Day 7 Being Here Presence is a present.
When we focus on the present moment,
We focus on the life we are living here and now.
Being here in this moment.
Take the time to be with what comes and goes.
Simply sit with it and allow it to be here.
For now and for the next 5 minutes,
All you need to do is to be here.
Sit comfortably in a chair or you may wish to lie on the floor.
Close your eyes.
Eckhart Tolle wrote about presence.
That time isn't precious at all because it is an illusion.
What you perceive as precious is not time but the one point that is out of time,
The now.
That is precious indeed.
The more you are focused on time,
Past and future,
The more you miss the now.
The most precious thing there is.
Observe your body and the shape that it makes in the space that you inhabit.
Observe as you scan your body from your feet up to your legs,
To your hips,
Your tummy,
Your chest,
Your shoulders,
Your head and rest on your face.
Focus on the centre point of your forehead where you find your third eye,
The point between your eyes.
Keep your attention here and here in your mind's ear the words,
I am here.
I am here.
I am here.
I am here.
Here.
I am here.
I am here.
I am.
Am I here?
Am I here?
Am I here?
Observe your body and the shape that it makes in the space that you inhabit.
Observe as you scan your body from your feet up your legs to your hips,
Your tummy,
Your chest,
Your shoulders,
Pull them back and down your head and again rest on your face.
Consciously smooth out the lines on your forehead.
Relax and smile.
See how that changes your face.
See how that changes the feeling that you have.
Take your attention to the outside sounds.
What can you hear?
Bring your attention to the inside sounds.
What can you hear?
If you feel anxiety or depression,
You are not in the present moment.
You are either anxiously projecting the future or depressed and stuck in the past.
The only thing you have any control over is the present moment.
These exercises can make us calm and present instantly.
Now awaken the body,
Open your eyes,
Sit up or move and notice how you feel.
