Whether we call it The Secret, The Law of Attraction or Awakening- the principles are the same for living a happy life. We must live consciously and deliberately to truly have the life we want. Living in the present- the here and now - means being aware or in other words being awake. We can programour thoughts and ourselves to have the life we want. Unfortunately for many of us we aren't living our life with focus or attention to the now, but rather by default. Our thoughts control us rather than we controlling our thoughts. We follow old patterns from our childhood, influenced by society and react to life on auto-pilot. We fill up our lives with way too many thoughts and activities.
We must stop and remind ourselves that: we are powerful creators with powerful minds that we can control to design our ideal life. But we must be in a state of awakening as Eckhart Tolle calls it to find the peace within and a life of joy and abundance. Eckhart Tolle suggests practicing living in the moment by taking any routine activity and living it your fullest attention. He says measure your success by the degree of peace that you will feel. Choose a couple of activities daily to do this with. Here are some examples:
Everytime you walk up and down the stairs in your house or place of work, pay close attention to every step, every moment, even your breathing. Be totally present.
When you wash your hands, pay attention to all the sensory perceptions associated with the activity: the sound and the feel of the water, the movement of your hands, the scent of the soap and so on.
When you get into your car, after you close the door, pause for a few seconds and observe the flow of your breath. Become aware of a silent but powerful sense of presence.
Adapted from Practicing the Power of Now: Essential Teachings, Meditations, and Exercises from the Power of Now
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This message was right on time, its amazing but I started having these same thoughts. This is exactly what I'm living on.
Just one more thought that I want to share with you about the "Now experience".
How do we live in the now and have that electrifying experience? It has to do with our awareness and our surrounding. We have senses to help us navigate through live and we must learn to harness it for our benefit. Most of the time, we are doing things and have no inner connection to what we are saying, thinking or believe. Our emotions to our inner trait behavior are demonstrated by what we see, hear, smell, taste or touch. The “now experience” has to do with things you can see, hear, touch, taste or smell. This is the realm we live in and you can only respond to your five physical senses. So, you must constantly ask yourself” what am I doing?”
This way you can involve or engage your sensory system in what ever you are doing. Have you ever had a conversation with some one and your mind was taking a walk? I started involving my five senses and being more aware of people, things and situations. These are the three factors that causes me to be a human being in my world and others.
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