Monday, 18th December 2017
What we call the PAST is past. The FUTURE has not yet come. So the NOW is the reality.
The Nature exists at PRESENT. You cannot say that Sun exists in the past. The Sun in the past is only a memory. So the Sun you see in the sky exists at present. The wind moves at PRESENT. The ocean, the sky, the trees, the animals.. all in the Nature around you exists at PRESENT. The existance of the Nature is there only at present. The past is memory and the future is an imagination. So the Nature is the Present.
My body is a part of Nature. My body exists at PRESENT. My heart beats at present. The blood in my body circulate at PRESENT. The neurons in my brain works at PRESENT. Digestion system functions at PRESENT. All aspects of my body acts at PRESENT.
My senses function at PRESENT. I see only at PRESENT. I can hear only at PRESENT. I can touch or feel the touch only at PRESENT.
I can do all these only when my mind stays at PRESENT. Unlike my body, my mind can travel to & fro in TIME. My mind travels through PAST (as memory) and FUTURE (as imagination). The mind has the connection with the PAST and FUTURE through the TIME and it can move back and forth as it wants. Mind can move to the past, because the past exists only in my mind. It exists only in my memory. Similarly the future also exists in the mind or in the imagination.
The PAST exists in my memory; but my memory functions at PRESENT. I remember a past incident at PRESENT. So even the PAST is existing at PRESENT. Similarly even the FUTURE is existing in the imagination which happens at PRESENT.
You can be at PRESENT only when your mind stays inside your body. But very relevant question is that why should I be at PRESENT? The answer is that you can be practical in life only if you are at PRESENT. To be practical, your mind needs to be in your body. Once your mind is inside your body, you are at PRESENT.
There are some people who live only at PRESENT. They cannot think properly. They are ready for any kind of physical labor. But there are other kind of people who live either is past or in future. They are good in theories. But they would be very bad in practical matters.
Being at PRESENT when it is needed and being in PAST or FUTURE according to the requirements is the ideal behavior.
Observe yourself and realize when you are at PRESENT, in PAST or in FUTURE. That self awareness helps you to function effectively in life. You can develop the habit of being at PRESENT or being not at PRESENT according to the necessity in life.
Observe and Manage. (OM)
This is the method.
What we call the PAST is past. The FUTURE has not yet come. So the NOW is the reality.
The Nature exists at PRESENT. You cannot say that Sun exists in the past. The Sun in the past is only a memory. So the Sun you see in the sky exists at present. The wind moves at PRESENT. The ocean, the sky, the trees, the animals.. all in the Nature around you exists at PRESENT. The existance of the Nature is there only at present. The past is memory and the future is an imagination. So the Nature is the Present.
My body is a part of Nature. My body exists at PRESENT. My heart beats at present. The blood in my body circulate at PRESENT. The neurons in my brain works at PRESENT. Digestion system functions at PRESENT. All aspects of my body acts at PRESENT.
My senses function at PRESENT. I see only at PRESENT. I can hear only at PRESENT. I can touch or feel the touch only at PRESENT.
I can do all these only when my mind stays at PRESENT. Unlike my body, my mind can travel to & fro in TIME. My mind travels through PAST (as memory) and FUTURE (as imagination). The mind has the connection with the PAST and FUTURE through the TIME and it can move back and forth as it wants. Mind can move to the past, because the past exists only in my mind. It exists only in my memory. Similarly the future also exists in the mind or in the imagination.
The PAST exists in my memory; but my memory functions at PRESENT. I remember a past incident at PRESENT. So even the PAST is existing at PRESENT. Similarly even the FUTURE is existing in the imagination which happens at PRESENT.
You can be at PRESENT only when your mind stays inside your body. But very relevant question is that why should I be at PRESENT? The answer is that you can be practical in life only if you are at PRESENT. To be practical, your mind needs to be in your body. Once your mind is inside your body, you are at PRESENT.
There are some people who live only at PRESENT. They cannot think properly. They are ready for any kind of physical labor. But there are other kind of people who live either is past or in future. They are good in theories. But they would be very bad in practical matters.
Being at PRESENT when it is needed and being in PAST or FUTURE according to the requirements is the ideal behavior.
Observe yourself and realize when you are at PRESENT, in PAST or in FUTURE. That self awareness helps you to function effectively in life. You can develop the habit of being at PRESENT or being not at PRESENT according to the necessity in life.
Observe and Manage. (OM)
This is the method.