Conciousness and self-conciousness are opposites, by the way. When we are self-conscious we are self absorbed. There is no room for the present, only for our shopping list of fears and grievances, inadequacies, wants, desires, and dreams. Conciousness grows in direct proportion to the retreat of self-consciousness. When concious, we become a part of everything we experience, not apart from it. We are absorbed not in ourselves, but in others and our work and pleasures. That insight is what underlies my mantra - Want what you have, Do what you can, Be who you are. The present is not only a dimension of time-it is also a gift. This very moment is the only moment we are surely given to redeem, for the past is over and the future remains uncertain. when we open to the present, we enter a world that is completely ours. We receive the gift of life. Forrest Church
Posted on: Sun, 27 Jul 2014 06:59:45 +0000
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