Like an underground stream, sacred time is always present, even if hidden, always ready to be tapped into to quench the thirst of the time-weary traveler. Sacred time undestood in this sense is potentially capable of sustaining perpetual festival, a life of unending celebration. Periodic festivals, weekly Sabbaths, yearly rites, holy days, and periods of meditation, prayer, or contemplation allow us to use our binocular vision to achieve a depth of insight into the nature of the life we are living.

Gary Eberle, Sacred Time and the Search for Meaning