ARE YOU PRESENT?
Have you ever wondered what “being present” is?
Have you ever felt like you’re constantly doing so much that you miss out on the joy in the moment?
Have you ever thought to yourself what it’s like to quit everything and simply live?
Do you add complexity in your own life just to fill voids?
If you answered yes to most of these questions, don’t worry it just means you are human and you are not alone.
It was my birthday recently and boy was this one different. Every year I’ve always gone all out! Celebrating every day of the week and sometimes even leading into the following month lol. But this one was so different. I didn’t want to plan much, I just wanted to be. I watched the sunrise with a friend, ate lunch with my mom, took a nap, had our Limitless Goddess Circle and then my family came over to surprise me with dinner. It was honestly one of the BEST birthdays ever! And I didn’t go searching for it, I was in a state of flow and it all just came. (And yes, this is also part of “adulting” lmao. That’s how you know you’re “growing wiser” haha.)
I realized we often plan, and plan with expectations for the most epic results; and when life happens, and it doesn’t go accordingly we get disappointed. But when we surrender our control to the flow of what life has to offer, it becomes so much more rewarding.
“WHEN WE SURRENDER OUR CONTROL TO THE FLOW OF WHAT LIFE HAS TO OFFER, IT BECOMES SO MUCH MORE REWARDING.”
For years I would hear people say, “live in the present moment” and I’m like… “Cool that’s easy for you to say. Do you even do it?” ... And through time they planted a seed that I later watered.
I discovered that… The present moment is a true gift. Our inner being is a true treasure. And that we are the true consciousness inside of us. What does this mean?
The past is there for us to learn from, the present is there for us to enjoy it’s gift, the future is there for us to envision. Each day we wake up to breathe, it is a TRUE GIFT. We are not in this lifetime forever and each moment is meant to be experienced.
Our inner world is our true treasure. We are not our mind; our mind is simply part of us. When we live in the present and tap into our inner world everything inside of us and around us flourishes. The things we seek outside of us are really within us. One of the biggest wishes I have in this lifetime is that people would explore their inner world as much as they explore their outside world. When you begin the journey of going within and learning the depths of yourself, you unlock the greatest treasure you can ever receive in this lifetime… YOU.
This journey to self for me has been LIFE CHANGING! It brings tears of joy to my eyes knowing the greatest investment I have ever made has been in me. I am understanding me therefore, in turn, understanding we because we are all interconnected. We are human BEings, not human DOings. But society has convinced us we have to DO the most to live, when in reality we have to BE the most to truly live.
This leads me to the greatest lesson this last year has taught me. I am consciousness in this human experience. You are consciousness in this human experience. Our true nature is beyond our name and form. We are the observer of what is happening. Not the actual things that are happening. And I know this may be “too deep,” but that’s what I’m here for. And now I plant this seed in you just as others have planted in me. I hope you water it.
Quiet the mind and unlock the depths of your being. Tools that I’ve used in this process to self, to really start living in the present are:
Writing out thoughts.
Taking the time to mediate to go within.
Moving the body.
This causes one to explore their unfiltered thoughts (releasing them from the mind), get to roam inside the body to learn what one truly feels (not what somebody else put in there), and getting to know one’s body.
We are all multi-layered and deserve to explore all the depths. I will leave you with these three quotes from “The Power of Now” by Eckhart Tolle:
“BE AT LEAST AS INTERESTED IN WHAT GOES ON INSIDE YOU AS WHAT HAPPENS OUTSIDE. IF YOU GET THE INSIDE RIGHT, THE OUTSIDE WILL FALL INTO PLACE.”
“NOTHING OUT THERE WILL EVER SATISFY YOU EXCEPT TEMPORARILY AND SUPERFICIALLY, BUT YOU MAY NEED TO EXPERIENCE MANY DISILLUSIONMENTS BEFORE YOU REALIZE THAT TRUTH.”
“YOU ALSO REALIZE THAT ALL THE THINGS THAT TRULY MATTER - BEAUTY, LOVE, CREATIVITY, JOY, AND INNER PEACE - ARISE FROM THE MIND.”
Con mucho amor,
J.V.