Chögyam Trungpa - Spirituality & the Now

Chögyam Trungpa from the opening "scene" in Zeitgeist, the Movie.
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[MrAtomicforce]

The past and the future are both fictions. One takes memory to visit which for most people is very much falible and the other needs the imagination which is inherently fictional. The only truth there is, is whats happening in the present but when we really bring ourselves back to point zero (now the place where all dimensions spring from) we realise that it is actually a very strange place to be because we are not used to it.

[Howie21191]

@MrAtomicforce I love your perspective, and completely agree :) Well said!

Somebody recently said "Need not dwell on the past, because it haunts your present and future."

I add, "Need not dwell on the future, because it is uncertain."

This moment is what's important. It is where things happen; where potential lies and opportunities evolve.

[klatrefjell]

where can i find this speach on text?

[Howie21191]

@klatrefjell Just google Chögyam Trungpa spirituality particular term speech. One reference of this speech can be found in the first link

[Howie21191]

@zapproowsdower Ask yourself, Right NOW, in THIS exact moment, what is there to worry about?

I think you'll find that the answer is simply nothing.

"The mind can be the greatest teacher, while also the willing student.

Be still, and listen."

[fustilarian1]

@Howie21191 I dont think that it is correct to use any dogma at all to indoctrinate people, regardless of how harmless the teachings are (most religions arent harmless as a whole and harm is intrinsic). It is more meaningful to teach why things are the case than simply what is the case. Rather than preaching, it is better to ask the questions that lead to the truth. Morality and justice could be reconciled with rational thought, which also has the advantage of leading to the same conclusion(s).

[MrAtomicforce]

I love this talk. It really strips reality down to its bones and shows us what is really important. Just Now! Thats all. Because we have grown up thinking primarily about the past and the future we are totally out of touch with the present moment.

We should try to spend more time in the now and come to understand what that means so that we can grow in that direction. Why

[MrAtomicforce]

Why? because everything eminates from it. the past and the future wouldn't be possible if not for the present. I believe that the here and now has its own space and that we leave that space behind whenever we forget it but if we can be in that space and live in it constantly, then we will understand something more fundamental about our lives and what it means to be a human being.

They say that reality is stranger than fiction. Well, what about the reality of the now?

[Howie21191]

@WokmonDJ Thanks for your insight, I completely agree :D

[WokmonDJ]

@Howie21191 its hard to do this when stoned in work serving customers, proves a good point that chogyam stated about how smoking weed is bad for the spirit... I guess a wrestless mind is not a still mind therefore achieving focus upon the now is likely to be more of a chore