Present Thinking

[Arkandeus]

lots of us are familiar with the concept that there is no such thing as linear time, that time is an illusion. 

there are great benefits to framing our thoughts and thinking in that truth. 

what I do is that I when I think about something in the past or the future I treat it like its happening now. 

It makes you realize the power of what you're thinking and how you're shaping your emotional state right now, always in the present. 

If you were to ruminate for example about a mistake you'd maybe think in these lines :
''I did bad, that event sucked, that wasn't nice, I wasn't reliable''
Now if you change it to present thinking it would give :
''I'm doing bad, this sucks, this is isn't nice, I'm not reliable''

You quite immediately realize what you are doing to yourself. You can see how you are putting yourself down, how you are making yourself believe
in a bad life. This is obvious when you put things into the present. 
And this is the truth, this is what happens when we ruminate, if can see beyond the illusion of ''past'' and ''future'' we can see what we are doing ourselves. 
The need to ruminate will quickly diminish if you think in present time. 

The same thing can be done about future events. 
If you're looking forward to something like a party or a meeting you may think : ''it's going to be great!''
change that to : ''this is great!''   and you will feel even better about yourself, you're applying the excitement of a future event to feel good about your life right now. 

same with projects : ''I will accomplish this, I'll realize my dream''
in the present it gives : ''I accomplish what I want, I realize my dreams''. 
This one is good, as it lets you be aware that all your power is in the present

linear time is an illusion, to drop the illusion of time in your thoughts and perspective of life will certainly help anyone learn more about their own potential and have access to deeper knowledge and energies
 

[LRyan]

@Arkandeus

I was just reminding my self of these very things this morning.  I tend to lose myself when stressed and start ruminating about things I did wrong and  then the worry of trying to figure out how the "future" will be, usually it's something far worse in our projection than what reality becomes when that future moment happens in the "now".

It's challenging to me to use your example for the past event, to be honest...somehow my mind doesn't want to be tricked or doesn't want to re-write events about the past but this really works for me for a future event and is a very positive way to deal with apprehension for sure.

The most important thing I can tell myself is that there is no such thing as the past or future, there is only now so to look at things from the now, which you have given examples for, is really the best way of dealing with life.

My issues are when I dream of a future day and bury my thinking in what no longer exists.

How silly is it to think about the past events....really.....to go over and over in your mind not accepting what doesn't exist anymore is a waste of life.  Unless you are using your memory for an intellectual purpose to recall something important, all the other stuff is garbage..

[Arkandeus]

1 hour ago, LRyan said:

@Arkandeus

I was just reminding my self of these very things this morning.  I tend to lose myself when stressed and start ruminating about things I did wrong and  then the worry of trying to figure out how the "future" will be, usually it's something far worse in our projection than what reality becomes when that future moment happens in the "now".

It's challenging to me to use your example for the past event, to be honest...somehow my mind doesn't want to be tricked or doesn't want to re-write events about the past but this really works for me for a future event and is a very positive way to deal with apprehension for sure.

The most important thing I can tell myself is that there is no such thing as the past or future, there is only now so to look at things from the now, which you have given examples for, is really the best way of dealing with life.

My issues are when I dream of a future day and bury my thinking in what no longer exists.

How silly is it to think about the past events....really.....to go over and over in your mind not accepting what doesn't exist anymore is a waste of life.  Unless you are using your memory for an intellectual purpose to recall something important, all the other stuff is garbage..

heh you're aware of your issues, I'm sure you'll get to solve them!

I know this stuff is challenging, at first is certainly is, there's a lot of momentum behind the way we use our minds, but it's definitely just momentum and we can make our minds go any way we want, for me it toke about a week to get used to thinking more into present terms. 

I assure you LRyan, this a switch of perspective into a very highly spiritual point of view, this exercise is bound to bring you amazing things. 
but as always the paths to enlightenment are infinite, the best way is your way

[LRyan]

Present thinking is awesome, the best, the answer.  I like to twist the saying:  "there is no time like the present".....to "there is NO TIME, ONLY Present".