HOW TO LIVE AT THE PRESENT MOMENT By Eckhart Tolle
Audio Produced by CONSEJOS PARA SER FELIZ
Even if I fully accept that in the past time is an illusion, what makes a difference
Is going to cause this in my life? I still have to live in a world that is completely
Dominated by time.
Intellectual acceptance is simply another belief and will not change your life much.
To realize this truth, you have to live it. When every cell in your body
Is so present that you feel vibrated with life, and when you can feel in each
Moment of life the joy of Being, then you can say that you are free of time.
But I still have to pay the bills tomorrow, and I will grow old and die like
others. How can I say that I am free of time?
Tomorrow's accounts are not the problem. The dissolution of the physical body is not a
problem. The problem is the loss of the Now, or rather: the central deception that converts
A mere situation, event or emotion in a personal problem and in suffering. The
Loss of the Now is the loss of Being. Being free of time is being free of need
Psychological identity of the past for its identity and the future for its realization. It represents
The most profound transformation of consciousness you can imagine. In some cases
Rare, this change in consciousness occurs dramatically and radically, once and for all.
all. When it does, it usually comes through a total surrender in the midst of
Intense suffering. Most people, however, have to work
On it. When you have had the first glimpses
Of the timeless state of consciousness, begins to move back and forth between the dimensions
Of time and presence. First he becomes aware of how rarely his attention
Is really in the Now. But knowing that you are not present is a great success: this
Knowledge is presence, even if initially it only lasts a couple of seconds of the time of the
Clock and is lost again. Then, with increasing frequency, you choose to have the
Attention to your consciousness in the present, rather than in the past or in the future and each
Once he realizes that he has lost the Now, he can stay in it, not for
A couple of seconds but for longer periods perceived from the external perspective
Of the time of the clock. So before being firmly established in the presence state,
That is to say before being fully conscious, you fluctuate for a time between consciousness
And unconsciousness, between the state of presence and that of identification with the mind. You
Loses the Now and returns to it, again and again. Eventually, the presence becomes
Its predominant state. For most people, the presence of
Is never experienced or only accidentally and briefly in rare occasions, without being
Recognized as what it is. Most humans alternate, not between consciousness
And unconsciousness but only between different levels of unconsciousness.
ORDINARY INCONSCIENCE AND DEEP UNCONSCIOUSNESS
What do you mean by different levels of unconsciousness?
As you probably know, while you are sleeping you are constantly moving between the phases of
Sleep without dreams and dream state. Similarly, in the waking state
Most people only switch between ordinary unconsciousness and deep unconsciousness.
What I call ordinary unconsciousness means being identified with your thought processes
And with their emotions, their reactions, desires and aversions. It is the normal state of most
of people. In that state you are governed by the egotistical mind, and it is unconscious
Of the Being. It is a state not of acute pain or unhappiness, but of a low level of discomfort,
Discontent, boredom or almost continuous nervousness, a kind of background static.
You may not realize this because it is a frequent part of "normal" life,
Just as it does not become aware of a continuous low background noise, such as hum
Of an air conditioner, until it stops. When it stops suddenly, there is a sensation
Of relief. Many people use alcohol, drugs, sex, food, work,
Television or even shopping as anesthetics, in an unconscious attempt
For suppressing the basic discomfort. When this occurs, an activity that could be
Very pleasant, if used in moderation, it becomes a compulsive activity or
Addictive, and everything that is achieved through it is a brief relief of symptoms.
The discomfort of ordinary unconsciousness becomes the pain of unconsciousness
Deep-a state of suffering or unhappiness more acute and more obvious-when things
"Go wrong", when the ego is threatened or in its vital situation there is a challenge, a threat
Or significant loss, real or imaginary; Or when there is conflict in a relationship. Is
An intensified version of ordinary unconsciousness, different from it not in the type
But in the degree. In ordinary unconsciousness, resistance
Habitual or negation of what is created the discomfort and discontent that the majority
Of people accept as the normal way of living. When this resistance intensifies
By some challenge or threat to the ego, brings intense negativity in the form of anger, acute fear, aggression,
Depression, and so on. Deep unconsciousness often means that the body of pain
Has been fired and that you have identified with him. Physical violence would be impossible
Without profound unconsciousness. It may also occur when a multitude of people or
Even an entire nation generates a collective field of negative energy.
The best indicator of your level of consciousness is how you handle the challenges of life when
They arrive In these challenges, an already unconscious person tends to become more deeply unconscious
And a more intensely conscious conscious person. You can use a challenge to
Wake up, or can allow you to push you to an even deeper sleep. The dream
Of ordinary unconsciousness then becomes a nightmare.
