04 Jan 2010 Vrindavan, India
Category: Meditation
time is sometimes funny. I am sure you all already thought sometime about it how it seems to take ages when you are waiting and it seems to fly by while you are in a hurry. How come that when you have fifteen different things to do before the evening your day passes by without you really noticing? And on the other hand, if you wait for a certain event, for example a phone call, and you sit in front of the phone or have your mobile always at hand, two hours seem to pass by but when you look at the clock it was only two hours?
It is your awareness of the moments. When you are hurrying, you are just focused on what you are doing, to do it as quick as possible and the moments go by without you noticing them. When you are waiting, you are really aware of each moment, you feel each moment, each breath that you take. Both ways can be meditation.
I don’t say that it is good to hurry, this is not at all my concept. But I believe, when you have many things to do, it is good to still be with full awareness in each of them, then you will be faster and at the same time meditate with your mind and consciousness fully in the moment.
In the same way you will notice, if you wait for something and start realizing each moment, if you are aware of each breath, you are in meditation. Isn’t this the way for many people to reach the state of meditation? feeling the moment? And there lies also the big problem for many people: time and impatience. Yes, feel the moment, but don’t wish for it to go by quickly! Enjoy it, taste it and let it go by with its own speed. And if you are in a hurry, don’t curse about each moment that passes by because you are fully in your work. Be happy in each of those moments!
Tags:: Happiness, Meditation, Mind, Feelings, Time, Consciousness, Awareness
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Posted By Swami Balendu
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Time is really flying away sometimes, things come and go and often it happens without any awareness of that. Thus it's important to calm down soemtimes and just say: stop. And then to focus on the things arround us, take a deep breath and stop the march of time for a few seconds :)
Reply By Mirela on August 16, 2012 02:16
Dealing with the passage of time is aided by remembering that every moment is a blessing. Time flies when you are having fun and crawls when you aren't...but both situations are equally important. When we learn to appreciate silence and stillness, we no longer wish for the rapid passage of time. All the little moments are important.
Reply By Emily on October 05, 2011 04:23
If you are having trouble meditating or being in the moment, try starting by looking around the room and noticing where you are. Do this without allowing yourself to intellectually 'place' anything you see.
Reply By Jeff Leighter on November 05, 2010 04:52
I loved this advice too much . thank you alot for sharing xoxox
Reply By Majida Gabrease on July 21, 2010 02:23
Yes......like that you make the right choice and you can forgive......Sat Cit Ananda
Reply By Blanche Poncelet on July 21, 2010 02:18
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