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Life avoidance

Posted on by philipdodson

As humans we’ve become so risk adverse and so scared of our own shadow, that through our desire to be safe, we are actually avoiding life.

We have become so preoccupied with how we can extend our life and avoid any risk that in doing so we do not live.

The fact is, life comes with a death sentence. As Eckhart Tolle says ‘life is fatal, it always ends in mortality’. 

The two opposites are not life and death, they are in fact, birth and death. Life is eternal. Energy never dies and our true essence is energy housed in our temporary human existence. 

If we stop considering what might happen in a future moment, we will step away from all the fear and uncertainty and become more present. 

By being more present, we will actually live our life in this moment. The only moment that there ever is, instead of avoiding our life. 

None of us know what will unfold in the future, therefore, it is best to simply enjoy this moment now and step away from the uncertainty that prevents being alive. 

Now

Posted on by philipdodson

My writing today is a simple message to myself. Whatever the question is, the answer is always now, as is stay conscious and present in this moment now. Our life is always now. Yet we make the present moment an enemy and see it as a means to an end.

We see now as ordinary and boring as we want to fast forward to the next ‘big’ moment. However, when the so-called ‘big’ moment arrives, of course, it is now and we are already onto what is coming next so we are not even conscious or aware of this big moment.

Life for most of us is a denial of what is and a thought to what is next.

Now is our entire existence and we need to spend as much of our time as possible being present and enjoying our real life, as all things apart from this moment are temporary.