If you can not be present even under normal circumstances, such as when
Is sitting alone in a room, walking in the woods or listening to someone, certainly
Can not remain conscious when something "goes wrong" or faces people or situations
Difficult, with loss or threat of loss. You will be dominated by a reaction,
Which in the end is always a form of fear, and dragged into unconsciousness
Deep. Those challenges are your proofs. Only the way you resolve them will show you
You and others at what point you are in terms of your state of consciousness, not the
Time you can sit with your eyes closed or what visions you have.
So it is essential to bring more awareness to your life in ordinary situations when
Everything goes with relative ease. In this way, you grow in power of presence.
That generates an energy field in you and around you of a great frequency
Of vibrations. Neither unconsciousness, nor negativity, nor discord or violence
Can penetrate that field and survive, just as darkness can not survive
In the presence of light. When you learn to witness your
Thoughts and emotions, which is an essential part of being present, you may be surprised
When he realizes for the first time the "static" background of ordinary unconsciousness
You have and how seldom if any, you are really comfortable with yourself
same. At the level of your thinking, you will find much resistance in the form of
Judgment, discontent and mental projection away from the Now. At the emotional level, there will be a
Underground current of discomfort, tension, boredom or nervousness. All are aspects
Of the mind in its habitual mode of resistance to the present.
WHAT ARE YOU LOOKING FOR?
Carl Jung tells in one of his books a conversation he had with an Indian chief
American who pointed out that as he perceived the whites have faces
Tense, penetrating eyes and a cruel bearing. He said "They are always looking for something.
They are looking for? Whites always want something. They are always uncomfortable and restless.
We do not know what they want. We think they are crazy. "
The underground stream of constant unrest began long before the emergence of the
Western industrial civilization, of course, but in Western civilization, which now
Covers most of the globe, including most of the East, manifests itself in a form
Unprecedented. It was there already in the time of Jesus and also six hundred years
Before, in the time of the Buddha, and much earlier. Why are they always restless? Asked
Jesus to his disciples. "Can worry add one day to your life?" And the Buddha
Taught that the root of suffering must be sought in our continual longing and longing.
Resistance to the Now as collective dysfunction is intrinsically connected with the loss
Of consciousness of Being and forms the basis of our dehumanized industrial civilization.
Freud, by the way, also recognized the existence of this underground stream
And wrote about it in her book, Culture Discomfort, but she did not recognize
The real root of restlessness and did not realize that it is possible to
he. This collective dysfunction has created a very unhappy civilization and extraordinarily
Violence that has become a threat, not only for
All life on the planet.
DISSOLUTION OF ORDINARY UNCONSCIOUSNESS
So how can we be freed from this affliction?
Make it aware. Look at the many ways in which restlessness, discontent and
Tension arises within you because of unnecessary judgment, resistance to
Which is and the negation of the Now. Everything unconscious dissolves when you do
Shine the light of consciousness on it. Once you know how to dissolve unconsciousness
Ordinary, the light of your presence will shine brightly and it will be much easier to deal
With deep unconsciousness when it feels its gravitational force. However, unconsciousness
Ordinary may not be easy to detect initially because it is so normal.
Make it a habit to monitor your mental-emotional state through observation
of himself. "Am I quiet right now?" is a
Good question for you to do it frequently. Or you can ask, "What is happening
In me at this time? "Be at least as interested in what goes on inside as
In what happens outside. If your inside is okay, the outside will be in order. Reality
Primary is in, secondary is outside. But do not answer these questions immediately.
Turn your attention inward. Take a look inside. What kind of thoughts
Is producing your mind? What do you feel? Turn your attention to the
body. Is there any tension? As soon as you detect that there is a bit of restlessness, a static
Background, observe how you are avoiding, resisting or denying life, by denying
The Now. There are many ways in which people unconsciously resist
Present moment. I'll give you some examples. With practice, your power of observation
Itself, to monitor its internal state, will become more acute.
THE RELEASE OF UNCLE
Do you dislike doing what you are doing? It may be your job, or you may have accepted
Do something and it is doing, but part of you resents and resists it.
Do you have unconfessed resentment towards a person close to you? He realizes
That the energy emanating from it is so harmful in its effects that in fact you
Is he defiling himself as well as those around him? Watch closely
its interior. Is there the least trace of resentment, of ill will? If there is, watch so much
On the intellectual as well as the emotional level. What thoughts are creating your mind
Around this situation? Then look at the emotion, which is the reaction of the body
To those thoughts. Feel the emotion. Is it pleasurable or unpleasant? Is it an energy
That you really would choose to have inside? Do you have a choice?
