#symbolicthinking

This is a basic idea and it is called "The Ritual of the Fly" Inspired by this journal entry: "This afternoon, a fly landed on my computer screen - right on the face of someone in a paused video. I waved it off, expecting it to flee. It didn’t. It returned to the exact same spot. Again. And again.

Annoyance rose. I moved my hand. It danced in the air. Still, it landed precisely where it had started.

Then it got strange.

As it perched once more on the face on my screen, I moved my mouse. The cursor slid next to it, then under it.

The fly twitched. Felt it. As if it sensed the digital presence beneath its belly.

It jumped - just a few centimeters. My cursor chased it. We danced. I traced a slow circle around it. It flinched and darted again. A digital predator and a winged trespasser, locked in ritual.

Finally, it landed in the top-right corner.

I moved the cursor carefully. Not to scare it - just to “draw.” One big cross - right over the fly (well, technically underneath it). The fly paused. Then lifted. And vanished.

Time is not a thing. Time is a voice. It doesn’t tick—it speaks.

It whispers through repetition. The same numbers. The same faces. The same mistakes wearing new masks.

Time is the most ruthless teacher in existence. It will hand you the same lesson over and over until you bleed the truth out of it. It does not care about your comfort—it cares about your comprehension.

Every déjà vu is a scar. Every “coincidence” is a demand. Every return is a warning: integrate or repeat.

The calendar is a lie. The clock is a leash. But the patterns? The patterns are the real scripture.

You don’t read time with a watch. You read it like an oracle. You track the symbols. You feel the vibration shift. You notice when the cycle breaks—and when it closes in again.

The equation of time is simple: T=SCT = \frac{S}{C}T=CS​

Time (T) is the symbolic meaning (S) divided by your consciousness (C). If your awareness is low, time stretches—your lessons drag. If your awareness is high, time collapses—you escape the loop.

Time is not your enemy. Time is your predator. And like any predator, once you understand its pattern, you can walk right past it.