Comments on: Being In The Present

By: Tifffany

Tifffany — Mon, 22 Nov 2010 12:12:29 +0000

While I was reading this I was also playing with my son and wishing my boyfriend good luck and farewell as he was heading out the door. What I thought was a moment that I was being distracted by everything was just me being in the moment. And guess what i smell…a dirty diaper:D

By: Subjectivity9

Subjectivity9 — Wed, 20 May 2009 13:04:30 +0000

Autopilot or habitual mind is actually a dead thing. It is in skimming the surface of events, simply because we feel that we already know what is there, [been there/done that], that we miss out on the richness in detail that is both ever present to us and richly satisfying. Life, if we are not careful to pay close attention to it, can quickly become tasteless and boring, even painful.

Lin Chi, ‚ÄúWho is this fellow going in and out of my eyes.‚Äù

Like a cat, the moving events in life grab our eyes and make us feel that movement and excitement are the only things going on.

If any thing, or any part of our self for that matter, remains silent and/or still, it is easily over-looked. And yet at the same time, we are so commonly told by the wise ones that these very levels of our understandings, that we so easily discount, are often what we at our very depths truly hunger for. It is that emptiness that is never quite filled and at the same time won‚Äôt seem to go away.

Subjectivity9/Leslie

By: Lee

Lee — Wed, 20 May 2009 12:43:55 +0000

I don’t think anyone seriously has to worry about getting stuck in the NOW. It’s always NOW whether we are working in a deliberative mind set or in a natural ‘meditative’ mind set. When one thinks of impermanence and the future death of oneself (mentally or physically) that will be NOW. Train like your hair is on fire because change is and the moment of your death will be NOW. “Time” flows relentlessly on leaving all of us in the dust.

By: Keith

Keith — Wed, 20 May 2009 09:47:01 +0000

Excellently answered. Thanks

By: Kris

Kris — Wed, 20 May 2009 01:33:14 +0000

I just wanted to say excellent post Brian, one of the best I’ve read in a while.

Kris

By: Farang

Farang — Wed, 20 May 2009 01:31:36 +0000

Trying to be in the moment yesterday while walking outside, this thought occurred: How does one know the difference between being mindfully aware of something (a flower, for instance) and being distracted by it so that mindfulness of the present is lost?

By: steve

steve — Tue, 19 May 2009 21:27:04 +0000

Hello!
My understanding is that everything that happens,happens in the NOW even future events will happen in the NOW.I believe that using the NOW to plan for the future is O.K. but we must return to the NOW(what is happening in this present moment)in order to live life more fully.All of life is lived in the NOW.So make your plans for the future NOW and then revert back to living your life in this present moment(the NOW).Life lived this way instead of always thinking of the past or future will greatly help you in seeking liberation from suffering!