Thread: Living in the Now

Originally Posted by juroara

And if you don't quickly shake off this moment and re-enter normality. Then being conscious of your own consciousness would eventually have you drop your human ego all together. Because compared to consciousness, the ego is just an artificial mask we put on. The ego lives in the past, and it lives in the future. But your pure consciousness, YOU, you only exist RIGHT NOW. The ego doesn't live or even exist in the NOW.

And if you were to ask yourself, who am I while living in the NOW, there is only one answer, "I am!"

Last night I definitely dropped the ego for a while and was conscious of the 'now' It was incredible. At first it scared the shit out of me, but then I just let it happen kind of like it was a dream and I was just seeing where it would take me. There was no past, no future, just what was around me (really similar to dreaming in a way) I could think of the past, but I couldn't visually think of the past, the present was too real and distracting, taking 100% of my attention. Everything around me just seemed way too real. It was then that I realized I was living in the 'now'

Originally Posted by juroara

Have you ever woken up one morning and saw a strange arm on your bed. And you picked up the arm wondering whose arm it was? Then you realized, ohhh..its your arm! It was so asleep you could have sworn it wasn't yours.

That's happened to me a few times. Sometimes it freaks me out, like when my hand is fully asleep and on my face, and I wake up thinking "wtf, who's hand is on my face?!?" and throw it off, only to have it swing over and hit the wall.

Originally Posted by juroara

Should you ever reach that moment of simply being, it can be frightening, because suddenly everything you thought you were would cease to be. And you can stare at those memories. Examine your whole life. And its no longer 'you' or even 'yours'. Like waking up and seeing that arm. Instead of asking whose hand is that, you would ask whose thoughts are these? Because all there is in the NOW, is You. And everything belonging to the ego becomes foreign, strange, and alien to you, even your own name.

I never examined my life in that state, but my body did not feel like it was a part of me. I identified myself best as consciousness. And when I'd look around at people, I felt like I saw them for who they really are, none of the physical stuff mattered. I also felt connected with everything, almost in a dream kind of way.

Originally Posted by juroara

I've experienced what you have too, Schmaven. Wouldn't it be nice to experience it every day? Makes life funner yes?

Definitely

Has anyone tried living in the now, in the dark? Like walking down a road at night with a perfectly clear sky, and music in the distance.

Music is beautiful...

In the words of Buddha, it must stop...these also

in my opinion, music is the most amazing thing ever

Originally Posted by Schmaven

Has anyone tried living in the now, in the dark? Like walking down a road at night with a perfectly clear sky, and music in the distance.

Living in the Now draws focus from content to context. To focus on content implies condition, to focus on context - The Now out of which all movement arises, is to focus on the Unconditional.

Originally Posted by Schmaven

in my opinion, music is the most amazing thing ever

Without opinion, All things are revealed to be equally "indescribably" Amazing, and beyond. To have an opinion creates boundaries, surrender them to reveal the awesome Truth.

Wow, good advice.