Be Here Now

Be Here Now

By attending to the details of this present moment, by choosing not to recollect the past or plan for the future, you are engaged in a process of creating yourself in a specific and deliberate way.

Stephen Bachelor: Buddhism Without Beliefs

Early in the morning I sit at my dinner table writing. A little bird flies across the window. The snow-capped mountains across the valley glow in the first rays of sun. The tea in my cup has grown cold and my neck hurts from sleeping in a bad position.

When writing, I am concentrating inwards. Then I pause, and become aware of the world around me. The important thing is to stay there – to only attend to the details of this present moment and not wander off into the past or the future.

As Stephen Bachelor says, it’s a choice. If I frequently choose to stay in the Here and Now, it will become a habit. The more often I drop thinking and stay in the present moment, the more authentic I become. No masks, no worries, no wishes. Only me and my consciousness, only here, only now.