And so you forget your rootedness in Being, your divine reality, and lose yourself in the world.
Confusion, anger, depression, violence, and conflict arise when humans forget who they are.
When you step into the Now, you step out of the content of your mind.
Most people confuse the Now with what happens in the Now, but that's not what it is. The Now is deeper than what happens in it.
It is the space in which it happens.
You continuously overlook the most obvious fact:
your innermost sense of I Am has nothing to do with what happens in your life, nothing to do with content.
That sense of I Am is one with the Now.
It is the space in which it happens.
You continuously overlook the most obvious fact:
your innermost sense of I Am has nothing to do with what happens in your life, nothing to do with content.
That sense of I Am is one with the Now.
Feel the aliveness within your body. That anchors you in the Now.
Do you treat this moment as if it were an obstacle to be overcome?
Do you feel you have a future moment to get to that is more important?
A simple but radical spiritual practice is to accept whatever arises in the Now — within and without.
No room for problem-making. Just this moment as it is.
Do you feel you have a future moment to get to that is more important?
A simple but radical spiritual practice is to accept whatever arises in the Now — within and without.
No room for problem-making. Just this moment as it is.
Do you know who i am ?!?
Complaining and reactivity are favorite mind patterns through which the ego strengthens itself.
For many people, a large part of their mentalemotional activity consists of complaining and reacting against this or that. By doing this, you make others or a situation "wrong" and yourself "right."
Through being "right," you feel superior, and through feeling superior, you strengthen your sense of self.
In reality, of course, you are only strengthening the illusion of ego.
The egoic sense of self needs conflict because its sense of a separate identity gets strengthened in fighting against this or that, and in demonstrating that this is "me" and that is not "me."
In your dealings with people, can you detect subtle feelings of either superiority or inferiority toward them?
You are looking at the ego, which lives through comparison.
For many people, a large part of their mentalemotional activity consists of complaining and reacting against this or that. By doing this, you make others or a situation "wrong" and yourself "right."
Through being "right," you feel superior, and through feeling superior, you strengthen your sense of self.
In reality, of course, you are only strengthening the illusion of ego.
The egoic sense of self needs conflict because its sense of a separate identity gets strengthened in fighting against this or that, and in demonstrating that this is "me" and that is not "me."
In your dealings with people, can you detect subtle feelings of either superiority or inferiority toward them?
You are looking at the ego, which lives through comparison.
"living for the next moment,"
When you live through the ego, you always reduce the present moment to a means to an end.
You live for the future, and when you achieve your goals, they don't satisfy you, at least not for long.
If you set egoic goals for the purpose of freeing yourself, enhancing yourself or your sense of importance, even if you achieve them, they will not satisfy you.
Set goals, but know that the arriving is not all that important.
When anything arises out of presence, it means this moment is not a means to an end: the doing is fulfilling in itself every moment. You are no longer reducing the Now to a means to an end, which is the egoic consciousness.
You live for the future, and when you achieve your goals, they don't satisfy you, at least not for long.
If you set egoic goals for the purpose of freeing yourself, enhancing yourself or your sense of importance, even if you achieve them, they will not satisfy you.
Set goals, but know that the arriving is not all that important.
When anything arises out of presence, it means this moment is not a means to an end: the doing is fulfilling in itself every moment. You are no longer reducing the Now to a means to an end, which is the egoic consciousness.
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