Living in the Here and Now

Are you consciously and intentionally aware and centering your senses, mind, and heart on what is present to you in the here and now? Far too often we become victims to the streaming thoughts of our egoistic mind that usually focus on what happened in the past, or what can happen in the future, on any time or place but the present moment. These thoughts are not reality, especially since the past has already occurred and the future has not yet arrived. Even when we are thinking about the past or the future, these thoughts are happening in the present moment. In choosing to do this, we ignore the true reality that exists beyond our finite minds in each particular moment and place where we are. For it is in being consciously and intentionally present to each moment as it offers itself to us, without the intrusion of our preconceived judgments or expectations, that we can experience the Divine Presence—we can experience God—who is not limited by time or space. It is in the present moment that we can become aware that we are joined with the Divine Presence who is eternal truth, beauty, goodness, and love that is, that was, and that alway will be.