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I will be happier when…
I will be happier when… this moment is over. This is not a good moment for me. I want to be in a better moment, like a beautiful memory from the past, or a perfect dream about the future – I just don't want to be in this ‘now’!
It is with logic such that we choose to deny the reality of the moment we are in, and live in the mind created past or future. This may seem perfectly OK, because what is wrong with feeling better about ourselves and our life situation, even if it not true in this moment?
The issue is that real quality only exists deeply in the present moment, (and we need to go way deeper than our minds here). If we stay in our minds we miss out on the deeper quality available to us in every moment of our lives. And by real quality, I don’t mean the artificial mind created ‘quality’ of the past or future, I mean a deep connection with all of the beautiful inner qualities such as inner joy, peace, love – in fact the whole aliveness of being!
We have become so used to deferring to another time, it can be hard notice that we are 'missing out' on the true quality of life! We choose to allow life to pass us by because we don’t like that bit of it we are currently in, and we defer connecting with it until things are ‘better’. Only then we will start to connect with the moment and feel the real quality in life, but not right now because this moment isn’t what we want!
So how many times do we miss the present moment? Not just miss it, but consciously dismiss it, for having no value. Like when we are having to wait for a bus, or an appointment when you are in a hurry, being crammed on a tube train, or feeling bored. There is nothing wrong with this moment, our minds just aren’t happy with how it is, and so there is a compulsion to want to change it.
Yes, I am sure I will be happier when…
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I get off this crowded tube train,
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it's lunchtime,
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the working day is over,
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I’ve met the deadline,
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it’s the weekend,
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I have a few drinks,
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I am sober again,
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I get some time off,
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I get a new job
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I have a life partner
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I retire
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And even…. When I am dead!
It is possible to wish your whole life away, living in your mind-created past and future, and so avoiding any connection with the present moment and the quality that is always there.
The point is that you don't have to wait to feel that aliveness of being. It is already there in every moment. Just take THIS moment, deeply connect with it and notice how it feels.
(Or wait until Sunday!)
If you are ready to stop escaping and come back to NOW, give the ‘Living in the Moment’ workshop on Sunday 6 March a try and find out what you are missing!
Hope to see you soon
Best Wishes
Love
Ankur
Workshops and Meditations in March
Living in the Moment
Sunday 6 March
'It gives you the tools to be present in your life and helps you to bring more happiness and awareness to it.’ Nadia
Exploring Active Meditation
Weekly on Tuesdays at 8pm
Tues 1 Mar: Osho Nataraj Meditation
Get Lost in the Dance!
Tues 8 Mar: Osho No-Mind Meditation
Talk in any language you don't know!
Tues 15 Mar: Osho Chakra Sounds Med.
Cleanse Your Energy Centres with Sound
Tues 22 Mar: Osho Dynamic Meditation
The most Powerful meditation of all!
Tues 29 Mar: Osho Gourishankar Med.
Get as high as Mount Everest!
‘If you enjoy Osho active meditations or want to experience them for the first time, this group is great. Relaxed atmosphere and clear explanation of meditations.’ Rachael
For details click on the title, see details in the left hand column or see www.SchoolofAwareness.co.uk
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