Living in the Present: The Key to Inner Peace


This blog is inspired by the teachings of Osho.

To be restless, you need time. You need the feeling of the past and the feeling of the future. 

To be restless, you must carry memories from the past. That insult from ten years ago should still hurt. The insult, the person who insulted, and even the time have all gone, yet you still carry that pain inside. You hold onto it. You drag it along. If memories of years gone by are weighing heavily on your mind, then only can you feel restless. You need to have thoughts of the future, thoughts of what you will do tomorrow, or the day after. Plans, imaginations of the future, and memories of the past - caught between these two, you will be crushed. The person who gets caught between these two grinding stones cannot escape.

The irony is that both these stones are false. The past is gone, it no longer exists, and the future has not arrived yet. The only truth is the present. The only truth is this moment. This moment is the only currency you have. So, how can there be any unrest in this moment? Just think, reflect! How can there be unrest in the present moment? Do not let the past come in. Do not let the future come in. And then, can you find any unrest in the present moment? Even if you try, you will not be able to find unrest. The present knows nothing of unrest.

Here is the fun part: A person creates unrest by imagining the future, and then, plans to find peace in the future. This only magnifies the unrest. And we continue to spread the future further. Our desires are so vast that the imagination of fulfilling them in this life alone is not enough; we project them into the next lives. And more and more lives, endlessly, we spread them. All the burden falls upon your chest. You break under this weight. The person weighed down by this burden is restless.

Vajrayana, the Buddhist path, says: Live in the present. There is nothing true except this moment. And the day you live in the present moment, you will become effortless. Vajrayana is effortless yoga.

In our search for peace, we often ignore the one thing that holds the key - living in the present. Let go of the past, stop worrying about the future, and embrace the now. Only then can you find the serenity you seek.

C. P. Kumar
Reiki Healer 

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