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Why does the present moment appear to be so short-lived?
Overcoming obstacles to being in the present
In the mind, we continually create new worlds, made up of our interpretations. Just as the outer world grows and evolves with new life forms replacing old ones, in the mind, there is a similar process. There is a constant turnover of thoughts, and there is no shortage of material that passes through the ‘interpretation mill’ set up in the mind. This imaginary world runs in parallel to our physical reality.
The mind monopolizes receding time, which we know as the past, and the time that is approaching us, which is the future. The present moment isn’t chronological time in the sense of looking at a clock or a calendar. It is not wedged between the past and the future, such as when we say yesterday is the past, tomorrow is the future and today is the present.
The present moment isn’t chronological time in the sense of looking at a clock or a calendar.
The present moment happens when we break away from the world of interpretations we create in our minds.
When we are not interpreting thoughts and experiences, awareness disengages from the mind. When…
