kairos requires space so that it might be savored.
We do in chronos.
In kairos we’re allowed to be …
It takes only a moment to cross over from chronos into kairos, but it does take a moment.
All that kairos asks is our willingness to stop running long enough to hear the music of the spheres.”
– Sarah Ban Breathnach
This piece on chronos/kairos is great. Kairos is the way to go.