“Your Daily Dose” is a quick two minute read packed with bite-sized wisdom from all the great teachers. But you could also choose to turn it into something more… a powerful daily practice for personal growth. Give it a try!
A message from today’s meditation:
We spend so much of our lives haunted by yesterday and anxious about tomorrow. Our minds replay conversations that ended years ago, rehearse arguments we might have next week, and construct elaborate scenarios that will likely never unfold.
Sadhguru is our teacher this week. And as we look ahead into the next seven days, he reminds us that everything from the past or future, exists only within our minds. The past is a collection of memories, and the future is a series of projections. Neither truly exists in the tangible now.
This realization empowers us to create a new relationship with our thoughts. We can stop being prisoners of what isn’t real and instead, embrace the vibrant possibilities of the present.
“You cannot suffer the past or future because they do not exist. What you are suffering is your memory and your imagination.” – Sadhguru
Our entire experience of life happens internally. Our personal experience of the past, the future and even the present exists only within our own inner world. The past doesn’t exist, it is only alive within our memory. The future hasn’t happened yet, it is only alive in our imagination. The essential practice for each of us is to reshape our relationship with our thoughts so that we can be fully engaged in the present moment, without being tripped up by a past and future that doesn’t exist.
“What is past cannot be fixed. What is now can only be experienced. What is next can be created.” – Sadhguru
“Do not worry about your future. Do your present well, and the future will blossom.” – Sadhguru
The past is sealed, unchangeable. We can learn from it, yes, but we cannot alter what has already occurred. The future hasn’t happened yet, so worrying about it is like trying to rearrange furniture in a house that hasn’t been built.
But this present moment? This is where everything happens. This is where we have agency, choice, and the ability to shape our experience. How we show up right now directly influences what unfolds next. Each present moment becomes the foundation for the moment that follows.
We start every Monday meditation by looking forward into the next week as a way of setting our intention. It gives us an opportunity to do a bit of mental rehearsal so that we step into each day intentionally, and not on autopilot. We can visualize our goals, prepare for upcoming challenges, and set our course for the week ahead. But then we must return our attention to where the actual work happens: right here, right now.
A few affirmations to keep you grounded in the present moment:
- “I trust that when I really take care of the reality I find myself in now, the future takes care of itself.”
- “I am not the memories of the past, nor am I my projections of the future – I am the awareness experiencing this moment.”
- “I choose to respond to the opportunity that this moment brings, and refuse the trap of worst case thinking.”
Use Monday meditation as a mental warm-up for your week. Set intentions and visualize what you want to accomplish with the full understanding that dwelling in that projected future isn’t productive. The real work, the real experience, happens right now.
May this week be filled with vibrant moments, intentional actions, and the joy of living fully present. Wishing you a beautiful week, creating at your highest potential!
– pierre –
Today’s LIVE meditation is: Jumpstart the week!
Today’s LIVE meditation
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Practice the “Daily Dose”
Let’s put it into practice! Choose what works for you – daily, once a week or whenever inspiration strikes. Putting pen to paper wires the neural pathways that will create your new habits.
1 – Affirmation
Write down your favourite affirmation on a sticky note and place it somewhere that you’ll be able to see it the whole day.
- “I trust that when I really take care of the reality I find myself in now, the future takes care of itself.”
- “I am not the memories of the past, nor am I my projections of the future – I am the awareness experiencing this moment.”
- “I choose to respond to the opportunity that this moment brings, and refuse the trap of worst case thinking.”
2 – A moment of reflection
Use today’s question as a journal prompt. If you don’t have the time to sit down and write, just take a moment to reflect on your response.
This Moment’s Invitation: Take a look into the week ahead, and write down a few specific moments that will come up during this week for which you want to remember to be present. Then rehearse those moments right now. Close your eyes and imagine the upcoming moment unfolding while you ask yourself these questions: “What does this moment require of me?” “What does this moment make available to me?” “What does this moment ask me to take action on?” “What does this moment ask me to let go of?”
