The Present Moment (Extended Version)

Mindfulness - the conscious choice to witness the present moment - is among the most powerful ways to live your life; to feel at peace - to be in harmony with your inner being - and to feel contentment and ease.  Being witness to the present moment allows you to experience your true nature. The practice of mindfulness teaches us that we can be in control of our destiny.  We can be attentive to the inner world of our thoughts and choose with full attention and awareness what is right for us in each moment.  Choosing what thoughts and actions are right and best in order to live our highest potential (in each moment) aligns us with our innate happiness; and our ability to easily be kind, patient, and loving. "In the present moment, you may witness your self; you may witness your expression of self as this incredible lightness of being - as your true nature - as the energy of love."  - Dorothy Ratusny

Transcript

Where you are in this moment,

Be attentive.

What do you notice?

What draws your attention?

What are you able to appreciate as it is?

As you are attentive,

Be appreciative of everything.

Everything as it is in perfect order.

Everything as it is in perfect order.

Take conscious breaths here for a time.

Enjoy holding presence,

Mindful of what is.

Everything as it is in perfect order.

Next,

Close your eyes.

In these moments,

Draw your attention inward.

Let your senses open you to the impressions that you feel.

What are you aware of inside your body?

What do you notice?

Allow yourself to witness without any judgement.

Simply notice.

Bring awareness into your breath.

Let the present moment be witnessed with your breath,

Your deep inhalation,

Your lasting exhalation.

Let your senses open you to the impressions that you feel.

Let your senses open you to the impressions that you feel.

Let your senses open you to the impressions that you feel.

All of your attention is here with your breath in the beauty of each moment.

Allow each inhalation to be a single moment.

Allow each exhalation a single moment.

Let each exhalation be a single moment.

Use your senses to take notice of all that is in your experience.

Live here,

Out of each moment as you awaken to it.

In the present,

There is no clock time.

Only here and now.

Only awareness.

Only presence.

Only awareness.

Only awareness.

Only awareness.

Only awareness.

Reviews

Una voz muy apacible, excelente meditación.

Beautiful and simple. Thank you. 🙏🏻🦋🙏🏻

Thank you! The perfect guidance preventing me from falling of the surfboard surfing joyously the wave of the present Moment!

Very good for recognizing the presence with breath

Peaceful pauses allow for complete calm . Wonderful.

Excellent! Lots of gaps of silence to intensify the meditative experience.
I have learned to appreciate and look forward to moments of silence, but still can't do total silent meditations. This one really is the best of both worlds.

It took me to a different place...the present moment...metta

Love this! Thank you. 🌷🌷🌷

Love ! Love! Bookedmarked to listen to everyday. Thank you ! Namaste ❤😊🙏

Great for grounding and present moment awareness.
Thank you so much.

Thanks Dorothy for sharing another wonderful practice 🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽 The calm in your voice makes it magical 🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽 Namaste

This was beautiful. Such a lovely break to return to the present moment.

So perfect!! Thank you for this....starting this day off so beautifully!!! Love it!!!!

Thank you, Dorothy, for this peaceful journey into presence...will listen often!

Absolutely beautiful. Great voice, pacing, music in this present moment. 🙏🏼🌈🙏🏼

Beautiful. Thank you

This is special. Somewhat different than the other presence meditations. Thank you!