The Now

Many Self help Spiritual books talk about the NOW. Putting focus on what people today are forgetting to do. Most of us live very busy lives never stopping to take it all in. Eckart Tolle has more of a inner spiritual way of seeing the now. Letting go of Ego, becoming one with nature, and the NOW would be fully experiencing every thing in the moment without letting thoughts or emotion in. So how do we really apply it to REAL life? My husband who has also read Echkart Tolle's book the New earth has different way of putting it. Being in the now is not only about letting go of all we were taught and going just for a peaceful quiet experience (what fun is that!), but instead living in the now with all that is our life and all that of which excites us (yes EGO TOO!) We are all different so we need to apply what the NOW means to us....Here is my husbands meaning of the NOW:

What is the now, what does it mean to live in the now?

I understand it as this..

1. The now is the clothes we wear (Are you really paying attention and
dressing to your best?) Going out and presenting yourself the way you want to be presented

2. The now is where we live (Is it really up the standards you can have
right now?)

3. The now is in what you do with your extra time? (Are you really
spending your hours constructively?)

4. The now is in the shape of your body? (Are you really happy with your
health and physic?)

Think about what's important to you right now and
ask yourself. Am I matching up to my expectations in that area with
what I am capable of doing at the present moment? If the answer is no I
can do better, then that means your not living in the now.