What does it mean to live in the moment?

It means you are where you are and not off somewhere else. You are not a minute ahead nor are you a minute behind. You are not past-oriented nor are you future-oriented. You are not thinking of something else. You are where you are.

If you are drinking a cup of coffee, you savor the coffee. You savor the people you notice in the restaurant and you savor the people walking past the restaurant. You are not cogitating past, present or future. You are in the present. In a sense, beloveds, you are the present. This is more than being in the present.

We can say that nothing exists but the present. You don’t think of a Universe. You have become the Universe. We can say that you don’t think about Infinity because you are Infinity. You are in the stream of timelessness. This is what this moment is. You are where you are, and you aren’t where you are not.

You are in certain surroundings, yet there isn’t static. There is no interference with what is now.

It is focus though I do not say that you are focused. This is a natural act. There is no effort. There is intention, yes, perhaps.

It is even away from the moment if you think you must focus. Now is focus without thinking about it. This is being where you are without thinking about it. You are Being.

This is being happy, for what is there to be unhappy about when you are alive and right where you are? Remember you are in Infinity whatever the shape it presents itself in.

HJ: Self doubt is only a symptom of deeper unhealed parts of yourself.  Heal those and the self-doubt is transformed into happiness, peace, joy and even self-love.  Because these are your natural states of being.  And when you remove whatever is blocking them, they arise once again and become your dominant experience.  Simple as that.

- Truth

How To Let Go Of Self-Doubt and Find Long-Lasting Happiness

By Jessica Blanchard | Tiny Buddha

“It’s never too late, or in my case too early, to be whoever you want to be. There’s no time limit.  Start whenever you want. You can change or stay the same.”  ~F. Scott Fitzgerald

Have you ever let your doubts get in the way of feeling happy?

I have.

I left my soul-sucking corporate job to live my dream, teaching yoga in Thailand.

George Lakey, Waging Nonviolence Guest
Waking Times

How Do You Beat the 1 Percent? Start by Learning Their Favorite Moves… 

Gandhi confronted a number of adversaries in his day, including a world empire. He sometimes called them “a worthy opponent” — one that used shrewd strategy to try to defeat his movement. Even though Gandhi was deeply concerned with ethical issues, he didn’t think that taking a moral stand excused him from the need to strategize. That meant paying attention to the moves coming at him.

In keeping with my last two columns on this subject (see part one and part two), here are five more of the economic elite’s favorite moves, as it seeks to maintain dominance in the United States and elsewhere.

There is a conditioning that exists in many of you that has been reinforced by many generations of your ancestors. This was the us vs them mindset, that was created by the suffering of the masses and was perpetuated by those who were using power to keep people disempowered. People bonded together by their lack, by their victim consciousness, by their discomfort. It became a means of unity within separation, a way of connecting, that people sought to find comfort from.

This is still continued by many human beings to this day. People meet and the first thing they do is to start sharing how hard their life is for them. They do this to gain acceptance and to unify with others, lest they seem to be the same as those who seek to keep the masses small and uncomfortable. This is one of the main reasons, to this day, that people are reluctant to share their joys and successes with others.

Dear Ones, what if you saw other’s successes as a sure sign that success is coming to you, too? What if you celebrated others growth and joy as your own? What if you bonded over what was right and wonderful in your lives the second you saw each other? What if you saw the universe as completely abundant with more than enough for everyone?