Right here, right where you are right now, is where you hold the power…
Right now is the only place where you can spend your energy productively, not in some future moment. If your happiness is always around some distant corner in the future, guess what… you’re never going to catch up to it! If you don’t do the work to find that you can be happy right where you are, chances are that being unhappy will forever be your default state.
And the past? Your past can either be the fuel that inspires the energy you pour into this moment, or you can be stuck constantly pouring your energy into the past, wasting every drop into a time-zone where you don’t actually live.
“When we dance, the journey itself is the point, as when we play music the playing itself is the point. And exactly the same thing is true in meditation. Meditation is the discovery that the point of life is always arrived at in the immediate moment.” – Alan Watts
“For unless one is able to live fully in the present, the future is a hoax. There is no point whatsoever in making plans for a future which you will never be able to enjoy. Because even when your plans mature, you will still be living for some other future beyond. You will never, never be able to sit back with full contentment and say, “Now, I’ve arrived!” Your entire education has deprived you of this capacity because it was preparing you for the future, instead of showing you how to be alive now.” – Alan Watts
“The destination of life is this eternal moment.” – Alan Watts
“Nirvana is where you are, provided you don’t object to it.” – Alan Watts
Today’s meditation is the practice of being “the observer”. It’s that part of ourselves with the wisdom to look backwards without getting stuck in the pains of the past, and look ahead without losing ourselves in thoughts about the future.
With wisdom we can learn from the past and plan for the future while being anchored in the now, finding complete fulfillment in the eternal present moment. When we don’t resist it, we find that the present moment contains everything that we need.
“Expansion” is not about having the goal to go ‘somewhere’… expansion is the realization that truly being right where you are will take you everywhere!
A few affirmations to help you step into “the observer”:
- Embrace the Now: “I let go of the outcome and focus on what action I can take right now.”
- Cultivate Mindfulness: “I am the calm and centred observer of my thoughts and emotions.”
- Find Joy in the Simple Things: “I appreciate the beauty of the ordinary and find joy in the little things.”
- Let Go of Control: “I surrender to the flow of life and trust in the universe’s plan.”
The eternal present moment is the only place where life is constantly unfolding. Being right here is your gateway to everywhere.
Have an INCREDIBLE day peeps!
– pierre –
Today’s LIVE meditation is: The observer.