An Experiment in NOW-ness
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One of the things that can so easily get lost along the way of ‘trying to realize and become your best self’ is the simplicity of the path.
How many different perspectives, realizations, frameworks and reminders do we really need when the True Answer is always found in the Now. As in right now. As in this moment you are reading these words. And this one. And this one…..
I’ve been re-reading Eckhart Tolle’s masterpiece this month and am struck by the simplicity and profundity of the message. So much so that it’s compelling me to not just ‘hear’ the message but to be it. Now. And Now.
For me, the message shines a bright light on how much of the time I am NOT present.
Striving for the future. Being controlled by the past. I am almost never fully here.
Coming into the Now feels so hard. The pull of my mind is so strongly bent on focusing on the past and the future. I observe so much doubt and confusion when trying to center myself.
And then I get there.
At first it’s just for a moment. I’m in my body, observing the surroundings. Hearing things and seeing things, and there is no meaning other than the experience of being here.
I notice my body breathing, moving and things are ‘happening’. There is no future to worry about. There is no past to control me.
I am the wisp of existence itself, with absolutely no other meaning than I Am That.
What’s so fascinating about Being in the Now is that there’s no stress or anxiety. As Eckhart explains, these things can not exist in the Now because they simply do not exist in the first place. A truly heavenly place to be.
As we traverse through the medium of time, things appear to get more complex. It can feel harder to be in the Now. But it really is the only answer, the only Way.
My experiment is to continue centering myself in a state of Perpetual Nowness, and strengthen my capacity to simply witness my mind and my thoughts which only strive to take me out of the present.
What are the results I’m wanting? True appreciation of this gift of existence. Gratitude for every moment of experience. A full letting go of everything about me that takes me away from these things.
Can we Play This Game together?
