The ancient Greeks defined two very different types of time. Chronos is linear, discrete clock time. Marching inexorably from past to present to future. A horizontal move through space. We’re all overly acquainted with Chronos these days—never enough of it, life ripping by in the rearview mirror. Frantic and bored at the same time. And no matter how successful or regretful we feel, never able to get any of it back. The ancients also expressed the notion of Kairos, or sacred time, the Deep Now. It includes all instantiations, pastpresentfuture bundled into one seamless and sanctified moment.
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