Well, guess what you do have to remember all the time, as if you’d uncontrollably pressed “repeat” on the memory player? You.
I really like this way of phrasing it. We don’t live in the past or the future, we live right here right now in this very moment experiencing reality as it is. And the self is created by a kind of noticing what’s happening and reifying it into a thing by remembering what we experienced just moments ago. So the more we spend time focused on anything other than what’s happening right here, right now, and the things that affect the conditions of the here and now, the more we’re distracted and ignoring what has the most impact on our lives.
Of course that’s easier said than done! But it’s the essential wisdom about how to be awake to our lives and live them to their fullest.
I really like this way of phrasing it. We don’t live in the past or the future, we live right here right now in this very moment experiencing reality as it is. And the self is created by a kind of noticing what’s happening and reifying it into a thing by remembering what we experienced just moments ago. So the more we spend time focused on anything other than what’s happening right here, right now, and the things that affect the conditions of the here and now, the more we’re distracted and ignoring what has the most impact on our lives.
Of course that’s easier said than done! But it’s the essential wisdom about how to be awake to our lives and live them to their fullest.
Thanks for taking the time!