The Serenity of the Moment

There are many that talk about the moment, the "now", they write books and create a following. But true realization of the moment is not something that is acquired or that you learn. Its not something that is formulated by the self nor is it a state of knowing that empowers. All that is purported by those who claim to know, is simply a projected idealistic image of self aggrandizement. For this reason there is no real change, no transforming realization that comes from the core of ones being. Illumination of the moment comes from within. All external knowledge purporting to bring it to light are a hindrance to the dissipation of that which is seeking. When there is seeking there is the self that is at the fore front of all that deceives and keeps one in illusion. A person has to lay the groundwork for the possibility of something that is not a product of thought as the image of that which acquires.

The mind must free its self of all images of spiritual acquisition and superiority. One must be vulnerable to life, unassuming and without an ego/self that is demanding an experience. Whatever one experiences is the product of a mind that is caught in its own desire. Desire is prompted by belief, which is the result of a self that is seeking. What it finds is the illusion of the self created. So the "Power" that you think you have acquired is really the illusion of the self absorbed and nothing more. It will make you feel good about yourself temporarily, but you will find that you have to continually re-read it in a attempt to recapture the initial psychological impact. Then one day you discover that it has diminished or lost its meaning, the immunity of the self kicks in.

So the truth of the moment is not a result of something learned or acquired. It is the outcome of freedom from knowing and from a self that is seeking. When one is truly in the absolute moment there is the transcendency of a consciousness that is without accumulation or definition. One realizes a serenity that is not artificially made to happen by an activity of the self. It is a state of existence that is totally absent the conditioning of thoughts self image. In that moment there is realization of the true self, that which is unconditioned.