Life happens on the sweet, ever unfolding edge between
\nknown and unknown, between manifest and unmanifest. The
\ninstant your eyes encounter what you are seeing, each
\nletter emerging as you write, is now. The instant you
\nhear each note of a song, each tick of a clock, is now.
\nThe instant each breath begins, the pause between each
\nheartbeat, is now. <\/p>\n
Is your awareness there for the wondrous event of now
\nin your life?<\/p>\n
Maybe the reason so many people spend their time
\nplaying video games is the excitement of the rapidly
\nchanging now, right there on the screen, and the
\nexperience of doing something now that changes the next
\nnow in such a visible way.<\/p>\n
There’s a feeling of power and satisfaction in seeing
\nsuch immediate results of your actions…and a feeling
\nof discouragement and despair when your actions don’t
\nseem to get you what you wanted.<\/p>\n
I’ve lived much of my life dreaming of the future. I’ve
\nprided myself on my expertise at delayed gratification,
\nloving the feeling of delicious anticipation.<\/p>\n
The unfortunate behavior associated with this has kept
\nme locked indoors, doing things I didn’t really want to
\ndo so that at some later time I could reap the rewards.<\/p>\n
You may know the routine: get your work done before you
\ncan go out and play.<\/p>\n
For the part of me who loves puttering outdoors, this
\nwas hell. A huge amount of anger and resentment built
\nup, that the promise of “someday” and “later” so rarely
\nreached “now.”<\/p>\n
For the part of me that thrived on working hard for
\nthat elusive future, and is now past her 60th year,
\nwaves of depression came with thoughts like “It’s too
\nlate. I’m too old. I don’t have the energy any more to
\ndo all those things I thought I’d do someday. I’ve
\nmissed my chance. Everyone has gone on ahead of me,
\nleaving me behind.”<\/p>\n
I have a feeling I’m not the only one who has ever
\nbelieved those thoughts.<\/p>\n
Since becoming aware of the law of attraction and the
\nnotion that my thoughts create my reality so many years
\nago, I’ve been trying to get good at changing my
\nthoughts and beliefs. Or changing the focus of my
\nattention from negative to positive thoughts and
\nbeliefs. Or crowding out the negative thoughts with the
\nones I preferred. Trying to get happy–or at least,
\ntrying to distract myself from my unhappiness long
\nenough for something to change.<\/p>\n
These years have not been without an abundance of
\nmoments of beauty and presence. But those have seemed
\nfleeting compared with the amount of time I’ve spent
\ndwelling on problems, trying to control things and
\nother people and trying to change myself. <\/p>\n
My mind, it seems, usually finds it more compelling to
\nreplay an unpleasant encounter with my neighbor than to
\nreplay the delightful moment of discovering the
\nhummingbird nest in the tall grass, my feeling of
\ntenderness for the gentle, purple flowers, my fondness
\nfor the softly buzzing honeybees, or the
\ncaught-my-breath beauty of the sunset coloring the sky
\nand all the trees orange.<\/p>\n
(Having just written all that, I’m smiling, and joy
\nwins.)<\/p>\n
Last night I watched a video in which Eckhart Tolle was
\ntalking about experiencing the present moment.<\/p>\n
It’s not about getting joy to win.<\/p>\n
It’s not about fighting against negativity or
\nsuffering.<\/p>\n
It’s not about trying.<\/p>\n
I was, and continue to be amazed at the ease with which
\nI’ve been able to follow his very simple instruction of
\nhow to be present.<\/p>\n
I wish you the peace I’m feeling.<\/p>\n
If you’d like to watch the video, it’s part of Hay
\nHouse’s fabulous online 20 day transformational summit,
\nwhich you can access at no cost right now, here:<\/p>\n
-> http:\/\/bit.ly\/1T68SCG<\/a><\/p>\n I’m so happy to have opened the email that let me know With love and appreciation on this 12th anniversary of Alexandra P.S. Please note that this week’s videos and piles of -> http:\/\/bit.ly\/1T68SCG<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Life happens on the sweet, ever unfolding edge between known and unknown, between manifest and unmanifest. The instant your eyes encounter what you are seeing, each letter emerging as you write, is now. The instant you hear each note of a song, each tick of a clock, is now. The instant each breath begins, the… Continue reading Your Life in the Present Moment<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[36,41],"tags":[29,42],"class_list":["post-1137","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-happiness-2","category-presence","tag-peace","tag-present-moment","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/happyhealthsystem.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1137","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/happyhealthsystem.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/happyhealthsystem.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/happyhealthsystem.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/happyhealthsystem.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1137"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"http:\/\/happyhealthsystem.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1137\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1144,"href":"http:\/\/happyhealthsystem.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1137\/revisions\/1144"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/happyhealthsystem.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1137"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/happyhealthsystem.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1137"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/happyhealthsystem.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1137"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nabout it! I hope you will be as pleased as I am to know
\nabout it now. Or, if you’re already participating, I
\nhope you’ll leave a comment right here in the blog about
\nyour experience.<\/p>\n
\nthe beginning of the Science of Being Well Network,<\/p>\n
\nDr. Alexandra Gayek<\/p>\n
\naudios are only available for a limited time, so you
\nmight want to check out the summit right away. Be sure
\nto watch the lovely, inspiring short video on the
\nregistration page. \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n