Taking in this information with our mind can feel taxing. It may take time—possibly years—before we reach the inner levels where these teachings apply. When we encounter our own inner conflict, then these words will really make sense.
Then we will understand what it means that there is a difference between intellectual and emotional understanding. For now, simply listen for a deep inner echo from what is being shared here.
A seed may be sown that will bear wonderful fruit later.
The future seems better—until we get there
We all struggle to stay present in each moment.
We rarely live in the Now.
We push into the future or pull ourselves back into the past. Often, we go in both directions at once. Either way, we strain away from what is here now.
Only by living in the Now are we living in reality. However we imagine the future to be, it may never happen the way we hope—or fear.
Suppose, for a moment, it were possible to get our future fantasy exactly right. We’re still in illusion, because that is then, and we are here now.
It is the same with the past.
Suppose we had perfect recollection—which, of course, we never do. We’re still experiencing another segment of time.
Reality—what is happening now—is not fixed.
Everything is in flux.
We like our imagined time in the future and the past, so we choose to live there. We also become stuck there because of our misconceptions. We are afraid to let go and go with the natural flux of time in each moment.
If we trusted the natural flow of time, we could come into harmony with it. Then we wouldn’t feel the need to try to constantly manipulate it.
We wouldn’t waste time fearing the future or waiting for fulfillment to happen there. Nor would we keep dipping into the past for it.
Oddly, we don’t trust ourselves to be present when the future arrives.
This is not entirely illogical.
After all, we’re not doing very well at finding fulfillment right now by being present with what is. Whatever untruth we are holding onto is obstructing us right now.
Rather than face it, we jump away from it—into another time.
This seems like an easy way out.
Listen and learn more.
Finding Gold, Chapter 7: Identification with Self
Read Original Pathwork® Lecture: #113 Identification with the Self
