"One of the most valuable realizations is that time is not linear, it’s circular."
https://mountaintimes.info/time-is-circular/
"Western thought subscribes to the linear model of time. In contrast, Eastern traditions look at time as a circular concept, and this has been the case since time immemorial. Time moves circularly on a traditional watch dial. In contrast, the mind perceives the linearity of time from the past to the future."
https://mindandsoul.space/home/2019/8/28/understanding-the-dimension-of-time-is-it-linear-or-circular
"Time is not linear it is circular. A clock is not a timeline but a circle for the simple reason that time does not begin or stop, it continues without beginning or end. In the same fashion days and years are also circular."
https://www.ancient-hebrew.org/philosophy/concepts-in-time.htm
"Ouroboros, emblematic serpent of ancient Egypt and Greece represented with its tail in its mouth, continually devouring itself and being reborn from itself."
https://www.britannica.com/topic/Ouroboros