Staying in the present starts with a simple action.

Stop and BREATH.

Feel every oxygen entering your body like the breath of life. nourishing your every cell. Concentrating on your breathing will instantly remind you that you are alive. You are here on this earth, still able to do what you want to make your journey fabulous. Breathing in deeply clears your mind and allows you to have a time our from the chaos that is rattling inside of you. With every breath, remind yourself, “I am here for a purpose, my purpose is ……” Finish it off with what you want to do at that very moment. A realignment process that will get you back on track.

Be in the FLOW.

When you part all the distraction in the world and be in the present with what is before you and loving every seconds of it is you being in the flow. Experience like this cause time to me immaterial and you glide with ease and feel that the universe conspire to be by your side. How do one gets in the FLOW? Love what you are doing and makes it exciting and challenging. Treat it as a game or a conquest. One that will make you smile from ear to ear and is so personal to you that you do not need anyone to agree or disagree because you do it for the very purpose of making you happy. Being in the FLOW is beyond concentration, this is when you call forth all that you have in you to be in sync with what you are doing. It does not feel like a chore but a pleasure in doing it.

Interconnectedness of the PRESENT.

Though we have our own perception of our own universe, it is still interconnected with someone else’s reality. When we are in the moment, acknowledging life as it is, we need to realize that there is a purpose of being in that constant state of NOW. The purpose is not for self gratification but an outcome that will makes you and everyone around you blooms. Like a smile can affects another person, so does being in the moment. It radiates high energy and brings people together to a common cause, whatever that might be. Or if you are in your own space, what you do when you are in the moment will somehow affect people directly or indirectly. it gives out energy that uplifts. So, don’t only think that it is only for your benefit, it benefits everyone around you. Be that force.

This is where I find Quality, that nearly dimensionless experience of flow that we all know when we are there but have a hard time defining it otherwise. Reminds me of that saying in the Tao Te Ching: “those who say do not know, those who know do not say.”

Is it “hard” to do in these busy times? Only as hard as you make it. I would say for me, it is impossible to be this state for very long at all – some number of minutes if I am lucky. I suspect others are similar. Know the present when you can …. the more you know it, the more comfortable you will become with it, the more frequently it will occur. And it will change your life.

The more you can be present in your life, living it in the now, the more you will find meaning as well.

To me living in the present means focusing on what you have at hand. Making full use of the hours you have in a day today and not think thoughts of longing for tomorrow. If you tell yourself that there is no tomorrow and that the only time you have for living is today, then I’m sure you’d feel wanting to get more out of that one day.

As for me, everyday before I leave for work I’ll hug and kiss my husband and son. Then when I drop my son of at my parents, I’ll do the same to them. Whenever, I feel appreciative of something they’ve done, I’ll say it aloud immediately because when you put it off you’ll miss the moment.

Staying more present in today’s busy society takes practise for it is often that our minds wander to future happenings and what we expect of it. Having a daily, weekly, monthly and annual plan/goal helps staying in the present because it tells you what you should do now to achieve your daily goals today that will eventually get you to the goals you set for tomorrow.

I remember Alan Watts line: If you make where you are going more important than where you are there may be no point in going.

I don’t have a NOW watch but I take my Iron Man, click to Chrono, set the time to 00:00:00 and just stay with the start.

I sometimes ask myself, what now? and then change it to what? NOW.

I maintin a hobby blog http://www.diehappytoday.com where I keep asking myself if this was the last day I lived would I die happy?

And so I remember, we only have moments to live we might as well live in those moments and the start of moments is the word mom and what better way to give birth to now than with being in our MOMents.

Alex, I think your question of how to stay more in the present in today’s busy society is a rather challenging one to answer. However, in my opinion staying in the present is a timeless aspect of our lives.

I don’t think people in the 18th Century would find it any more harder to stay in the present now then it was 2 centuries ago, wouldn’t you agree?

I’ve learnt to live in the present by remembering the adage,”We’re human beings, not human doings” and as such I would take time off to cut myself from anything but me, myself and I.

1) Exercise. I do this daily because it gives me time to “get in touch” with my body. Feeling the blood coursing through my veins remind me that I am alive. That I am here in the present. And the freshness that comes after exercise lasts for a few hours which keeps me focused and keep me feeling alive.

2) Meditate. I know when I say meditate, people start thinking of Zen and Indian men in white sitting cross-legged. Sorry to disappoint but I’m a new age guy. I lie on my bed or the floor, plug in my earphones n start playing some new age music. Slowly getting lost. Then I begin to tense and contract every muscle group in my body one at a time. From the toes all the way to the top of my head. After I’ve done this, again I feel like I am one with the Universe. I feel alive. I feel in the present.

3) Do Nothing. I know you’re thinking,”Why waste my time? Be wary my friend, that’s just the “busy metropolitan atmosphere” talking. I think the mark of a complete and whole man is one who can be with himself. No distractions. No nothing. Just he and himself for he is self-sufficient.

I hope that helps!

To CANI,

SaiF
The World’s First Teen
Personal Development Video Blogger

I am reminded of a quote that says “If you’re not sure you made the right decision, then make the decision you made right” So many people delay taking action because they are afraid of making a mistake. I’ve got news for you, you’re going to make mistakes no matter what you do, BUT if you’re good, you’ll do many more thing right than wrong (and will receive positive results as a consequence).

Personally, I’m in the middle of one of those types of things right now. I’m investing lots of time and money, knowing that good things will come (and are coming – and have already come) from those investments.

Does that make sense ???

Mr. Positioning (Stanley F. Bronstein)

The trick is find balance. You cannot always live in the now (financially anyway) because you might set yourself up for failure later. Having the right mindset to balance your present and your future and being to switch between the two is important to enjoying today and not forgetting about tomorrow.