Maybe they are taking advantage of you, maybe the activity in which it is involved is
Tedious, maybe someone close to you is dishonest, irritating or unconscious, but
All that is irrelevant. May your thoughts and emotions about that situation be
Justified or not, makes no difference. The fact is that you are resisting
To what it is. It is turning the present moment into an enemy. It is creating unhappiness,
Conflict between the inner and the outer. Your unhappiness is polluting, not only
His own inner being and those around him, but also the collective human psyche,
Of which you are an inseparable part. The pollution of the planet is only a reflection
Outside of an inner psychic contamination: millions of unconscious individuals who do not
Take responsibility for their interior space. You should either stop doing what you are
Doing, talking to the person who has to do with the matter and fully expressing
What you feel, or abandon the negativism that has created your mind around the situation
And that it serves no purpose except to strengthen a false sense of you
same. It is important to recognize their futility. Negativity is never an optimal form
To handle any situation. In fact, in most cases it maintains it
Stuck in it, blocking the real change. Anything done with negative energy,
Will become contaminated by it and in time will bring more pain, more unhappiness.
In addition, every negative inner state is contagious: unhappiness extends more
Easily than a physical illness. By the law of the resonance, it shoots and it feeds
The latent negativity of others, unless they are immune, ie highly conscious.
Are you polluting the world or cleaning up the mess? You are responsible for your condition
inside; No one else is, just as you are also responsible for the planet. The
Same that occurs inside, occurs outside: if humans clean the contamination
Interior, will also stop creating outdoor pollution.
How can we abandon negativity, as you suggest?
Releasing her. How do you release a piece of hot coal in your hand? How do you loose
A heavy and useless luggage that carries? Recognizing that you do not want to suffer the pain or endure
Charge more and then let it go. Deep unconsciousness, such as the body
Of pain or other deep pain, such as the loss of a loved one, often must be transmuted
By means of acceptance combined with the light of their presence, their sustained attention.
On the other hand, many patterns of ordinary unconsciousness can be released simply as
You know you do not want them and you do not need them, once you realize that you have
Choice, that is not just a lot of conditioned reflexes. All this implies
That you are able to access the power of the Now. Without him he has no choice.
If you call some negative emotions, is not creating a mental polarity of
Good and bad, as explained before?
No. Polarity was created at an earlier stage, when your mind judged the present moment
As bad; This judgment created the negative emotion.
But if you call some negative emotions are you not really saying they should not
Be there, is not it okay to have those emotions? I understand that we should be given
Permission to have any feelings that arise, instead of judging them as bad or
Say we should not have them. It is okay to feel resentful; It's okay to be angry,
Irritated, in a bad mood or anything else, otherwise we enter into repression,
In internal conflict or in denial. Everything is fine as it is.
Of course. Once a mental pattern, an emotion or a reaction is there,
Accept them. He was not conscious enough to make a choice in the matter. That
It is not a judgment, but a fact. If you had a choice, or noticed, that
Really have a choice would you choose suffering or joy, tranquility
Or uneasiness, peace or conflict? Would you choose a thought or a feeling that separates you
Of your natural state of well-being, the joy of life within you? Any feelings
Of this type I call it negative, which simply means bad. Not in the sense that "You
I should not have done that "but simply a bad factual, like feeling bad in the stomach.
How is it possible for humans to kill a hundred million congeneres only in
The twentieth century (RL Sivard, World Military and Social Expeditures 1996, 16th Edition,
World Priorities, Washington DC, 1996, p. 7). Let human beings become pained
Mutually in such magnitude is beyond what one can imagine. And that does not take
Mental, emotional and physical violence, torture, pain and cruelty.
Which continue to be caused, as well as that which causes other sentient beings daily.
Do they act this way because they are in contact with their natural state, the joy of life
What is in them? Of course not. Only people who are in a state deeply
Negative, who feel really bad, would create a reality as well as a reflection of
The way they feel. Now they are determined to destroy nature and the planet they
It holds them. Incredible but true. Humans are a dangerous species
Insane and very sick. That is not a judgment, it is a fact. It is also a fact that health
Mental is there, under the madness. Healing and redemption are now possible.
