Random Thoughts...

I was thinking today about thoughts. Isn't that a funny statement? Thinking about thinking.

Here's what I'm coming to understand. The only things that ever cause me fear, anger, grief, etc. are thoughts...usually about the imgined future which never arrives or the past which is nothing but a memory. I know this makes sense and I'm seeing, hearing, and reading it everywhere I look. It's only recently I'm getting it.

I'm feeling like the relief lies somewhere in the fact that our thinking is a 'linear' process and reality, true oneness/consciousness, is free of the time-space constructs we experience in our current level of consciousness.

Long-held fears, reactions, thoughts, and habits are releasing me as a result of getting in the NOW. It is an interesting perception that they are releasing me as opposed to the other way around.

So simple yet so difficult.

My thoughts are my stories. They are how I define myself. They are about my past so you can know me. They are about my future so I have hope. They are the problem.

I have everything I need right in this moment. I have always had everything I need in the moment I need it, even if I don't like it. 36 years without fail.

I'm choosing to live in that present moment awareness more frequently. The space where the answers magically appear and everything is more vivid.

That space is the Now. The present moment that is constantly unfolding.

I'm tired of looking elsewhere, forwards or backwards. I want to be present.

While I enjoy searching for clarity in this matter through reading and discussions, I no longer have to have all the answers. I can simply be aware that everything is perfect at this moment and it feels good.

This is the place I need to remember...Now!