How are you in this present moment? How is your life?

Category: Personal Development for Adults

Good day. How are you? Do you have a few moments (at least 30 seconds) to close your eyes and sense from within how you truly feel? No? Where are you rushing to? Are you hurrying toward some other life? You are sorting out "important things", fixing, planning, chasing, hurrying... where are you going in such a rush?

Do you know you will NEVER get everything perfectly sorted? When the moment comes when you will no longer be "fixing something" in this life, it means you will no longer be here. It is as simple as that. And why are you reading this article at all? Are you bored? Relaxing? Looking for a recipe for a happy life? What moved you to read my text? What will you do with it? Which version comes after you read it:

"The text is fine, yet I have more important things to do. I cannot think about the present moment right now. It is all very nicely written, yet easy for her; she teaches yoga, gives some lectures, perhaps even stands on her head for hours, relaxes to oblivion. What does she know about me!"

Or do you have a more inventive version?

No time NOW? Hold on. Your life is unfolding right now. HERE AND NOW. The past and the future are only our thoughts about the time before and after the present moment, yet they do not exist now.

So how are these moments passing as you read, right now? Are you well? Be honest. Tell yourself. Do you feel sadness, happiness, fatigue, tension, boredom, pure joy, excitement, contentment, or nothing at all? Be candid. There is no need to pretend in front of yourself.

I will share a secret. Listen. What is happening to you RIGHT NOW is YOUR LIFE. Precisely that. Are you content? Happy? Is everything within you shimmering with joy?

Not quite? Then why? What are you doing with your life? What do you devote yourself to? Who persuaded you into such a life? Who influenced the decisions that led you to this present moment? Who is that? Who decided on your behalf and placed you in such a situation?

Wait. If someone else is deciding about your life instead of you, what are you then doing in your own life? Who are you? Does that make any sense? It is your life, yet others control and determine it, even placing you where you do not really wish to be.

Hmm. I have a small question. Have you fully taken responsibility, gathered courage, and said YES or NO in your life? YES, I want this. NO, I do not want this. Have you given your utmost, with deep faith and resolve, to transform an unsatisfying state?

You keep trying, yet nothing seems to change. Well then, it is clearly time to change your approach. Seek, try, trust, do not give up, knock and the door will surely open.

Stay AWAKE in every present moment and track your thoughts, feelings, and body. Begin to think, speak, act, respond, and understand with awareness. Turn inward and observe how you feel in each moment of life. In this way you will know what serves you and what does not, and which direction to take. Learn, listen deeply, and be certain that you will notice the signs along the way. As you begin to transform yourself, you will transform everything that happens around you. Nothing will be the same, because you will see everything with different eyes. You will know the power is within you to see, feel, hear, think, and influence all outer circumstances exactly as you choose. Then there is no one left who is creating your life; you will know that every moment is an opening for transformation and that you are the one who creates it, this time with full awareness.

Life is a current, life is change and evolution. Life is a journey. You do not need to go anywhere; you need to be truly here. Be present with your whole being HERE AND NOW. The only moment in which we are truly alive is the present moment. This is the place from which we create our past and our future. Decide. Be present. Be awake. Be alive. Be happy.