Living in the moment

Mercury · 05-28-2010, 01:04 PM

How do you live in the moment?

**Mafoo** · 05-28-2010, 01:06 PM

alcohol + breasts

but seriously, i try to recognize when im mentally stuck in the past or thinking too hard about the future. the fact is that you cant do much to change either so its wasted energy.

verklingen · 05-28-2010, 01:09 PM

meditating helps a ton

SmokeaJoint · 05-28-2010, 01:15 PM

I live in the moment by habit now, but the important thing for me to remember is "the moment" is where I am here, now. Living in the past is a pointless exercise because it hinders forward progress, and living in the future causes one to overlook all the beauty that is going on right in front of them.

**SageTree** · 06-23-2010, 08:16 PM

Experience the moments between moments, like the pause of the lungs on the in to the out breath, that space is the closest spot for me. For the second we ponder the presents it's already the past. So just slowing it down, feeling the rise and fall of our awareness.

The Rev · 06-23-2010, 09:37 PM

There's nowhere else you CAN live. Now is all there is. The past and the future are just mental experiences had in the present. It's not living in the moment that requires effort, it's remembering that you are living in the moment, and acting accordingly.

The Rev

**SageTree** · 06-23-2010, 09:45 PM

Quote:

“People usually consider walking on water or in thin air a miracle. But I think the real miracle is not to walk either on water or in thin air, but to walk on earth. Every day we are engaged in a miracle which we don't even recognize: a blue sky, white clouds, green leaves, the black, curious eyes of a child -- our own two eyes. All is a miracle.”

~~~Thich Nhat Hanh~~~

06-23-2010, 10:21 PM

hmm living in the moment for me would have to be speaking what i am thinking before thinking about it first.

Bearsy · 06-24-2010, 07:16 AM

I don't. I'm trying to work on that though.

Waves · 06-24-2010, 11:37 AM

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Originally Posted by The Rev

There's nowhere else you CAN live.

And yet so many people spend all their lives trying their damndest to escape the present by dwelling on the past and fearing the future. Ironic eh?

Mafoo said what i would say. By embracing new experiences to the best of my ability, throwing fear and anxiety aside to the best of my ability, and having fun to the best of my ability i am living in the moment to my best ability. Of course there will always be elements of holding to the past and fearing the future. Thats natural. But whats also natural is having the ability to consciously work through these emotions. I would almost go so far as to say thats what makes us humans. Animals probably dont have any concept of time or moments or the separation of moments into linearity.

05-28-2010, 01:04 PM	#1 (permalink)
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Mafoo nice daze Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: the anguish of anticipated transformation Posts: 5,975 Thanks: 3,776 Thanked 2,652 Times in 1,698 Posts	alcohol + breasts but seriously, i try to recognize when im mentally stuck in the past or thinking too hard about the future. the fact is that you cant do much to change either so its wasted energy. __________________ PLUR For once you have tasted flight you will walk the earth with your eyes turned skywards, for there you have been and there you will long to return

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verklingen Radical Dreamer Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: texas Posts: 8,005 Thanks: 811 Thanked 1,491 Times in 946 Posts	meditating helps a ton __________________ “Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a hard battle.” rip matt

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SageTree ~Kalyāṇa-mitrā~ Join Date: Sep 2000 Location: In Love Posts: 23,414 Blog Entries: 26 Thanks: 13,070 Thanked 6,769 Times in 4,664 Posts	Experience the moments between moments, like the pause of the lungs on the in to the out breath, that space is the closest spot for me. For the second we ponder the presents it's already the past. So just slowing it down, feeling the rise and fall of our awareness. __________________ "What's oppressive is letting your life be confined by old definitions of what everything is." -Zen Meister my_scatterheart YaHooka is.... Cannabis lovers from around the world pulling up a comfy chair, picking up a vaporizer, a bong, a brownie, a pipe, or a joint, getting high, stoned, buzzed or healthy. Uniting our minds in conversation...While Portraying a Positive Image of marijuana and marijuana users to the world. Treat your fellow YaHookans with kindness,respect and tolerance.

06-23-2010, 09:37 PM	#6 (permalink)
The Rev Clear Light Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: In my head, somewhere. Posts: 17,867 Thanks: 5,019 Thanked 5,421 Times in 2,865 Posts	There's nowhere else you CAN live. Now is all there is. The past and the future are just mental experiences had in the present. It's not living in the moment that requires effort, it's remembering that you are living in the moment, and acting accordingly. The Rev __________________ Budforce - My Friend August 29, 1973- May 25, 2012

06-23-2010, 10:21 PM	#8 (permalink)
turmaline Guest Posts: n/a	hmm living in the moment for me would have to be speaking what i am thinking before thinking about it first.

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