What’s the relationship between time and happiness?

The dream of Sansar is happening under the framework of a built-in time element.

A story lasting thousands of years is compressed into half an hour in a dream.

We see an actor’s whole life story in two hours of watching a movie.

Similarly, in a state of samadhi, consciousness witnesses the drama of Maya ( Sansar ), playing out on its own built-in time frame.

But time does not touch consciousness, because it is not a reality.

The consciousness, the only reality, stays in eternal timelessness.

Meditation is the process of withdrawing from the mind and subconsciously “squeezing” out from the grip of time ( as the mind is the timekeeper). At some point, when thoughts are no longer present, time totally disappears, and we still exist ( as consciousness ).

We always thought ( and most of us still do ) that time is a fixed entity that goes on at the same pace.

Through his theory of relativity, Einstein proved that time is not fixed; it is stretchable, based on your awareness of it.

Very few people could understand him.

So he gave an example –

If you are with your girlfriend, you are happy; several hours will pass, and you will not even know.

Vs.

If you have to sit on a hot stove for a certain amount of time, you will count every second.

In happiness, you neglect time.

In stress, you become fully aware of it.

Time and happiness are inversely related.

More Sansar (time-stamped entity ), less happiness.

No Sansar, bliss state.

NO SANSAR, which is easy to say but not easy to follow.

The ego thinks it is an owner ( of various things, various people, including the physical body ).

Once you own something, you become responsible for it.

This sense of responsibility is a false belief and leads to suffering.

Spirituality is fixing this illusory belief and transferring responsibility to the higher entity—existence.

But still remaining active in the world without focusing on the fruits ( which the Ego does to expand).