Living in the Moment

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Permalink Reply by Ariel on August 22, 2008 at 3:35pm

I think that living in the moment is the most important gift we can give to ourselves.

If we are always living in the past, or the future, both of which seem to happen so much more naturally...then we are never really living. And how pointless does it seem to worry about a future that upon arrival in, we probably won't even be thinking about anymore. :P Or a past, that we can no longer do anything to change.

It is difficult, but not impossible. Living in the present moment is a goal I strive for to some degree every day.

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Permalink Reply by tehutiboi on August 22, 2008 at 4:00pm

For me it is like when making music, you achieve the paradoxical balance of completely letting go, yet at the same time consciously exerting your Will. It has been harder to achieve since childhood, and it seems that many people my age with similar interests (self-awareness, spirituality, art etc) are attempting to go back to that time, when being in the moment was second nature. Work, media overload, and being dominated by the ego-mind voice inside our heads dampens Living in the Moment at times.

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Permalink Reply by CanarsieBK on August 22, 2008 at 4:40pm

it's been a challenge to recondition myself to do so after 20 something years of living in past and future, but not giving up on it.

to me living in the moment means truly enjoying life.

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Permalink Reply by april on August 22, 2008 at 4:46pm

it's why i'm single, i'll tell you that much. ;]

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Permalink Reply by Si Dawson on August 24, 2008 at 4:47pm

Wow. Ok, now that is one of the more interesting comments I've ever read.

Thank you. I'm going to be pondering this (and/or moving towards it) for a very long time.

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