Now
The past is a present idea
The present doesn’t slip
Into the past at all
It remains totally present
Because there is no past
There was no past
There is no time to waste
This now moment that you seek
Has you in its jaws
Why wait for enlightenment?
Why not go off half-cocked
Which is now
And already out of your control
This is all space right here
Where could you get leverage
To affect this?
This is all time right now
When could you even attempt
To change this?
When you comment on life
It’s already too late
And also too late to withdraw
The above comment
And this one also
And so on
The present moment is not
Just a moment
Among other moments
The present moment is as subtle
As an express train
It was already over
Before you started
That which you want to improve
Is happening now
Thought does never move
From the present
This moment is smooth
And continuous
And eternal
The past is also now
To think you have to remind yourself
To be in the now
Is absurd
When observed closely
Nothing lingers at allIn the present moment
No time exists
The absolute power of this now
Is completely overlooked
It’s too late to do anything
About now
There is no cause and effect
Because this is it
There is nothing else to cause this
And nothing else for this to affect
Truth is before you think about it
Behind this present clear moment
Is not even a trail of ashesEverything changes
Except now
The present isn’t an instant
It’s everything
The result of change is always nowAny attempt to
Change what occurs
Is what occurs
You will never learn from experience
Because experience is
Only now
There is only what is occurring
Right now
Change does happen
But there is no past
To cause it
Every attempt to reach oneness
Is oneness already attempting
By Peter Marjason
From http://www.advaitanotebook.com/index.html
If the poem above “clicked” and you have not yet read Eckhart Tolle’s A New Earth, well then NOW is the time! And/or give it as a gift, it is like giving a Bible, that’s how profound Eckhart’s teaching is:
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0452289963/esoterictheologi
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One Response:
December 9th, 2008 at 6:23 pm
Thanks for this poem, Katia, it was such a nice experience reading it. I read it twice. My mind felt so light hearted, if that makes sense. It gave me the experience of an “expanded state”…many of your readers know about that. I felt more in love with “matter” and physicality (the Magdalene of existence) when my mind went to the “now” , maybe because it released my thinking . It reminded me of one of Jungian analyst Marion Woodman’s definitions of “the Feminine” as “presence now”. Another of her definitions of the mysterious Feminine is “receptivity” and the poem activated that feeling in me too. Maybe I’d call it “receptivity to the presence now”….which resulted in loving appreciation for all that surrounds me.
It makes me feel like saying “Merry Christmas”.
with love, Joan