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Have you ever have one of those days when every thought running through your head is a mind-trip? The concepts and ideas are so philosophical that you realize that if you were to try and follow any of them, you might go down the rabbit hole and never find your way back? Okay… I’m there! I am simultaneously dancing with the future and the past.., while trying to figure out how to stay in the moment. I believe that the exploration and development of our spiritual SELF, is for the most part, about learning to live in the moment. To be present. As simple as this sounds, we have these very human tendencies to look to the past for answers, justification, proof, confirmation, etc., or plan, fret, conspire, anticipate or worry about the future! There is true self-mastery for those who have created present-moment living for themselves. I find that as simple as it is… It is one of my greatest challenges! This week one of the juxtapositions I am encountering is that many of the practices, techniques, classes, workshops, books or whatever we are using to connect and live more from this elusive NOW moment… Seem to force the past and future into your awareness! WTH? |
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So here I am following a new routine that supports more present moment living… That simultaneously has me loosing sleep, thinking about random experiences from yesterday to my early childhood! I am not even sure how these memories are connected to one another or if they are!! Then when I pull myself back to the present, I slip easily past it and into the future… What has to happen next? How will I pay the upcoming bill? Should I go for door number one or what is behind the curtain? How did I get into the future without remembering to stop in this present moment? And how can I be simultaneously thrilled for what is coming and be worried too? This is the true nature of our personal journey! It is a journey to SELF. One where we claim our personal power by setting down the illusion of Time… allowing the past to be just that, a moment that is never going to be repeated…. And a future that does not exist, until we create it. The journey to SELF where we choose how to respond to our thoughts and emotions, versus reacting to them. My mantra for the day… “I choose to respond”! How about you? How is your relationship with the present moment going? Any tips you want to share? |
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