I was with a group of friends the other day and some one raised the question on what how ‘mission’ HERE is. And one of my friends noted, our mission here is where we are now—there is no point on considering the past, or the future; the only place you can be is where you are now.
As simple as that idea seems, it seemed I never heard it before, it breath new life into my ideals. Slowly, my consciousness is being raised on appreciating my now.
I’ve written about this here and there, tried to think out loud on how I feel about how life and now I’m brought to understand, the only place I can be is where I am now. Of course, with where I am now, I can work towards reaching a better place (or worse) depending on how much I recognize my now.
The issue is, it seems to me, we are often overwhlemed by what will happen later; how the past has been, so much that we forget to appreciate the Now.
Unfortunately, as humans, its hard to completely ignore the past or the future but, as I’m starting to learn in Eastern Philosophy [buddhism],the only way to archieve that ‘goal’ is to forget about the goal and concetrate on the small steps you’re taking now; thinking about that ‘goal’ strongly would not let you achieve it, considering the strong attachment you’ll have to it.
Very contrary to the advice I’m used to getting in life. We’re constantly advised to stay focused and keep our mind working towards the goal; carefully we carry this philosophy through every areas of our life and forget, the only place we can be is here. Not there, or then.
I’m learning to shape my now in small increments with which I’m slowly finding peace using this philosophy.
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