The Greeks had a concept of Kairos time, which is not quantitative like our normal conception of time but qualitative — rich or empty, the meaningful hour or the hurried moment. When you’re engaging with beauty, in art or in nature, you tend to move at Kairos time — slowly, serenely but thickly.
The great philosopher of time is Rabbi Abraham Joshua Heschel, in his great book “The Sabbath,” points out that the first sacred thing in the Bible is not a thing, it is a time period, the seventh day. The Sabbath, he continues, is not a rest from the other six days. It is the peak experience the other six days point toward. On this day the Orthodox do less and in slowness can glimpse the seeds of eternity.
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