The moment we think about the present we know in the present we are no more. The present is what we live. We are able to observe, experience, do, realise. What a wonderful moment I have lived. One may say. What an amazing opportunity I have had to practise my mind training. One may comment. Have you seen that? One may ask. All happening in the present, observed in the presented, experienced in the present, done in the present. The moment we realise what present is, it is the moment we seek no present anymore, as in the present we are.

Let us think about what we have lived until the present moment. Let us identify the difficulties we have experienced, the joyful moments we have participated, the wonderful achievements we have performed, the small things we have noticed. Everything we have done has contributed to put us right here, and right now, in that marvelous moment of the space and time fabric we have dubbed as present.

We learn from things happening in the present moment. We analyse situations happening in the present moment. We seek understanding from events happening in the present moment. However, we have difficulties to realise what present is, observing what is happening both in the self and the surroundings of our own perspective and relativity. Suffering says “Welcome to the jungle!” the moment we have no consciousness about what present is, and how we could observe which events are happening.

Observation and understanding are separated but complementary concepts to the task of realising what present is. We observe without understanding but we have no understanding without observation. We observe the occurrence and the sequence of events happening, as part of the understanding that says it is through observation we acquire the consciousness required to be aware of everything present in the environment we are inserted into. I could not understand that. One may say. The right answer to the right question is to know what whether to observe in the scene we are experiencing. The understanding comes from the reasoning we make by the observation we have taken.

William Shakespeare has said: “To be, or not to be, that is the question”. We could use that quote as inspiration to characterise the realisation of the present moment by saying: To observe, or not to observe, that is the question required to realise what present is, and how to be right here, and right now, conscious and aware of the moment.

Namaste 💓💓💓💓💓💓💓


Written by Jeferson Souza (thejefecomp).

 

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