Slowing Down Time – Part 2
- Nurgül Avcı Işık
- 20 Haz
- 3 dakikada okunur
“I am not my thoughts. I’m not racing against time.
I exist within time and I flow gently with it.”
Mental Noise Awareness Practice:
Purpose: To notice the rush inside your mind and simply become the observer.
Remember: Not every thought is true, not every thought will come true, and you are not your thoughts.
Duration: 5 minutes
When: In the quiet of the morning or right before sleep.
How to Practice:
Close your eyes and sit or lie down comfortably.
Gently whisper to yourself:
“Right now, I don’t need to do anything. Just being here is enough.”
Focus on your breath.
Inhale through your nose… and slowly exhale…
Feel how your breath touches your body.
Simply observe your thoughts.
Don’t try to stop them.
Greet each thought with a silent “Hello” and let it pass like a cloud in the sky.
For these 5 minutes, just watch.
The mind may talk, rush, or try to pull you in—but you stay as the gentle witness.
Five Senses Grounding Exercise:
This simple practice pulls you out of the mind’s maze and brings you directly into the now.
The mind loves to wander in the past or worry about the future,
but the body is always rooted in the present.
When you come back to your body through your senses,
the mind begins to surrender to the present moment.
Pause for a moment… and do the following:
See something:
(Maybe a flower, a shadow—just look and notice.)
Hear a sound:
(A distant bird, or even your own breath…)
Feel a texture:
(The fabric on your skin, the warmth of your hand, walking barefoot on the earth, hugging a tree…)
Smell something:
(Fresh air, a candle, or even the scent of “nothingness”…)
Taste something:
(The neutral taste in your mouth, a sip of water, the aftertaste of tea or coffee…)
✨ This is how you say: “I’m here. I’m alive. I’m present.”
Time expands. The heart softens. You return to yourself.
“Does feeling deeply help us stay in the moment?”
The answer is: Yes… but a much deeper yes.
“To feel is to pause time.”
When we suppress emotions, thoughts take over.
Thoughts live in the past or run to the future.
But to truly feel something—
That can only happen in the now.
And when you feel fully, time slows down…
Because you are fully living that moment.
✨ Let’s imagine:
You simply see a flower → It passes by.
But if you smell it, touch it, and admire its beauty, time seems to pause.
You are inside the moment, and the moment is inside you.
“Every moment you truly feel is a moment where time meets your heart.”
As you feel, the world feels like it turns more slowly…
Because you are no longer racing against it.
✨ Being present is not an effort—it’s the natural result of feeling.
“When you truly feel, you are already in the now.”
7 Deep Ways to Slow Down Time – Shift Your Lifestyle:
1. Return to the Moment with Breath
Breath… the most natural key to slowing time.
Take 1 minute, 3 times a day, for conscious deep breathing:
“Inhale… hold… exhale…”
The mind calms, the moment expands, and time flows with you.
2. Sync with Nature
Notice the trembling of a leaf, a bird in flight, the scent of earth.
Nature always works slowly, yet everything happens in perfect timing.
When you follow its rhythm, you remember your own natural pace.
3. Create Rituals
Pause before your coffee,
Light a candle,
Whisper a short daily prayer.
Repetition creates sacred stillness in your soul.
4. Practice Digital Detox
Turn off your phone for an hour.
When the notifications stop, your inner voice begins to speak.
Time starts flowing in that silence.
5. Stay Present Through Writing
Keep a journal, jot down notes, express your feelings.
Writing freezes time.
A single word can capture a whole moment.
6. Infuse Meaning into Everything
Give small meanings to your actions:
Walking → Gratitude
Cooking → Offering healing
These meanings lift time out of the ordinary and into the sacred.
7. Love with Awareness
Anything done with love slows time.
Listening to someone with your whole presence,
Watering a plant with your heart,
Acts done with love deepen, slow down, and leave a mark.
✨“Slowing time is not about controlling it—
but harmonizing with it.”
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