Is There a "Future Moment"?

When one chooses a course of action one commits to a plan. That plan becomes the projected image of the ideal. But ones life never fits into a plan of action, because the unknown is the unknown. Because ones life is caught in time one tries to create time as the future. The result is the conflict of the fear of not becoming and not achieving. One seldom stops to look at what is, because one is obsessed with the "next" moment. Peace is only in the moment not in the results of an accomplishment. One is on a journey but one never arrives. The journey is the illusion of that which projects.

One becomes attached to choices that seem to create a future of satisfied accomplishment. One is looking for the perfect spiritual experience or the acquisition of material comforts. One is controlled by the desire for future success in what ever field. Because one is caught in what should be, one misses the beauty of what is. One misses the reality of the moment because one is escaping into the projected image of self creation. So one is caught in the conflict of the separated of that which is the beginning of all violence. It is a life lived in darkness, in the despair of the "ups and downs" of seeking ones projected ideal. One cannot enjoy the beauty of the moment because one is concerned and worried about the next moment.

One lives in the psychosis of a future reality that never materializes. One settles for what is by creating a new what should be. One escapes this moment by projecting a new future moment. It is the illusion of self, of that which is seeking to find permanency through attachment to the ideal. To live totally in the moment one must realize the true self, otherwise the moment is just another future ideal. One continues to escape the moment by seeking the moment.

If one lives fully in the moment then there is no need to be concerned with the future. The future is the outcome of the moment. Each moment is "the moment". One must stay with the reality of what is, then one may be able to live a life that is without the angst of becoming. It is the freedom of what is, the peace and love of the absolute moment. When one has totally realized the moment as the only reality, then it is possible for one to come upon that which is not of time.