Last week’s rocks have faced the test of time and converted itself into sand. Now we pass to the Hourglass.
Indeed, before being associated with death, the hourglass has its roots in time. The falling of sand, one of the first measurements of time, symbolizes instability and the constant transformation of things. It’s natural then that this object would remind people of “memento mori”, i.e “remember you will die”.
The hourglass is the main attribute of the gods of Time, Chronos or Aion.
Yet, given that this object needs to be turned constantly, it also conveys the idea of a cyclic time – reenacting the constant return of things and actions.
The hourglass is also a reminder of measurement in the sense that one has to use time wisely, preserving oneself and not simply throwing away the gift of life. Ascetic figures are often depicted with hourglass in western tradition.
Now you take the floor, what do you associate with the hourglass?
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la sola imagen de un reloj de arena me hace pensar que tienes que acelerar tu tiempo, imaginar la caida continua de esa arena imprime la idea de que los momentos pasan, las cosas ocurren constantemente y ahora ya ha pasado.
Un saludo
Omega!
.. a bit like an egg timer.
When I listen to the “tic tac” of the clock.it brings me back to the moment.
Whenever I have the chance to look at an hourglass i am terrified how fast time can go away..the sand going minute by minute…there is nothing to do to make it stop…so it just urges me to life every minute to the full('carpe diem')…as every minute is a present of the Present(time).
thank you, georgiana
An Hourglass… this is an interesting concept.
It is mind boggling… I feel like there is big secret there, a key to unknown realms, in time and the hourglass, but I can’t figure out what it is.
Now, thinking about it, it signifies Change. If we are in the present, we are in the present, not in the past or the future.. for that present moment, neither past nor future exist.
Looking at the sand passing through the hourglass, it is in constant motion… it never stops.
Everything is in constant motion, even the cells in our bodies.
Except… God, or the soul?!
If we are in the present, we are changing with time, yet at the same time, are in the present…
It’s an illusion depending how you look at it. When one is in the present, no past or future can exist, therefore there is only the source, therefore we just Are, existing.
Time, precious time, to act upon our Divine mission, and realize our goals in life, with a smile on our face and a big open heart.
The hourglass has been an instrument for measuring the motion of Time since probably Man learnt to quantify time other than gazing at the sun and the Sun dial.
Sand has never been in no one’s grip always, or made a footprint last a lifetime. It has neither blown the way one wanted it to except what the Wind decreed.
The shape of the hourglass is figure 8. Maybe one can relate it to a woman’s or maybe not. 8 also stands for the mystic number.
To remind people of the essence that there is only one certainity in Life and that is to realise that what slips away through the hand and cannot be caught is gone for ever..
Nothing is permanent.
The Rock is broken down by the Wind into Sand and The sand will one day blow away as dust. Flesh and bones we stand and one day too the bones will rust and turn to dust.
Back to where we came from .
The cycle will never end.Because when you turn the houglass to its side.. it means so.. the symbol of Infinity! Two loops merging into one.. where does it start from where does it end.. No one knew , no one can tell..
The hour glass — the sands of time. Crystalline silicon on display within vitreous silicon. It has two lids or two bases or two components which can swap functions, depending upon one’s point of view.
The hour glass is a beautiful instrument. It’s curves remind one of a woman’s body, but it’s also beautiful because it’s an instrument which measures approximately, not exactly. Approximation is human and beautiful. Precision is sometimes useful, but it’s not human.
I asociate the hourglass with time, when I think of time I think is unstopable, you cannot stop time no matter what.
Dear Heart,
You make me laugh..! I’d be crazy with all the tic-tic around!
Have a nice day.
As for Mary Baxter, the hourglass reminds me of boiled eggs for breakfast. We used a minute glass to time it in my family too. Now, what comes to mind, is my husband, who is a “clock-nut”. He collects antique clocks, and we have clocks on many walls, and have clocks in all shapes and forms all over our home, I don’t know how many. Every Sunday morning he winds the big old clocks, or they would stop. The ticking and dinging and danging sometimes is a bit too much. Still, I find them contributing to the soul in the house, as giving a rhythm to our life.
Oh, and I forgot to mention, above our television, we have a hyper modern atomic clock, which updates at any moment the correct time according to the National Institute of Standards and Technology Time and Frequency Division, which transmits the exact time signal continuously throughout the United States. Nothing less! Personally, I find men strange sometimes. A lot of the time.
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