Turning specifically to what you said, it is true that when you accept your
Resentment, bad temper, anger, is no longer forced to act blindly, and is
Less likely to project them on others. But I wonder if he is not cheating
Likewise. When you have practiced acceptance for a while, as you have
Fact, there comes a time when you need to move on to the next stage, in which those emotions
No longer occur. If you do not, your 'acceptance' simply becomes
A mental label that allows your ego to continue indulging in unhappiness
And thus strengthen his sense of separation from others, from what surrounds him, from here
And now. As you know, separation is the basis of the ego's sense of identity. The
True acceptance would transmute those feelings immediately. And if you really knew
Deeply that everything is "right", as you say it, which of course is true,
Would he have, to begin with, those negative feelings? No trial, no resistance to
That is, they would not arise. You have an idea in mind that "everything is fine," but
Deep down he does not believe it, so the old mental-emotional-¬emotional patterns
Are still in place. That's what makes him feel bad.
That's fine too.
Are you defending your right to be unconscious, your right to suffer? Do not worry nobody
He's going to take that away. Once you realize that a certain type of food makes you sick
Would you continue to eat that food and ensure that it is okay to be sick?
WHERE YOU ARE, BE FULL THERE
Can you give me more examples of ordinary unconsciousness?
See if you can surprise yourself lamenting, in word or in thought, a situation
In which he finds himself, of what others do or say, of what surrounds him, of his situation
Vital, or even of time. Complaining is always lack of acceptance of what is. Invariably
Carries an unconscious negative charge. When he complains, he becomes a victim. When
Is explained, is in possession of its power. So change the situation by acting or speaking
Clear if necessary or possible; Leave the situation or accept it. The rest is crazy.
Ordinary unconsciousness is always linked in some way to the negation of the Now.
The Now, of course, also implies the here. Are you resisting your here and
now? Some people would rather be always somewhere else. His "here" is never
satisfactory. Through self-observation, find out if this is the case in your
lifetime. Wherever you are, be fully there. If you find your here and now intolerable
And makes you unhappy, you have three options: move away from the situation, change it or accept it completely.
If you want to take responsibility for your life, you must choose one of these three options and
Choose now Then accept the consequences, no excuses, no negativity, no pollution
Psychic Keep your interior space clear. If you undertake any type of action - change
Your situation or get out of it - release the negativity first, if possible. The action that arises
Of understanding what is required is more effective than that arising from negativity.
Any action is often better than non-action, especially if it has been stopped
In a situation of unhappiness for a long time. If you make a mistake, at least you learn
Something, in which case it is no longer an error. If it remains stuck it learns nothing. Does it prevent fear
To take action? Recognize fear, watch it, put your attention on it, be
Fully present with it. Doing this cuts the link between fear and your thinking.
Do not let fear arise in your mind. Use The Power of Now. Fear can not
Prevail against it. If there's really nothing I can do to
Change your here and now, and you can not get away from the situation, then accept it totally
Releasing any internal resistance. The false and unhappy self who loves to feel miserable,
Resentful or self-pitying can not survive then. This is called surrender.
Surrender is not weakness. There is great strength in it. Only a surrendered person has power
Spiritual, Through surrender, you will be free within the situation.
He may then discover that the situation changes without any effort on his part. In
In any case, you are free. Or is there something you "should" be doing
But what does not? Get up and do it now. Or, alternatively, fully accept your
Inactivity, your laziness or your passivity at this time, if that is your choice. I went into
She fully, enjoy it. Be as lazy and inactive as you can be. If applicable
To it fully and consciously, it will soon come out of it. Or maybe not. In any
In this case, there is no inner conflict, no resistance, no negativity.
Is stressed? Are you so busy trying to reach the future that the present is reduced
A means of getting there? Stress is caused by being "here", but wanting to be
"there"; Or being in the present but wanting to be in the future. It is a break that
It tears inside. Creating and living with an inner tear like this is unhealthy. If you
Has to do it, can move in a hurry, work in a hurry or even run, without projecting
In the future and without resisting the present. As you move, work, run, do it fully.
Enjoy the flow of energy, the high energy of that moment. Now you will not be stressed anymore
Nor divided in two, just moving, running, working and enjoying it. Or you can leave everything
And sit on a park bench. But when you do, watch your mind. You might say:
"You should be working. You're wasting time." Watch the mind, smile.
