The 'Now' expiriment

Mr. Tolle wrote a book about it and I still haven’t read it. “The Power of Now”.

That gives me the privilege to write my own thoughts and theories about this theme.

So if there are similarities with mr. Tolle we probably agree on the subject.

Just live in the ‘now’ is easier said than done. Ask a random person on the street who claims to live in the ‘now’ how he or she does that and you’ll probably get a vague answer. Maybe also from me but hopefully vague enough to think about it anyway. So the obvious question:

What exactly is living in the ‘now’ ?

In short I would say: Don’t occupy yourself with tomorrow and don’t carry your past into the present. But it isn't as simple as it sounds. Because today our mind is thinking about tomorrow and tomorrow today will be yesterday…Haha As long as I understand it myself. I have discovered within myself there’s always an aspect that occupies itself with the future and that aspect can get really frustrated by not being able and not knowing what the future has in store. Also when it cannot calculate or influence the near future. This is an extra handicap for people who always have a hard time making decisions especially when the source is a certain emotion. And with the mind set on tomorrow (or a little further in the future) can be killing but apparently we are in need of it psychologically. Probably for reassurance. We are capable of writing scenarios based on agenda’s but on an emotional level ?

It appears to be a combination of keeping control and fear of the unknown. And especially about not accepting that you just can’t or don’t know. Did you ever ended a relationship ? Or a marriage ? Suddenly lose your job ? The cause of it is easy to tell (I assume). But what about the consequences ? How about tomorrow, the next day after that or next week ? Without a doubt there are workshops or educations about this matter but I will try to save you some money. Simply challenging you to an experiment. And in all honesty : Without guaranties.

Try for at least a week or if it goes well two to NOT occupy yourself with tomorrow or any other days that are in the near future. If there’s a thought about the future: recognize it and then put it away. Curious if you carry any prohibitive convictions with you ? Write them all down. Because they all come from the same place anyway (=mind) and mean nothing if you consider letting go of thoughts about your future.

Many of the thinks you create in your mind is born from an emotional condition and in my vision basically an illusion. You just don’t know ! The acceptance of the illusion and the not knowing will create a lot of free space on your internal hard disk. There’s nothing wrong with fantasizing about your future as long as you know it’s a fantasy….

A question I do have is: What if you want to live in the ‘now’, what shall we do with the past ? Future decisions are mainly based on past events. Would we then also need to block the past from my experiment ? Or just the associations with the past that might block the future ?  Will this be an issue if you don’t occupy yourself with tomorrow ? I’m very curious about that one…