09-21-2014, 01:55 PM
This is my understanding of the Power of Now.
The mind has its use. But that use is limited. It's good for organizing linear time and its obligations. But beyond the mind we as beings are much more powerful. In order to access that power, we must disengage from linear time—in other words, past, present, future thinking. We must be in the moment, without the phantom projections of the future and judgments of the past.
I will give you an example in my own life. Several years ago, I went through a financial crisis for the first time in my life. It was a new experience for me and really scary. I was basically freaking out daily. I couldn't sleep. Stress was my constant companion.
I ended up moving into one of my investment properties. This property is on a dirt road on a mountainside.
There were many animals around the property. It was fascinating to watch them. I ended up feeding snacks (carrots, apples) to a javelina and a deer herd.
What I began to notice was that when I was interacting with the animals, a hush seemed to wash over me. A calm and serene state of being. It was a respite in my otherwise stressed state.
What was happening to me was that I was in the now when with the animals. The peace I felt then, and every time I was with them, took me outside of time and the stress it held.
This can be achieved of course, by meditation. But an easier way is to do anything creative—draw, paint, write, play music, etc. There will be a point at which you will cease to be aware of time. This is when you have entered the now. It coincides with the cease of chatter in the mind.
The mind has it's place. In an friend of mine's book, Keys to Your Inner Power, Kelly Larsen talks about the job of the mind. And I'm paraphrasing, this includes blocking us from accessing those higher realms to protect us, until such time that we are ready to explore and evolve from 3D; but at that point, we must disengage from our protector.
So, disengaging from the mind chatter and linear time as much as possible, through meditation, or communing with nature, or doing something creative, will bring us closer to to our higher selves.
The mind has its use. But that use is limited. It's good for organizing linear time and its obligations. But beyond the mind we as beings are much more powerful. In order to access that power, we must disengage from linear time—in other words, past, present, future thinking. We must be in the moment, without the phantom projections of the future and judgments of the past.
I will give you an example in my own life. Several years ago, I went through a financial crisis for the first time in my life. It was a new experience for me and really scary. I was basically freaking out daily. I couldn't sleep. Stress was my constant companion.
I ended up moving into one of my investment properties. This property is on a dirt road on a mountainside.
There were many animals around the property. It was fascinating to watch them. I ended up feeding snacks (carrots, apples) to a javelina and a deer herd.
What I began to notice was that when I was interacting with the animals, a hush seemed to wash over me. A calm and serene state of being. It was a respite in my otherwise stressed state.
What was happening to me was that I was in the now when with the animals. The peace I felt then, and every time I was with them, took me outside of time and the stress it held.
This can be achieved of course, by meditation. But an easier way is to do anything creative—draw, paint, write, play music, etc. There will be a point at which you will cease to be aware of time. This is when you have entered the now. It coincides with the cease of chatter in the mind.
The mind has it's place. In an friend of mine's book, Keys to Your Inner Power, Kelly Larsen talks about the job of the mind. And I'm paraphrasing, this includes blocking us from accessing those higher realms to protect us, until such time that we are ready to explore and evolve from 3D; but at that point, we must disengage from our protector.
So, disengaging from the mind chatter and linear time as much as possible, through meditation, or communing with nature, or doing something creative, will bring us closer to to our higher selves.
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