Past Present Future
How do you “allocate” your thinking time? Do you spend the largest percentage of your time fearing the future? Regretting the past? Constantly switching between worrying about the future and regretting the past? Experiencing and feeling the wonders that are happening in the present moment?
Let’s say that you are self-aware enough to realize that your thinking state is dominated by circular rumination over what has happened in the past. What techniques/practices can one employ to redirect more of your thinking time to the present moment? Can one actually “control” their thinking state?
In my case, I tend to spend most of my “thinking time” regretting the past and missing out on the grace and glory of the present moment. In the cases where I do recognize that I’m continuously spinning on the stale past, just the act of “thought recognition” brings me back into the present moment. However, just as soon as I transition into the present moment, I unconsciously switch out of that tranquil state and go back to the same old, same old. I’ve made, and continue to make, many half-assed attempts at meditation in order to spend more time in the present moment, but I’ve frustrated myself out of diligently practicing this ancient art of self-actualization.
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hummmmmmm. i’m thinking. haha
um. well. gosh. to answer all the questions posed in one word: YES.
i was reading an excerpt this morning from the book “As One Is” by Krishnamurti and it was about meditation. it seem he was suggesting to basically throw out what we THINK it is. doesn’t just the very WORD ‘meditation’ conjure up all sorts of image of what it SHOULD BE? concepts we got from books, gurus, teachers, techniques, magazines, etc. Those are hard to get rid of are they not? And so, at least for me, i sit and TRY to be what i THINK meditation is and analyze if i’m doing it ‘right’ or not. nuts! i’ve been using holosync meditation for 8 months or so and that’s helped create awareness. but as for traditional meditation – i’m pretty much starting over at this point now that i’m reading Adyashanti’s “True Meditation” book. there is a CD in the book. but yeah to answer, What IS meditation? for yourself. the answer may be, that there is no answer and THAT, my friend, IS THE answer! get that?! haha. well, yay, no, me neither. keep on keepin on is all. once we stop seeking, we shall find 🙂
back to work! have a lovely week bulldozer
Yepp, confusion reigns regarding meditation; what it is, what it’s not, what one wants from it, what one expects from it. I (me, me, me) want it all, whatever that means :^)