Divine timing is the idea of waiting for events to align to receive something. Most people will say it’s for your own good or because you have to learn a lesson or remove a block before having an experience. 

Patience is valuable, but you don’t necessarily have to wait for any of these things. Understanding how time works can help illuminate what waiting periods really are, and how to move things faster.

1 – How Time Works

In physics, time isn’t a series of events or a way of knowing when to go to work. Time is a dimension that tracks change. Technically, there’s no such thing as now since everything is constantly changing and evolving.

Time is Nonlinear

By the time we’ve considered the present moment, it’s already the past. Light years away, it won’t happen for a million years. Mindfulness is a state of flowing with the unfolding story without trying to go back or forward.

Time can feel like it’s dragging out or flying by depending on your focus. People often lose track of time when they’re fully engaged with what they’re doing. They could be temporarily stepping out of time into raw potential.

Memory Lane Muck

Mentally, we experience time through stories and an often disconnected series of memories. We think about being a five year old, then worry about turning sixty in thirty years. Time is how we measure our lives.

Thinking of good times can be enjoyable, but it also steals the value of being who you are now. The past is only useful for instruction, and even then, it’s probably outdated. Time doesn’t wait for regrets.

2 – The Myth of Waiting

The state of waiting can be a disguise for fear, uncertainty, or inauthentic intentions. The idea of a delay can become a mental habit, but the moment you experience something in your mind it is already a reality.

Your brain and nervous system can’t tell the difference between intense imagination and real events. That’s why television so easily immerses us in emotion and makes us feel invested in the lives of pretend people.

Cycles and Patterns

We all have energetic and emotional cycles, patterns, and seasons. Tracking your states through journaling can help you predict natural rhythms and prepare for them with less resistance.

Purges and releasing people, places, or ideologies that no longer serve are vital to forward movement. You can’t have things be different and not change yourself. Your present state dictates your experience.

Honing Healthy Habits

If you start running into the same issues, it’s time for introspection. Your nervous system is designed for repetition, and you rationalize anything outside of that if you’re not paying attention to your habits.

Make change easier by tracking what you do all the time, and only adjusting one or two things at a time. Self-sabotage is caused by a nervous system that’s not relaxed enough to hold a new state or desired outcome.

3 – Trust and Detachment

Learning how to trust the universe is a neverending practice. Your ego will always find something to worry about or some reason not to change. Know your strengths and build your skills to detach from fear and worry.

Trust the Process

Faith is the trust in yourself that you’re supported, guided. and can handle any situation. You’re designed to adapt, you don’t have to have all the answers. You can modify your course as you approach your goal.

When your brain sees you experience fear and act anyway, it creates an identity: I am brave. Always look before you leap, but be willing to take calculated risks in the service of your dreams.

Healthy Detachment

Being detached doesn’t mean you’re separated from a desire or that you don’t want it. It creates space for all possible outcomes so you can get the best one. You can’t tell the story as well as the universe can. 

Start detaching by identifying your desire and realizing you already have it since it exists in your mind. Then consider other ways you can get the same feeling or state you want from this outcome.

Conclusion

You don’t have to wait for divine timing as long as you understand how time works and are willing to immediately release all of the old you. Keeping your nervous system relaxed during major changes takes repetition.

Stop worrying about how long it takes to get something by focusing on what you already have and the good things in your life. Any experience you can think of exists within you now, no waiting.

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