The nature of time can be of three types. Universe time, man-made time and personal time. The universe's time is flexible and based on perspective. Like with respect to Earth, a year is 365 days around the sun ( the concept of day being defined as one complete rotation), while for Jupiter it is 4330 Earth days and 11.86 Earth years for one day and one year. So with respect to Jupiter, the time taken by Earth is shorter. For man-made timing, the concept of time zones, date, hours, minutes, etc, is created to make society accept and work by a certain internationally accepted time frame. It is what man created as a part of his society for systematic running. Now, the personal timing is the most important timing when it comes to spirituality. Mystics call personal timing divine timing. It is the time with which your own life runs. Someone can get a job, or get married or have children at 24, while the same thing can be done by another at 40. Someone can hit a career high early in life, and someone can take more years. I strongly believe the spiritual growth and maturity of a person also vary from one to another. One can never set a time period early or late for spiritual awakening or maturity. Yes, it is true that in our younger days, our attention, concentration and observation power are higher, but in the current social scenario with so many gadgets at our disposal, it is barely that children apply their observation power to their surroundings. Also, time is not a universal concept, so we cannot as a society ever put a deadline on any personal milestones of a person. We all run in our own courses and paths, choose crossroads and overcome obstacles. No two journeys on the face of this earth are the same, and hence that's what makes us unique and incomparable. Personally, I find the concept of time-bound education, work, life, love, family and all above it spirituality a farce of the society man himself created. People rise above this system and seek what they want patiently, and do not make rash decisions because society wants them to.
~ Suranya