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Originally Posted by impaul99  In my martial arts training I was training with a friend and my Sensei came by and asked my friend to demonstrate a technique we've been practicing for a few years now. My friend did it. My Sensei then said "Ok, that's great, now I want you to do it again, but this time clear your mind and stop thinking about what happened at work today." So them my friend did that technique again and it was WAAAAAAYYY smoother. I hardly ever think about anything else while I train, but I guess others do and it puts them at a disadvantage and opens them up to possible injury. Be PRESENT is probably the mantra that I would use myself, rather than be IN THE NOW.
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I have had this experience over and over again in training horses. If I had a dollar for every time I had told a student that they have to 'ride the step they are in', I wouldn't need to manifest anything, I could just pay for it! I have been listening to Eckhart Tolle all weekend and it hit me that the reason is that horses live right NOW. They are not worrying about the past or stressing about the future. If you are not in the current moment, you will not be able to get the results you want from them. I have heard many great masters in riding say that riding and martial arts are similar. I wonder if the similarity lies in needing to be in the now.
What I tell myself is, "Right here, right now". That is how I am trying to orient myself to the now. I have been very struck by the things that Tolle said about ego and the part it plays in our lives and relationships. It is something I need to work on above all others. I have lived 'in my head' all my life and always been so PROUD of my intellectual prowess, not recognizing that a lot of the pain and sadness in my life stemmed from that very ego based thinking. It is humbling and HARD to have these kinds of revelations and to make changes based on them. But I am so glad that I started reading Tolle.
(for now, I think I am going to stick with Tolle. I am having a hard enough time adjusting as it is!)