The Self is here and now, it is the only Reality. There is nothing else.-Ramana Maharshi
Life and aliveness is always Now
and Here, there is only this Now moment and life happens Here; this is
existence, presence, I am, consciousness. All thinking of past or future in
only in this moment. Idioms such as, get real, wake up (finger snapping) – is
shifting from conceptual world of thought to the Present. All life experiences
are dealt in the Now and Here as they arise. Planning and strategizing also
happen in the now and here; even though, they seem to be done earlier in the
past.
Our conventional belief is that I
am a mind in a body contained in time and space of the universe. The present
moment or Now is not moving liner axis, as it may appear to be happening. All
experiences take place Here, which it is not a point in space. It is non-local.
All experiences the past, present and future existing together simultaneously Here
and Now.
I have realized that the past and future are real illusions that they exist in the present, which is what there is and all there is.- Alan Watts
Thoughts and images of past and
future arising from memory creates an idea of time. On investigation, an entity
called time can never be found. Thoughts and images of an activities done
earlier refers to the past, it gives an idea of a bygone, previous incident.
But it is impossible to step back to that experience of that experience
performed because there is only a memory of that former experience which is now
appearing in the Now as thoughts and images. In the present Now, there is only
a memory or experience of remembering of that activity.
Similarly, all activity can and
only be experienced Here in terms of location. Experience of an event occurring
-there- which is another apparent point in space, is just a memory that can be
only remembered; and the remembrance happens only Here. Idea of space is an
illusion, like a character in a movie experiences two dimensional screen as a
three dimensional space in which he is moving around.
Probably, time and space are what infinite consciousness looks like from the finite mind of separate self. In my practice, while watching my mind it is evident that when thought ceases there is no experience of yesterday, today or tomorrow, no idea of place or location. I can experience still presence Here and Now. When thoughts resume, world, time and space kick-in. Time and space are limitations of mind but Here and Now are beyond grasp of mind. Sit and drill down into the depths this moment is unfathomable!!
It is mind which makes eternity
appear as time and infinity as space. Time and Space are consciousness
projected through thoughts and perception. Here and Now are a portal and a hint
of reality.
There exists only the present instant… a Now which always and without end is itself new. There is no yesterday nor any tomorrow, but only Now, as it was a thousand years ago and as it will be a thousand years hence.- Meister Eckhart
May all beings fulfill their aims on the path and awaken to their true nature. 🙏
Thank you !!
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