Too often we spend time wishing our past was different. Regrets about the things we did or didn’t do. Or we project forward, to a time we haven’t reached. ‘It will be better when/then…’
Unfolding world events engage our thoughts and feelings too, perhaps reinforcing worries about things we feel we can’t affect or change.
We’re tangled in past and future. The here and now expiring unnoticed. Energy wasted It’s a waste I’m as guilty of as anyone.
Counter to this, author and spiritual teacher Eckhart Tolle, among others, reminds us that all we have is the present moment – the now. So, isn’t being fully in it and with it, giving it our full attention, a service to our Self, to those around us, and to the wider world?
Coming to stillness and committing in with mind, heart, spirit, as one heightens our awareness to the sound, sensations, light, fragrance of every moment. And in that moment, we may discover something new, fresh, perhaps joyful, perhaps inspiring, a truth about Self, our fellow humans, our environment.
Our understanding expands. Our consciousness grows a little.
And we begin to experience the sense of one-ness, wholeness with humanity and the planet that will contribute to creating a better, more peaceful and prosperous world.