You might enjoy this talk by Alan Watts on nothingness. Being fully in the present moment is something I always know I'm supposed to be but it's something I'm always able to forget. I spend way too much time daydreaming and thinking of the future instead of being fully present. It's an amazing calm and peacefulness when I'm able to achieve it. Most people live in an almost constant state of unease, this can be alleviated with presence. I know that others on Hubski have negative views of Eckhart Tolle, but I would absolutely endorse reading The Power of Now. -lil, you should chef is out.
I'm not so sure if that applies to me. When I focus my attention on the present, it seems that what I do loses its meaning. The consequence of remarking the inevitable end to it all should motivate me to pursuit something of grandeur, of importance. Yet here I am, browsing the night away, reading articles of which most I won't remember in a month or two. When I'm in the now, I realize that I don't fully know why I do what I want to do. Or what I want to do. 'Being in the present' only fuels the doubts I have with my actions. So I distract myself by pointing my arrows at the next thing to do, to achieve, even though it might not be that valuable. Whatever valuable may mean. I want to give meaning, to create something meaningful, but both statements are too vague for me to know what to do. For whom? Why? Can I even make a change, or am I just as tiny as I feel? I'm sorry, I've been feeling hopelessly lost lately and a post like this puts me in a reflective mood this evening.Most people live in an almost constant state of unease, this can be alleviated with presence.
When I focus my attention on the present,
you're not in the present or the "now" if you are focussing attention or thought on it. Being present requires the absence of thought. Being able to "watch the thinker" if you will. Follow that link to Tolle I provided or better yet, check out the book "The Power of Now." You'll be glad you did. Good luck.
I read Eckhart Tolle and was glad I did. I liked The Power of Now then and I like it now. And now. I have to be mostly present, except if I'm creating something, then I'm present in a timeless zone. I'm still in NYC (until tomorrow). I hope there's a meetup here in April because I'd hop back down here in a heartbeat.you should chef is out.
dear tng, I love your typos. Are you hungry? Get that chef home asap.
Sick. On my phone. Fat thumbs. We need Hubski mobile.