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ally forms a unity，
ich are revealed all
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CHAPTER I
There is a season for everything
On time . . .
Time， despite its elusive essence， preoccupies us. We either seem
to have too much of it or not enough. We are pressed to buy it
as well as to spend it， to kill it as well as to save it; it can be lost
but it can also be found. Time， Pythagoras was supposed to
have said， is the soul of the world. It has been heralded as a
friend and described as an enemy. A great phrase booms out of
the Scriptures， like the hour being sounded on a clock: Now is
the time， now is the hour of salvation.
In an era that has been marked by a change of time in order to
save the light at the end of the day， it is worthwhile to reflect on
time and its many meanings for all of us.
Changing time . . .
There are many experiences when， for an instant at least， we
seem to escape time itself and gaze into a world where it can
neither touch nor intimidate us. This may happen when， gazing
at a work of art， we suddenly understand that the human expe-
rience of a long-dead artist is co-extensive with our own and
how， in a fashion beyond understanding， we stand together in a
dimension that cannot be measured by clocks or calendars. This
is why you cannot rush through an art gallery or speed-read
through the masterpieces of literature. We must be willing to
submerge ourselves in time in order to transform it in a lasting
way. This also requires that we surrender ourselves to our expe-
rience of the world， that we lower our defenses against our own
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