The Old Rugged Clock ⏳

"Thay noticed things that I hardly noticed and took absolutely for granted, as happened one day at the University of Michigan. He had been invited to give a lecture on the war in Vietnam, to be followed by a poetry reading. Waiting for the elevator doors to open, I noticed Thay gazing at the clock above the doors. Then he said, 'You know, Jim, a few hundred years ago it would not have been a clock, it would have been a crucifix.' So simple but so startling a comment. He was right. More than a tool of social coordination, the clock has become a quasi-religious object in our world, a symbol of unity, a collective conveyer belt, a symbol so powerful that it could depose the crucifix."  

~ Jim Forest

"Eyes of Compassion – The Mindfulness Bell"

https://www.parallax.org/mindfulnessbell/article/eyes-of-compassion/