Quality of now

will define quality of every now that follows

At any moment, the thoughts we carry relate to either past or future.

Mostly the recipes are regrets from past, and worry about the future.

In reality, pick this moment, this!.. this very moment!.., this now!!- wait for a thought to arise about it, be like a cat watching the mouse hole! do not anticipate what is coming in the very next sentence, that’s in another now that’ll arrive later..

Surprising eh! when we deliberately just try and make this now the only subject- is that wonderful or, disturbing like usual? does something come out of that mouse hole? rare..

This ‘Now’ in itself is always complete, no additions or deletions required. Yeah! on the surface of it, we refer to different kind of states or degrees on a scale from suffering to joy- but that's the situation sitting on top. Mind it! and FYI, suffering and pain is different in ways similar to joy vs pleasure are. Pain and Pleasure are real nervous and hormonal cocktail, felt by this physical form we call body, through which life emanates- lets leave them aside. While, suffering and joy are choices that we make unconsciously while reliving our past, or in anticipation/fear of the unknown future.

Unknowingly we mingle a lot about the dimensions of time that was or will come, and reduce the importance of this one moment, that we have.

This moment, never gets lived!.., but its presence is only felt/thought when, we were either in the past anticipating about it, or will be in the future regretting its poor quality.

The only way to have better, favourable ‘nows’, is to be fully in this now, thereby making sure our quality of presence and involvement is of very high quality- no matter what.

That said, it’s obvious that at times we are required to move back and forth in time, and think about it- but let it only serve our purpose in terms of reminding ourselves about things we have learnt through experience (past), and what are the right set of expectations, plans and processes that should determine our daily movements/actions/intentions (future).

We can try and reduce the past to only activate our intelligence while manoeuvring complex problems, alike historical data serving its purpose for Machine Learning. And visualize our future milestones in ways that makes this one step in the now more intelligent- this journey we call life. Thus, when we are travelling in time, let it come via conscious choice and not endless automated thought occupation 😃. The recipe inherently becomes,

more fun

compounds predictably

turns out to be inclusive in our societal construct

pulls us into exciting territories for new experiences

All these, that we just read through, might draw us in more, when we are fully in the now, here, this moment!

See ya.. Cheers!