so much a part of normal living: the background static of
perpetual discontent. But the more you practice monitoring
your inner mental-emotional state, the easier it will be to
knowwhenyouhavebeentrappedinpastorfuture,whichis
to sayunconscious,andtoawakenout of thedream oftime
intothepresent.But beware: Thefalse, unhappyself,based
on mind identification, lives on time. It knows that the
presentmomentisitsowndeathandsofeelsverythreatened
byit. It will do all it cantotakeyou out ofit. It will tryto
keepyoutrappedintime.
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I can see the truth of what you are saying, but I still think
that we must have purpose on our life's journey; otherwise
wejust drift, andpurposemeans future,doesn't it?Howdo
wereconcilethatwithlivinginthepresent?
When you are on a journey, it is certainly helpful to know
whereyouaregoingoratleastthegeneraldirectioninwhich
you are moving, but don't forget: the only thing that is
ultimately real about your journey is the step that you are
takingatthismoment.That’sallthereeveris.
Your life's journey has an outer purpose and an inner
purpose. The outer purpose is to arrive at your goal or
destination,toaccomplishwhatyouset outtodo,toachieve
this or that, which, of course, implies future. But if your
destination, or the stepsyou are goingtotake in the future,
take up so much of your attention that they become more
importanttoyouthanthestepyouaretakingnow,thenyou
completely miss the journey's inner purpose, which has
nothing to do with where you are going or what you are
doing, but everything to do with how. It has nothing to do
with future but everything to do with the quality of your
consciousnessat thismoment. The outer purpose belongs to