FOCUSING ON THE PRESENT MOMENT

Parent Page : The New-Age Religions

To be in the present moment, it's not focusing or what we focus on which is important, it's how we use the senses. By sensing in a panoramic way we are automatically here and now, automatically in the present moment.

Exercises such as focusing on the taste of food, on every footstep, on bird song, on a tree or flower, or on the breathing, can be very stimulating. And focusing, when used in concentration exercises, is essential.

But on internet these days, there are literally hundreds of sites which advise focusing on the present moment.

Being in the present moment is very different to focusing on it.

Focusing is always selective. Focusing always limits the full spectrum of what's actually happening. By focusing we can find a degree of being here and now, but it will always only be a limited degree.

The minute you are actually aware in the present moment, you will find you are sensing in a panoramic way.

By sensing panoramically, as vulnerable animals do, we are automatically here and now, automatically in the present moment.

This subject is covered in more depth in How to be Now.

How could this modern "focus on the present moment" (google link) trend develop? Everyone seems to be collectively 'blinkered' by an unquestioned experience and understanding of the world purely in terms of focusing...