The Power of Living In The Present Moment
Are you even aware of who you are at any given moment, at
this present moment?
You mostly identify with your thoughts as you making
these thoughts which doesn’t serve you in the long run. You derive your sense
of identification or sense of self from the activities of your mind.
You believe everything you think is in your best interest
and would die if you stopped thinking.
When you were growing you formed a mental picture of who
you are based upon your perception and sense of self at that time all based on
your personal and cultural conditioning at that time.
This mental picture that you took on as yourself became
the life sustaining principle in your life and a ghost or phantom you weren’t
even conscious that existed and was in charge and ruling your life and reality.
This we will call the “Ego”.
It is basically the mind activities created and
controlled by the subconscious mind and kept running by your emotional and
mental activities, your thoughts and emotions.
It is the unconscious identification with the mind.
The Ego here means different things to different people,
for some its vanity, for another set it’s who they are and are happy to show
off.
But for the purpose of this article, it is the false self
which is created by the subconscious mind to keep you safe and secured form
what it terms “threats” irrespective of whether its own narratives are right or
wrong.
To the Ego, the present moment does not exist, there is
only the past and the future. There is no here and now.
Soul which is the divine beingness which is your true
identity only lives in the now. It doesn’t know the past nor the future.
This reversal of the truth shows how in the “ego mode”,
the mind is dysfunctional and not on the true path of soul.
The Ego would do anything and everything to keep the past
alive so that you remain caught up in the intricate web of the past filled with
illusion of what is not and what will not be.
It keeps the future alive in any way it can so that
should you escape the past then you are suddenly caught up in the intricate web
of future events that has not happened yet.
This it does to ensure its survival and remove the need
for the you to discover who you truly are at the core of your being..
It brings the false sense that “someday when something
happens in a particular way, you will be ok and at peace and everything will be
alright”. That is a great deception as everything happens in the now.
Even when it seems as if the Ego is concerned with the
present moment, because of its wrong narratives from the false self-created, it
misperceives it completely as it looks from the eyes of the past or the future
and never the present which is truly where you are.
It reduces the present moment to a means to an end – the
end being in the mind projected future it has conjured up and not necessarily
what is before it thereby losing the truth of what it means to be living in the
present moment.
What it means to just surrender totally to divine essence
that created you and in surrender without trying to change anything or will
thing to be as you want rather than as they should be.
In that moment, you will see the uniqueness and the unity
in all life and you watch life and nature rearrange itself for your benefit
always for the good of the whole.
You see how everything shows up for you to create what’s
best for you as you learn the lesson you need to correct the mindset that has
created these unwanted realities that the mind tries to shield you away from
acting in the capacity to shield and protect you.
Observe your mind and see how it works for a day, you
will catch this truth.
In closing, i believe the
wisdom below will serve you in life:
“Thank you God, for this
beautiful day today. Help me to always see your love reflected in each and
every moment, no matter how challenging life may be. Remind me to always look
to my heart for the LESSONS and BLESSINGS in life”.
Jean Voice Dart!
These words of Inspirations
from the enlightened ones will serve you even more:
“I wish I could show you
when you are lonely or in darkness, the astonishing light of your own being”.
Hafiz
“Within you is the light of
a thousand suns, within you is unimaginable beauty”.
Robert Adam
“Don’t you know it yet, it
is your light that illuminates the worlds”.
Rumi
“I am the light of the
world. You are the light of the world”.
Jesus
“Your heart is the light of
the world, don’t cover it with your mind”.
Mooji
Taking responsibility and
recognizing that we cause all of our core issues is not a reality for most
people.
Taking responsibility to see
life differently without justification, judgement and blame, rejection or
anxiety, fear or anger would really help you in the long run.
Every condition, disease or disorder is a spiritual
condition that has come up for review and to be dealt with and taken care of.
Once the lesson is truly learnt and absorbed, the conditions or situation
reverses itself and clears out and that’s when we say a healing has occurred
and a miracle has happened.
Every problem preludes a negative thought and mindset so
watch your thoughts and emotions carefully and guard them jealously.
Nothing can stop you if you have the courage, commitment
and the discipline to move through your limitations.
‘Let yourself be drawn by the stronger pull of that which
you truly love’
The purpose of life is to discover who you really are,
know and create yourself and experience yourself as who you really are (not the
body that houses you) as a part of the divine source to give and receive love
and serve all creatures of the divine.
As long as you don’t or you refuse to see yourself as a
victim then life becomes a challenge that you can overcome with commitment and
consistent work and it will pay you back handsomely.
A lesson you avoided in a past life will be forwarded to
the current life until you get the lesson right or understood the reason for
it. Each time the lesson is more intense, than the last experience until you
recognize it.
This is an interactive universe where we all work
together in each other’s lessons and life whether we want it or not or whether
we are aware of it or not.
Our fears always surface when we least expect it and when
it does, its better to face the lesson and conquer it.
You can take back control of your life and drive it the
way you would rather want it to be and have things and have things the way you
want it to be.
It takes taking responsibility for all the wrongs that
have happened in your life because whether you agree or not, you are held
responsible for all your:
1. THOUGHTS
2. WORDS
3. ACTION
Nobody wants to listen to your cry of wolf or denial or
victim mentality and it won’t take you far except you sit still, take stock of
your life and determine and desire to turn it around and that’s where and when
the answers or solutions come in.
If and when you are now truly ready to take back control
and look out for the patterns and lessons in your life to understand the mind
aberrations that are causing your problems and have taken control of your life.
That’s when the creative centers open within and you can
finally have the tools to help you change the course of your life and manifest
your destiny.
To succeed in life, you must refuse to see yourself as a
loser no matter what the prevailing situation or condition might be and you
evaluate what you can do to succeed.
The most important qualities are self-esteem, self-worth
and self-confidence and that you understand that you are entitled to abundance
in your life.
You can do anything you want to and be anything you want
to, provided you believe that it is possible.
Victims do not hold that belief!
So ask yourself – are you a victim?
Sometimes a little help from a Therapist or Mental Health
Consultant like myself and a host of others can help guide you on this journey
into an amazing life that is yours and yours only.
This is all for now!
Remember if you have questions or need further
clarification, please contact me on the email and phone numbers listed below:
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