I have a present for you.

[Max Power]

You think you're living a long and wonderful life right? You have a checkered past, good and bad and the future holds promise with an element of surprise which may be good and bad also.

But guess what? You can't go there, you can't go back and you can't go forward. Try it. Try to go back to the past or forward to the future, you can't do it, it never happens, why? Because that's not how it's supposed to be.

You are never supposed to go back to the past or forward to the future, you are supposed to live in the present right now and take responsibility in the present moment for your present moment.

Have you ever heard of the saying "live everyday as if it was your last" that's a good way to look at it, but I have a Max Power twist on it

Live today as if it was the only day ever and nothing else exists.

If all you have is this day and the past and the future can't, don't and won't exist, then today is all there is. You don't need to dread the past and fear the future, because they don't matter. You can't change them or make them, all you can do is exist right now and build right now.

How do you build right now? Choice (fundamental thought) will build you current reality and it will do it as fast as you require. The only reason you don't have everything you choose right now is because you're wating for the future to catch up to the present. You're waiting for the future to become real right now, you are actually saying "I want this, but I'll wait until it's the right time" but what you're really saying is "I really don't think I can ever have this, so I'll pretend it's something that will happen when I'm ready in the future"

Guess what?? You're ready right now!

I said I had a present for you right?? Well here it is..........TODAY, that's it and it's a fantastic present because it's the ultimate gift that keeps on giving, it just keeps being now 24/7. Nothing can hurt you in the present, nothing can infect or affect you in the present as long as you take responsibility for it, it's your present, your gift, why the *bleep* would you let anyone or anything take control over it, or enter into it and *bleep* things up for you.

The only way this wonderful gift (your present) will ever be enjoyable on any level is when you accept it's all yours, it's all your creation, it's only right now and it's all good. Now that you have your present, why don't you take it out for a spin, I guarantee when you love your present, it will be wonderful.

Enjoy!
Max

[Angela]

Thanks, Max! I'm sorry, I didn't get you anything!

[Max Power]

You just did AB

Max

[Ree]

Originally Posted by Angela

Thanks, Max! I'm sorry, I didn't get you anything!

Hehehehe!

Thanks from me too, Max! You've got a way with words and I told you this before, but I'll say it again: I have printed several of your posts to keep and re-read. This is a keeper

[Max Power]

Originally Posted by Ree

Hehehehe!

Thanks from me too, Max! You've got a way with words and I told you this before, but I'll say it again: I have printed several of your posts to keep and re-read. This is a keeper

Yahhhh! More presents for Max!! Thanks RE, I'm trying to keep it simple, so we can all get where we want to go.........together.

It's the only way to get through the day

Max

[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.

[A.K.Light]

Originally Posted by Max Power

...that's a good way to look at it, but I have a Max Power twist on it

Haha, that made me laugh! I enjoy your posts, Max. Thanks for the gift.

[cylon]

Thanks for the gift! My "present" is more enjoyable lately as I read your posts! Must be because I keep ending sentences with "!".

!

[Max Power]

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

[freddy]

Hi Max Power, cool name, I like your post BUT It's real hard to get a handle on it for me. How do you suggest that most of us drop the past and the future thoughts? Is it possible at all or just for short segments of time? Thanks for any wisdom you might be able to shed to open my eyes. Freddy

[JOE]

Why Thankme Very Much

I'm Welcome

[Max Power]

Originally Posted by freddy

Hi Max Power, cool name, I like your post BUT It's real hard to get a handle on it for me. How do you suggest that most of us drop the past and the future thoughts? Is it possible at all or just for short segments of time? Thanks for any wisdom you might be able to shed to open my eyes. Freddy

When you look at your life, it's only in that one day that you have any real control or power. The day is always broken by sleep, so as you exist throughout your day, it's like one long extended moment where you are constantly existing and that's it.

The real trick is that people think there is another day or that they've already had a day before, but if you think about it, none of that matters, because you have absolutely no control over yesterday and tomorrow, so why even put any thought or effort into something that is outside of your control and that doesn't even exist.

To help stop thinking about the future and the past, just realise the truth, you're here right now in this day, it's one day and it's the only day. You don't have to treat it like your last, because then you'll stop caring, but treat it like it's the only day there is and you're in it and that's it.

You don't change or build the future by thinking about the future, you do it by thinking about today, as you think so you become and observation is creation. Just keep your thought in the here and now and you'll empower youself in the here and now.

Say to yourself "I'm existing right now, that's all there is, so what am I going to think about right now to make this day better" Everytime we think outside of right now, this day, we give up control, we let observation (which is creation) create something we don't want through regret of the past and fear of the future, don't do that, as it's completely pointless.

Max

[Love]

I liked the way you phrased this post, Max Power. It makes sense. Thanks for the gift.

[cylon]

"Be mindful of the future, but not at the expense of the present moment."

--Qui-Gon (star wars)

[Max Power]

Originally Posted by cylon

"Be mindful of the future, but not at the expense of the present moment."

--Qui-Gon (star wars)

"Always emotion the future is"

Yoda (the little green guy from SW)

Max

[torilink]

Originally Posted by Max Power

Say to yourself "I'm existing right now, that's all there is, so what am I going to think about right now to make this day better" Everytime we think outside of right now, this day, we give up control, we let observation (which is creation) create something we don't want through regret of the past and fear of the future, don't do that, as it's completely pointless.

Max

excellent Max! great stuff.