To live in the \u2018here and now\u2019 is looked upon as positive to meditation. Focusing on the \u2018here and now\u2019 helps towards not letting the mind go astray in the wherever, whenever \u2013 not letting the mind wander towards this thing someone somewhere said last week and that keeps nagging you, nor in that special celebration of next month.<\/p>\n
\u2018Here and now\u2019 is the steady flux of little things happening. When you\u2019re in meditation, well, probably not so much is happening. So you can calm your mind.<\/p>\n
And that\u2019s great.<\/p>\n
But in this \u2018here and now\u2019, it\u2019s not any specific time and place that are important.<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n
You could be thinking about yesterday, no problem. Then think about the \u2018here and now\u2019 of yesterday. The \u2018here and now\u2019 is about a way of thinking that is steady and inviting. You invite the things that happen, to just happen. You invite your own mind to not make a lot of convolutions. You invite your thoughts to go slow. The \u2018here and now\u2019 may help. But a specific time and place are not what it\u2019s about. During meditation, you might even forget time and place. Or: time and place themselves may feel to become larger than usual. You might feel timeless and placeless. And that\u2019s OK. Just let yourself go.<\/p>\n
The \u2018here and now\u2019 are nice to let yourself go into.<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n
At any moment in the \u2018here and now\u2019, something unexpected may happen. You cannot look into the future, therefore theoretically, anywhere and anytime, something unexpected may happen. Knowing this can hold you back from falling into lethargy. You can be steadily curious – without letting this curiosity diminish your meditation. It just goes on. Anything can happen\u2026 while probably nothing happens. Can you feel it now, where you are, being attentive to this? It\u2019s like a little boat on a river under the moon, slowly drifting, going along with the stream towards the sea. Very peaceful. Someone is sitting in the boat. This someone is you. You can look at the moon. You\u2019re very quiet and relaxed. You let go.<\/p>\n
Meditation in the \u2018here and now\u2019 is not about the here and now. It\u2019s about the meditation. It\u2019s a state of being.<\/p>\n
\u201cEverything that happens, happens by itself, spontaneously.\u201d<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n
This is meditation.<\/p>\n
This is Openness.<\/p>\n