(This is an extraction from one of my books. I thought someone might enjoy this part).

(For out-of-the-box-thinkers).

Opening up the Present!

Living in the present moment is one of the most important things that a person may discover. Most people have no idea just how powerful this one simple secret can be for well-being. I like to use the gift analogy for the scenario because when a reader understands it everything starts falling into place.

“When you open up the present, you will receive a gift,”

“An unexpected surprise! That’s why it’s always called, “the present moment.”

People will rarely find a lot of negativity while staying focused on the present. Everything is happening right now and not in another time frame. Everything in the present is also a gift. Happiness and joy can also be found in the present. We can usually get divided and cease function as a “whole person” when our thoughts of the past and future keep distracting us and making us distant to what’s really happening in the NOW.

One of the biggest secrets is indeed to dwell in the present at all times. The present is the infinite. There is no ending. It provides endless positive experiences. Once it has been done for a while, it can be amazing just how quickly things will improve and how fast fortune arrives. Our awareness and concentration, not to mention every other health aspect, improves dramatically. It is very good medicine.

Imagine someone telling you to go out and enjoy life, but then tying ropes around your body and pulling you in opposite directions until you finally give up. This is what happens when we constantly attempt to live (i.e. think and act, respond) in the past and the future. Our “real lives” and experiences for every single moment becomes something that we can rather resent or do not even desire. Think about all of the problems, drains, tensions, anxieties and stresses caused from mentally bouncing around from the past to future and then back again.

So, how does one solve this problem? Very easy. Stop looking at your existence in a linear timeline view, such as in a line with the past, the present and future- and you stuck in the middle. Being stuck in the middle of a shifting viewpoint is what causes us to feel as if we are always a victim of circumstance. Being in the middle of all of it is what causes many problems and conflicts. Consider that this linear time-line doesn’t even exist.

Thinking of time not existing in a linear way may seem bizarre at first. But, it can have a major change on every perspective. One can then start truly experiencing every single moment and being whole, as the person they were meant to be. One can then focus on “being” from one experience to the next- all becoming more natural and fulfilling. We usually destroy and scatter every part of our self and being when we choose to always live in the past and future- when we attempt to always think and act in a shifting linear time-line modality.

There is no expert that ever arrives to put all of those thoughts of the past and the future together to become a wholly integrated perspective. Ironically, we become like Humpty Dumpty and all of the kings men cannot put us back together again. Everything will just remain fragmented and scattered- leaving little pieces of us all over the place- disconnected as a whole and un-integrated. That is why someone cannot really expect to enjoy life in fullness unless living solely in the present. We can come back to the present anytime. Just be aware of each present moment. It equals human values, which will compound upon itself for a larger than life experience.

Living in the present is also a secret regarding emotional and spiritual well-being- like in meditation. Linear time can become an illusion and may be handy for a robot. The very concept of living in some linear time line reality causes major problems because it is disconnected from values- in all aspects of a "conscious" experience.

Once one understands this part, they will never look at their own existence in the same way again. Living in the present moment, on every level, leads to effortless growth and abundance. NOTE* This has nothing to do with thinking ahead or planning things in life. Remember, when we open up “the present” we will receive a gift. The past and the future (the old linear time line view) is only the wrapping paper that the gift has came in… nothing more… and that there holo-gift or connection is still in front waiting to be experienced.

Something to think about, “Living only in the present moment, in the now, is our natural relationship and synchronicity with the World. It produces a natural connection with the Universe or the divine to create a path of abundance. If you want to experience never-ending spiritual growth, emotional growth and abundance then you must discard or at least shrink the older linear view concept and experience every present moment as the only moment that really exists. This will eventually put you right into an abundant reality and condition.

We are not "time-line-integrators." For, instance, think about how much mental activity someone spends thinking about the future and the past. Then realize that none of it is ever integrated into a complete picture. We are integrators of present or NOW moments. The present is what’s real. And, that is where many people should be at times instead of lost somewhere in their imaginary time-line maze and jigsaw puzzle, which means that their own experiences of “the present or a full or whole reality” is usually distorted.

Life has a funny way of bringing to us what we truly need or desire or us towards it. Living in the present causes major synchronistic events to occur. One's intuition increases and they learn to just accept and go with things. Those who study the law of attraction will understand this part. You see, when a person chooses to always live in the present moment, they eventually develop a calm, posative, content balance and pose. After a while, it gets easier to enjoy things and act in passion. That type of orientation also creates patterns of abundance, enjoyment and good things to re-occur more often. And, so the pattern expands itself to be experienced more-by fundamental laws and natural laws of the Universe.

There is nothing complicated about the concept of a linear time line not existing. Getting rid of the illusion of a linear time-line and considering that time itself does not really exist at all- that everything is happening now and at present point, the moment becomes infinite and the roses bloom, putting one exactly where they want to be on the path of personal discovery, development and growth.

When one experiences and realize each present point, each point becomes a present. Instead of looking at a clock as something that measures an increment of time, it can always be regarded as something that records your experiences of the NOW- moment-to-moment- each second or minute- one experience of the present moment after the next. One's intuition can also increase dramatically and good fortune can come in a natural, unfolding manner. A person can more naturally be who they were meant to be- along with all of the experiences that they were meant to have- in abundance, wholly and fully- infinitely- continually compounding upon itself.

Do you think that our natural relationship with the World is constantly bouncing back-n-forth and scanning the past, the present and the future in our mind, though attempting to make some sort of linear based puzzle that by chance will fit together? The moment of abundence and connection to more abundence can be found in the present moment of endless gifts(Written by Nathan L. Earney. Please mention my name if sharing. Thanks).

Enjoy the present moment!

Please remember to throw away the “wrappings.”