There is a sacred place within us, outside of time and space that we dwell in always. Being there is not the issue, but having conscious awareness of it can be challenging at times. The perception of time has always fascinated me. Understanding the illusion of time is critical in advancing the spiritual journey. I came upon one of the best definitions of our "perception" of time many years ago… "Time is a linear progression of consecutive moments of now".
If you allow that idea to sink into your consciousness, you will have a better understanding of why it is always now. Past and future are ego-based illusions. Blink your eyes…it is still now, take a nap and when you wake up it is still now, or go to the store and when you return home, guess what, it is still now. Now is inescapable and unavoidable. Now is not a fleeting moment? There is nowhere else to be. However, we do need to practice keeping our AWARENESS on now. Otherwise, it's like being in Disneyland. We visit tomorrow land, adventure land, fantasy land...anywhere but the present moment.
Humans for some reason resist the idea of being, just being. Even when we decide to rest our bodies, the mind remains busy. It is only when we step out of time and rest our mind that its sacredness enters our awareness. For "now" is the place of creation, now is the place where forgiveness occurs, it is the place of letting go, it is the place where love is found, It is where we rest in God, and it is the place where we choose once again. In "now" we can choose to let go of our illusions of past beliefs and surrender to the Holy Spirit where our safety is assured. With our awareness in now we experience the portal to all knowledge, Holy Spirit. It is in this sacred place that we commune with God. Keeping AWARENESS in the present moment is key. Otherwise, we are time-travelers and we avoid experiencing who we truly are as well as our home in God
More often than not time traveling is an automatic process and we are not even conscious of doing it. Right now if your mind is focused on what is written on this page, that is where you are. But if you become bored, off you go and maybe notice a few minutes later that you finished reading this blog, but you have no awareness of what it said...You were time traveling.
Part of the mind training offered in ACIM is practicing being present. Then we start to become an observer to what is flowing through our minds. As an observer we have better control of the thoughts we latch onto and the ones we would rather have pass through. It's about paying more attention to the present moment. Practice is required.
The present is a happening place to be...it is where our divinity resides and where can commune with God through Holy Spirit. It is where we become acquainted with our soul. It is our glimpse of eternity. It is always there and we never need to go searching for it. We just have to focus on it...bring our awareness to it. When we are not a peace for any reason, we find healing in the presence of being. It is the place of Truth. Jesus teaches that the present moment is the closest approximation of eternity that we have within the illusion of time/space. It is where we can have an experience of our wholeness in God. It is who we are. It is the "I am". And in this sacred place, which is really an experience, the world we seem to see does not affect our peace. This is not something that can be explained with words but can only be experienced.
We can train our minds to return to the present moment, and bring all of our awareness there. There you will find healing and there you can choose again.
Blessings and Love, Lana
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