it often seems our lives are lived as a forward projection or backward glance - desires unfulfilled to fuel a wish we hold for tomorrow. The nature of the mind is to think, strive, and plan, it's the organizing function to navigate the day. Recognizing this, we are asked to be mindful, to embrace the present moment as our own and find peace hear and now. Yet even in the furthest reaches of the mind - from tender age of memories to a future far away - we have never strayed beyond this moment. We can let the mind alone, to naturally wander it's course of will, and in all this our presence remains firm and untraveled. We are here. Always. That's our reminder, to simply allow a safe return for the minds passage - mindfulness is not an antidote for the minds natural expression, but only a gentle smile offered for the illusion of it's travels. Our smile is the light that illuminates the present, it's the Buddha of the moment.
There is nowhere we could ever go that is not right now.
And so no desire could really exist
unfulfilled.
It all happens now or not at all.
Smile - and know this moment is
what we have.
And nothing more is needed.
~
Peace,
Eric
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