Does the past take much of your attention? Do you talk about him, think often about him,
Either positively or negatively? The great things he has achieved, his adventures or experiences,
Or your victim story and the horrible things that have done to him, or maybe what you tell him
Did someone else? Are your thinking processes creating guilt, pride, resentment,
Anger, remorse or self-pity? Then you are not only reinforcing a sense
False identity but also helping to accelerate the aging process of
Your body by producing an accumulation of past in your psyche. Check this out for yourself
Himself observing those around him who have a strong tendency to cling to the past.
Die to the past in every moment. You do not need it. Refer to it only when
Is absolutely relevant to the present. Feel the power of this moment and the fullness
Of Being. Feel their presence.
He's busy? Do you often think what would happen if ...? You are identified
With her mind, which is projecting itself into an imaginary future situation
And creating fear. There is no way that you can deal with that situation because
does not exist. It is a mental ghost. You can stop this madness that corrodes health and
Life simply by recognizing the present moment. Become aware of your breathing.
Feel the air flowing to and from your body. Feel your inner energy field. All
What you have to handle, face, in real life - as opposed to projections
Imaginary of the mind - is this moment. Ask yourself what "problem" you have
Right now, not next year, tomorrow, or in five minutes. It's wrong
at this time? You can always face the Now, but you can never face the future,
Nor does it have to. The correct response, strength, action or resource will be
There when I need them, not before or after. "I'll make it one day." Does your goal take you so much?
Attention that reduces the present moment to a means to achieve an end? That is
Snatching the joy of what he does? Are you waiting to start living? If you develop
A mental pattern like that, no matter what it reaches or achieves, the present will never be enough
good; The future will always look better. A perfect recipe for dissatisfaction
And permanent lack of realization, do not you agree?
Are you usually expecting something? How much of your life do you spend waiting for?
What I call "small-scale waiting" is waiting in the mail queue, in a traffic jam
Of traffic, at the airport, by the arrival of someone or the end of work. The "wait
On a grand scale "is to wait for the next vacation, a better job, for the children to grow, a
Really significant relationship, success, getting rich, being important, achieving the
illumination. It is not uncommon for people to spend their whole lives hoping to start living.
Waiting is a state of mind. It basically means that you want the future, that
He does not want the present. He does not want what he has. With any kind of waiting you create unconsciously
A conflict between his here and now, where he does not want to be, and the projected future,
In which you want to be. This greatly reduces the quality of your life as it makes you lose
the present. There is nothing wrong with striving to improve
The vital situation. You can improve your life situation, but you can not improve your
lifetime. Life is primary. Life is your innermost being. It is already complete, perfect.
Your life situation consists of your circumstances and your experiences. There is nothing wrong in establishing
Goals and strive to achieve things. The mistake is to use that as a substitute for feeling
Of life, of Being. The only point of access to this is now. You are then like
An architect who does not pay attention to the foundations of the building, but spends a lot of time
Working on the superstructure. For example, many people are waiting
Prosperity. It can not arrive in the future. When you honor, acknowledge and accept fully
Its present reality - where it is, who it is, what it is doing right now - when
Fully accept what you have, you are thankful for what you have, what it is,
Of Being. Gratitude for the present moment and for the fullness of life is now the true
prosperity. It can not arrive in the future. Then, over time, this prosperity
Is manifested in many ways. If you are dissatisfied with what you have,
Or even frustrated or angry with their present deficiencies, that may motivate him to become
Rich, but even if it earn millions, it will continue to experience the inner condition of lack
And in the background will continue to feel unfulfilled. You can have many exciting experiences
That money can buy, but they will come and go and leave you always with a feeling
Of vacuum and with the need for more physical or psychological gratification. You will not live
In the Being to feel the fullness of life now, which is the only true prosperity.
Leave the waiting as a state of mind. When you catch yourself falling on
She ... leave immediately. Go back to the present moment. Just be and enjoy being. Yes
You are present, there is never need to wait for anything. So the next
Once someone says, "I'm sorry I made you wait," you can reply, "Okay,
I was not expecting. I was standing here having fun, in the joy of myself. "
These are just some of the usual strategies of the mind to deny the moment
Present, which are part of ordinary unconsciousness. It's easy to miss them because
Are part of the normal way of living: the static background of perpetual discontent.
But the more you practice monitoring your inner mental and emotional state, the more you
It will be easy for you to know when you have been trapped in the past or in the future,
Unconsciousness, and awakening from the dream of time to the present. But be alert: the
Being false, being unhappy based on identification with the mind, lives off time. Knows that the
Present moment is his death and for that reason he feels very threatened by him. Will do everything
That I can to keep you from him. It will try to keep you trapped in time.
