We’re stepping into this week with Jeff Foster as our teacher and really, you would be doing yourself a favour if you did a Google search of “Jeff Foster quotes”, his work is amazing.
If you’ve meditated much with us before, you’ll know that I like to start the week by setting intention, by becoming clear about what I want to create this week.
Jeff’s message for our week is this:
PLAN AHEAD and also PRESENT IN THE MOMENT.
Of course we can plan ahead but we must be clear that the place where we create our future is here and now, by taking action right here in this very moment. Don’t get stuck in the thinking and the planning but immerse yourself in this moment. Pour your energy into the only place where you can cause an effect… the opportunity that this very moment makes available to you.
“Tomorrow’s integration is not my job. The story of yesterday’s awakening is irrelevant now. Here and now is where life is. And there is only here and now.” – Jeff Foster
“True meditation is not a ‘doing’, not a task to accomplish or a process leading towards some future goal or state for the hungry seeker – it is pure, child-like fascination with the moment. Fascination with thoughts, with sensations, with feelings, with sounds, with fascination itself – with what is, right now. It is radically being here, and noticing in fascination the desire to get ‘there’ arising and dissolving.” – Jeff Foster
Energy spent on anything that is not in this present moment is always wasted. Spend your energy only on what this moment asks you to step up and do.
Today’s meditation is a “full dress rehearsal” for the week ahead. Come along and set yourself up for success this week.
A few thoughts to help ground you in presence this week:
- Where am I right now, in this very moment?
- What action can I take, right now, to contribute to my goals?
- Am I caught up in the “story” of the past or future?
- What is this moment asking me to step up and do?
By anchoring ourselves in the present moment, we can channel our energy into the tasks at hand. Every moment holds the potential to transform your week from scattered energy to focused action. Remember, the power to create lies entirely in the present moment. So breathe, be present, and step into your week with intention!
– pierre –
Today’s LIVE meditation is: Jumpstart the week!