The future does not exist...

The future does not exist...

The future does not exist but it is the only certainty we know.   We rush toward it but never reach it, we move into it but never meet it, we talk about it but never experience it, we relate to it by things that have happened in the past, a dimension that no longer exists. For the only thing that is real is the present; that fleeting bite of past, future and now that has us in its grasp for an instant and then lets us go.

In matters relating to the future and the past most of us fret and worry, we dwell on both continuously even  though we cannot change one and the other does not yet exist. The present slips by as if it does not exist, yet it is the only real reality.

 

Babies, dogs and chickens live in the present; how lucky are they, they do not have the capacity to think of the past or future but are conditioned by the what has happened, but that is a different matter. Think back at those times when you have been happy; most likely they will be times when there was no time. You were absorbed in some task, or with someone, or something that totally took over your being, at that moment it was the only thing that mattered. The following are some examples of these happy times:

On the Howqua Time stands still!

When you are in infatuated with someone you will hang off their every word, every action every meaning, you are happy.

When you are absorbed by some project for example writing a book, painting a picture, playing with a child, fly fishing for trout, your absorption holds you in the present and you are happy.

When on a mission or cause the striving for an outcome or goal removes those fears and doubts that often plague us. All is suspended until we reach the goal and we are transformed into that happiest of people. That other time is when you are very still and “you capture the moment” and things become clear to you and your soul flies into the far outer reaches of consciousness.

As the Buddha puts it-“The secret of health for both mind and body is not to mourn for the past, not to worry about the future, or not to anticipate troubles, but to live in the present moment wisely and earnestly.” ~ Buddha


Excerpt from draft of my book under construction. Daughters Seven Things.....