The Originality of the Moment

What does it mean to 'be' in the moment? When in the moment is there an individuality that is aware? Thought is movement through time/space. It is manifested through the ego/self, that which represents the duality of the consciousness of thought. It is the separation of the me and the not me. When one is in the moment there is no movement. It is a state which is the negation of self and its projection. The outcome of which is the cessation of the movement of thought. When thought ceases the activity of projecting though the self, then one is in the moment. One is no longer utilizing the accumulated to interpret, categorize and conclude about that which one is experiencing. One can only realize the truth of moment when this activity of projecting is arrested.


One is constantly engaged in the activity of referencing the old in order to understand the new. That old understanding (which is the conditioned self) prevents one from remaining in the moment. We are looking through words and definition. So we only realize a modification of the old which is the continuity of what has been. Psychologically we a seeking security in knowing, which means that what we are experiencing must be defined, it must become word/concept. A concept is not reality, true reality has no definition because it is the new that has never happened before from moment to moment. Thought is always engaged in what was, because it is the result of what was. It cannot understand 'what is' which is the moment. It can only define within the enclosure of its limitations, which is its accumulated content.

When one is in the moment (not referencing the past), then there is no movement away from truth. Truth is found in the origin of each moment, before thought has the opportunity to define. What thought defines is a reflection of the known which is the projection of self.
The absolute moment is the unknown and its realization is realization of the true self. That which is without definition, that which cannot be grasped by the conceptual motivations of one who is seeking.

Each moment is the new and never before. But one will not be able to realize the peace that is the truth of each moment if one is attached and identified with what was (past memory). One must have the realization that any movement away from the originality of the moment is an escape from what is. It is the denial of truth and the substitution of self which is the beginning of conflict and violence. When one is timelessly aware of the moment, then there is freedom that is absent the known which is the self.