Tag: awareness

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.

Mind the gap

Posted on by philipdodson

The mind doesn’t like gaps. It needs a beginning, middle and end. If it doesn’t have it and doesn’t know the answer then it fills in the gaps.

It never fills in the gaps with positive stuff, it fills in the blanks with negative things based on the stories and judgments it’s already made up about others and situations.

Rather than actually finding out by asking another person or actually researching a specific situation, the mind makes up the story.

Then from this fantasy story made up in our heads we act and react stuck in our unconscious mind patterns.

Ask others, be curious and stay away from the repeating thoughts. The more present we are in this moment, the less our mind is filling in the blanks. The less we suffer from our own stories based on nothing.

Stay aware and mind the gap.