Time of experience refers to the temporal dimension of all appearances in awareness. On the path of knowledge, time is understood as a property of experience itself, not of the experiencer.

Experience and Time

• Every experience has a duration — it arises, persists for some period, and dissolves. This temporal flow is intrinsic to the nature of experience.

• The experience of time varies with the state of consciousness — in deep sleep, dream, and waking states, time flows differently.

• Past and future are memories and projections — only the present moment is directly experienced.

• The experiencer is the constant witness of time's flow — it does not itself move through time.

Related Concepts

Time, experience, experiencer, memory, present moment, existence