Tag: present

Doing the things we really want to do

Posted on by philipdodson

When we allow our mind to take control, we truly believe that we are our thoughts, we are the self-created story or stories of our ego. We play all kinds of roles, acting out different personas for different situations.

When we project into the future, which is where the mind is at for a great deal of its time, we feel the psychological fear that always is the future, because it is not real, we can not deal with it so the fear becomes all-consuming.

If we choose to allow this to continue, it alters everything we do, in fact, mainly it stops us doing the things that our soul really wants us to do.

A moment of simple pause, a chance to separate from our thought, and realise that the real you and I are beyond thought, we are the observer of the thoughts, and if we stay at that level of consciousness, we enjoy now this moment and do not enter into the futility of predicting the future. Without fear, we are then more able to do the things we really want to do.

Sitting by the fire

Posted on by philipdodson

When we step away from everything and take a moment to pause, we realise just how much we miss on a day-to-day basis stuck in front of our screens, whether it’s our Mac or our smartphone, we are consumed by digital images, text and videos. We are adrift in an artificial world that is a simple extension of our own egoic mind, often seeking what we think we don’t have to be happy.

Take a moment by the lake, the sea, a river, in a park, in the garden, sit in front of the fire. Just listen, notice our breathing, notice smells, listen for sounds in the background. That background that contains the world, the real present moment world, is there always, it’s that we do not notice it.

Sitting by the fire is good for the soul, good for realising that life is a conscious moment now, that lasts forever. When we appreciate now our suffering subsides and our joy and peacefulness grows.