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veen  ·  4016 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: It Is Always Now

    Most people live in an almost constant state of unease, this can be alleviated with presence.

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.





thenewgreen  ·  4016 days ago  ·  link  ·  

    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.