3 – Quotes to share
Send a quote to someone who needs it, or share them all on social media to spread the good vibes!
4 – Q&A for deeper learning
Read through the questions and answers and write down at least one “aha moment” that clicked for you.
Q1. Does this mean I shouldn’t plan for the future at all?
Not at all. There’s an important distinction between intentional planning and anxious dwelling. Planning is a useful present-moment activity where you make thoughtful decisions about upcoming actions and goals. This is productive and grounded in the now. What we want to avoid is living in an imagined future, worrying endlessly about scenarios that may never happen, or becoming so focused on tomorrow that we miss the opportunities right in front of us. Set your intentions, make your plans, and then bring your attention back to executing in the present moment.
Q2. If the past doesn’t exist, does that mean I should ignore the lessons I’ve learned from past experiences?
The teaching isn’t about ignoring the past entirely, but rather about not being imprisoned by it. Your memories contain valuable lessons, patterns, and wisdom that can inform your present choices. The key is to use the past as information rather than letting it define you or trap you in suffering. Learn from what happened, extract the wisdom, and then return your focus to what you can do right now. The problem arises when we continuously relive past events, replay old hurts, or let previous experiences prevent us from being fully present.
Q3. How can I tell the difference between being present and being unprepared for the future?
Being present doesn’t mean being passive or ignoring responsibilities. It means bringing your full attention and energy to whatever needs to be done right now. If right now requires you to prepare for tomorrow’s meeting, then preparing is the present-moment action. The difference is in your mental state: Are you preparing with focused attention, or are you anxiously spinning out scenarios? Are you taking concrete actions, or are you just worrying? Presence is characterized by engaging with reality, while being trapped in the future feels like spinning your wheels without actually moving forward.
Q4. What if my memories are traumatic? How do I stop suffering from them?
This teaching acknowledges that while the traumatic event itself is in the past and no longer happening, the suffering continues in the present through memory. Recognizing this is actually the first step toward healing. In this very moment you’re not suffering from what happened years ago; you’re suffering from how your mind holds and replays those memories now. This understanding opens the door to changing your relationship with those memories through therapy, mindfulness practices, or other healing modalities. The event cannot be changed, but how you relate to the memory in this present moment can absolutely transform.
Q5. How do I practice bringing myself back to the present throughout the day?
The four questions presented in the teaching are powerful anchors: “What does this moment require of me? What does this moment make available to me? What does this moment ask me to take action on? What does this moment ask me to let go of?” Set reminders on your phone, place sticky notes in visible locations, or simply pause whenever you notice yourself feeling anxious or distracted. Take a breath, ask yourself one of these questions, and notice what’s actually happening right now versus what you’re imagining or remembering. Over time, this becomes more natural.
Q6. Isn’t some anxiety about the future healthy and motivating?
There’s a difference between a healthy (and temporary) stress response that motivates action, and anxiety that paralyzes or diminishes your present capacity. If thinking about an upcoming deadline motivates you to work on the project right now, that’s useful. But if you’re lying awake at night spinning worst-case scenarios without taking any constructive action, that’s suffering over imagination. The teaching encourages us to channel our energy into present-moment action rather than future-focused anxiety. As Sadhguru says, “Do your present well, and the future will blossom.”
Q7. How does this perspective change how I should set goals and work toward them?
This perspective actually makes goal-setting more effective. You still envision what you want to create and set clear intentions—that’s the “mental rehearsal” mentioned in the teaching. But then you recognize that the actual work of achieving those goals happens entirely in present moments. You can’t achieve anything in an imagined future; you can only take action right now. So you use your goals as direction-setters, not as destinations to anxiously obsess over. You ask yourself, “Given my intentions, what does this present moment ask of me?” and then you do that. String together enough intentional present moments, and your goals manifest naturally.