Often you must have wondered, why is it that when you sit in dhyan, hours tick away but to you it just seems like ten minutes. What is time? Simply put, it is the distance between two thoughts. The more thoughts you catch the more turbulent is the state of mind. And the more grosser your thought (that is, revolving around the satisfaction of the five senses), the faster you age. This is the reason why yogis sit in lap of the Himalayas for several years at a stretch without showing any signs of ageing. For those who have experienced shoonya, nothingness or thoughtlessness during dhyan, time ceases to exist.

As per our texts one day of Lord Brahma is equivalent to several thousand human years and one blink of Lord Vishnu is equivalent to one Mahayug (comprising of four yugs). It is clear from this that the higher you are on the ladder of evolution; the lesser is the hold of time on you.

Vedic rishis had conquered the realm of thoughts through the practice of Yog and Sanatan Kriya. They were able to attain the states of thoughtlessness and hence timelessness, and could then access the subtler dimensions beyond space and time. Experiments have been done on members of Dhyan Foundation who sat in dhyan for over two hours without moving a muscle. Their heart rate was recorded at zero, the breathing had ceased but the brain was working at alpha level (fully, active state of mind). At such a stage, they had divine visions and encounters.

Remember, once time passes you, you can never get it back. So use it wisely and not merely in pursuit of the five senses.

Article from Yogi Ashwini from Dhyan Ashram