The difference between imagining a vase of flowers and actually experiencing them in the moment are two completely different realities. Clearly, the reality of the moment IS what we prefer. However, you wouldn't think so the way stayed out of the moment and in our thoughts so much.
If you are present in your thoughts, then you are absent from the moment. Consider this and you will see that it is true.
Therefore, keep your mind focused on the moment and all within it. The practice of keeping the mind focused will starve off other thoughts as well as the need to rise in thought. Like listening to someone intently, you block out other disturbances until they are not heard anymore nor bothering you.
When we lost our natural meditative state as children we went from the being mind, that lived intuitively revealing life, to the thinking mind, that led and created life itself. It was then life and all its richness seemed to dull for us, lose its shine, become less vibrant, less alive somehow. That happening is not your imagination. Many others experience this and will tell you that they do.
That is actually what happened. As we have already established earlier, thinking is by no means as rich and rewarding as the present moment of being. Thinking of what something smells like is not the same as actually smelling it.
Therefore, if you want life to regain its magic like when you were a child the most beneficial practice you could do for yourself is be in the moment. Bring as much presence aka consciousness, as you can to being in the now as you can. In doing so thoughts will never again have such impact on your life. Your awareness of being will. You will discover there is no need to worry and take thought for your life, for in this peaceful state you will be led by a much higher state of consciousness which is the Soul being Spirit. Let thought be given rather than taken and live again.
~ Tracy Pierce
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