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Originally Posted by adrian52  Does it feel like NOTHING is happening and all you're doing is forcing yourself into a state you don't really enjoy?? |
It's very hard to describe how to access the present moment because all we can do is use words (pointers) to hint at it. There is something always present in your life, it's always there as the background for all there is.
It is life, what you in essence are.
The mind (ego) wants to claim it as it's own and say
I am this, I am that, now I feel aware, but that's just the mind wanting to be enlightened, which isn't the same as to know oneself as life itself.
See how tricky it is to describe
because words can't describe it, only point to it.
As life you are the centre of the universe, everything revolves around you or we can say everything is inside you. Being the space for all there is, is another pointer. To access the present moment, you would have to accept you are life itself, not the man or women you think yourself to be.
So there is no need to try and shut stuff out, because you can't and that is not the point. Even in dreamless sleep, you are aware. Being the watcher of all that you are aware of is a good way to access the now.
Non reactive present moment attention to what is, in whatever form it comes in is a good way to gain presence.......words are helpful, but can only point to it
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