Make it your practice to withdraw attention from past and future whenever they are not needed. Mahatma Gandhiīreak the old pattern of present moment denial and present moment resistance. The future depends on what we do in the present. There is never anything but the present, and if one cannot live there, one cannot live anywhere. The difference between past, present, and future is only a stubbornly persistent illusion.

The present moment is the only time we have dominion. Short, therefore, is man’s life, and narrow is the corner of the earth wherein he dwells. Remember that man lives only in the present, in this fleeting instant all the rest of his life is either past and gone, or not yet revealed. Joshua Fields Millburnīe forgiving with your past self. Accept life for what it is - a finite span of time with infinite possibilities. The most important reason to live in the moment is nothing lasts forever: Enjoy the moment while it’s in front of you be present. Thich Nhat Hanh ( Source)īreathing and smiling is a deep practice to bring us back to the present moment. The future is being made out of the present, so the best way to take care of the future is to take care of the present moment. Each moment of sitting meditation brings you back to life.

Sit just to enjoy your sitting you don’t need to attain any goal. Get present in the moment and ask yourself what is important this very second. Life always shows you the face that you show it. If you make friends with the present moment, and always say ‘yes’ to whatever is, life becomes friendly towards you. There is nothing you can do or attain that will get you closer to salvation than it is at this moment.

In the moment