Time, a Steed With Seven Reins
Time bears us onward like a steed with seven reins. Thousand-eyed, ageless, tireless, it moves ever forward and never stops.
On this time that flows without stopping, toward what am I being carried?
📝Reflection
The Atharvaveda likens time to 'a steed that never stops.' We are merely borne upon that horse and cannot rein it to a halt. The image is chilling, yet it also wakes something — time does not wait for me. Ready or not, willing or not, it flows on today without fail. The 'someday' of 'I'll do it someday' never comes. If time cannot be stopped, the one thing I can do is set a direction while upon it. That I am carried is fixed; where I aim is still mine.
🌱Apply It Today
On one thing you deferred to 'when I have time,' since time never frees itself, write a concrete date on the calendar now.
This verse is read as universal humanistic wisdom, not religion — no faith is promoted, and the reflection is 100% original ONGO content.
