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Invitations: The Present Moment
Free Movie: The Present Moment
We are
delighted to share a new short, inspirational movie: The Present Moment. The
Present Moment
was made from an excerpt from You Have Chosen to Remember: A Journey from Perception to Knowledge,
Peace of Mind and Joy by James Blanchard Cisneros.
After you
watch the short movie, you can easily email it to a friend or add your thoughts
to the movie's
forum.
You can also
read the text from the
Present Moment video here.
We hope you
enjoy the movie!
Ask the Author:
Trying to Live in the Present Moment, but Having a Hard
Time.
I
have been trying to live in the present, but my thoughts wander either
to the past and past hurts or to the future where a multitude of “what
ifs” stand before me. I want to embrace the joy of the day, to see good
things in what I am doing - now. How do I keep myself grounded in the
moment? I am missing many moments thinking about the future or past. I
have been through a mentally abusive marriage and made it. I have lost
loved ones and loved pets. I have lost security of my home and money. I
know that these lessons have made me stronger, but some days I don't
feel strong. Some days I feel sad and defeated. How do I move on to
embrace life again?
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Shelley, Ontario, Canada
1 – It is always ok to feel what you are feeling. The ego would have
you judge yourself any time you’re feeling sad or defeated. When you
play the ego’s game, you end up feeling bad for feeling bad. It
is obvious that this game gets you nowhere you truly desire, but this is
the ego’s advice. Yet, do not judge yourself for listening to the ego
and falling back into the same old reactions, for this is how most of us
have been trained to look and react to life – to judge life instead of
offering gratitude for it.
2 - Practice
what you desire to experience. If you truly desire “to embrace the
joy of the day, to see good things in what I’m doing,” then be on a
conscious journey to bring these thoughts and feeling into the present
moment. Consciously practice bringing them into your daily experience
until they become second nature. Do you not see that when you are
feeling “sad or defeated” that you are practicing being in this
vibrational state, in these moods? You are actually unconsciously
reinforcing these behaviors as natural and logical responses to the
external stimuli. You are unconsciously creating electrical synaptic
pathways in your brain that will make it easier and “more comfortable”
for you to react this same way to external stimuli - with sad and
defeated feelings. You are, in an unconscious manner, responsible for
your reactions to these external stimuli. You are paving your own road!
Do not judge
yourself for feeling what you are feeling, but do know that you have a
lot more responsibility for your thoughts and reactions than you are
currently being told. So practice my dear friend, practice. Practice
experiencing peace of mind and joy. Practice embracing the joy of the
day and seeing the good in all things – for the more you do so, the
smoother your journey will be.
3 – Feel what
you are feeling, but also analyze why you are choosing to focus on this,
rather than what you truly desire. When there are more than a few
days that you feel lost and defeated, and you do not truly question why,
you repeat this reactionary pattern to your environment until it becomes
second nature. But in truth, it is not your natural self reacting. You
are simply reacting as you had in the past. This sad and defeated
response is a programmed response to your environment. And so you feel
yourself having these feelings, you react the same way that you have in
the past, and unconsciously strengthen this programming until it just
feels like second nature – like your natural response – but it is far
from your natural response. And so my good friend, be glad for that! For
if you have unconsciously trained yourself – you can then consciously
deprogram the thought patterns that you no longer desire to support.
4 – Understand
the difference between how it feels to live in the present moment, and
how it feels when you are not living in the present moment. When you
are participating in the present moment, peace of mind, joy, compassion
and unconditional love are your companions. When you are stressed,
angry, feeling hurt, experiencing sadness, feeling defeated or regret
then understand that you are substituting your unconscious past
programming for the true gift of the present moment. Being in the
present moment is an expression of your natural state of being. Because
it is your natural state of being, then it must be, in its truest sense,
an easy act. My friend, being in the present moment is a lot easier than
the ego has programmed us to believe. During your day, practice asking
yourself: “Am I living in the present moment?” The simple act of
bringing this question into your awareness will begin the deprogramming
process.
5 – Retrain
yourself to be thankful, and offer gratitude for every single moment.
When you are participating in the present moment, and you are
experiencing peace of mind, joy, compassion and unconditional love,
offer gratitude and be thankful - for this is a choice you are making.
Be proud of yourself for choosing truth over illusion. When you are
experiencing stress, anger, feeling hurt, experiencing sadness, feeling
defeated or regret, simply try to catch yourself sooner and sooner, then
offer gratitude and be thankful that through your growth and choice, you
are spending less and less time in the illusion. Thank your “negative”
emotions, for they, in their own self destructive way, are assisting you
in spending less time with them, and more time in gratitude and joy. The
less time you invest in your “negative” emotions, the less time you will
experience them throughout your day - and in simple mathematical terms,
the more time you will spend in the present moment throughout your day.
Whenever you offer
gratitude for your day, you are lifting your vibrational state and
aligning yourself with your true self. Remember, that all things which
you now see happening are simply the physical reflections of your
thinking, showing you the meaning you have attached to them. Thus, offer
gratitude that the outside world is showing you your internal thoughts,
feelings and emotions that you are accepting as real. For this allows
you to correct and deprogram those areas in your life that are “causing”
you to feel hurt, sad and defeated. Bringing these thoughts to the
surface allows light to shine on them, and lets you see what you are
focusing on, supporting and manifesting in your life.
Continue reading this Q&A.
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invite you to share your thoughts and ideas about this question and response in
our
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Read More About the Present Moment
To read more about the Present Moment, you may want to read
Chapter Eight Overview: Being in the Now.
You can also read the text from the Present
Moment video here.
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