What happened to be here now?
The moment includes everything possible. Both blissful and painful. The pain is felt when in the moment there is space provided for some old fear to be activated. Without allowing pain to be felt, one runs the risk of going numb to life. That is so common now that I wonder what happened to that nice 60′s phrase from Ram Dass, “be here now.”
Is anybody here now? Cell phones have provided an amazingly effective way for people to choose to multi task. Great at work if you hate your job. Great at home when boredom brings the mind’s craziest qualities out. Hello. Who is calling? Someone, thank God. (Sorry for this personal note on cell phones. I am one of the few people on the planet without one. My moments are everything to me. They are for me, and I am only too happy to loose everything else to participate in the moment. Cell phones? No thank you.)
So back to being here now. I am loving it. I get better at it all the time.
March 18th, 2010 at 11:19 am
Mmm…lovely. Having no cell phone (to distract) allows the entire spectrum of emotions to flow much more freely within this wahine. Each breath, each moment I am ‘here, now’, is an opportunity to witness and experience LIFE fully and recognize the patterns that block my true identity. This is often painfully beautiful, but also bittersweet. Much appreciation for this latest post, Ken. Always a pleasure to read.