Imagination Redeemed S3 E7 - What is Time? (by Jane Scharl)
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Jun 17, 2022 Jane Scharl discusses the concept of time as a gift for finding meaning in life. The podcast explores time through literature, philosophy, and spirituality, challenging traditional perceptions. It delves into reciprocal love, mysticism, and transcending time and space, highlighting the eternal bonds formed through spiritual practices. The relationship between time and eternity is explored, emphasizing human transformation through prayer, love, and seeking redemption across past and future moments.
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Interceding Across Centuries
- Jane Sharrow recounts a woman fervently praying for a man being burned alive and imagines that prayer reaching back 400 years to save him.
- The scene illustrates prayer transcending chronological distance and ties spiritual action across time.
Narnia And Child Play Examples
- Jane uses C.S. Lewis's Narnia example where hours in Narnia equal no time in our world to show time's elasticity.
- The childhood-absorption example demonstrates experiential escape from chronological time.
Three Modes Of Time
- Jane explains Chronos, Kairos, and Aeon as distinct experiences of time shaping meaning and right timing.
- Kairos represents God's time, where eternity breaks into our chronological life and reveals purpose.