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What's the Time for You?

December 15th, 2014

I invite you to spend a moment contemplating what time actually means to you.

What is a past? In my view it is a flow of moments we remember; and these memories only exist because they once made up our Now, and we managed to store them on a very special hard drive better known as ourbrain :)

Likewise, the so called future remains just an idea or image in our mind until we actually experience it as a flow of Now moments.If we don’t do anything in the current moment the future might be no different than this Now. So what is your conclusion? Mine is this:

Now is the only moment of real freedom.

Our power is condensed in it. In the present moment we always have multiple choices to focus our attention on, set a new intention or take an action. Imagining that we will be happier, more capable or enlightened in the future is just an illusion unless we are aware of this power and we start applying it now. The awareness makes this moment (actually each moment!) very precious, don’t you think? And yet, how often do we waste the moment dwelling in our past miseries; or desperately hoping for some magical turn in our life that we would make in the future. I recently attended a lecture of a famous quantum physicist who explained what the spiritual masters, philosophers and artists have always known about time and what today’s science has affirmed:

All possibilities exist simultaneously and timelessly; i.e. the present moment contains all the potentiality.

Why is it then that we aren’t totally excited about it? What other validation do we need in order to shift our attention to the Now and start being more present? How could we become aware of the potential and the power we have in each moment? How do we practically access those?

Breathing and radiating love are my favorite ways that allow me to appreciate what is Now. With every breath in I can remind myself to be aware of what’s going on around me and inside of me; with every breath out I can choose what possibility I prefer to focus on and what energy I create.

The time is always Now.

We can’t spare love just like we can’t spare our breaths. We can only be fully present in our doing and being; e.g. breathing and loving as profoundly as we can. That belongs to my definition of “living at our best”. A life full of appreciation leaves no doubt about each choice we make, because one has recognized the many possibilities and knows he has chosen one of them consciously.

I believe that when we live in the Now and apply our potential the best we can then the rest… might as well be left up to the future :)

What's your view of the Now?

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Martina
15.12.2014 22:12

Jani, I fully agree. Reading your blog is for me a moment of joy, a moment which evokes self-reflection. There are sometimes situations in my life when I've difficulty to do something or to decide something "Now" looking for better timing, better circumstances. This applies both at work as well as in private.
I think that our kids are much much better in living in the moment, enjoying the "Now" moment of whatever they do. They want to do it "Now". I shall learn from them. ;-)

janamitzoda
16.12.2014 06:38

Excellent point, Marti. Our kids are much more present and living in the Now comes naturally to them. My daughter used to ask: Now what? Scanning the possibilities of the moment to pick the one that seemed like most fun to her... Now, every choice we make doesn't need to represent the most fun, but the process of staying present to all the possibilities might be helpful.

Jiri
19.12.2014 09:10

I'll the rebel here and not focusing on now :-) For me time is an agreement, commitment, promise. Very important one. So important, that I would not be able to enjoy my now, if there is no promise of tomorrow. Children can play a game (now) as they know the mother is to help them all the "time" from now on. Time is a gift of one person to let another the another one to enjoy her/his "now". Time (for me) is future with the people I like.

janamitzoda
20.12.2014 08:32

Thanks for sharing your view, Jiri! I like you are being a rebel ;-)
We have become so good at defining everything for what it means in relation to others that we forgot how to care about ourselves and about the way we feel first. But only if I take care of myself I can truly be of any real help to others... By being 100% present with other people in the Now I believe I am offering the best gift I have, because I really am there with them.
Imagine having a choice: Do you prefer someone is fully present with you lets say really listening to what you are saying right now or would their thinking about your future be something you value more? I'd personally go for the first... I think that as adults we have all it takes to deal with the future; what we want most deeply is acceptance, connection and sharing. And that only happens when we are fully present.

Sarka
29.12.2014 15:11

Jani, nice blog, nice post. It took me some time to realize that sticking to past (especially the bad things) is bringing nothing but more and more pain. Example of people doing that around me brought me to a point that past is past, take the lesson and close it.
And of course not long time ago I was looking very much to my bright future... Success I planned to have... And despite the fact that there were several opportunities just coming to me without me planning them I kept looking for the bright future... until I got the painful experience which in the end opened my eyes for Now. Of course you look back to remind the lessons and look forward to dream a bit - but the most important part is here and now.
Sometimes it is just matter of different perspective - instead of constant looking in one direction, you just turn around and see what else is there. And I agree with Martina - kids are much more open for this - and we should allow us to be like them here and there. It is very refreshing.

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