INTRODUCTION

Could westill speak of time in any meaningful way? The
question"Whattimeisit?"or"What'sthedatetoday?"—if
anybodywere there toaskit—wouldbe quitemeaningless.
The oak tree or the eagle would be bemused by such a
question."Whattime?"theywouldask."Well,ofcourse,it's
now.Thetimeisnow.Whatelseisthere?"
Yes, we need the mind as well as time to function in
thisworld,buttherecomes apointwheretheytakeoverour
lives,andthisiswheredysfunction,pain,andsorrowsetin.
The mind, to ensure that it remains in control, seeks
continuouslyto cover up the present moment with past and
future,andso,asthevitalityandinfinitecreativepotentialof
Being,whichisinseparablefromtheNow,becomescovered
upbytime,yourtruenaturebecomes obscuredbythemind.
Anincreasinglyheavyburdenoftimehasbeenaccumulating
in the human mind. All individuals are sufferingunder this
burden, but they also keep adding to it every moment
whenever they ignore or deny that precious moment or
reduceittoameansofgettingtosomefuturemoment,which
onlyexistsinthemind,neverinactuality.Theaccumulation
of time in the collective and individual human mind also
holdsavastamountofresidualpainfromthepast.
If you no longer want to create pain for yourself and
others, if you no longer want to add to the residue of past
pain that still lives on in you, then don’t create any more
time, or at least no more thanis necessary to deal with the
practical aspects of your life. How to stop creating time?
Realizedeeplythatthepresent moment isallyoueverhave.
Make the Now the primary focus of your life. Whereas
before you dwelt in time and paid brief visits to the Now,
haveyour dwelling place intheNowandpay briefvisitsto
past and future when required to deal with the practical
aspectsofyourlifesituation.Alwayssay"yes"tothepresent
moment. What could be more futile, more insane, than to
create inner resistance to something that already is? What
couldbemoreinsanethantoopposelifeitself,whichisnow
and always now? Surrender to what is. Say "yes" to life —