All these days ever since my mind has been forming memories, I always remember waiting for something to happen. This something is not a miracle! It is an ordinary something which would be some event that would be happening in a matter of time.
Let me put it in a simple way. Everyone looks forward to their birthdays as a kid. Some elders do too. I used to look forward to birthdays thinking that I would get something that day which would make my life happy from then on. Till then I was prepared to live life in a completely non entertaining way. Many a times I would simply be killing time. Look at the ants, the birds and squirrels. They gather food and store for the winter. Granted, they do not have the sixth sense to sit around and enjoy a beautiful sunny morning or a cloudy afternoon.
Doesn't this happen to all? Don't we wait for a pay rise at job or that promotion? Don't we wait for something to be over to breath a sigh of relief? When the event I look forward to, does finally come around, my mind would simply jump to the next thing that would happen.
So, is it for people like me that, from the very old days people say live the moment? Thinking along this line seems to be fun indeed but somewhere at the back of my mind and the bottom of my heart lies a deep buried feeling of guilt. Every time I would laugh or take some time off from anticipating and working towards the event, a voice inside me would begin nagging and burst the bubble of happiness.
People around us are to share the blame too. When exams are round the corner, parents chide off their kids as though it was an attempt to murder if they play a game of cricket or watch a TV show or even a movie. There begins the saga of day dreaming and wishing for the exams to get over and for the holidays to finally begin.
Living the present moment warrants spontaneity. The ones who can let go of all the worries, pros and cons of an action and a situation, and plunge into the depth of the moment are the only kind of people who can live life to the fullest extent. Even the most adventurous and rebellious of souls I have come across weigh the consequences of their actions and freak out only if their actions would not create repercussions.
Meditation, yoga and the conditioning of the mind according to me can make a person feel light. They teach the mind and heart to take both the good and bad in the same importance. Will that help in living the present moment? A seasoned mind would be taught and conditioned to deal with any kind of consequence the same way. Would this mean that the present moment to them would be like any other moment?
When it comes to me, I think the mind needs to be tuned to live the current moment. If all of one's actions are focused on a better tomorrow then when one looks back someday life would simply be a dead calendar of useless yesterdays.
Whew! Living the present moment is easier said than done!
Let me put it in a simple way. Everyone looks forward to their birthdays as a kid. Some elders do too. I used to look forward to birthdays thinking that I would get something that day which would make my life happy from then on. Till then I was prepared to live life in a completely non entertaining way. Many a times I would simply be killing time. Look at the ants, the birds and squirrels. They gather food and store for the winter. Granted, they do not have the sixth sense to sit around and enjoy a beautiful sunny morning or a cloudy afternoon.
Doesn't this happen to all? Don't we wait for a pay rise at job or that promotion? Don't we wait for something to be over to breath a sigh of relief? When the event I look forward to, does finally come around, my mind would simply jump to the next thing that would happen.
So, is it for people like me that, from the very old days people say live the moment? Thinking along this line seems to be fun indeed but somewhere at the back of my mind and the bottom of my heart lies a deep buried feeling of guilt. Every time I would laugh or take some time off from anticipating and working towards the event, a voice inside me would begin nagging and burst the bubble of happiness.
People around us are to share the blame too. When exams are round the corner, parents chide off their kids as though it was an attempt to murder if they play a game of cricket or watch a TV show or even a movie. There begins the saga of day dreaming and wishing for the exams to get over and for the holidays to finally begin.
Living the present moment warrants spontaneity. The ones who can let go of all the worries, pros and cons of an action and a situation, and plunge into the depth of the moment are the only kind of people who can live life to the fullest extent. Even the most adventurous and rebellious of souls I have come across weigh the consequences of their actions and freak out only if their actions would not create repercussions.
Meditation, yoga and the conditioning of the mind according to me can make a person feel light. They teach the mind and heart to take both the good and bad in the same importance. Will that help in living the present moment? A seasoned mind would be taught and conditioned to deal with any kind of consequence the same way. Would this mean that the present moment to them would be like any other moment?
When it comes to me, I think the mind needs to be tuned to live the current moment. If all of one's actions are focused on a better tomorrow then when one looks back someday life would simply be a dead calendar of useless yesterdays.
Whew! Living the present moment is easier said than done!
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