The teachings of many spiritual masters, columns like the speaking tree and more recently the video i saw on you tube - Anita Moorjani https://www.youtube.com/watch?
Our fear of death, illness, solitude, what might be if..etc all lead us to become far more complicated human beings than we ought to be. We forget to live in the now and always worry about the future, about how life would be if we had this and that, if happiness would find us and on and on. As a result, we often lack that spark, that energy, that twinkle in the eye and a jump in our foot steps as we go about our life everyday.
I have been trying hard to live in the now for about a year although i must confess it is a rather daunting task. If we were to channelise our energies (read our mind) to the here and now instead of running in 20 different directions (or even more) for some of us, life would be far more stress free and fun. So what is living in the now? Living each day as if there was no tomorrow? Or identifying our big rocks in life and commit to them the time and energy that would make today meaningful and worthwhile? Or just living in the present and fulfilling our responsibilities? Or taking each day as it comes with a commitment to give ourselves to it, truly enjoying its presence and each moment.
It probably may be all of the above and since i am still no expert at it, i thought of sharing my experience and learning over the past year.
A close friend asked me to test this by watching my thoughts for a few minutes everyday. As i started doing this, i realised that even though i want to be positive, a lot of my thoughts were not necessarily so. The key is to ignore these unwanted thoughts and instead truly focus on the positive ones. The more positive thoughts come in, the more they multiply around us. The more they multiply around us, the more we see things working for us and around us. A true upward spiral till we dwell on that one negative one and everything comes crashing down all over again!!
The essence of life is to be able to stay with positivity, here, now, today and truly love everything around us unconditionally, starting with our own selves. The key to life is really no hidden message. It is the art of living, here and now.
I try everyday and one day, i know, this will be my only way, unconditionally.
Our fear of death, illness, solitude, what might be if..etc all lead us to become far more complicated human beings than we ought to be. We forget to live in the now and always worry about the future, about how life would be if we had this and that, if happiness would find us and on and on. As a result, we often lack that spark, that energy, that twinkle in the eye and a jump in our foot steps as we go about our life everyday.
I have been trying hard to live in the now for about a year although i must confess it is a rather daunting task. If we were to channelise our energies (read our mind) to the here and now instead of running in 20 different directions (or even more) for some of us, life would be far more stress free and fun. So what is living in the now? Living each day as if there was no tomorrow? Or identifying our big rocks in life and commit to them the time and energy that would make today meaningful and worthwhile? Or just living in the present and fulfilling our responsibilities? Or taking each day as it comes with a commitment to give ourselves to it, truly enjoying its presence and each moment.
It probably may be all of the above and since i am still no expert at it, i thought of sharing my experience and learning over the past year.
- Life is here and now, the future is the choices we make today
- Above everything else, if we respect and love our own self (find our centre within us), we would be at peace with ourselves
- Before we build expectations from others, if we were to only begin to fulfil our expectations to our own selves - towards our body, mind and soul
A close friend asked me to test this by watching my thoughts for a few minutes everyday. As i started doing this, i realised that even though i want to be positive, a lot of my thoughts were not necessarily so. The key is to ignore these unwanted thoughts and instead truly focus on the positive ones. The more positive thoughts come in, the more they multiply around us. The more they multiply around us, the more we see things working for us and around us. A true upward spiral till we dwell on that one negative one and everything comes crashing down all over again!!
The essence of life is to be able to stay with positivity, here, now, today and truly love everything around us unconditionally, starting with our own selves. The key to life is really no hidden message. It is the art of living, here and now.
I try everyday and one day, i know, this will be my only way, unconditionally.
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