Clear Your Mind and Be Present in Your Life - Daily Vigilance

Posted on October 13, 2008

Clear Your Mind and Be Present in Your Life

There is so much going on right now, I am sure the same is going on with you. You have so much information and stuff being thrown at you that you can’t remember what you did five minutes ago. May be that is just me. I realized last night when I forgot to turn on a stove while boiling water and wondering why the water wasn’t boiling it did not even occur to me, I was operating on autopilot. Things could have been worse last night, people have done far worse on autopilot.

I am therefore chucking multitasking and operating on autopilot out the window, before this little chronic issue may become a big chronic problem. I made a promise to myself to be present in my life and today I start by doing one thing at a time and living in the present. I want to wash a dish and know I am just washing a dish, not washing a dish, talking on the phone, downloading software, checking online status of stuff and thinking about the next 100 things I need to do. Tomorrow we will be talking about chucking that 100 things you feel you have to do. Maybe take it down to fifty.

Today, I avoided a potentially serious situation because I was not present as Tolle would say it, living in the now.

Please remember it is all about living eternal vigilance even while trying to boil edamame.

Have a great day.