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Originally Posted by VacMan  I agree that living in the "now" sounds like a great idea!
And that being said.
If I truly lived like today was the only day that ever mattered and that there was no past or future, then I'd probably never pay my bills.
And I'd probably never set long term goals.
And I'd probably neglect my health, because it'd be hard to rack up any long term damage just today, or right now, with the exception of physical trauma, or something similar.
I guess my point is, while it's important to live in the now, we can't just forget about the future. |
VC,
Good comments, but you are not living in the moment, you are stuck in the future, which is actually worse than being stuck in the past. You think you have a bill
right now? Yes you do. Do you think you have a bill in the future???.....
maybe.
This thread is about realizing your present moment, your greatest present, which is right now. Do you have a bill due
right now? well, you'll have to figure out a way to pay it
right now.
Do you have a bill due in the future??.......
maybe.........but what if you could figure out a way
right now to stop any bill in the future existing??....is that possible??.........
you bet it is!!
Our entire lives are
full of our observations, we expect (observe) a bill coming, we expect another bill, we expect fear, we expect pain, we expect trouble, we expect no money, we expect a crappy life. Our expectations are actually our observations about our lives. We get what we expect (all the PD gurus agree)
we get what we observe.
Do you think (observe/expect/think/know) a bill is coming??..........guess what? You're right!!.........and here it comes.
You said this
"I guess my point is, while it's important to live in the now, we can't just forget about the future"
As you exist right now you actually build the future and the future is
inside your present moment. They are the same, you are actually building the future in the moment. Everyone thinks (incorrectly) that their future is full of stuff and usually most of it is not so good, but what we don't realize, what we try to deny is that we build, we think, we create, our moment (future) right now and thinking about a future creates that future right now.
You can't go to the future, so why try to create it right now?? That's no help at all.
Focus (create/observe) right now, it's all you truly really have.
Max