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Past, Present, or Future
Choose Wisely
Many of us have difficulty living in the present moment. We’re concerned with the memories of our past and the imagination of our future.
There is a tendency to hold onto our past, ruminate about it, and then ruminate some more. It’s as though we are forever searching for clues and answers in our history that can change future events. Yet, what is the point? The past has already happened. If we had dealt with that “thing” in the past, we would not have to carry the pain and uncertainty forward into the present, hoping that it does not affect our future.
We forget that the only real moments that matter are the here and now.
Oh crap, that moment has now gone and has entered the past; so has that moment and that moment.
Are you picking up what I’m putting down?
According to eastern teaching, the path to enlightenment is to embrace events at the moment, accept them, deal with them, and let them go.
The Sanskrit word for this acceptance is called Tathātā. Tathātā, loosely translated, means “I am one with this, as it is.” It’s the ultimate expression of acceptance and flow.
