The power of NOW is immense. To live in the present moment
‘Here & Now’ is an art. A practice that gives an opportunity to live in the
present is called mindfulness practice. A mindfulness practice is one that
allows us to experience and become aware of the present moment by becoming nonjudgmental
of our experiences.
In general, when we experience an event, we first observe following
which we pass a judgment on the event as to whether it’s a bad or good, pleasant or unpleasant etc so
that we assign a definition/meaning to the event. But, to become aware of the
events and experience the events without passing on judgment is something new
to us.
Easy Practice: At
any given point of time, majority of us live either in the future or the past
due to the influence of the mind. Both the past and the future are neither true
nor real. The truth of the moment happens in the present and even the past and
future manifests itself ONLY in the present moment. If you are unable to stop
yourself from being judgmental of your experiences, I would like to suggest an
easier practice. The easiest way to practice present moment awareness is to
become aware of the judgments that we make this moment. This practice is in
itself is very powerful. In a way, awareness of the judgment gives us a glance
of the programming of our internal world. It gives us an idea of our mind’s
behavioral pattern.
Assumption: The
assumptions that we make based on the events in our lives are very dangerous.
This results in spoiling of our relationship with the people and it directs our
life in the wrong way. In fact, assumptions are also a kind of judgment which
arises due to insufficient information’s related to the events of our lives.
After practicing the above exercise for certain period of time,
eventually, we will develop and begin to experience the events in the present
moment without becoming judgmental.
External World
experience: Our external world experiences are nothing but the reflection
of our own definition of our internal world. Now by practicing the above
technique we not only become aware of our internal world but we will get an
opportunity to change the landscape of our internal world. Becoming aware of
our judgment brings a different perspective into our mindset or thinking. It
changes the scope and widens our internal world. Our external experiences
change with the opening up of our internal world and that in turn defines the
direction of our life.
So, in a nutshell, the greater expression of life happens
when the scope of the internal world is redefined and that happens once we
become aware of the present moment and start to experience life without
becoming judgmental of our experiences with the events.
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