THE INTERNAL PURPOSE OF THE TRIP OF YOUR LIFE
I can see the truth of what you are saying, but I still think we should have a purpose
In the way of life; Otherwise we simply drift; And purpose means
Future, right? How to reconcile this with living in the present?
When you are traveling, it is certainly useful to know where you are going or at least the address
General in which it moves, but do not forget: the only thing that is real in the last
To your journey is the step you are taking in that moment. That's all there is.
The journey of your life has an external purpose and an inner purpose. The external purpose is to arrive
To their goal or destiny, to achieve what they decide to do, to achieve this or that, which
Course, implies future. But if your destiny, or the steps you are going to take in the future, absorb
So much your attention that they become more important to you than the step you are giving now,
Then it completely loses its internal purpose, which has nothing to do with where
Going or with what he is doing but with how. It has nothing to do with the future, but with
The quality of your conscience at this time. The external purpose belongs to the dimension
Horizontal space and time; The internal purpose concerns a deepening of
His Being in the vertical dimension of the Now without time. Your external trip may include
Of a million steps; Your inner journey has only one: the step you are taking right now.
As he becomes more deeply aware of that single step, he realizes that already
It contains in itself all the other steps as well as destiny. This single step
Transformed into an expression of perfection, an act of great beauty and quality.
It will have brought you to Being and the light of Being will shine through it. This is
At the same time the purpose and achievement of your inner journey, the journey towards yourself.
Does it matter if we achieve our external purpose, whether we triumph or fail in the world?
It will matter to you as long as you have not achieved your inner purpose. After achieving this,
The outer purpose is only a game that you can simply keep playing
Because it amuses him. It is also possible to completely fail in its external purpose and to
Same time to fully succeed in its internal purpose. Or, on the contrary, what is in fact
Most common: external wealth and inner poverty, or "winning the world and losing your soul", as
Says Jesus. Ultimately, of course, every external purpose is doomed to "fail"
Early on, simply because it is subject to the law of non-permanence of all
things. The sooner you realize that your external purpose can not give you fulfillment
Durable, better. When he has seen the limitations of his external purpose, he renounces expectation
Unreal that he should make him happy and subordinate him to his inner purpose.
THE PAST CAN NOT SURVIVE IN HIS PRESENCE
You mentioned that thinking or talking about the past without need is one of the ways we avoided
the present. But apart from the past that we remember and with which we may identify, do not
Is there another level of past within us that is much more deeply established?
I speak of the unconscious past that conditions our life, especially through the
Experiences of childhood, perhaps even past life experiences. Plus
Is our cultural conditioning, which has to do with where we live geographically
And the historical period of time in which we live. All these things determine how
We see the world, how we react, what we think, what kind of relationships we have, how we lead
our life. How could we ever become aware of all this or get rid of
Of it? How long would that take? And even if we did, what would be left?
What is left when the illusion is over? There is no need to investigate the unconscious past
In you, except as it manifests itself at this moment as a thought, an emotion,
A desire, a reaction or an external event that happens to you. What you need to know
About the unconscious past in you, will bring you the challenges of the present.
If you delve into the past will become a bottomless pit: there are always more. You
He may think he needs more time to understand the past or to be free of it, in
Other words that the future will eventually release him from the past. This is a hoax.
Only the present can free it from the past. More time can not release it from time.
Access the power of the Now. That is the key.
What is the power of the Now?
Nothing but the power of his presence, his consciousness freed from the forms of thought.
So, manage the past on the level of the present. The more attention you give to the
More energized and more likely to make it an identity. Do not interpret
Evil: attention is essential, but not the past as the past. Give attention to the present;
Pay attention to their behavior, their reactions, bad moods, thoughts, emotions, fears
And desires as they occur in the present. The past is in you. If you can be
Sufficiently present to see all these things, not critically or analytically, but rather
Without judging, is managing the past and dissolving it with the power of his presence. Can not be found
To himself going into the past. He finds himself coming to the present.
Is it not useful to understand the past and thus understand why we do certain things, we react
In a certain way or why we unconsciously create our particular type of drama, our
Relationship patterns and so on?
As you become more aware of your present reality, you may have certain understandings
Sudden on why their conditioning works in that particular way; For example, by
That your relationships follow certain patterns, and you can remember things that happened in the
Past and see them more clearly. That is fine and can be helpful, but it is not essential.
What is essential is your conscious presence. That dissolves the past. That is the transforming agent.
So do not seek to understand the past, but be as present as you can.
The past can not survive in your presence. He can only survive in his absence.
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